Lake Massaciuccoli (Lago di Massaciuccoli in Italian) is a lake the Province of Lucca and the Province of Pisa, Tuscany,

Franco Zeffirelli's legendary production of Puccini's last opera at the Arena di Verona was simply put magical which is helped by a decent crop of Italian singers. Enjoy the review and let me know your

A review of Puccini's most beloved and popular operas of all time and boy did I love everything about it at the Royal Opera House. With a cast of strong principal performers and a very detailed production,

This production was made possible by the vision of one grand tenor by the name of Rolando Villazon alongside the awesome performers involved in this opera. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions

Barely seven years ago, I commenced my Fiery Diva Fourth of July Weekend with a pistol packing angel who's energetic, compassionate and just simply put awesome. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions

Usually when I can't sleep and don't know what to do with myself, I listen to and share Puccini/Pavarotti's "Nessun Dorma" ("None Shall Sleep"). Tonight, my dad lies alone in a hospital

Boasting a huge, wide-ranging repertoire from lyric to dramatic soprano roles, Heli Veskus heralds this cast with courage and steeliness. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.

With an ever-strengthening vocal presence, heaps of discipline, and a phenomenal technique by his side, how did Alfred Kim fare as Calaf, a role he has been specializing for many years? Find out in my

Three singers who have made the roles of Cio-Cio-San, Suzuki, and Sharpless their own and one tenor whose career has been centered around Bel Canto and florid singing who has made his role debut as Pinkerton.

Ekaterina Siurina, a coloratura soprano of such pristinely precise vocal beauty and indubitably immense dedication to her craft, tackles the role of the iconically poignant seamstress with a malady Mimí.

Coming into his own in the leading tenor roles is none other than Attilio Glaser, whose career has been opening new doors especially with this iconic poet in love. Enjoy my review and let me know your

From her beginnings in the full lyric and spinto soprano repertoires to nowadays coming into her own in the dramatic repertoire, how well did Christine Goerke stack up to one of her signature roles, especially

Two singers whose voices I have heard for the first time embodying the mythical ice princess and the intrepid warrior prince. Two singers who have made their role debuts as an old King of Tartar and a

Señora Ana María Martínez. A soprano whose career I have been following for fifteen years and whose repertoire has parallels with Sena Jurinac, Victoria de los Angeles, and Montserrat Caballé graces the

단지 오페라의 본고장인 이태리에서 살았다는 이유로 오페라를 좋아하게 된건 아니다. 아마도 클래식을 좋아하셨던 아버지로부터 영향을 좀 받은것 같다. 특히 재미없고 지루해 보이는 오페라의 이야기를 쉽게 풀어서 설명해 주시는 금난새 지휘자님 덕분에 온 가족이 모두 오페라를 즐길수 있게 되었다. 이것은 한국에서의 나의 #소확행 중에 하나다. #puccini #operalover

This is the rough cut from last week's "Madama Butterfly" which I was in the extraordinary position of having to conduct, direct, and design at the same time.

'cerò (Puccini/A. Franklin) A “musical portmanteau” by Nathan Fletcher (nathanfletchermusic.com/musical-portmanteaux). (Note: in the somewhat likely event of an IPFS network outage rendering this clip

Three years ago, I caught this production of this rare Puccini opera by the famous tenor, Rolando Villazon, which had such amazing performers like Aurelia Florian as Magda de Civry, Joseph Calleja as Ruggero

Martina Serafin knocked it out of the park as Puccini's Manon Lescaut. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.

Let's see how this production of Puccini's Manon Lescaut starring Kristine Opolais will fare. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well. Yes, I did sound a bit worn out in this video review,