Puccini

This classic of 1950s Italian cinema follows the legendary composer (Gabriele Ferzetti) through highs and lows both professional and romantic. Glauco Pelligrini and Carmine Gallone direct, but the gorgeous Technicolor cinematography is courtesy ...

Lorin Maazel conducts the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus in this 1983 performance of Puccini's opera. Eva Marton, Jose Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, and John-Paul Bogart star in this Vienna State Opera production of the Puccini opera ...

French director Benoit Jacquot (A SINGLE GIRL) adapts the famous opera by Giacomo Puccini in his film TOSCA. The stunningly dramatic opera stars--Angela Gheorghiu as Floria Tosca, Roberto Alagna as Mario Cavaradossi, and Ruggero Raimondi as ...

Internationally acclaimed and incredibly tireless conductor Herbert Von Karajan leads the Vienna Philharmonic in this acclaimed production of Puccini's tragic love story. With an all-star cast including Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Mirella ...

Fiorenza Cedolins stars as Tosca in this 2006 performance of Puccini's incomparable opera, recorded live at the Arena of Verona in Italy. Fiorenza Cedolins, Marcelo Alvarez, and Ruggero Raimondi star in this Arena di Verona production of the ...

In this fresh and unusual pairing of one-act verismo operas, filmed at the Metropolitan Opera's 1994 opening night gala, Theresa Stratas is Giorgetta in Puccini's IL TABARRO, with Placido Domingo as Luigi. In a Zeffirelli production of Leoncavallo's ...

James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus in this fine performance of Puccini's timeless epic, brought to life by the voices of Carreras and Stratas under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli, who also designed the sets ...

Puccini's famous TOSCA is about an escaped prisoner who is hidden by Tosca's lover. When he is discovered, Tosca promises herself to the chief of police in order to save her lover from execution for hiding the criminal. This production, conducted ...

Puccini's final masterpiece is presented by the San Francisco Opera with lead soprano Eva Marton reprising one of her greatest roles. The amazing visual sense of famed modern artist David Hockney, who co-designed the lavish sets and costumes ...

With its inventive tonality and restrained instrumentation, TURANDOT remains the best example of Giacomo Puccini's ability to inhabit and interpret the musical tendencies of his day. This lavish production, filmed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu ...

Valerio Galli conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of Festival Puccini in this 2007 performance of Puccini's most popular opera.

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Giacomo Puccini's four-act opera LA BOHEME was first performed in 1896. Its subsequent popularity saw Puccini's work become one of the most-performed operas in the world, and it has frequently attracted an impressive lineup of big-name opera ...

Angela Gheorghiu and Ramon Vargas star in this Metropolitan Opera production of the Puccini opera conducted by Nicola Luisotti.

This version of Giacomo Puccini's LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST was first brought to the stage in 1991, and is shot here with acclaimed star Placido Domingo in the lead role. Domingo first made the role his own in 1974, so was well prepared by the time ...

Giacomo Puccini's three-act opera TOSCA is brought to the stage by director Enrico Castiglione on this production. The opera, which is based on the drama by Victorien Sardou and contains a libretto by Luigi Illica, is brought to life by a cast ...

This production of Puccini's opera features conduction by Vladimir Jurowski and production by Annabel Arden. The staging really takes off as a result of its star, Allessandro Corbelli in the role of Gianni Schicci himself. Performed at the Glyndebourne ...

Filmed at Milan's ornate and majestic Teatro alla Scala, one of the most remarkable opera houses on the planet, this production of MANON LESCAUT is a perfect mix of high drama and social realism. Under the direction of Liliana Cavani, the star ...

Franco Zeffirelli's staging of Puccini's celebrated opera features star performances by internationally known soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domas and her magnificent partner, tenor Marcelo Alvarez. Both singers shine in their roles as Mimi and Rudolfo, ...

Alberto Veronesi conducts the Puccini Festival Chorus and Orchestra in this production of LA RONDINE (THE SWALLOW) recorded over three days at the 2007 Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, Italy. Svetla Vassileva, Maya Dashuk, Fabio Sartori, ...

This staging of Puccini's LA RONDINE stars Monica Yunus, Alyson Cambridge, and Marius Brenciu. Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna star in this 2008 Metropolitan Opera production of the Puccini opera conducted by Marco Armilliato.

Inva Mula and Aquiles Macnado star in this Giancarlo del Monaco-directed Teatro Real Madrid production of the Puccini opera with Jesus Lopez Cobos conducting.

See Cristina Gallardo-Domâs and Marcello Giordani perform Puccini's masterpiece with the Zurich Opera. Marcello Giordani and Cristina Gallardo-Domas star in this 2005 Zurich Opera production of the Puccini opera conducted by Frank Welser-Moest.

Loren Maazel conducts this "original spaghetti western" set in the 1849 California gold rush. Puccini's neglected masterpiece receives new attention in this production from La Scala. Mara Zampieri, Juan Pons, Placido Domingo, Sergio Bertocchi, ...

Spanish soprano Ainhoa Arteta sings the lead in this lush performance of Puccini’s LA RONDINE. Marta Domingo's production was celebrated yet controversial for adapting the ending to reflect the more tragic outcome of the story; this is one ...

MANON LESCAUT, the tragic opera that catapulted Giacomo Puccini to fame and fortune, tells the story of the beautiful young Manon, whose intention to join a convent becomes interrupted by the affections of two men: the poor and romantic poet ...

Puccini is today the most popular of opera composers, but not necessarily the most respected. From humble origins in the town of Lucca in Tuscany, he rose from the Milan conservatoire to compose some of the greatest Italian operas. His love ...

Master of well over 100 great operatic roles, winner of a dozen Grammy® Awards, a great humanitarian, Plácido Domingo's musical lyricism and passion have placed him among the giants of opera, as the most versatile of tenors. Kultur presents ...

Antonietta Stella sings the lead in this 1965 Japanese premiere of Puccini's LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, a rarely performed opera in three acts. Backed by the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the world-renowned cast also includes tenor Gastone Limarilli and ...

Through documentary-style vignettes and choreographed movements inspired by famous arias, this DVD recounts the life of the composer while presenting his works, with the turn of the century as background. Included are highlights from La boheme, ...

Starring: Giacomo Puccini; Massimiliano Pisapia; Norma Fantini; Orchestra and Chorus of the Puccini Festival;

Comprised of a trilogy of one-act plays, Puccini's IL TRITTICO includes the somber "Il tabarro," the redemptive "Suor Angelica," and the comic "Gianni Schicchi." Julian Reynolds conducts the Arturo Toscanini Foundation Orchestra in this 2007 ...

Renowned Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings his signature aria, "Nessun Dorma," along with other remarkable pieces by composer Giacomo Puccini in this celebratory collection. Long famous for the flawless fluidity and beauty of his tone, Pavarotti ...

Excerpts from some of Puccini's most popular operas, including MADAME BUTTERFLY, TURANDOT, and LA BOHEME, are featured on this collection. The performers who bring the great composer's works to life include Luciano Pavarotti, Andre Bocelli, ...

First performed in 1889, Edgar was Puccini's second opera. The libretto is a medievalist phantasmagoria dealing with a Flemish knight torn between love for virtuous Fidelia and erotic enslavement to Tigrana. Dario Balzanelli, Montserrat Marti, ...

Robert Wilson's pure and highly stylized 2003 production enhances the timeless beauty of Puccini's moving Japanese tragedy. Cheryl Barker and Martin Thompson lead an inspired cast in a highly charged recording from the Amsterdam Muziektheater ...

This musical release captures performances of three operas by Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, and Tosca, all recorded at the Fondazione Puccini Festival, with accompaniment from the Orchestra and Chorus of the Puccini Festival. ARTISTS ...

The bad girls of opera get their due with this trio of Puccini productions. Included here is a 1998 Milan performance of MANON LESCAUT, conducted by Riccardo Muti with Maria Guleghina in the title role; a 2006 Verona performance of TOSCA, conducted ...

Elizabeth Reaser (STAY) and Gretchen Mol (THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE) star in this lesbian-themed comedy about a New York writer whose love life slowly spirals out of her control when she unwittingly starts dating a man (Justin Kirk) and a woman ...

Le Villi (The Willis or The Fairies) is an opera-ballo in two acts (originally one) composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, based on the short story Les Willis by Alphonse Karr. The original one act version ...

Three adaptations of Puccini's works are featured on this collection. LA BOHEME: The classic Puccini opera is brought to life by Pavarotti and the San Francisco Opera in thus lush rendition. Rodolfo is an idealistic poet who falls in love ...

This collection of lavish, critically acclaimed international productions of Puccini's best-known operas features LA BOHEME, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, MANON LESCAUT, and TURANDOT, recorded in some of the world's best-known venues, including Sydney Opera ...