Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Puccini, meet Handy. That seemingly unlikely introduction of disparate musical giants will occur this weekend, when a new Opera ...

Long before Jonathan Larson adapted the classic Giacomo Puccini opera "La Boheme" into his groundbreaking rock opera "Rent" (timed to "Boheme"'s 100th anniversary), the soaring, emotional Italian ...

When the curtain opened at the Metropolitan Opera last night, a lady behind me said, “I love this.” When it opened on Act II, a man said, “Wow.” They were so right. Onstage was La bohème, in the ...

Richard Jones' joyful production is nine years old and has had numerous revivals, but the vigour and enthusiasm of a young ...

Stephen Costello as Rodolfo and Eleonora Buratto as Mimì in the New York show of “La Bohème.” (Curtis Brown/Metropolitan Opera) One hundred and twenty-seven years after its premiere at the Teatro ...

The cast of La Boheme features tenor WooYoung Yoon as Rodolfo, recently seen as the prince Tamino in OSJ’s The Magic Flute. Making their company debuts are sopranos Kearstin Piper Brown and Mikayla ...

Re-setting La Bohème in the 1920s works at Opera in the Heights. Credit: Photo by Pin Lim This striking opera has been in the repertory ever since its world premiere in Turin, Italy, 1896, under the ...

In the 21st century, the dilemma facing many opera companies around the world is how to refresh centuries-old operas to appeal to a modern audience. Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece “La Bohème,” one of ...

Sopranos Sylvia D'Eramo and Leah Hawkins will be singing Musetta in the upcoming spring performances of Puccini's La Bohème, replacing Kristina Mkhitaryan. D'Eramo will join the cast on April 21, 24, ...

Among the most goose-bump-inducing moments in opera is Mimì’s entrance in the duet that concludes the first act of Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera “La Bohème.” Rodolfo (tenor), a struggling poet, has ...

As the curtain flies up and the orchestra launches into those upward dotted figures, the artist Marcello is splattering red paint onto canvas in Pollockian fashion in his freezing, filthy flat. While ...