New audio-only recordings of opera are perhaps going the way of the dinosaur, outnumbered by audiovisual productions captured on DVD. In the case of Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme," there are now more ...

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Placido Domingo was roundly and vociferously booed at the Metropolitan Opera House on Tuesday evening. Take a moment to let that statement sink in. The occasion was the one and only appearance of Anna ...

Two contemporary stagings of Puccini’s “La Boheme” from 2012 have been released on DVD: director Stefan Herheim’s reimagining that opened in January at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo (on ...

If Giacomo Puccini, nearly 100 years after his death, could have attended the Metropolitan Opera’s recent New Year’s Eve gala, he surely would have been impressed. The evening featured Anna Netrebko, ...

With her distinctive fashion sense and robust stage presence, it’s hard to imagine Russian soprano Anna Netrebko working as a janitor at Saint Petersburg’s historic theater of opera and ballet, The ...

La Boheme-- It would take a lot to ruin a production of Puccini’s masterpiece, "La Boheme," although one or two "concept" stagings have tried. Director Robert Dornhelm, admittedly not an opera ...

Anna Netrebko, one of the world's most famous opera singers, received an angry response last week from the audience at her first performance at the Vienna State Opera since Russia's invasion of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by critic’s notebook Puccini would love this diva’s gorgeous voice. But he would be mystified that she only sings old works. By Anthony Tommasini If ...

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