When Puccini gave a copy of his early 1889 opera Edgar to a friend in later life, he wrote in Italian on the title page, “And may God preserve you from this opera!” In the wake of Opera Holland Park’s ...

In the centenary year of his death, it’s quite a challenge to find something new about Giacomo Puccini. Even if the name is more likely to pop up at The Guardian end of the market, the man’s works are ...

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

Opera Holland Park tries to make Puccini’s early failure work – with mixed results Even Puccini eventually disowned his second opera, Edgar. "It was an organism defective from the dramatic point of ...

One of my favorite Woody Allen movies may offer a way to rescue Puccini’s “Edgar” from neglect, even scorn. Stay with me here. In “What’s Up, Tiger Lily?” Allen took a James Bond-inspired Japanese ...

PUCCINI'S second opera, Edgar, barely sees the light of day. There are reasons for this. The score is mostly embryonic; the plot more like a savage edit of something longer; the big numbers never ...

Edgar Baitzel, who was wooed to the Los Angeles Opera six years ago by Placido Domingo and led the company to financial success as chief operating officer, has died. He was 51. By The Associated Press ...

Edgar Vincent, the longtime press representative and right-hand man to Placido Domingo and a host of other opera stars, died June 26 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He was 90 years old. A resident ...

The composer’s second, and least performed opera. The story has echoes of Tannhäuser, since the protagonist is torn between sacred and profane love, and Carmen in terms of its depiction of the woman ...

When Puccini gave a copy of his early 1889 opera Edgar to a friend in later life, he wrote in Italian on the title page, “And may God preserve you from this opera!” In the wake of Opera Holland Park’s ...

Edgar Vincent, the longtime press representative and right-hand man to Placido Domingo and a host of other opera stars, died June 26 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He was 90 years old. A resident ...