This seminal opera captivates with its exotic setting and dramatic story of the cold-hearted Princess Turandot and her suitors.

The intense and dramatic love story of the singer Tosca (Eleonora Buratto) and the artist Cavaradossi, (Charles Castronovo) set against the backdrop of political unrest in Rome.

For more than a century, artists from all over the world have chosen to give their first performances in the Second City.

A celebration of the great Italian tenor, born July 13, 1924.

Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek gives a fearless performance as Minnie, the opera’s gun-toting heroine, who runs a saloon for a camp of rambunctious miners in the California Gold Rush.

Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian makes her highly anticipated Met debut tackling the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy

An interview with the Met debutant currently starring as Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly.

The season is the first programmed by 2023-appointed general director Lawrence Edelson and the first following the departure of Lidiya Yankovskaya as music director.

Puccini’s bittersweet love story makes a rare Met appearance, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda.

The festival, which is dedicated to presenting seldom-performed Italian opera titles, shares a two-program slate in June and July.

Franco Zeffirelli’s staging premiered in 1987 and is among the most lavish sets in Met history, recreating an imperial throne room with 199 people on stage.

Franco Zeffirelli’s dazzling vision of mythic China retakes the stage, with soprano Elena Pankratova making her Met debut as the legendary—and lethal—title princess.

The season includes 9 programs, including concerts from opera and musical theater royalty.

Four contemporary operas have their Met premieres.

Soprano Elena Stikhina is the heartbreaking seamstress Mimì, and tenor Joseph Calleja is the role of the love-struck poet Rodolfo.

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An epic production starring Amarilli Nizza as Minne, Claudio Sgura as Jack Rance, and more.

Music by Josephine Lang, Benjamin Britten, Ottorino Respighi, and Giacomo Puccini.

A retrospective on Lorin Maazel, the Philharmonic’s former music director, and his seven-decade relationship with the orchestra.

Anna Netrebko will sing the title role in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut.

The director says that the reinterpretation emphasizes the power of love despite inevitable death and disappointment.

It’s been a very Puccini year for conductor Eun Sun Kim. In the span of 9 months, she’ll have conducted two Toscas, two Bohèmes, and a Turandot. Here’s how she continues to find the new in these beloved scores.

The new company launches with fully staged works by Puccini and Wolf-Ferrari, plus a concert inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy.

A Verdi and bel canto expert, Lyric’s new music director Enrique Mazzola will open the season with Verdi’s Macbeth and Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, while also conducting contemporary opera Proving Up by Missy Mazzoli later in the season.

Marco Armiliato leads a star-studded cast: Angela Gheorghiu (Magda), Lisette Oropesa (Lisette), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero), Marius Brenciu (Prunier), Samuel Ramey (Rambaldo). From 2009.