may be the most loved work in all of opera. Its romantic story of starving artists and Parisian courtesans falling in love and coping with poverty sets audience hearts' fluttering. Its sweeping arias ...

New York audiences last encountered the Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo in La Bohème, Puccini’s great opera of doomed romance, four years ago. Then, as now, he starred as Rodolfo, the penniless writer ...

A legendary performance of Puccini’s La Bohème, starring opera luminaries Renata Scotto as Mimì and Luciano Pavarotti as Rodolfo, will be broadcast in an encore presentation over the Toll ...

Some operas are great introductions to the art form. Others appeal more to connoisseurs. But Giacomo Puccini’s “La Boheme” is both, an experience to be eagerly anticipated for just about anyone. The ...

? “I Puritani,” Bellini; Bonynge; Sutherland, Pavarotti, Caminada, Luccardi, Ghiaurov, London Symphony Orchestra (Decca) ? “La Fille du Regiment,” Donizetti ...

Life: Born, and died, in Modena, Italy, north of Florence and southeast of Milan. Debut: April 1961 as Rodolfo in Pucci'ni's "La Boheme" in Reggio Emilia, Italy. U.S. debut: February 1965 as Edgardo ...

Hundreds of mourners filled the grand piazza in Modena, Italy, yesterday to mourn and pay tribute to their native son, Luciano Pavarotti, one of the opera world's greatest musical ambassadors. Mr.

Among all the composers whose operas have continued to enthral audiences, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) is unrivalled. That’s perhaps surprising, because he created some of his most successful works in ...

Pavarotti’s friends and colleagues remember his life. Read what they have to say of the late master. From his humble origins in Modena, Italy, "A Life In Seven Arias" follows "the King of the High C's ...