In 2022, Opera Holland Park put on Giacomo Puccini’s neglected first opera, Le Villi. It was a great success, so why not follow it with his second, Edgar? There’s just one problem: it is truly ...

Among the most goose-bump-inducing moments in opera is Mimì’s entrance in the duet that concludes the first act of Giacomo ...

On the anniversary of the premiere on April 25, 1926, John Steane looks at the recordings of Puccini's last opera... Read more The fifth of seven children, he was christened Giacomo Antonio Domenico ...