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Anna Netrebko Confirms ‘Tosca’ at Puccini Festival in 2027

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(Credit: Marc Brenner) Anna Netrebko has confirmed that she will sing “Tosca” at the Puccini Festival in 2027. Following her run of the opera in Vienna, the soprano took to social media and said, “TOSCA! One of easiest vocally roles… and very difficult to act it well 🌟 It was very solid run of performances at @wienerstaatsoper classic production! With {…}

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Stefano Coluccini Appointed General Director of the Puccini Festival

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Stefano Coluccini has been appointed the General Director of the Puccini Festival. The board of directors of the Fondazione Festival Pucciniano announced the news. Coluccini has worked with the festival since 1993 and has also worked with the San Severo Musica Festival, and Teatro di Castalia, among others. This season the Puccini festival is set to open with a new {…}

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Leontyne Price Receives Premio Puccini

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On March 11, Leontyne Price received the 55th annual Premio Puccini. The prize was awarded at the Metropolitan Opera and it recognized the soprano for her Puccini interpretations. Peter Gelb  was in attendance to receive the award for the soprano alongside the Puccini Festival delegation which included President Fabrizio Miracolo, Artistic Director Angelo Taddeo and General Director Stefano Coluccini. The {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Sondra Radvanovsky’s ‘Puccini Heroines’

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“Puccini Heroines,” “Puccini’s Heroines,” “Heroines”—or “Eroine”—of Puccini. This myriad of near-identical album titles reflects the indiscriminately amorous fascination the composer’s female protagonists have exerted upon a century of operatic singers and spectators alike (after all, 2026 marks the centennial of “Turandot”). Therefore, another “Puccini Heroines”—this time from Pentatone—comes as little surprise. It features Sondra Radvanovsky, whose career has followed the {…}

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Q & A: Christopher Tin on a New ‘Turandot’ Ending & His Relationship to Puccini’s Final Opera

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(credit: Andy Wilkinson) The ending of “Turandot” recording has always been a point of contention for opera goers. The opera is traditionally performed with an ending constructed by Alfano following Puccini’s death, but over the years, composers and librettists have taken a stab at reconsidering this iconic and controversial work. That list includes the likes of Luciano Berio, Derrick Wang, {…}

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Plácido Domingo Appointed Artistic Director of the Puccini Festival’s Academy

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Plácido Domingo has been appointed Artistic Director of the Puccini Academy in Torre del Lago. The training project is promoted by the Puccini Festival Foundation with the aim of building young opera singers on a path of high-level artistic specialization, closely connected to the Puccini repertoire and stage performance. This decision, proposed by President Fabrizio Miracolo and ratified by the {…}