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Welcome return to the Coliseum of Anthony Minghella's production of Puccini's tragedy. A young Japanese woman falls for an American officer, but their marriage is doomed
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Modern masterpieces take their place alongside much-loved classics in stupendous screenings from London's and New York's top houses, with stars from all over the world.
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English National Opera got back on its feet, the Proms went from strength to strength, and the Royal Opera House season grew and grew
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For a first glimpse of summer plan your nights at London's own country house opera, with much-loved operas by Tchaikovsky and Verdi, plus a comedy and a double-bill
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Two short operas, by Delius and Puccini, in which the love of ordinary people is tested to breaking point
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The bass-baritone on playing seven roles at once, music for youngsters and climbing Kilimanjaro
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Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel on villains and buffoons, an impending marriage, and hanging up his Hans Sachs boots
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Meet Puccini's first great heroine, the convent girl who is seduced by a more lavish lifestyle, but at a terrible cost
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Packed with soaring music and with a devastating ending, Puccini's opera is a profoundly moving celebration of art, music and courageous love
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Opera
Seven new productions, four based on the Orpheus myth, and revivals of Bizet, Puccini and G&S
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Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini and more sung by a host of top artists at London's own country house opera
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A welcome return for Jonathan Miller's impeccable production of Puccini's tender opera, stylishly set in 1930s Paris
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Opera
Puccini, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Cilea ... and the comical story of a secret vice
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Maverick director Richard Jones salutes tradition in a spirited and moving reading of Puccini's heart-breaker
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Masterpieces by Wagner, Mozart, Puccini and Verdi bring to a close a spectacular year at Covent Garden
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Five Opera Heroines: where to hear the world's best sopranos sing their hearts out
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Opera
Angela Gheorghiu, queen of the great 19th-century Italian repertoire with its passionate arias and often heartbreaking tales, talks to Claudia Pritchard
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The very best opera and ballet to book in this Winter Season at the Royal Opera House
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Covent Garden raises the curtain on its new year with two appearances by Michael Fabiano in prime roles written by Puccini and Verdi
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Reach for your skinny black dress and pour an Aperol spritz: there is a distinctly Italian feel to the first productions of the season at the Royal Opera House
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Puccini, Strauss and Handel top the bill in an attractive new season
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Star soprano Ermonela Jaho may just be the finest Butterfly you ever see
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Meet the opera singer who defies the stereotype with the simple life off-stage – but on stage gets through tenors five at a time
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A short hop from Waterloo is the new home of an established opera company with an ambitious season in its sights
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Art, politics and love collide in Puccini's masterpiece, in which the menacing chief of police, Scarpia, pursues the opera singer of the title
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The music is ravishing, but Covent Garden's Manon Lescaut is uncompromisingly frank about the brutality of sexual exploitation
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Puccini's edge-of-the-seat drama of love, envy and deception receives a brilliant revival
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Opera Holland Park continues to build on its growing reputation for both giving fresh interpretation to the classics and to unearthing operas that have been unfairly overlooked
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Be prepared to travel back in time with a production of Puccini's romantic opera that enjoys springing a few visual surprises while remaining reliably musical
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Puccini's story of love betrayed is vividly revived in a now classic production
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English National Opera reveals new productions and commissions alongside plans to perform in smaller venues
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Bellini's masterpiece is joined by new productions of Cosi fan tutte, Der Rosenkavalier, and Die Meistersinger