PUCCINI

Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance of selections by Strauss, Wagner, Offenbach, Puccini and more from the Schönbrunn Palace Gardens under the baton of conductor Valery Gergiev featuring Metropolitan Opera tenor Jonas Kaufmann.

Married operatic duo Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna sing “Vogliatemi bene” from Puccini's "Madama Butterfly."

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings Cavaradossi’s Act III aria, “E lucevan le stelle” from Puccini’s “Tosca.”

Soprano Renée Fleming sings Lauretta’s aria from Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” at the historic Dumbarton Oaks estate in Washington, D.C.

Experience the beloved American soprano perform arias by Puccini and Massenet to selections by Handel and Korngold from the intimate music salon of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C.

Antonio Pappano discusses the power and impact of Act II of Puccini's "Tosca" and how opera is about more than a singer's voice.

In the beginning of Puccini's classic, Tosca (Sonya Yoncheva) seduces her artist lover Cavaradossi (Vittorio Grigolo).

Watch Sonya Yoncheva sing the title character’s Act II aria, the classic "Vissi d'arte," as she thinks of her lover and their fate.

Madama Butterfly sings this hopeful libretto, while holding the hands of Suzuki and her son, announcing Pinkerton's return to Japan.

Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924). Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, Puccini's librettists for Madama Butterfly, had also collaborated with the composer on his previous two operas, Tosca and La Bohème. The opera is based in part on the 1898 short ...