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Opera Abbreviated Podcast: 'Tosca' in the Time of #MeToo

Christopher Purdy

Opera Abbreviated is a Classical 101 podcast that previews The Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series of performances beamed into cinemas worldwide.The…

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Revisiting a Revived Classic Recording of Puccini's 'Cloak'

Christopher Purdy

Monteverdi, Brahms and Palestrina are all wonderful. If I hear their music after I die, I'll know I made it to heaven ... big "if."But sometimes, you have…

promo photo for Opera Project Columbus' production of Suor Angelica

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Opera Project Columbus Performs Puccini's 'Suor Angelica'

Christopher Purdy

Opera Project Columbus, conducted by Alessandro Siciliani, presents Giacomo Puccini's one-act opera Suor Angelica in the Lincoln Theatre, Friday, Sept. 8…

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Ohio State Opera Presents Puccini's Rarely Performed 'La Rondine'

Christopher Purdy

The Ohio State University Opera and Lyric Theatre presents Giacomo Puccini's s La Rondine "The Swallow" in Mershon Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March…

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Giacomo Puccini's Opera, 'Girl of the West,' Turns 100

Christopher Purdy

Giacomo Puccini's opera La fanciulla del West had its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on December 10, 1910. Arturo Toscanini…

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Which Puccini? It's a Nice Quandary

Christopher Purdy

I should always have such problems. In planning a broadcast of Opera Columbus's recent production of Puccini's Turandot, I found myself with about ninety…