Giacomo Puccini

The Istanbul State Opera and Ballet (IDOB) brings the stage Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's romantic and dramatic Opera, "La Bohème."

The opera will be on stage at the Atatürk Cultural Center - Türk Telekom Opera Hall on Dec. 14 and Jan. 4, 25 and 31, 2024.

Starring Cellia Costea, Alisa Kolosova, Diamanti Kritsotaki and Andrea Care, Puccini's popular masterpiece "Madama Butterfly" is being brought to the Herod Atticus Theater this summer by the Greek National Opera (nationalopera.gr). The ambitious production is directed by the Avignon Festival's Olivier Py and conducted by Vassilis Christopoulos. Ticket prices range from 25 to 100 euros. 

Award-winning Turkish opera singer Burcu Uyar will perform the title role in Puccini's Madama Butterfly on Feb. 13 in southern province of Antalya. (DHA Photo)

The Turkish Opera and Ballet will stage Puccini's classic Madama Butterfly next week in Antalya, on the Turkish Mediterranean.

Award-winning Greek composer Vangelis has not only found himself in the lofty company of Giacomo Puccini, Gustav Holst and Maurice Ravel, but has also knocked them out of the park after his emblematic theme song "Chariots of Fire" was voted by listeners of the UK's Classic FM as the top selection in the Sporting Music Countdown.

As part of its Musical Journeys series, the Athens Municipal Orchestra teams up with cellist Marina Kolovou for a concert dedicated to great Italian classical composers including Rossini, Puccini and Verdi, among others. The concert at the Technopolis cultural complex in the downtown Gazi district starts at 8.30 p.m. and is free of charge.

The Greek National Opera is offering 300 seats to unemployed people at Wednesday afternoon's dress rehearsal for its production of Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca," at its state-of-the-art opera house at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in southern Athens.

Hundreds of free tickets made available to unemployed playgoers by the Greek National Opera for the dress rehearsal of Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" were snapped up in just a few hours, organizers said over the weekend.

The Greek National Opera's summer series gets under way on May 31 with Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." This is the first time in five years that the GNO's first summer production will be performed at the Herodes Atticus Theater, known locally as the Irodio, on the southwestern slope of the Acropolis.