Brown Opera Productions' fall show, "Gianni Schicchi," left audience members in stitches after its three performances in Alumnae Hall Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The 60-minute Italian operetta tells ...

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“Gianni Schicchi” is the third in a trilogy of one-act operas titled “Il trittico (The Triptych).” The lighthearted opera takes place in Florence and depicts an event from Dante’s “Divine Comedy.” The ...

I expected to be underwhelmed, but, as conducted by Garry Walker, it sounded terrific, most of the sonic thrills emerging unscathed. This staging, a collaboration between Opera North and Leeds’s ...

The glorious Opera Theatre of Saint Louis opened it's festival season last night with a sheer delight: Puccini's delectable one-act comedy, Gianni Schicchi. Yes, after a terrible year of quarantine ...

Puccini composed some of the most iconic operas in the repertoire, from “Madama Butterfly” and “Tosca” to “Turandot” and “La Boheme.” But the Italian composer had to convince his publisher that his ...

As Florida Opera Theatre’s production of “Gianni Schicchi” began last weekend, I couldn’t help but think that the surroundings were far too pleasant for the nasty bunch of folks singing. Oh, I don’t ...

Choreographer Tim Claydon’s mute, acrobatic Buoso Donati leaves this earth with some reluctance, his ghost continuing to haunt the stage. Victoria Sharp’s blingy Nella looks like Donatella Versace.

In "O mio babbino caro," one of opera's most familiar tunes, Gianni Schicchi's doting daughter Lauretta urges him to help out her boyfriend's greedy pack of relatives. This recording is by soprano ...

In his most recent movies, Woody Allen has worked with actors including Emma Stone, Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett. This year, the filmmaker will team up with a different kind of star when he directs ...