"Here's some more delightful Borgiana" - Dr. von Lyric

The "Nessun Dorma" Variations curated by John Conklin - BLO Artistic Advisr Music from Puccini's TURANDOT "Nessun...

What are you doing at 1:30pm today?? Well change your plans! Or at least add this into the mix! Dinyar Vania (Lt. B.F. Pinkerton) an...

Over the last couple of weeks we have brought you all manner of Pucciniana but focused mostly on popular hits. I thought today we'd tak...

Listen live today at 1:30pm to David Angus conducting Wexford Festival Opera's production of Francesco Cilea's L'Arlesiana. ...

Some alternative ways to view Madama Butterfly from BLO Artistic Advisor - John Conklin Butterfly skates: Butterfly dances: Butt...

"Groans, roars, moos, laughs, bellows, sneers...." - a review of the premiere of MADAMA BUTTERFLY "A virtual lynching...

My friends at BLO are currently engaged in mounting a production of Madama Butterfly - that quintessential portrayal of Japanese culture b...

A View from the Crowd: Life in the BLO Chorus is a series we will bring to you each production. This is a firsthand glimpse of what it is l...

 Puccini  The Un bel di Variations by  John Conklin , BLO Artistic Advisor Sometimes it is interesting to see MADAMA BUTTERFL...

MADAME BUTTERFLY (1932) Based on the Belasco play with music incorporating bits of Puccini. Sylvia Sydney is quite affective as a delica...

#1 A selection from Callas's Farewell London recital. Elegant (as usual), expressively poignant (always), and vocally problematic (som...

SAYONARA 1957 starring Marlon Brando, Miiko Taka, Miyoshi Umeki, Red Buttons Directed by Joshua Logan - screenplay by Paul Osborn...

A View from the Crowd: Life in the BLO Chorus is a new series we will bring to you each production. This is a firsthand glimpse of what it ...

In scouring the internet for fun and interesting Pucciniana I took a page out of my friend Dr. von Lyric's playbook and stopped over a...

In celebration of rehearsals for BLO's MADAMA BUTTERFLY , we continue our daily look at many various (VERY varied) aspects of Puccini a...

"This is a most trenchant and probing analytical study of the 19th century cult of the showman-pianist and a poignant and ominous decon...

Leading up to the Opening Night of Madama Butterfly , we bring you Pucciniana: A look at the world Puccini created and lived in. This is Puc...

"As the BLO production of MADAMA BUTTERFLY fast approaches (it goes into rehearsal today!) we will see many more blog entries connect...

There are many, many studies of Puccini's life and work and of BUTTERFLY itself .  BLO Artistic Advisor John Conklin recommends a few ...