“All the music I have written up to now,” said Giacomo Puccini, “seems a jest in comparison.” He was speaking of his last and most ambitious opera, Turandot, which he left unfinished at his death in ...

Twenty-four years ago, when Arturo Toscanini conducted the world premiere of Giacomo Puccini’s unfinished opera, Turandot, he abruptly stopped the show in the middle of the third act—at the point ...

What to do about “Turandot”? Washington National Opera has some fresh ideas in Francesca Zambello’s visually and vocally stunning new production, onstage at the Kennedy Center through May 25. Giacomo ...

Princess Turandot, the namesake of Puccini's final opera, "Turandot," was easy to please when it came to men. Answer her three riddles correctly and you had her heart. Get them wrong and she had your ...

Christine Goerke as Princess Turandot and (Limmie Pulliam as Calàf in Turandot at Moores School of Music. Credit: Photo by Rafael Lopez Every time Giacomo Puccini’s final masterpiece Turandot (1926) ...

Considered Giacomo Puccini’s finest musical masterpiece, Turandot transports audiences to a fantasy land based on a Western conception of China. What does it mean to produce an opera like Turandot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lot can change in 10 years. And lot's changed for Southwest Florida's Gulfshore Opera, as well. Audiences have grown. The ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Christine Goerke and Yusif Eyvazov star in a revival of Franco Zeffirelli’s production, which adds gaudiness to Puccini’s sophisticated score. By ...

In conducting his first full-length opera in concert with the Minnesota Orchestra, music director Thomas Søndergård has pulled off a stunner, with fireworks singing from not only a terrific host of ...

Florida Grand Opera has revealed its new season and the much anticipated new FGO in-house orchestra— one that signals a bold rebuilding and rescue effort as the company approaches its 85th anniversary ...