New Yorker Victor Starsky tells Kelly Apter how delving into the character of Calaf in Puccini’s Turandot has given him ‘a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Giacomo Puccini (Micah Fluellen / Los Angeles Times) The Republican National Convention climaxed last week with its presidential ...

The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died of a heart attack on Nov. 29, 1924 without finishing his newest opera “Turandot.” The piece was later finished by Franco Alfano, but remains a curiosity in ...

The headlines about the Washington National Opera’s Turandot may be the premiere of a new ending, but it still has to be about the 95% that comes before the big reveal. And despite capturing Puccini’s ...

Washington National Opera has ended its 2023–24 season with an odd revisiting of Giacomo Puccini’s last, unfinished, and, it seems, eternally problematic opera Turandot. Those who sought to buy ...

It’s one of Opera Australia’s most beloved productions – an opera with a truly stirring story at its heart, a stunning aria on its lips and which presents an absolute spectacle for the eyes. But at ...

Daniel Kramer’s modern take on the classic opera dazzles with laser beams, outlandish gore and skin-tight body suits The show, which debuted in Geneva last year at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, is now ...

NEW YORK—What is the most spectacular set at The Metropolitan Opera this season? As in many prior years, it is Franco Zeffirelli’s Peking Imperial Palace in “Turandot,” which was first unveiled in ...