Stefano Vignati, Music Director and Principal Conductor of Opera Carolina, has been selected to conduct the opening of the ...
Andrei Șerban’s 40 year old take on Puccini's tale of the ice princess largely stands the test of time, but Netrebko and ...
With intriguing glimpses of vulnerability, there has been none better in this production since it was first mounted more than four decades ago ...
The Royal Opera House’s Turandot has now been running so long it feels less like a revival and more like a listed structure.
A lot can change in 10 years. A decade ago, tenor Michael Fabiano was a rising star in the opera world. Now the in-demand singer performs regularly on some of the world's top stages, including New ...
“This is a wonderful first-time opera — a great introduction for a child, or a date, or anybody who hasn’t gone to the opera before. It has such accessible music and an exciting story; you can watch ...
“I want scared children,” Mark Meier, the stage director says. “Scared children.” I’ve arrived at the beginning of Union Avenue Opera’s run-through for Turandot, during the frantic mob scene in which ...
Giacomo Puccini did not live to write the end of "Turandot," and his death in 1924 left us a gorgeous riddle. That the opera itself is about riddles only adds to the mystery of this last work by the ...
A new staging of a culturally insensitive opera has community members and artists debating the value of racially stereotypical art and the conversation — or lack of one — that it can spark. Opera ...
Last week, Opera Philadelphia opened its new season by producing three operas simultaneously, including two premieres, and a tried-and-true classic: “Turandot” by Puccini. The offering by Puccini has ...
David Hockney's mammoth set piece for "Turandot" towers over senior design manager Carolina Angulo, technical director Jeff Kleeman, center, and Rupert Hemmings, vice president of artistic planning at ...
The grand opera “Turandot” was Giacomo Puccini’s last, and on Saturday night it provided a grand start to the Sarasota Opera’s 2019 winter season. It is a revival of the company’s successful 2013 ...