NEW YORK — Ever since Giacomo Puccini died without finishing his last opera, “Turandot,” audiences have thrilled to its soaring melodies like “Nessun Dorma,” but also perhaps lamented the lack of a ...
The Royal Opera has chosen Andrei Serban’s venerable staging of Turandot, Puccini’s unfinished final opera, to open the 2013-14 season and although this production is almost thirty years’ old, ...
Native Floridian and opera singer Shannon Jennings, who now lives in Virginia, played Princess Turandot. “It’s not the same as seeing a recording,” said Jennings. “You have to be in the room and feel ...
Piedmont Opera is presenting a semi-staged concert performance of Puccini's Turandot through Tuesday at the Stevens Center. Some patrons may decide to pass on the show, concluding that only a ...
3 Reviews/Photos: First Look at Wagner's TRISTAN UND ISOLDE at the Metropolitan Opera 4 Review: Davidsen, an ISOLDE for the Ages, Alongside Spyres' Splendid TRISTAN in Wagner at the Met We must, ...
Puccini’s Turandot, with its combination of myth, ritual and emotional extremity, suits dark evenings and the build-up to Christmas, when audiences seem especially ready for spectacle and intensity.
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 ...