Composer Giacomo Puccini died in 1924, leaving Turandot unfinished. BACKGROUND: Turandot was first performed in 1926 at La Scala, in Milan. The story originated two centuries earlier, in a fiaba, or ...
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The phenomenon known as Andrea Bocelli is at it again, releasing his 11th complete opera recording. This time he takes on the tenor role of Calàf in Puccini's final, unfinished opera, "Turandot," best ...
The Atlanta Opera creates a compellingly dramatic and opulent show with its latest production of Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot," currently at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre through May 7.
Puccini’s Turandot returned to Opera Hong Kong’s repertoire for the first time since 2005 as part of the company’s 15th anniversary season. Musically, there was much to enjoy, with some excellent ...
The Republican National Convention climaxed last week with its presidential nominee’s name spelled out in fireworks over the National Mall. The first family was then serenaded by a pop operatic tenor ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Thanks to Luciano Pavarotti and the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Puccini's Nessun Dorma has become the popular yardstick with which to judge the ...
The 32nd Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival in Antalya opened with the Giacomo Puccini opera 'Turandot,' producing a great musical if ...
Californian soprano Lise Lindstrom has spent most of her career playing a “cold-hearted so-and-so” – the titular princess in Puccini’s Turandot – and disagrees with the push to tone down operas to ...