“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 ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. American soprano Anastasiya Roytman will sing the title role in Giacomo Puccini's ...

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 ...

Puccini’s final opera is an epic fairy tale set in a China of legend, loosely based on a play by 18th-century Italian dramatist Carlo Gozzi. Featuring a most unusual score with an astounding and ...

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 ...

Stefano Vignati, Music Director and Principal Conductor of Opera Carolina, has been selected to conduct the opening of the ...

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 ...

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) ...

Soprano Tamara Wilson strikes a pose in Turandot at Houston Grand Opera. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane Composer Giacomo Puccini loved fast cars, fast women, and cigarettes. It was the cigarettes that ...

The Kennedy Center premieres a new ending for one of the world's most famous operas on Saturday in Washington, D.C. The opera is Turandot, and its ending has always been, shall we say, problematic.

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 ...