When she was 4 years old, Angel Joy Blue saw her very first opera: “Turandot.” This week, the Southern California soprano will mark another first. She’ll make her role debut as Liù in Giacomo ...
“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 ...
One of Opera Australia’s most beloved productions, Puccini’s last opera Turandot has returned to rule the Sydney stage, starring Mariana Hong formerly known as Hyeseoung Kown, with her signature role ...
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fresh off her sold-out concert spectacular at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, LA Music Center’s Spotlight Award winner Golda Zahra is excited to ...
Big cast. Big sets. Big songs. Big emotions. If you're ever tasked with trying to come up with the most quintessentially operatic of all operas, Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot" would be pretty hard to ...
The Metropolitan Opera Company’s Live in HD broadcast of Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot” will be shown at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center at 10:55 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. Set in ancient China and ...
Mobile Opera will stage its new “Turandot” at 8 p.m. Friday, March 30, and 2:30 p.m. April 1 at Mobile Civic Center Theater. Soprano Robin Follman will perform the title role, with tenor John Pickle ...
Andrei Șerban’s 40 year old take on Puccini's tale of the ice princess largely stands the test of time, but Netrebko and ...
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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 ...
Over the past 20 years, San Diego Opera audiences have been treated to the spectacle of Giacomo Puccini’s epic fairy tale “Turandot” four times. But until this week, they’ve essentially seen the same ...