Conductor James Conlon’s passion for the score is evident, but he stops short of becoming precious, allowing a gusto to carry the piece which may surprise contemporary audiences. There is nothing ...

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.

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924). Puccini’s final opera is an epic fairy tale set in a China of legend, loosely based on the play “Turandot ...

Were operas to be identified like episodes of Friends, Turandot would be “the one with Nessun Dorma”. This beloved tenor aria has achieved a life of its own away from its parent opera. Consequently, ...

Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng takes on Puccini’s Orientalist fantasy for Opera Australia The key problem of Turandot is twofold: characters that are impossible to admire, behaving in ways that are ...

Zachary Nelson, Stefano La Colla, Keith Jameson, and Rodell Rosel in the Lyric's current production of Puccini's Turandot Credit: Todd Rosenberg Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot, now being produced by Lyric ...