Early on in the new documentary Ai Weiwei’s Turandot, the artist introduces himself to the gathered cast at the Rome Opera House. He explains why he, a visual artist, decided to take on directing a ...

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 ...

The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died of a heart attack on Nov. 29, 1924 without finishing his newest opera “Turandot.” The piece was later finished by Franco Alfano, but remains a curiosity in ...

NEW YORK—“Turandot” was Puccini’s last opera, unfinished at his death and completed by Franco Alfano. At the world premiere in 1926 at La Scala, the conductor Arturo Toscanini (who was a friend of ...

What to do about “Turandot”? Washington National Opera has some fresh ideas in Francesca Zambello’s visually and vocally stunning new production, onstage at the Kennedy Center through May 25. Giacomo ...

Ludwig van Beethoven had a visitor. A young man stepped into the legendary composer’s attic apartment in Vienna. He was introduced as Gioachino Rossini. “Ah ...

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Last week, Opera Philadelphia opened its new season by producing three operas simultaneously, including two premieres, and a tried-and-true classic: “Turandot” by Puccini. The offering by Puccini has ...

An epiphany of golden Chinese palaces and magically-lit Egyptian pyramids, not to mention the highest standards of singing ...

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.