With the ambitious hybrid nature of the new Gregory Spears choral opera Sleepers Awake, has Opera Philadelphia opened a promising new door amid the endless possibilities of music theater? Or is the ...

The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died of a heart attack on Nov. 29, 1924 without finishing his newest opera “Turandot.” ...

On 25 April 1926, the premiere of Puccini’s posthumous opera was presented at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, almost a year and a half after his death ...

One hundred years since it premiered at La Scala opera house in Milan, there is still no consensus on how the opera “Turandot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new opera series is forming in Detroit amid the rapidly growing divide between contemporary and traditional opera lovers, and is ...

This Orientalist classic, left unfinished, has had to be completed since Puccini’s death. A new version hands that task to artists with Asian roots. Puccini’s “Turandot” at the Metropolitan Opera, in ...

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.

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) ...

An April 24 performance of Puccini’s "Turandot" – one that featured vast choral and orchestral forces and first-rate soloists playing to an enthusiastic and sold-out house – demonstrated the vitality ...

Detroit's Music Hall is launching a new opera series with a one-night concert production of Puccini's "Turandot." The performance stars renowned opera singers Christine Goerke, Limmie Pulliam and ...