This Orientalist classic, left unfinished, has had to be completed since Puccini’s death. A new version hands that task to ...

Turandot runs May 17, 19, 22, 24, and 25, 2024 at the Kennedy Center located at 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20566. Photo Credit: A scene from Washington National Opera's production of Turandot ...

NEW YORK — Ever since Giacomo Puccini died without finishing his last opera, “Turandot,” audiences have thrilled to its soaring melodies like “Nessun Dorma,” but also perhaps lamented the lack of a ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, set to a libretto in ...

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 ...

MOBILE, Alabama --- If you were making a documentary showing the elements of a major opera flowing together in exquisite confluence, you might do well to study Mobile Opera’s triumphant “Turandot,” ...

Love triangle, horror story, swan song, legend. The original story of “Turandot” is already enough of an evening to exhaust the hardy storyteller. Puccini’s decision to turn it into opera made it an ...

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Though Puccini's first interest in the subject ...

“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 ...