The Hollywood Bowl, it goes without saying, is no place for subtlety. John Mauceri, the conductor who presides over the Bowl more than any other, knows that and operates his Hollywood Bowl Orchestra ...
The Minnesota Opera production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot” probably won’t cause you to walk out of St. Paul’s Ordway Center humming the set. No, you’re likely to have one of opera’s great earworm ...
A new opera series is forming in Detroit amid the rapidly growing divide between contemporary and traditional opera lovers, and is throwing down the gauntlet for old-school opera with a classic ...
Stefano Vignati, Music Director and Principal Conductor of Opera Carolina, has been selected to conduct the opening of the ...
The audience roared its approval at the conclusion of Cincinnati Opera's "Turandot" in Music Hall Saturday night – and for good reason. It was, without a doubt, the most dazzling production of Puccini ...
Move over Barber of Seville. Houston Grand Opera has an even more exciting show this spring: Puccini's Turandot. Friday's performance at the Wortham Theater Center triumphed where it matters most in ...
“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 ...
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) ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Christine Goerke and Yusif Eyvazov star in a revival of Franco Zeffirelli’s production, which adds gaudiness to Puccini’s sophisticated score. By ...
Puccini's Turandot, left unfinished at the composer's death, has soldiered on for more than three quarters of a century in a completion by his contemporary Franco Alfano, commissioned by Toscanini and ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by critic’s notebook Mr. Nézet-Séguin’s first performance of the Metropolitan Opera this season offers a glimpse into the company’s artistic future. By ...