When director and choreographer Ann Yee was approached by then-Opera Australia artistic director Jo Davies to direct ...
“This is a wonderful first-time opera — a great introduction for a child, or a date, or anybody who hasn’t gone to the opera before. It has such accessible music and an exciting story; you can watch ...
“I want scared children,” Mark Meier, the stage director says. “Scared children.” I’ve arrived at the beginning of Union Avenue Opera’s run-through for Turandot, during the frantic mob scene in which ...
A lot can change in 10 years. A decade ago, tenor Michael Fabiano was a rising star in the opera world. Now the in-demand singer performs regularly on some of the world's top stages, including New ...
Giacomo Puccini did not live to write the end of "Turandot," and his death in 1924 left us a gorgeous riddle. That the opera itself is about riddles only adds to the mystery of this last work by the ...
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A new staging of a culturally insensitive opera has community members and artists debating the value of racially stereotypical art and the conversation — or lack of one — that it can spark. Opera ...
Opera flourishes: in spite of all the financial cutbacks, the UK’s opera companies are managing to create new work and ...
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 ...
Washington National Opera has ended its 2023–24 season with an odd revisiting of Giacomo Puccini’s last, unfinished, and, it seems, eternally problematic opera Turandot. Those who sought to buy ...
The grand opera “Turandot” was Giacomo Puccini’s last, and on Saturday night it provided a grand start to the Sarasota Opera’s 2019 winter season. It is a revival of the company’s successful 2013 ...
Opera Pacific opened its new season Tuesday with a spare but attractive production of Puccini’s “Turandot” at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Created for Minnesota Opera in 1995 and ...