OperaWire caught up with Alagna at the Royal Ballet and Opera House, Covent Garden, where he is performing the role of Calaf ...

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The title character in Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, could be described as an enigma wrapped in a riddle – or three riddles, to be exact. The Chinese princess challenges any suitor who would dare ...

But Davies, having seen the American choreographer’s work in Tony and Olivier-nominated shows throughout London and New York, insisted upon Yee finding her own interpretation: “She said, ‘just listen ...

Forty years after Andrei Serban's production was first seen, it still thrills audiences... especially starring such an outstanding soprano as Anna Netrebko The plot of Turandot has always struck me as ...

Andrei Serban’s 40-year-old production is confidently revived by Jack Furness, while the vocal richness of the Russian soprano as its eponymous heroine takes things to another level When the Royal ...

Puccini’s Turandot, with its combination of myth, ritual and emotional extremity, suits dark evenings and the build-up to Christmas, when audiences seem especially ready for spectacle and intensity.

Ai Weiwei mounted a production of Puccini’s Turandot at the Rome Opera House amid the Covid pandemic recovery and the war in Ukraine. It also was Weiwei’s first opera. Maxim Derevianko, director of ...

Marking 100 years since it first premiered, Opera Australia will present a spectacular, brand-new production of Puccini’s final and iconic opera Turandot, by International Director and Choreographer ...

An Italian mayor has apologised to the family of opera star Luciano Pavarotti after the town of Pesaro encased a statue honouring the late singer within a Christmas ice rink. The singer's widow, ...

Italian officials are on thin ice after a skating rink was built around a bronze statue of Luciano Pavarotti and passersby were encouraged to “high-five” the famous tenor. Located in the northern ...