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This image released by the Washington National Opera shows a set rendering by Wilson Chin showing one of his designs for a new production of Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot" opening May 11 at the ...

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The company’s director, Oliver Mears, talks about the opening performance of “Tosca,” the return of the soprano Anna Netrebko and more. By Rebecca Schmid The booming bass-baritone stars in Puccini’s ...

Long before Jonathan Larson adapted the classic Giacomo Puccini opera “La Boheme” into his groundbreaking rock opera “Rent” (timed to “Boheme”‘s 100th anniversary), the soaring, emotional Italian ...

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.

When it comes to name recognition in Italian opera, Giacomo Puccini usually comes in second place to the slightly more famed Giuseppe Verdi. If there were a ranking for the most spectacularly groomed ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

Giacomo Puccini has always div­ided opinion. According to the early-20th-century con­ductor Vittorio Gui, Puccini – born in the Tuscan city of Lucca in 1858 – was the “most beloved and most despised ...

“Almighty God touched me with His little finger,” wrote Giacomo Puccini, “and said: ‘Write for the theater . . .’ I have obeyed the supreme command.” He obeyed so successfully that he became one of ...