Twenty-four years ago, when Arturo Toscanini conducted the world premiere of Giacomo Puccini’s unfinished opera, Turandot, he abruptly stopped the show in the middle of the third act—at the point ...

Richard Hetherington forced to play Prince Calàf in Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot after French tenor Roberto Alagna taken ill ...

Critics worry that heckling, such as that at a recent Royal Opera performance, is becoming more common ...

Princess Turandot, the namesake of Puccini's final opera, "Turandot," was easy to please when it came to men. Answer her three riddles correctly and you had her heart. Get them wrong and she had your ...

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 ...

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 ...

French tenor Roberto Alagna, singing the role of Calàf, became ill after the second act. With no understudy available, Richard Hetherington, head of music at the Royal Opera, took to the stage after ...

Considered Giacomo Puccini’s finest musical masterpiece, Turandot transports audiences to a fantasy land based on a Western conception of China. What does it mean to produce an opera like Turandot ...