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.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Anna Netrebko made her return to the Royal Opera House in September, after a six year absence, a noisy pro ...

Early on in the new documentary Ai Weiwei’s Turandot, the artist introduces himself to the gathered cast at the Rome Opera House. He explains why he, a visual artist, decided to take on directing a ...

Detroit's Music Hall will launch a new Classic Opera Series, its first in more than 30 years. The series premieres on Feb. 28, 2026, with a concert production of Puccini's 'Turandot'. The performance ...

Ludwig van Beethoven had a visitor. A young man stepped into the legendary composer’s attic apartment in Vienna. He was introduced as Gioachino Rossini. “Ah ...

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) ...

09:54, Mon, Mar 24, 2025 Updated: 10:08, Mon, Mar 24, 2025 Life, they say, begins at forty, which is precisely the age of Andrei Serban's version of Turandot for the Royal Opera. This meticulously ...

Turandot will be screened to the Wyeside Arts Centre on Sunday, April 6 at 2pm, with doors open at 1.30pm. Featuring the ever-popular ‘Nessun dorma’, this opera of love and revenge is brought to life ...

With the crash of a gong or six, director Andrei Zerban’s classic 1984 production of Puccini’s final work Turandot, which combines elements of opera, Chinese theatre and the Italian dramatic ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of the big dates in the history of Puccini’s operas was 1994. That was the year his music came out of ...

Andrei Serban's production of Puccini's Turandot, The Royal Opera (Photo: Tristram Kenton) None shall sleep! Princess Turandot has proclaimed. And who could, with Andrei Serban’s production (which has ...