Nobody goes to see the Met's TURANDOT for subtlety and, from that standpoint, the audience got what it paid for at the opera's first performance of the season. That is, except, perhaps from soprano ...

Condonnato! A morte! As predicted, Franco Zeffirelli’s exuberant production of Puccini’s Turandot, now playing at the Met, has been issued a death sentence. Unlike Fire Shut Up in My Bones, writes New ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Christine Goerke and Yusif Eyvazov star in a revival of Franco Zeffirelli’s production, which adds gaudiness to Puccini’s sophisticated score. By ...

Gaudy, glitzy and gargantuan. That’s what the critics have called the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Puccini’s “Turandot.” The spectacular three-act opera will be transmitted via satellite at 11 a ...

Either you like the Zeffirelli “Turandot” or you don’t – and if you don’t, I dare say you don’t like grand opera, or life. Well, maybe that last goes too far, but not by much. The Zeffirelli “Turandot ...

In an ancient mythical China, three riddles dictate who wins Turandot's heart and who loses their lives. Calàf is one of many to take on the challenge. Zeffirelli’s production of Puccini’s masterpiece ...

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 ...