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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peter Gelb, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, may be quaking in his boots right now. A revival of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot, in Franco Zeffirelli’s opulent 1987 production, opens tonight.

Enjoy opera superstar Liudmyla Monastyrska in the title role of the legendary cold-hearted princess. Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini’s score with tenor Yonghoon Lee as Calàf, the bold prince ...

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 ...