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Staatstheater Wiesbaden Announces Date Changes for ‘Turandot’

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(Credit: Sven Helge Czichy) The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced date changes for its May Festival performances of Puccini’s “Turandot.” The company said that performances originally scheduled for May 9 and 12, will now be performed on May 4 and 8, 2024. The May performances are set to star Anna Netrebko in the title role, Yusif Eyvazov as Calaf, Erik Biegel {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces Casting Update for ‘Turandot’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a casting update for its 2023-24 production of Puccini’s “Turandot.” The company said that Juliana Grigoryan and Angel Blue will join the cast of “Turandot” singing Liu. Grigoryan will make her Met debut on March 13, 2024 while Blue will sing on April 11, 2024. Grigoryan won the Operalia competition last year and recently performed {…}

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Opera Colorado to Present ‘Turandot’ with Kara Shay Thomson

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Opera Colorado is set to close its 2022-23 Season with Puccini’s “Turandot.” The opera, which is set to be performed between May 6 and 14 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, will be Opera Colorado’s first production of “Turandot.” Soprano Kara Shay Thomson will lead the cast in the title role alongside tenor Jonathan Burton as Calaf. They will be {…}

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CD Review: Sondra Radvanovsky & Jonas Kaufmann’s ‘Turandot’

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There is no shortage of good and, sometimes, exceptional recordings of Puccini’s “Turandot,” with aficionados generally swaying between Molinari-Pradelli’s studio release (with Franco Corelli and Birgit Nilsson) and Mehta’s landmark take from 1972. Add to this Franco Ghione and, in excerpts, Barbirolli’s visceral “Turandots” from the pre-war period, and nearly all aspects of Puccini’s swan song – from the ritualistic {…}

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Royal Opera House 2022-23 Review: Turandot

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Photo: Marc Brenner Having an unequivocal passion for Puccini, this reviewer must confess to being somewhat conflicted over his final work. These concerns, though, have always been assuaged with the knowledge that many others have also been plagued with such uncertainty, not least with the original work itself, for, of course, the maestro died before the completion of “Turandot.” After {…}

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Royal Opera House 2022-23 Review: Turandot

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Photo: Marc Brenner/ROH Somnific fiction is the stuff of bedtime stories starring beasts and feasts of the absurd: displays of madness only children could endure pre-slumber. Lumbering imaginations with beguilement, it refrains from the revilement of base villains, wrapping them instead in tangible entrancement. This enhancement of surrealness makes the fairytale the tender tooth’s apéritif: a nightly dose of magical {…}

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Michelle Johnson Leads Opera Southwest’s ‘Turandot’

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Opera Southwest is set to present Puccini’s “Turandot” celebrating its 50th anniversary. The company will present the work four times between March 12 and 19, 2023 with Chinese Director XinXin Tang helming the production. Tang’s production is a co-production with OperaDelaware and Fargo Moorhead Opera which will be presented at the later companies in 2024. Soprano Michelle Johnson makes a {…}

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Staatsoper Berlin Announces Cast Change for ‘Turandot’

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The Staatsoper Berlin has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of “Turandot.” The company said that Anna Samuil will sing the title role on March 17 and 21 replacing Elena Pankratova. Samuil made her Staatsoper Berlin debut in 2003 and has sin performed such roles as Donna Anna, Fiordiligi, Contessa, Tatjana, Mimì, Musetta, Adina, Micaëla, Elisabetta, Agathe, Rosalinde, Ariadne, {…}

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Tamara Wilson Leads Dutch National Opera’s ‘Turandot’

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The Dutch National Opera is set to present “Turandot.” The work, which is part of a Puccini cycle, will be conducted by chief-conductor Lorenzo Viotti and staged by director Barrie Kosky. For his new production, Barrie Kosky has decided to steer clear of the orientalism of the early 20th century. He neither zooms in on the psychological aspects of the {…}