Central to the plot are three riddles posed by the Princess Turandot to her suitors.& More than mere plot devices, the riddles carry deep symbolic meaning and metaphorical significance. The answer to ...

In Turandot's original plot, the titular Chinese princess gives suitors three riddles. Princes who fail are executed, until Calaf (Yonghoon Lee) succeeds and wins her heart by kissing her.

UPDATED to note the producers and executive producer of Ai Weiwei’s Turandot. CPH:DOX, the renowned documentary festival in Copenhagen, is presenting what might be called an Ai Weiwei double ...

Ai Weiwei premieres two films at CPH:DOX: “Animality” and “Ai Weiwei’s Turandot,” a behind-the-scenes look at his radical opera production.

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 tickets ...

Milan heard it first, then Dresden, Vienna, Rome, Rimini, Buenos Aires, Berlin. Last week it was given its U. S. premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan—Turandot, posthumous opera ...

A Classic Opera Gets an Overdue Update. Francesca Zambello, artistic director of the Washington National Opera, talks about an exciting new staging of Puccini’s unfinished final opera, Turandot.

Every time Giacomo Puccini’s final masterpiece Turandot (1926) is staged, go see it.Even it only plays for one night, as it did Thursday, April 24, at the University of Houston’s Moores Opera ...

Opera Colorado is producing Puccini's “Turandot” as the last show of its 40th season. It is a popular opera, staged often and all over the world, but it also includes sexist and racist themes.

Although Puccini’s “Turandot” and “Madama Butterfly” are under fire lately for their stereotypical depictions of Asian characters, opera companies are reluctant to eliminate these hugely ...