Opera, opera, opera. What are we to do with opera? Even those who love opera can’t agree on what it is, what it should be, or what it could be. I recently shared a meme on my Facebook page. The meme ...

Giacomo Puccini did not live to write the end of "Turandot," and his death in 1924 left us a gorgeous riddle. That the opera itself is about riddles only adds to the mystery of this last work by the ...

In this photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, the cast performs during Act 1 of Puccini's Turandot on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The Met was forced to stage ...

It’s not every opera that plays a key role in a “Mission: Impossible” action flick. But that’s what “Turandot” does in the Tom Cruise-starring blockbuster, “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.” ...

Big cast. Big sets. Big songs. Big emotions. If you're ever tasked with trying to come up with the most quintessentially operatic of all operas, Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot" would be pretty hard to ...

A little “Nessun Dorma” never hurt anyone. To be honest, I know almost zero about opera, but I can appreciate its incredible art form. I did some research online about this iconic aria most famously ...