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Composer | Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) |
Period | Romantic |
Librettist | Renato Simoni, Giuseppe Adami |
Year | 1926 |
Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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BudapestTurandot
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Puccini: Turandot
Martin Rajna; Dóra Barta; Hungarian State Opera; Ildikó Tihanyi; Zoltán Katonka; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus
VilniusTurandot
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Puccini: Turandot
Ričardas Šumila; Robert Wilson; Lithuanian National Opera; Yannis Pouspourikas; Stephanie Engeln; Jacques Reynaud; John Torres
TartuTurandot
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Puccini: Turandot
Endel Nõgene; Giorgio Madia; Theatre Vanemuine; Aleksandr Brazhnyk; Maarja Meeru
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Cast and orchestra bring down the house in Met’s glowing Turandot
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With a standout cast, fine orchestral playing under Carlo Rizzi, and newly refurbished sets, Zeffirelli’s 1987 staging of Puccini’s epic fairy tale appears as bright as ever.
Turandot at Savonlinna Opera Festival: a riddle inside an enigma
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Pet Halmen’s 2003 production of Puccini's unfinished final opera places asks more riddles than Turandot's quiz questions to her would-be suitors.
A big and bold Turandot in Kansas City
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Lyric Opera of Kansas City ends its season with Garnett Bruce's blockbuster production of Puccini's Turandot.
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ParisTurandot
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Puccini: Turandot
Marco Armiliato; Robert Wilson; Opéra national de Paris; Stephanie Engeln; Jacques Reynaud; John Torres; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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A journey through Puccini’s Tuscany
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Puccini, who died 100 years ago this year, had a lasting fondness for his native Tuscany – and despite his wealth and fame in later life never moved far from his birthplace in Lucca.
Puccini and the moderns: a composer in the 20th century
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2024 marks the centenary of Giacomo Puccini’s death. Yet his work is often relegated from histories of 20th-century music. Puccini scholar Alexandra Wilson explores the diversity – and modernism – of the composer’s later operas.
Bachtrack top ten: Giacomo Puccini
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Giacomo Puccini knew how to pull the heartstrings in his music. He made his soprano characters suffer... but also composed some of his best music for them.