A masked character known only as the Mandarin issues a fearsome proclamation in a deep baritone: the vicious but beautiful princess Turandot must marry any man who successfully answers three ...

Michael Fabiano, who plays Calaf in Ai Weiwei’s Turandot, discusses how Turandot the character suppresses speech, leading to death and destruction, a construct that infuses Weiwei’s version of ...

Clearly, the “ice that sets you on fire” is Turandot — and much the same could be said for the opera itself. However difficult it may be to warm up to its plot or characters, the music in ...

Her Turandot was regal, ferocious, icy as a character from Frozen, then melting and frail as she thaws to Calaf’s overtures of love. She blew away the orchestra with her creamy reserves of ...

The suitor at the story’s center was a buzz-artist tenor, Limmie Pulliam, while that character’s support ... when he unleashed the aria that made “Turandot” famous, “Nessun Dorma.” ...

An April 24 performance of Puccini’s "Turandot" – one that featured vast choral and orchestral forces and first-rate soloists playing to an enthusiastic and sold-out house – demonstrated the ...

But next time, how about a production of Turandot that probes the characters and their relationships to make the drama live a little more?

“Turandot” earned its place in opera history ... he shared his method for nailing the character. “For the preparation, it's more of focusing on the language — the text — and the music ...