The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died of a heart attack on Nov. 29, 1924 without finishing his newest opera “Turandot.” The piece was later finished by Franco Alfano, but remains a curiosity in ...

The Kennedy Center premieres a new ending for one of the world's most famous operas on Saturday in Washington, D.C. The opera is Turandot, and its ending has always been, shall we say, problematic.

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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 vitality ...

Who would not know the story of Turandot? The story of a cruel princess, who refuses all suitors and has them mercilessly beheaded if they do not guess her riddle? The originally Persian legend ...