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The first performance of Puccini’s Turandot – archive, 1926

On 25 April 1926, the premiere of Puccini’s posthumous opera was presented at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, almost a year and a half after his death

The Guardian - UK

Royal Opera appearance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko draws pro-Ukraine protest

Dozens of Ukrainians and their supporters have demonstrated outside the Royal Opera House in London against a performance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko

The Independent UK

Photos of last season at Athens' Odeon of Herod Atticus theater before it closes for restoration

The Greek National Opera opened this season’s festival with Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot as Athens’ ancient theater hosts its final festival season before it shuts down for at least three years for restoration and maintenance.

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The week in classical: Wexford Festival Opera: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali; The Critic and more

This most friendly of festivals revives a disaster-fuelled Donizetti caper and another backstage comedy with name-that-tune moments. Plus, a witty new opera from Colm Tóibín

The Guardian - UK

Can new works revitalize opera?

Composers are always making new operas, but leaders in the opera world stress the need for emotional immediacy

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Final Fantasy art legend's poster for Lucca 2024 is a stunning tribute to the city's most famous son

And there are two more to come.

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The week in classical: La bohème; Family Ties: The Schumanns and the Mendelssohns; Treske Quartet – review

Royal Opera House; Queen Elizabeth Hall; Conway Hall, LondonPuccini’s genius shines through as his centenary year gets under way. Elsewhere, a good week for the Mendelssohns, and a Carrot Revolution

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Dog bites, animal fights, and getting Spotify cancelled – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Sydney Festival to set sail with opera staged on a ship

The Puccini opera Il Tabarro will be performed on the Carpentaria Lightship as part of the Sydney Festival, with the audience to stay on land for the spectacle.

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Opera for the public: Spain's Teatro Real opera house offers free broadcast to towns and cities

On a night in the middle of July, tenors, sopranos and a choir delighted the crowd in Madrid’s luxurious Teatro Real opera house with Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece, “Turandot.”

The Independent UK

Tel Aviv’s ‘Opera In The Park’ Returns For 20th Anniversary

Giacomo Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly' to be performed at Ganei Yehoshua Park, free to the public

Zenger

Light show meets opera as new 'Turandot' seeks to lure people back to theatre

A kaleidoscopic light show has helped reinvent Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" currently playing in Tokyo - a production which aims to bring people back into theatres now that the pandemic has eased.

Reuters

Conductor Eun Sun Kim set to make history at Lyric Opera with ‘Tosca’

She will lead eight performances of Giacomo Puccini’s tragic love story, “Tosca” and in doing so, becomes just the fourth woman in Lyric history to conduct a mainstage production.

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