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Your Guide to Puccini's Turandot
By COC StaffPosted in 1920
Turandot’s subject matter was a departure for Puccini, who had spent almost the entirety of his career writing operas rooted in realism — La Bohème, for example, is about penniless artists trying to make it in Paris; Tosca is a thriller about an opera singer caught in a game of cat-and-mouse during the French Revolutionary Wars. But with Turandot, Puccini took a decisive turn away from stories about real people in specific places and entered a realm of the fantastical.
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Meet the 2019/2020 Ensemble Studio
By COC StaffPosted in Ensemble Studio
The start of the 2019/2020 season means the start for a new group of Ensemble Studio artists! Get to know each of our nine artists and learn what inspires them, both on and off the stage.
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The Turandot Problem
By Richard LeePosted in 1920
How do we watch and listen (and hopefully enjoy) Puccini’s Turandot in 2019?
It is a challenge to our sensibilities because the work comes from a vastly different historical moment than our own.
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