Puccini’s ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Turandot’: More Than Appropriation
The history and curiosity behind these operas, both set in Asia, complicate often simplistic criticisms of borrowing and stereotyping.
By Zachary Woolfe
The history and curiosity behind these operas, both set in Asia, complicate often simplistic criticisms of borrowing and stereotyping.
By Zachary Woolfe
The soprano appeared in more than two dozen productions at the house in Milan as she rose to become opera’s leading lady. Here are six highlights.
By Farah Nayeri
A countess from an influential Italian family, she charted her own course and produced films by the likes of Pasolini and Zeffirelli.
By Alex Williams
The actors in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film sued Paramount Pictures last year over a scene in which the star-crossed title characters woke up together in the nude.
By Julia Jacobs
Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting assert in a lawsuit that Paramount Pictures should have known nude images of them in their teens were “secretly and unlawfully obtained.”
By Julia Jacobs
Christine Goerke and Yusif Eyvazov star in a revival of Franco Zeffirelli’s production, which adds gaudiness to Puccini’s sophisticated score.
By Anthony Tommasini
For years Cesare Badoglio was the go-to prognosticator of Italian designers.
By Laura Rysman
At their best, the artists who died this year could make us see the world in new ways — even as they made us laugh and cry. Here is a tribute to some of them, in their own words.
By Sara Aridi and Peter Libbey
The Metropolitan Opera restages the director’s 1981 production with a winning cast and no scrim to impede the singers.
By Anthony Tommasini
The director, an unabashed emperor of extravagance, forgot what he once knew: Opera can be deep drama.
By Anthony Tommasini
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