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The Greek National Opera opened this season’s festival with Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot as Athens’ ancient theater hosts ...

To tourists, it’s the ancient theater at the foot of the Acropolis. Artists revere it for the majestic stage where legends ...

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The Greek National Opera opened this season’s festival with Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot as Athens’ ancient theater hosts ...

For visitors to Athens, the ancient Odeon of Herod Atticus is the must-see theater at the foot of the Acropolis. The Odeon of ...

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Soprano Christine Goerke sings the title role in the Minnesota Orchestra's concert presentation of Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot." (Opus 3 Artists) Comment. Gift. Share. Listen.

Every time Giacomo Puccini’s final masterpiece Turandot (1926) is staged, go see it.Even it only plays for one night, as it did Thursday, April 24, at the University of Houston’s Moores Opera ...