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Puccini’s Turandot at the ROH is much more than a love story
It would be an exaggeration to portray Puccini as being on a political mission. But he does make a sly dig at the transition to absolute dictatorship underway in Italy.
It would be an exaggeration to portray Puccini as being on a political mission. But he does make a sly dig at the transition to absolute dictatorship underway in Italy.
The New York Times has called for the cancellation of Puccini’s Turandot, forgetting that much of opera is based on creative fiction.
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