Turandot
Intro
Turandot
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
From 12/09/2008 in Antwerp - from 28/09/2008 in Ghent
- Musical direction: Patrick Fournillier
- Director: Robert Carsen
- Turandot: Elisabete Matos
- Calaf: Zoran Todorovich
- Liù: Rosita Kekyte
- Timur: Giorgio Giuseppini
In a similar vein to Verdi, Puccini reveals an incredible love for renewal at the end of his life. Turandot, in this sense, is very much the crowning achievement of his oeuvre. The opera, completed posthumously by Franco Alfano, represents a break with the naturalism of Puccini’s earlier operas and employs the archetypical symbolism of the fairytale.
The Chinese princess, Turandot will only marry the man who can solve three riddles. Calaf, son of the abdicated Tartar King Timur discovers the answers with little effort. Nevertheless, Turandot attempts to get out of her promise.
Director Robert Carsen’s Turandot is a woman who has difficulty having a mature relationship with a man. The production thus succeeds in transcending the exotic framework of the plot, allowing the opera to evolve into a psychological drama in which the power of the people plays a central role.
Practical
Surtitles: Dutch.
Team
- Musical direction
- Director
- Set design
- Costumes
-
Lightning
Jean Kalman
- Dramaturgy
- Chorus master
- Turandot
- Calaf
- Liù
- Timur
- Pang
- Pong
-
un Mandarino
Nanco De Vries
-
Koor en Kinderkoor van de Vlaamse Opera
Future opera productions
-
24 May
In 2013, it will be 200 years since Richard Wagner was born: an ideal time to turn the spotlight on this legendary composer. The... -
18 Jun
Candide is a young and naive optimist who sets out in search of his supposedly dead sweetheart Cunegonde. His odyssey to the lost paradise... -
21 Sep
Tristan accompanies Isolde to her marriage to King Marke. But on the journey, a coincidence transforms the love that’s been simmering between them into... -
05 Nov
The passionate prima donna Floria Tosca finds herself caught up in a deadly love triangle. She falls for the charms of Cavaradossi, an artist... -
15 Dec
In 18 th -century Vienna, the Marschallin, a mature but attractive princess, arranges a marriage between her skirt-chasing nephew Baron Ochs... -
07 Feb
The outsider Otello, a successful army general, gets married in secret to his great love Desdemona. Her father categorically disapproves of their relationship. Rodrigo,... -
21 Mar
Oppressed by an impotent, rich spouse and an authoritarian father-in-law, Katerina Ismailova chooses to embark on a passionate love affair. Because of her hopeless... -
11 Apr
Bluebeard’s Castle/Winterreise is a unique combination of two great classical works, whose central theme is human loneliness. In Bartók’s only opera, the... -
11 Jun
Not one of the 2065 women who cross his path is capable of resisting Don Giovanni. Conscious of his limited time on earth, the...
