Turandot
Giacomo Puccini
Marriage is out of the question for Princess Turandot. To avoid tying the knot with one or other stranger, she lays down a terrible rule: Anyone seeking her hand must solve three riddles. While three right answers will result in marriage, a single wrong answer will result in death by beheading. Blinded by his love for the emperor’s daughter, the mysterious Prince Calaf takes up the challenge.
Turandot
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Turandot’s Empire
In the Workshops of La Monnaie -
Turandot
The making-of -
Opening Night
Turandot -
Turandot
The story and musical highlights -
Turandot
The moodboard of Christophe Coppens -
‘He closed his eyes forever with Liù’
How Puccini never finished his last opera -
Puccini in Brussels
The maestro’s final weeks in our capital
CAST
Dramma lirico in tre atti e cinque quadri
Libretto di Giuseppe Adami e Renato Simoni
Musica di Giacomo Puccini
L’ultimo duetto e il finale dell’opera
sono stati completati da Franco Alfano
Création Milano, Teatro alla Scala, 25.4.1926
Conductor OURI BRONCHTI
Director & Costume Designer CHRISTOPHE COPPENS
Set Designer CHRISTOPHE COPPENS & I.S.M.ARCHITECTEN
Lighting Designer PETER VAN PRAET
Dramaturge REINDER POLS
Chorus Master EMMANUEL TRENQUE
La Principessa Turandot EWA VESIN
L’Imperatore Altoum NING LIANG
Timur MICHELE PERTUSI
Il Principe Ignoto (Calaf) STEFANO LA COLLA
Liù VENERA GIMADIEVA
Ping / Un Mandarino LEON KOŠAVIĆ
Pang / Il Principe di Persia ALEXANDER MAREV °
Pong VALENTIN THILL
° MM Laureate
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Choral Academy
La Monnaie Children's and Youth Choirs, led by Benoît Giaux
Production LA MONNAIE
In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter
