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Opera

Turandot
Giacomo Puccini

Presentation
Opera

Turandot’s dates always end with a funeral.

Princess Turandot doesn’t want to get married. To avoid marrying any old suitor, she lays down a terrible rule: Anyone who wants to obtain her love must solve three riddles. Three right answers will yield her hand, but a single wrong answer will result in death by beheading. Blinded by his love for the emperor’s daughter, the mysterious prince Calaf accepts the challenge. But after he has solved the riddles correctly, the tables are turned and it is up to Turandot to uncover his secret. A game of riddles that soon proves as dangerous as love itself. 

 Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels in 1924, leaving the score of his last opera unfinished. A century later, conductor Kazushi Ono and director Christophe Coppens prove that the work has much more to offer than its iconic aria ‘Nessun dorma’. They read Turandot as a modern horror story set in a harsh world where love is scarce and where the logic of money, power, violence and fear rules. Could a fairy tale be any more topical? 

Are you under 30? Then attend this opera on the 'Young Opera' night (27.6.2024) and enjoy a free reception and exclusive introduction.

Dates & tickets

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Location

La Monnaie

Prices

Start ticket sale 10.5.2024

Dates & tickets

Sung in Italian
Surtitles in Dutch and French

Presentation

Introductory talks 45' before the start of the performance: in Dutch by Pieter Mannaerts (Grand Foyer) and in French by Benoit Van Langenhove (Bonbonnière)

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Dates

Cast
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 KAZUSHI ONO
OURI BRONCHTI (21, 23.6) 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
SVETLANA AKSENOVA (16, 19, 23, 28.6) L’Imperatore Altoum NING LIANG Timur MICHELE PERTUSI Il Principe Ignoto (Calaf) STEFANO LA COLLA
AMADI LAGHA (16, 19, 23, 28.6) Liù VENERA GIMADIEVA
RUTH INIESTA (16, 19, 23, 28.6) Ping / Un Mandarino LEON KOŠAVIĆ Pang ALEXANDER MAREV ° Pong VALENTIN THILL

° MM Soloist

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Choirs

La Monnaie Children's and Youth Choirs, led by Benoît Giaux

ProductionLA MONNAIE With support fromLOTERIE NATIONALE