Opera

Turandot

Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Italian, with German surtitles.

Libretto by Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni nach Carlo Gozzi
Premiere: 1926 in Milan

Teaser: Astrid Steiner

Young Doo Park, Heather Engebretson, Olesya Golovneva, Gabriele Ascani, Rodrigo Porras Garulo, Chorus
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Olesya Golovneva, Chorus
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Heather Engebretson
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Olesya Golovneva, Chorus
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Ralf Rachbauer, Christopher Bolduc, Gustavo Quaresma
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Olesya Golovneva, Gabriele Ascani, Chor
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Young Doo Park, Heather Engebretson, Chorus
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Rodrigo Porras Garulo, Olesya Golovneva
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Heather Engebretson
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Olesya Golovneva
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Heather Engebretson, Ralf Rachbauer, Rodrigo Porras Garulo, Christopher Bolduc, Gustavo Quaresma
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Heather Engebretson, Young Doo Park
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Gabriele Ascani, Chorus
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Olesya Golovneva, Heather Engebretson, Rodrigo Porras Garulo
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Olesya Golovneva, Rodrigo Porras Garulo, Chorus
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Erik Biegel, Rodrigo Porras Garulo, Olesya Golovneva
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Christopher Bolduc, Gustavo Quaresma, Ralf Rachbauer
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Erik Biegel, Heather Engebretson
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Olesya Golovneva, Chorus
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Heather Engebretson, Olesya Golovneva
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Aaron Cawley, Olesya Golovneva, Heather Engebretson
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Determined to avenge her ancestor’s abduction, the Chinese Princess Turandot announces that if a man solves her three riddles correctly, she will marry him; but if he fails to do so, he will be put to death. The aloof princess attracts many potential suitors, all of whom lose their lives for failing to sole the riddles. But who is behind the ice-cold facade? An unknown prince solves the three riddles and comes dangerously close to Turandot.

Giacomo Puccin's last opera remained unfinished. Time and again, musicologists and composers have tried to reconstruct the ending; but it is precisely in its open-endedness that the opera's fascination lies to this day.

PREMIERE: 13 April 2024

Cast

Conductor Yoel Gamzou, Michelangelo Mazza
Director / Stage Design Daniela Kerck
Costume Design Andrea Schmidt-Futterer, Frank Schönwald
Lighting Design Klaus Krauspenhaar
Video Astrid Steiner
Choreography Rosana Ribeiro
Chorus Master Albert Horne
Musical Director, Youth Choir Andreas Bollendorf, Judith Kunz
Dramaturgy Constantin Mende