Princess Turandot doesn't want to belong to anyone. For that, she is prepared to give everything. So far, the strategy has worked to keep annoying suitors at bay: Anyone who wants to marry her must solve three riddles. Those who fail pay with their lives.
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Premiere Kachel Turandot
Hundreds try their luck and fall victim to Turandot's cruel tyranny. But then a man appears who can solve the riddles ...
Giacomo Puccini's last opera "Turandot" remained unfinished.
Until his death, the composer could not find a twist for the final love scene that convinced him.
Only after his friend, the Italian composer Franco Alfano, had finished composing the finale, which can be heard all over the world today, based on Puccini's sketches, was the opera premiered at La Scala in Milan in April 1926 and became a groundbreaking success.
In "Turandot" Puccini uses a hitherto unknown colour spectrum of Far Eastern melodies in the orchestra and traces the sounds of the ancient Chinese empire.
Director Philipp Stölzl, who besides music and spoken theatre mainly directs feature films, commercials and music videos, confronts this with a surreal visual language marked by black romanticism.
(Language: In Italian with German and English surtitles)
Additional information
Einführungsmatinee am 5. Juni 2022Vorwort 45 Minuten vor Vorstellungsbeginn im Apollosaal, Referentin: Jana Beckmann
Participating artists
Giacomo Puccini (Komponist/in)
Giuseppe Adami und Renato Simoni (Autor/in)
Dates
October 2024
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