Name: Turandot
Start: 2023-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opéra national du Rhin

Organization

Conductor

Domingo Hindoyan

Stage director

Emmanuelle Bastet

Set designer

Tim Northam

Costume designer

Véronique Seymat

Lighting designer

François Thouret

Soprano

Elisabeth Teige

Turandot

Tenor

Arturo Chacón-Cruz

Calaf

Adriana González

Liù

Bass

Mischa Schelomianski

Timur

Raúl Giménez

The Emperor Altoum

Baritone

Alessio Arduini

Ping

Gregory Bonfatti

Pang

Éric Huchet

Pong

Andrei Maksimov

A Mandarin

Video designer

Eric Duranteau

Chorus master

Hendrik Haas

Luciano Bibiloni

Anass Ismat

Nicolas Kuhn

The Prince of Persia

Clémence Baïz

First handmaiden

Mezzo-soprano

Nathalie Gaudefroy

Second handmaiden

Opéra National du Rhin

Opéra de Dijon

Orchestra

Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg

Others

Chœur de l'Opéra de Dijon

Les Petits Chanteurs de Strasbourg

Maîtrise de l’Opéra National du Rhin

Mulhouse

France

La Filature

Strasbourg

Opéra national du Rhin

Turandot Puccini

Public

Private

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Choreographer

Dancer

Actor

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

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Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

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Illustrator

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Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Singer

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

ÀPékin, personne ne dort. La foule s'est rassemblée pour assister à la décapitation du Prince de Perse. Comme de nombreux étrangers avant lui, il n'a pas su répondre correctement aux trois énigmes qui lui auraient permis d'obtenir la main de la très convoitée Turandot, fille de l'empereur de Chine. « Blanche comme le jade, froide comme une lame », celle-ci a juré de rester libre à jamais pour venger la mémoire de son aïeule, assassinée par le prince des Tartares après l'invasion de son pays. Alors que les têtes continuent de tomber, l'arrivée d'un prince étranger en exil pourrait bien réchauffer le sang glacé de Turandot et redonner espoir à son peuple qui se languit du bonheur des jours passés.
En 1926, le compositeur Franco Alfano se voit confier la lourde tâche d'achever les deux dernières scènes de Turandot, laissées à l'état de simples notes par la mort de Puccini. Ces pages apocryphes sont arbitrairement retaillées par le chef Arturo Toscanini dès les premières représentations, privant l'œuvre d'un dernier envol magistral, pourtant voulu par Puccini, avec un développement triomphal du thème de « Nessun dorma », air parmi les plus connus du répertoire. Présenté ici sous sa forme complète, ce finale original permet de (re)découvrir Turandot sous un jour inédit. Un événement rare et grandiose, confié à la metteuse en scène Emmanuelle Bastet et au chef Domingo Hindoyan.

français

In Beijing, nobody sleeps. The crowds have gathered to watch the beheading of the Prince of Persia. Like many foreigners who came before him, the prince failed to answer the three riddles that would have earned him the hand of the much-coveted Princess Turandot, daughter of the Emperor of China. But she who is “white as jade, cold as blade” has sworn to never wed in vengeance for the death of her ancestress who was murdered by the Prince of Tartary after an invasion. As heads continue to roll, the arrival of an exiled foreign prince might melt Turandot’s ice-cold blood and restore hope in her people who yearn for the good old days.
In 1926, composer Franco Alfano was given the immense responsibility of completing the two final scenes of Turandot, which Puccini had left as a collection of sketches upon his death. These apocryphal pages were arbitrarily trimmed by the conductor Arturo Toscanini in the first performances, stripping the work of its sublime final soaring passage, against Puccini’s wishes, with the triumphant development of the theme of “Nessun Dorma”, which went on to become one of the best-known arias in the opera repertoire. Presented here in its complete version, this original finale is a chance to (re)discover Turandot in a fresh light. In the hands of director Emmanuelle Bastet and conductor Domingo Hindoyan, this is a rare and magnificent production.

English

Turandot by Puccini, From (2023/2023), Directed by Emmanuelle Bastet,, Conductor Domingo Hindoyan, Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg, France

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