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Turandot (Puccini)
28-31 May & 3-5 Jun '11
Sponsored by WNO Sponsors’ Group
Saturday 28, Tuesday 31 May, Friday 3 June at 7.15pm
Sunday 5 June at 4pm
Cast includes Gwyn Hughes Jones as Calaf and Rebecca Evans as Liù
Puccini’s final masterpiece
Peking has become a terrifying place. Crowds fill the streets, baying for blood, waiting for public executions. The victims are men who have attempted to answer three riddles. The prize is the hand of the beautiful but cold-hearted Princess Turandot. The penalty for failure is death. These horrors do nothing to deter Calaf, son of Timur - a deposed king. Intoxicated by the beauty of the Princess, not even the desperate pleas of Liù, Timur’s servant, can waken Calaf from his trance. He is determined to answer the riddles, risking his own life and those who truly love him.
Turandot is the crowning achievement of Italian opera in the last century. It may be best known for Nessun Dorma but Turandot is filled with music of extraordinary power. If you enjoy other operas by Puccini, Turandot simply has to be experienced.
Christopher Alden’s spectacular, potent production sets the action of the opera firmly in the 20th century creating a portrait of a society suffocated by a brutal regime. The cast includes Rebecca Evans making her role debut as Liù.
Listen to clips from the operas:
- Turandot_in_questa_reggia.mp3
- Turandot_nessun_dorma.mp3
- Turandot_non_piangere_liu.mp3
- Turandot_Signore_ascolta.mp3
- Performances start at 7.15pm except Sunday 5 June which starts at 4pm
- Running time approximately 2 hours 40 minutes
- Sung in Italian with surtitles in English and Welsh
- Pre-performance talks at 6.15pm except Saturday 28 May at 5.30pm & 6.15pm and Sunday 5 June at 3pm.
- Audio described performance - Sunday 5 June
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