RBO: Turandot
31 Mar 2025
- 205 minutes, with two intervals
- Italian with subtitles
Featuring the ever-popular ‘Nessun dorma’, this opera of love and revenge is brought to life in a dazzling production. Drawing on Chinese and Italian theatrical tradition to evoke a richly-imagined, mythical Peking, Andrei Șerban’s dazzling production is a ‘blazing masterpiece’ (Financial Times). Rafael Payare and Francesco Ivan Ciampa conduct Puccini’s opera of love and revenge, with Sondra Radvanovsky and Ewa Płonka sharing the title role and SeokJong Baek and Gwyn Hughes Jones sharing the role of Calaf.
The beautiful but icy Princess Turandot will only marry a man who can correctly answer three riddles. Those who fail are brutally beheaded. But when an unknown prince arrives, the balance of power in Turandot’s court is forever shaken, as the mysterious stranger does what no other has been able to.
Cast
PRINCESS TURANDOT
Sondra Radvanovsky
CALAF
SeokJong Baek
LIÙ
Anna Princeva
TIMUR
Adam Palka
PING
Hansung Yoo
PANG
Aled Hall
PONG
Michael Gibson
EMPEROR ALTOUM
Paul Hopwood
MANDARIN
Ossian Huskinson
ORCHESTRA
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONCERT MASTER
Sergey Levitin
CHORUS DIRECTOR
William Spaulding
CHORUS
Royal Opera Chorus
Creatives
DIRECTOR
Andrei Șerban
CONDUCTOR
Rafael Payare
LIBRETTO
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
MUSIC
Giacomo Puccini
DESIGNER
Sally Jacobs
LIGHTING DESIGNER
F. Mitchell Dana
CHOREOGRAPHER
Kate Flatt
CHOREOLOGIST
Tatiana Novaes Coelho