Event

opera Film: TURANDOT

From - Bergenzer Festpiele - Recorded 2015

No man shall ever possess her the Chinese princess Turandot sets three riddles for every man that comes to woo her. So far none have been able to solve the riddles, and have paid with their heads. Then an unknown prince achieves the impossible: he correctly answers all three questions. But Turandot is still unwilling to surrender to him. So the Prince is ready to lay down his life if she can find out his name by morning. Throughout the night, no one may sleep: everyone must try to discover his name...

It is this aria sung by Calaf, Nessun dorma, that made Giacomo Puccinis opera Turandot world famous. On the Bregenz stage its delivered against the imposing backdrop of a dragon-shaped wall on Lake Constance. Marco Arturo Marellis stage set makes use of Chinese symbols of power. The stage wall is inspired by the worlds longest man-made structure, the Great Wall of China. The Bregenz wall is criss-crossed by detachments of terracotta warriors, over two hundred in all, some of them sky-high, others half-submerged in the water.

Conductor Paolo Carignani
Director and Set Designer Marco Arturo Marelli
Costume Designer Constance Hoffman
Video Designer Aron Kitzig
Lighting Designer Davy Cunningham
Choreographer Ran Arthur Braun
Video Director Felix Breisach

Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Prague Philharmonic ChoirChorus Master, Benjamin Lack
Bregenz Festival ChorusChorus Master, Benjaimn Lack

ARTISTIC TEAM
The Princess Turandot Mlada Khudoley
Calaf Riccardo Massi
Liù Guanqun Yu
The Emperor Altoum Manuel von Senden
Timur Michael Ryssov
Ping Andrè Schuen
Pang Taylan Reinhard
Pong Cosmin ifrim
Un Mandarino Yasushi Hirano