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Turandot
Opéra Bastille
19h30
Dress Cocktail attire
25 years after directing Madama Butterfly, today still one of the most acclaimed productions in the Opera’s repertoire, Robert Wilson returns to Puccini, this time with Turandot, the Italian composer’s final masterpiece. The pared down minimalist sets and the lighting compositions, so quintessential to the director’s perspective, lend themselves perfectly to the saga of the cruel Princess, daughter of the emperor of an immemorial China. The production is built as a series of tableaux, each borrowed directly from Noh theatre whose ritualised gestures magnify group scenes or bring a hint of burlesque as is the case with the comic trio, Ping, Pang and Pong.
Turandot
Turandot - Robert Wilson
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Music
Giacomo Puccini
(1858 -1924) -
ConductorGustavo Dudamel
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Chorus masterChing-Lien Wu
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Libretto
Giuseppe Adami
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Libretto
Renato Simoni
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Director
Robert Wilson
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Co-stage director
Nicola Panzer
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Set and lighting design
Robert Wilson
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Set design
Stephanie Engeln
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Lighting design
John Torres
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Costume design
Jacques Reynaud
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Make-up
Manu Halligan
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Video
Tomek Jeziorski
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Dramaturgy
José Enrique Macián
Cast
Pankratova
Turandot
Jones
Calaf
Kowaljow
Timur
Bosi
Altoum
Arduini
Ping
Newlin
Pong
Talos
Le Mandarin
The Paris Opera Orchestra and Choruses.
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Paris Opera’s Children Chorus.
With the exceptional support of Aline Foriel-Destezet
Turandot will be broadcast on France musique on January 8, 2022 at 8pm at the occasion of the program "Samedi à l'Opéra" (A Saturday at the opera) hosted by Judith Chaine