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Bookmark or Share- Metropolitan Opera | TurandotOverview. Franco Zeffirelli’s dazzling vision of mythic China retakes the stage, with soprano Elena Pankratova making her Met debut as the legendary—and lethal—title princess, opposite tenor SeokJong Baek as the valiant prince who puts his life on the line to win her love.
- Turandot | The Opera 101Description. Princess Turandot. Soprano. A fierce man-hating spinster who aims to kill anyone wanting to marry her, in the belief that she is avenging a mistreated ancestor. The Emperor. Tenor. Father of Turandot. His name is Altoum in the libretto, but no one speaks during the opera.
- Turandot | Complete Opera GuideFull Synopsis – Act 3. Quick Answers. What is Puccini’s opera Turandot about? Turandot is about the Prince of Tartary (Calaf) falling in love with a Chinese Princess (Turandot). To win the right to wed her, he must answer riddles, which if failed will lead to his execution. Where does Turandot take place?
- Turandot - WikipediaTurandot ( Italian: [turanˈdɔt] ⓘ; [1] [2] see below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Puccini left the opera unfinished at the time of his death in 1924; it premiered in 1926 after the music was posthumously completed by Franco Alfano .
- Review: The Met’s ‘Turandot,’ Strongly Sung, Garishly StagedPuccini’s “Turandot” (with Yusif Eyvazov and Christine Goerke, center) has been revived by the Metropolitan Opera in Franco Zeffirelli’s opulent vision of fairy-tale China. Sara Krulwich/The New...
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