TURANDOT
PUCCINI
Adami & Simoni after Gozzi
NEW PRODUCTION
Following Anthony Minghella’s Olivier Award-winning Madam Butterfly
and Jonathan Miller’s 1930s-style La bohème, ENO continues to renew
its core Puccini repertoire with a new production of the composer’s
operatic swansong. Directed by dynamic young theatre director
Rupert Goold — fresh from his multi-award-winning Macbeth and
record-breaking West End run of Oliver! — this darkly beautiful staging
promises to be a Turandot for our times. German soprano Kirsten
Blanck makes her UK stage debut as the man-hating ‘ice princess’;
Welsh tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones (Pinkerton in Minghella’s Butterfly)
makes his role debut as the unknown prince whose death-defying
passion solves the riddle of her tortured heart. Featuring the aria
Nessun Dorma, Puccini’s most iridescently exotic score is conducted
by ENO’s Olivier Award-winning Music Director, Edward Gardner.
Oct 8 · 16 · 21 · 31 & Nov 5 · 11 · 13 · 21 · 26 & Dec 3 · 9 at 7.30pm
Dec 5 · 12 at 6.30pm | Oct 18 at 3.00pm
14 performances. Running time: 2hrs 40mins
Pre-performance talk by Sarah Lenton: Oct 16, 5.30pm, London Coliseum, £4
Pre-performance talk by Alexandra Wilson: Nov 21, 5.30pm, London Coliseum, £4
Princess Turandot Kirsten Blanck; Calaf Gwyn Hughes Jones; Liù Amanda Echalaz;
Timur James Cresswell; Pang Richard Roberts; Pong Christopher Turner;
Emperor Altoum Stuart Kale; Mandarin Iain Paterson
Conductor Edward Gardner; Director Rupert Goold; Set Designer Miriam Buether;
Costume Designer Katrina Lindsay; Lighting Designer Rick Fisher; Choreographer Aletta Collins;
Translator William Radice
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