Name: Turandot
Start: 2024-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: La Monnaie

Organization

La Monnaie/De Munt

Conductor

Kazushi Ōno

Ouri Bronchti

Stage director

Christophe Coppens

Set designer

Lighting designer

Peter van Praet

Dramaturge

Reinder Pols

Chorus master

Emmanuel Trenque

Singer

Soprano

Ewa Vesin

Turandot

Svetlana Aksenova

Tenor

Ning Liang

The Emperor Altoum

Bass

Michele Pertusi

Timur

Stefano La Colla

Calaf

Amadi Lagha

Venera Gimadieva

Liù

Ruth Iniesta

Baritone

Leon Košavić

Ping

Alexander Marev

Pang

Valentin Thill

Pong

Others

La Monnaie Chorus

Orchestra

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

Académie des chœurs & Chœurs d'enfants et de jeunes de la Monnaie s.l.d. de Benoît Giaux

Costume designer

A Mandarin

Prospero mm productions

Shelter Prod

italiensk

Brussels

Belgium

La Monnaie

Turandot Puccini

Public

Private

fransk

hollandsk

Approved

Turandot’s dates always end with a funeral. To avoid tying the knot with one or other stranger, she lays down a terrible rule: Anyone seeking her hand must solve three riddles. Three right answers will result in marriage, a single error in death by beheading. Blinded by his love for the emperor’s daughter, the mysterious Prince Calaf takes up the challenge.

Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels in 1924, leaving the score of his last opera unfinished. A century later, conductor Kazushi Ono and director Christophe Coppens prove that the work has more to offer than its iconic aria ‘Nessun dorma’. Coppens sets Turandot in present-day Hong Kong, where an immensely rich family is losing itself in money, power and violence. Trying to escape her mother’s iron grip, the rebellious Turandot finds herself in a maelstrom of derailed fantasy that drives her to extremes.

CAST

Conductor KAZUSHI ONO / OURI BRONCHTI
Director & Costume Designer CHRISTOPHE COPPENS

Set Designer CHRISTOPHE COPPENS & I.S.M.ARCHITECTEN
Lighting Designer PETER VAN PRAET
Dramaturge REINDER POLS
Chorus Master EMMANUEL TRENQUE

La Principessa Turandot EWA VESIN / SVETLANA AKSENOVA
L’Imperatore Altoum NING LIANG
Timur MICHELE PERTUSI
Il Principe Ignoto (Calaf) STEFANO LA COLLA / AMADI LAGHA
Liù VENERA GIMADIEVA / RUTH INIESTA
Ping / Un Mandarino LEON KOŠAVIĆ
Pang ALEXANDER MAREV °
Pong VALENTIN THILL

° MM Soloist

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Choral Academy
La Monnaie Children's and Youth Choirs, led by Benoît Giaux

Production LA MONNAIE
With support from LOTERIE NATIONALE

In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter

Turandot (Giacomo Puccini) | Teaser

La princesse Turandot refuse de se marier. Pour y échapper, elle instaure une règle cruelle : celui qui voudra conquérir son cœur devra résoudre trois énigmes. Trois bonnes réponses vaudront au gagnant de remporter sa main en mariage ; une seule erreur et c’est la mort par décapitation. Aveuglé par son amour pour la fille de l’empereur, le mystérieux prince Calaf relève le défi. Mais quand il répond correctement aux questions, les rôles sont inversés, et c’est au tour de Turandot de devoir découvrir son secret à lui. Un jeu de devinettes qui se révèle bientôt aussi dangereux que l’amour lui-même.

Giacomo Puccini meurt à Bruxelles en 1924, laissant inachevée la partition de son dernier opéra. Tout juste 100 ans plus tard, le chef d’orchestre Kazushi Ono et le metteur en scène Christophe Coppens démontrent que l’œuvre a bien plus à offrir que la seule aria iconique « Nessun dorma ». Leur lecture de Turandot est celle d’une histoire d’horreur moderne se déroulant dans un monde brutal, où l’amour est rare et où règne la logique de l’argent, du pouvoir, de la violence et de la peur. Pourrait-on imaginer conte plus actuel ?

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Princess Turandot refuses to marry. To escape it, she establishes a cruel rule: whoever wants to conquer her heart must solve three riddles. Three correct answers will earn the winner their hand in marriage; one mistake and it's death by decapitation. Blinded by his love for the Emperor's daughter, the mysterious Prince Calaf takes up the challenge. But when he answers the questions correctly, the roles are reversed, and it's Turandot's turn to have to discover his own secret . A guessing game that soon turns out to be as dangerous as love itself.

Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels in 1924, leaving the score of his last opera unfinished. Just 100 years later, conductor Kazushi Ono and director Christophe Coppens demonstrate that the work has much more to offer than just the iconic aria “Nessun dorma”. Their reading of Turandot is that of a modern horror story set in a brutal world, where love is rare and where the logic of money, power, violence and fear reigns. Could one imagine a more current tale?

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