Organization

Conductor

Pietro Rizzo

Hannu Lintu

Stage director

Sofia Jupither

Set designer

Erlend Birkeland

Costume designer

Maria Geber

Lighting designer

Ellen Ruge

Singer

Soprano

Miina-Liisa Värelä

Turandot

Tenor

Mikheil Sheshaberidze

Calaf

Reetta Haavisto

Liù

Annika Leino

Baritone

Ville Rusanen

Ping

Jussi Merikanto

Mika Pohjonen

Pang

Markus Nykänen

Joska Lehtinen

Pong

Dan Karlström

Bass

Jyrki Korhonen

Timur

Matti Turunen

Jussi Miilunpalo

The Emperor Altoum

Kristian Lindroos

A Mandarin

Veronika Dzhioeva

Leonardo Caimi

Choreographer

Katarina Sörenson

Astrik Khanamiryan

Aleksandrs Antonenko

Tomas Pavilionis

Aapo Kilpelä

Finnish National Opera

Malmö Opera

Italian

Helsinki

Finland

Opera House

Recording of Turandot at the Finnish National Opera on 16 February 2023.

MUSIC Giacomo Puccini
LIBRETTO Giuseppe Adami
LIBRETTO Renato Simoni
CONDUCTOR Pietro Rizzo
DIRECTOR Sofia Adrian Jupither
SETS Erlend Birkeland
COSTUMES Maria Geber
LIGHTING DESIGN Ellen Ruge
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Katarina Sörenson

Cast:
TURANDOT Astrik Khanamiryan, CALAF Mikheil Sheshaberidze, LIÙ Reetta Haavisto, PING Jussi Merikanto, PANG Mika Pohjonen , PONG Tomas Pavilionis , TIMUR Matti Turunen , ALTOUM Jussi Miilunpalo, A MANDARIN Aapo Kilpelä

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The audio of the recording is produced by the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE.

Available worldwide until 17 September 2023.

Production booklet

Further reading