Turandot by Puccini, mar. 18 juin 2024, Du (2024/2024), Dirigé par Christophe Coppens, Chef d'orchestre Kazushi Ōno, Ouri Bronchti, La Monnaie, Bruxelles, Belgique

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?