Turandot

The Chinese princess Turandot swears that she will not marry any man – except for the one who can solve her three-question riddle. Giacomo Puccini's final, unfinished opera tackles fairy-tale and socio-philosophical questions at the same time. The OPERA’s new production is staged by acclaimed choreographer Dóra Barta – a woman interpreting the most mysterious female title role in the world opera. Her staging approaches the work through the exciting stage language of movement and physical theatre as well as from the perspective of commedia dell'arte, from which Carlo Gozzi also drew inspiration at the time for his play on which the opera is based on. The abstract nature of the language of dance and movement helps to bring the philosophical content of the work into focus, while the aspect of power also remains important, because Turandot’s father, the emperor is not only looking for a husband for her daughter, but also for the future ruler for China…

AUTHORS

Director: Dóra Barta
Set designer: Ildi Tihanyi
Lighting designer: Zoltán Katonka
Choreographer: Dóra Barta
Hungarian translation by: Klára Lami
English translation by: Kinga Keszthelyi
Assistant to the director: Erika Tóth, Judit Niklai, Attila Toronykőy
Musical assistant: Katalin Doman, Balázs Kálvin, Pálma Hidegkuti, Dárius Teremi, László Bartal
Head of the Children's Chorus: Nikolett Hajzer
Chorus director: Gábor Csiki