Turandot

Turandot Giacomo Puccini Opéra Bastille Duration: 2h40 with one interval Language: Italian Surtitles: French / English To avenge one of her ancestors, Princess Turandot subjects every suitor of royal blood to a cruel ordeal: whoever fails to solve her three riddles will have his head cut off.

But the arrival of an unknown prince may finally make her receptive to love… Giacomo Puccini's final opera, which he did not live to complete, his death from illness coming before he could finish the final duet, Turandot premiered two years after his death, in 1926, at La Scala in Milan.

To his characteristic melodic inspiration, of which the famous “Nessun dorma” bears witness, the composer adds an oriental atmosphere to evoke the legendary China of the tale.

Like Madame Butterfly, which he staged at the Opéra Bastille in 1993, Turandot perfectly suits the stylised aesthetic of Robert Wilson, who died in 2025.

His production, which offers images of striking beauty, is his last for the Paris Opera Robert Wilson Director, set and lighting design Eun Sun Kim Musical direction Elza van den Heever Turandot (27 Nov. ) Yusif Eyvazov Calaf Adriana Gonzalez Liù (27 Nov.

) Carlo Bosi Altoum Alexander Tsymbalyuk Timur Biagio Pizzuti Ping Bergsvein Toverud Pang Manase Latu Pong Christian Rodrigue Moungoungou A mandarin