15th July

Concert will begin at 19:00 hours GMT

Puccini's 'Turandot' with Theorin, Cosotti, Spotti and de León from Rome

Puccini's 'Turandot' is an opera completed by Franco Alfano, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot by Carlo Gozzi. The original story is based on the epic Turan-Dokht from the book Haft-Peykar, work of 12th-century Persian poet Nizami. The opera's story is set in China and involves Prince Calàf, who falls in love with the cold Princess Turandot. Performers:

Turandot: Iréne Theorin.
Altoum: Max Renè Cosotti.
Timur: Marco Spotti.
Calaf: Jorge De León.
Liù: Maria Katzarava.
Ping: Igor Gnidii.
Pang: Gianluca Floris.
Pong: Massimiliano Chiarolla.
Mandarin: Gianfranco Montresor.

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Jurai Valcuha.