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Teatro Real brings back the performance of the opera that the Italian composer wrote prior to his death. From 3 to 22 July, the opera returns under the prestigious English stage director Robert Wilson, conducted by Nicola Luisotti and Diego García Rodríguez with the performance of the Teatro Real Resident Orchestra and Choir.

The lyrical drama in three acts Turandot is based on a Chinese fantasy tale by Carlo Gozzi. The opera is set in Peking, where the Emperor’s beautiful but cruel daughter, Turandot, decides that she will only marry the prince who is able to solve three riddles that she sets.  A wrong answer will result in the suitor’s execution.

At this time, Timur, an exiled Tartar king, arrives in the city accompanied by his slave Liú.  There, they meet Calaf, his son, who falls in love with Turandot at first sight and decides to take up the challenge.

Artistic File:

• Musical Conductors - Nicola Luisotti / Diego García Rodríguez (18, 21 July)
• Stage Director, Stage and Lighting Design - Robert Wilson
• Co-director - Nicola Panzer 
• Associate Lighting Design - John Torres 
• Costume Design - Jacques Reynaud 
• Playwright - José Enrique Macián
• Director of the Choir- Andrés Máspero
• Director of the Children’s Choir - Ana González 

Lyrical drama in three acts

• Music by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
• Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, based on the fable of the same name by Carlo Gozzi
• Premièred at the Scala Theatre, Milan on 25 April 1926. Premièred at the Teatro Real on 14 February 1998
• Teatro Real production in co-production with the National Theatre of Lithuania, the Canadian Opera Company of Toronto,  the Houston Grand Opera and the National Opera of Paris

Cast:

• Princess Turandot - Anna Pirozzi (3, 6, 16, 19, 22 July) / Elena Pankratova (4, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20 July) / Saioa Hernández (5, 8, 11, 14, 18, 21 July)
• The Emperor Altoum - Vicenç Esteve
• Timur - Adam Palka (3, 6, 16, 19, 22 July) / Liang Li (4, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20 July) / Fernando Radó (5, 8, 11, 14, 18, 21 July)
• The Unknown Prince (Calaf) - Jorge de León (3, 6, 16, 19, 22 July) / Piero Pretti (4, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20 July) / Martin Muehle (5, 8, 11, 14, 18, 21 July)
• Liù - Nadine Sierra (3, 6, 16, 19, 22 July) / Ruth Iniesta (4, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20 July) / Miren Urbieta-Vega (5, 8, 11, 14, 18, 21 July)
• Ping - Germán Olvera
• Pang - Moisés Marín
• Pong - Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
• A Mandarin - Gerardo Bullón