RBO: Turandot (12A)
CHAPMAN STUDIOShowing on Tue 1 Apr 2025
Running time: 3 hours 25 minutes
Age Guidance: All Ages
The Royal Opera
TURANDOT
[Revival]
LIVE: Tuesday 1 April 2025, 19:15 BST
ENCORE: Sunday 6 April 2025, 14:00 BST
Running time: 205 minutes, Two intervals
Sung in Italian with subtitles
Cast:
PRINCESS TURANDOT Sondra Radvanovsky
CALAF SeokJong Baek
LIÙ Gemma Summerfield
TIMUR Adam Palka
PING Hansung Yoo
PANG Aled Hall
PONG Michael Gibson
EMPEROR ALTOUM Paul Hopwood
MANDARIN Ossian Huskinson
ORCHESTRA Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONCERT MASTER Sergey Levitin
CHORUS DIRECTOR William Spaulding
CHORUS Royal Opera Chorus
Creatives:
DIRECTOR Andrei Șerban
CONDUCTOR Rafael Payare
LIBRETTO Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
MUSIC Giacomo Puccini
DESIGNER Sally Jacobs
LIGHTING DESIGNER F. Mitchell Dana
CHOREOGRAPHER Kate Flatt
CHOREOLOGIST Tatiana Novaes Coelho
The beautiful but icy Princess Turandot will only marry a man who can correctly answer three riddles. Those who fail are brutally beheaded. But when an unknown prince arrives, the balance of power in Turandot’s court is forever shaken, as the mysterious stranger does what no other has been able to.