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Giacomo Puccini’s opera in three acts

In the court of the beautiful and distant Princess Turandot, all suitors who fail to solve the three riddles posed by the princess are killed mercilessly. Then, the mysterious Prince Calaf arrives, knowing the right answer…

Turandot, Giacomo Puccini’s final opera, can be described as a Chinoiserie in Three Acts – the interpretation and imitation of Chinese aesthetics, literature, and music by an Italian composer who never travelled to the Far East. In the mid-18th century, Western European culture was pervaded by the phenomenon of Orientalism – an aesthetic longing for another way of being.

The texture of Turandot’s score has a richness of instrumental and harmonic colour. The ever-changing layers of Puccini’s music reveal each of the characters in their various ambiguities and discords, as well as the human need to love and to be loved. Giorgio Madia strives to offer an equally dramatic staging for this grandiose fairytale and Puccini’s powerful music, while also paying homage to the work’s historical context.

Scenically, Turandot is one of the most challenging Italian operas to produce effectively. Mass scenes with choir and ballet fill the stage, at the same time there is a need to convey the story and emphasize the musical composition. Puccini’s Turandot is rich in the music, in the drama, in the aesthetic – this Italian composer knew how to conceive his work for the operatic stage to provide the audience with a unique experience. I will wholly embrace this fairytale to unfold the very special world and poetry of this beautiful opera.

– Giorgio Madia, director and choreographer

Premiere on April 13th 2024 at the Vanemuine Theatre Grand Building

PROGRAM

Language: Italian
Surtitles: Estonian, English

Composers Giacomo Puccini and Franco Alfano
Librettists Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
Musical Director and conductor Risto Joost
Conductors Endel Nõgene, Aleksandr Brazhnyk
Director, choreographer and lighting designer Giorgio Madia (Italy)
Set and Costume Designer Maarja Meeru
Director’s assistant, Movement repetitor for chorus and soloists Janek Savolainen
Musical assistant Martin Sildos
Repetitors, concertmasters Piia Paemurru, Ele Sonn
Vocal consultant Toomas Kaldaru
Head chorusmaster Aleksandr Brazhnyk
Chorusmaster Kristi Jagodin
Chorus concertmaster Katrin Nuume
Dancers’ Repetitor Matthew James Jordan
Repetitor for students of the Vanemuine Dance and Ballet School Rita Dolgihh
Lighting Designer’s Assistant Kaspar Aus

 

Cast Liene Kinča Latvia, Gabriele Mangione Italy, Tamara Kalinkina Ukraine or Kadri Kõrvek NO Estonia, Pavlo Balakin or Märt Jakobson, Simo Breede or Taavi Tampuu, Roland Liiv Finnish NO or Mart Madiste NO Estonia, Rasmus Kull or Hisatoshi Nezu, Atlan Karp or Kristjan Häggblom, Hisatoshi Nezu or Oliver Timmusk, Oliver Kuusik or Juhan Tralla, Karmen Puis, Grete Oolberg, Helen Hansberg

Vanemuine symphony orchestra, Vanemuine opera choir (expanded composition),
Vanemuine ballet company, students of the Vanemuine Dance and Ballet School,
Tartu Boys’ Choir, the students of Jakobi Mäe Theatre Laboratory

Videos

Giacomo Puccini ooper "Turandot" Vanemuise teatris

Articles

Arvustus | Sinine unistus | ajakiri Muusika | juuni 2024

Arvustus | Vanemuine mängis Turandotiga suurtele panustele ja võitis | Eesti Päevaleht | 16.05.2024

Maarja Meeru võttis «Turandoti» kujunduse aluseks vana Hiina portselani mustrid | Tartu Postimees | 23.04.2024

Arvustus | „Turandot“ – vaimustav tunneteküllane lugu armastuse kõikvõimsusest | Õhtuleht | 22.04.2024

Arvustus | Igatsedes teistsugust olemisviisi | Sirp | 19.04.2024

Paranenud sopranile pöialt hoidnud publik tänas «Turandoti» truppi hiigelpika aplausiga | Tartu Postimees | 14.04.2024

Lavastust ja oma rolle tutvustavad solistid Liene Kinča ja Kristian Benedikt ning lavastaja Giorgio Madia ja muusikajuht Risto Joost | TV3 "Seitsmesed uudised" | 11.04.2024

Vanemuises tuleb lavale ooperiajaloo üks ikoonilisemaid teoseid | Tartu Postimees | 11.04.2024

"Turandotist" räägivad solist Aile Asszonyi, kunstnik Maarja Meeru ja lavastaja Giorgio Madia | "Aktuaalne kaamera" | 10.04.2024

Опера "Турандот" в театре "Ванемуйне" переместит зрителей в сказочный мир китайской эстетики | "Aktuaalne kaamera" RUS | 10.04.2024

Ooperi „Turandot“ muusikajuht Risto Joost: Puccini „Turandot“ on üks ooperiajaloo ikoonilisemaid teoseid | Vanemuise uudisvoog | 8.04.2024

Kuula intervjuud | Aile Asszonyi: Ooperi šlaager “Nessun dorma” kuulub Calafile ja kogu publik on armunud Liùsse. Kadri Kõrvek: Olen täielikult armunud nii sellesse rolli kui ooperisse | Klassikaraadio "Delta" | 8.04.2024

Külalissolist Aile Asszonyi maailmalavadel laulmisest, perekonnast ja taas Vanemuise laval laulmisest | ETV "Ringvaade" | 3.04.2024 | Vaata alates 47:10

Vanemuise "Turandotis" värvub kõik sini-valgeks | ETV "Ringvaade" | 20.03.2024

Galerii: Vanemuise teatris algas ooperi „Turandot“ prooviperiood | Vanemuise uudisvoog | 13.02.2024

Orientalistlik muinasjutt Vanemuise ooperilaval | Hooajakiri Ramp kevadnumber 2024

Interviews

Dramaatiline sopran Aile Asszonyi meenutab oma ooperidebüüti: Despina rolli Mozarti ooperis „Così fan tutte“ Vanemuises, Aile rollist ooperis „Turandot“ ning Aile töödest Euroopa ooperilavadel | "Vanemuise veerand" | 4.04.2024

Muusikajuht ja peadirigent tutvustab lavastust "Turandot" | "Vanemuise veerand" | 7.03.2024