TURANDOT

opera in three acts and five scenes
music by Giacomo Puccini
libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni from Carlo Gozzi‘s theatrical fable of the same name
with Caterina Meldolesi, Gerardo Dell?Affetto, Baopeng Wang, Roberto Aronica/Eduardo Niave, Songha Lee, Paolo Ingrasciotta, Giulio Putrino, Giacomo Leone, Francesco La Gattuta

Director Alessandro D’Agostini
Direction, sets and costumes Nadir Dal Grande
Coro OperaLombardia
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Coro Voci Bianche del Teatro Sociale di Como
coproduction Theatres of OperaLombardia, Teatro del Giglio Giacomo Puccini di Lucca, Fondazione Teatro Carlo Coccia di Novara

Thursday 7 January 2027, 6.00 pm | Sala Musica – Teatro Donizetti AN INDURABLE FRAGMENTAround TURANDOT Virgilio Bernardoni (University of Bergamo, President of the Giacomo Puccini Study Centre in Lucca) in conversation with Paolo Fabbri (Director of the Donizetti Studies Centre at the Donizetti Theatre Foundation) with visual material curated by Clelia Epis and Maurizio Merisio To mark the centenary of its premiere, Turandot by Giacomo Puccini will be staged. Set in a fictional China, the opera depicts the conflict between the icy princess and the hero who seeks to win her heart by solving the three riddles set before…