Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Turandot, opéra en 3 actes et 5 tableaux

Anna Netrebko, soprano (Turandot)
Carlo Bosi, ténor (Altoum)
Ferruccio Furlanetto, basse (Timur)
Yusif Eyvasov, ténor (Calaf)
Maria Teresa Leva, soprano (Liù)
Gëzim Myshketa, baryton (Ping)
Riccardo Rados, ténor (Pang)
Matteo Mezzaro, ténor (Pong)
YoungJun Park, baryton (Un Mandarin)
Chorus Of the Arena di Verona
Ulisse Trabacchin, direction
Orchestra of the Arena di Verona
Marco Armiliato, direction
Franco Zeffirelli, mise en scène

It is an event that attracts thousands of music lovers to Verona every summer: the opera season in the ancient Roman Arena. Nearly 22,000 spectators regularly fill the amphitheater for the performances. The Arena di Verona honours Italian stage director and filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli and his legendary production of Turandot. His imposing cinematographic production reproduces imperial China thanks to its impressive scenery and scenes, enriched by the sumptuous costumes of the Oscar-winning Japanese costume designer Emi Wada. Everything helps to highlight the atmosphere of the drama of enigma per excellence, where life itself is in danger and the answer lies in love, which melts the protagonist’s icy heart. “Netrebko does not merely sing it: she interprets it. What emerges is a character much more human and ultimately truer than usual” (La Stampa)