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Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.
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The original text
Puccini’s final opera is an epic fairy tale set in a China of legend, loosely based on a play by 18th-century Italian dramatist Carlo Gozzi. Featuring a most unusual score with an astounding and innovative use of chorus and orchestra, it is still recognizably Puccini, bursting with instantly appealing melody. The unenviable task of completing the opera’s final scene upon Puccini’s sudden death was left to the composer Franco Alfano. Conductor Arturo Toscanini oversaw Alfano’s contribution and led the world premiere.
World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1926.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1987: Presented by CAPAB Opera (14–29 October)
1994: Presented by CAPAB Opera (17 September – 7 October)
1996: Presented by CAPAB Opera (6–12 November)
Sources
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
'Turandot'. The Metropolitan Opera. https://www.metopera.org/season/2023-24-season/turandot/
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