Turandot (2020)

After twenty years of absence Puccinis Turandot was revived on the stage of the Teatro Real in a new production by American stage director Robert Wilson One of the most important theatre and visual artist of our times the director who gave life to Philip Glasss Einstein of the Beach and who reinvented Debussys Pelléas et Mélisande hadnt worked on a Puccini opera in twentyfive years since his groundbreaking Madama Butterfly commissioned by the Paris Opera in 1993 This new encounter between his powerful visual universe and Puccinis evocative music was bound to be an outstanding event Carried out by a brilliant cast of singers dominated by Irene Theorin as Turandot Gregory Kunde as Calaf and Yolanda Auyanet as Liù this magnificent production is conducted by the Teatro Reals associate musical director Nicola Luisotti and has been met with universal acclaim