The read
A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from TMDB 7/10.
Synopsis
Visually this is a gripping production which captures the drama of this opera perfectly. It's downright exciting! and I found the singing, acting, and orchestral playing reasonably fine. I found only one major problem with it, a problem that kept Puccini for quite a few years. Turandot has been looking for an opportunity to kill Calif and Calif has singlemindedly tried to get Turandot to love and wed him focusing on her and ignoring a better looking girl who loves him truly. The problem is how to get the audience to applaud the match once Calif gets his wish. Puccini couldn't figure out how to do it. The traditional quick ending doesn't do it, and Berio's attempt is longer , tries its best, but ends up making it plain this is one wierd couple.
Ratings
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Giuseppe AdamiWriter
- Nikolaus LehnhoffDirector
- Giacomo PucciniOriginal Music Composer
- Renato SimoniWriter
Cast
- Nina Maria StemmeTurandot
- Aleksandrs AntonenkoCalaf
- Maria AgrestaLiu
- Alexander TsymbalyukTimur
- Angelo VecciaPing
- Roberto CovattaPang
- Blagoj NacoskiPong
- Carlo BosiAltoum
- Gianluca BredaMandarin
- Riccardo ChaillySelf - Conductor
- Orchestra della ScalaCast