| Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) | Turandot | Libretto by Renato Simoni, Giuseppe Adami |
| Gran Teatre del Liceu | |||
| Josep Pons | Conductor | ||
| Franc Aleu | Director, Video, Set Designer | ||
| Carles Berga | Set Designer | ||
| Chu Uroz | Costume Designer | ||
| Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu | |||
| Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu | |||
| Cor Vivaldi-Petits Cantors de Catalunya | |||
| Iréne Theorin | Soprano | Turandot | 2019 Oct 07, 10, 13 |
| Lise Lindstrom | Soprano | Turandot | 2019 Oct 08, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25 |
| Jorge de Léon | Tenor | Calaf | 2019 Oct 07, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20 |
| Gregory Kunde | Tenor | Calaf | 2019 Oct 08, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24, 25 |
| Ermonela Jaho | Soprano | Liù | 2019 Oct 07, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 24 |
| Anita Hartig | Soprano | Liù | 2019 Oct 08, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 25 |
| Alexander Vinogradov | Bass | Timur | 2019 Oct 07, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 24 |
| Ante Jerkunica | Bass | Timur | 2019 Oct 08, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 25 |
| Chris Merritt | Tenor | Emperor Altoum | |
| Toni Marsol | Baritone | Ping | |
| Francisco Vas | Tenor | Pang | |
| Mikeldi Atxalandabaso | Tenor | Pong | |
| Michael Borth | Baritone | Mandarin |
New production by video artist Franc Aleu, who frequently collaborates with the Fura dels Baus.
Three riddles, to which a nameless prince finds the right answers: hope, blood and Turandot. And three characters who reveal the meaning of Puccini's melodrama: Calaf, Liù and Turandot.
Just 20 years ago (7 October 1999), the Liceu reopened after the fire with a performance of Turandot. Now the “ice princess” returns to the opera house on the Rambla. She is embodied in the first cast by the great Iréne Theorin, and by Lise Lindstrom, making her Liceu debut, in the second. Other members of the five-star line-up are Jorge de León, Gregory Kunde, Ermonela Jaho and Anita Hartig.
Puccini's last opera (completed after his death by Franco Alfano) was first performed at the Scala in Milan in 1926. Video artist Franc Aleu has chosen it for his first venture as stage director.
The visually fascinating sets and spectacular costumes of Aleu's production, in which light plays a key role, further accentuate the many ground-breaking aspects of this opera of the late Verismo school.