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A riddle inside an enigma: Turandot at Savonlinna Opera Festival

Matti Turunen (Timur) and Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir
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Turandot
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Tuuli Takala (Liù), Matti Turunen (Timur) and Amadi Lagha (Calaf)
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Ewa Płonka (Turandot)
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Einar Dagur Jónsson (Pang)
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“Ping, Pang and Pong, here cane-twirling Chaplinesque manipulators with a taste for the grotesque”
Reviewed at Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna on 5 July 2025
Puccini, Turandot
Yves Abel, Conductor
Pet Halmen, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer, Lighting Designer
Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra
Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir
Roman Hovenbitzer, Revival Director
Ewa Płonka, Turandot
Amadi Lagha, Calaf
Tuuli Takala, Liù
Matti Turunen, Timur
Veikko Vallinoja, Emperor Altoum
Waltteri Torikka, Ping
Einar Dagur Jónsson, Pang
Aljaž Žgavc, Pong
Riku Pelo, Mandarin
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