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Visually striking Turandot crowned by excellent performances in Sydney

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“a work celebrating the best of opera: superb singing, strong storytelling, glamour and spectacle”
Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney on 30 June 2015
Puccini, Turandot
Opera Australia
Christian Badea, Conductor
Graeme Murphy, Director
Kristian Fredrikson, Costume Designer, Set Designer
Lise Lindstrom, Turandot
Yonghoon Lee, Calaf
Jud Arthur, Timur
Hyeseoung Kwon, Liù
Luke Gabbedy, Ping
Graeme Macfarlane, Pang
John Longmuir, Pong
Benjamin Rasheed, Emperor Altoum
Gennadi Dubinsky, Mandarin
Opera Australia Orchestra
Opera Australia Chorus
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