Royal Opera: Turandot at Central Cinema
Royal Opera: Turandot
The Royal Opera House’s cinema season begins with a dramatic start, with the return of Puccini’s musically sublime final opera Turandot – a tale of disguised identities, riddles, ritual executions, and triumphant love. Andrei Serban’s production of this dark Oriental fairytale is spectacular, complimented by Sally Jacobs’s magnificent sets, elaborate masks, and costumes inspired by traditional Chinese theatre. Lise Lindstrom, one of the greatest Turandot singers today, makes her Royal Opera debut, with Marco Berti, the wonderful Puccinian singer, in the role of Prince Calaf
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The Royal Opera House’s cinema season begins with a dramatic start, with the return of Puccini’s musically sublime final opera Turandot – a tale of disguised identities, riddles, ritual executions, and triumphant love. Andrei Serban’s production of this dark Oriental fairytale is spectacular, complimented by Sally Jacobs’s magnificent sets, elaborate masks, and costumes inspired by traditional Chinese theatre. Lise Lindstrom, one of the greatest Turandot singers today, makes her Royal Opera debut, with Marco Berti, the wonderful Puccinian singer, in the role of Prince Calaf
Royal Opera: Turandot
The Royal Opera House’s cinema season begins with a dramatic start, with the return of Puccini’s musically sublime final opera Turandot – a tale of disguised identities, riddles, ritual executions, and triumphant love. Andrei Serban’s production of this dark Oriental fairytale is spectacular, complimented by Sally Jacobs’s magnificent sets, elaborate masks, and costumes inspired by traditional Chinese theatre. Lise Lindstrom, one of the greatest Turandot singers today, makes her Royal Opera debut, with Marco Berti, the wonderful Puccinian singer, in the role of Prince Calaf