Turandot
21/01/2013
Puccini s last and unfinished opera tells the tale of Turandot, the cruel daughter of the Chinese emperor, who demands that her suitors correctly answer three riddles. If they fail they are beheaded. Turandot does this in memory of a female ancestor who was brutally ravished and murdered by a marauding prince. Many have failed her test, the latest being the Prince of Persia who will be executed at moonrise. Watching is Calaf, son of the King of Tartary, who on seeing Turandot is captivated by her beauty and he takes up the challenge. With Rosario La Spina cast as Calaf, Susan Foster as the icy princess and Hyeseoung Kwon as the loyal slave girl Liù, the singing throughout is superlative. The choreography and direction of Graeme Murphy is visionary, add the set and costume designs of Kristian Fredrikson, and the lighting of John Drummond Montgomery and this production is glorious in its beauty.
Movie Information
Susan Foster
as Princess Turandot
Jud Arthur
as Timur
Rosario La Spina
as Calaf
Hyeseoung Kwon
as Liù
Andrew Moran
as Ping
David Corcoran
as Pong
Graeme Macfarlane
as Pang
Jin Tea Kim
as Prince of Persia
Benjamin Rasheed
as Altoum
Shane Lowrencev
as A Mandarin
Rachael Cunningham
as Handmaiden
Katherine Wiles
as Handmaiden
