José Miguel Pérez-Sierra, musical direction
Christof Loy, production
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Choir and extra choir of the Theater Basel
Theater Basel extras
Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini
Text by Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni
Cruel riddles
Princess Turandot poses three riddles to her suitors. Whoever can solve them will marry her. Those who fail must die. Hundreds try their luck, but only one succeeds - and in turn confronts Turandot with a riddle of life and death. Giacomo Puccini's opera is a work of emotional power. In his dark and exotic, shimmering fairy tale, the composer traces the tonal colours of Far Eastern melodies. Director Christof Loy adds other works by Puccini to the famous fragment and stages it as a psychogram of a young woman caught between coping with trauma and self-realisation.
TURANDOT
Theatre Premiere
Sunday, 02 March 2025
06:30 PM
2 hours 30 minutes with break
Interesting for people aged 14+
In italiano, with German surtitles, with English surtitles
Further dates:
8. March 2025
16. March 2025
23. March 2025
29. March 2025
4. April 2025
14. April 2025
24. April 2025
27. April 2025
30. April 2025
3. May 2025
9. May 2025
29. May 2025
1. June 2025