TURANDOT: THE TOUR
Premiere:
Asian Premiere – 21 December 2018, Beijing (Cina), Tsinghua University, Meng Minwei Concert Hall
European Premiere – 10 January 2019, Bolzano, Teatro Stabile di Bolzano
other performances:
11-13 January 2019, Bolzano, Teatro Stabile di Bolzano
17-20 January 2019, Prato, Teatro Metastasio
23-27 January 2019, Modena, Teatro Storchi
29 January 2019, Ferrara, Teatro Comunale
1 February 2019, Casalmaggiore, Teatro Comunale
5-10 February, Rome, Teatro Argentina
TURANDOT
music Luigi Ceccarelli, Alessandro Cipriani and Qiu Xiaobo
direction Marco Plini
direction for Beijing opera Xu Mengke
dramaturgy Wu Jiang e Wu Yuejia
assistant director Thea Dellavalle
costumes Jiang Dian
coreography Cao Yang
lighting design Tommaso Checcucci
video Orlando Bolognesi
hairstyling and makeup Zheng Weiling
with the actors of National Beijing Opera Theatre Company
Zhang Jiachun, Turandot – Xu Mengke, Calaf – Wu Tong, Liù – Liu Dake, Timur – Ma Lei, emperor Wang Ping – Wang Chao, Ping – Nan Zikang, Pong – Weng Pengyu, Pang
musicians
Vincenzo Core, electric guitar and electronics – Giacomo Piermatti, double bass – Meng Lingshen, jing hu – Zhang Fuqi, jing er hu – Li Lijing, yue qin
percussions: Laura Mancini, bass drum, vibraphone, rototom – Wang Xi, ban gu e da tang gu – Cao Rongping, nao bo – Chen Shumin, xiao luo – Niu Lulu, da luo
produced by China National Peking Opera Company, Emilia Romagna Teatro, Teatro Metastasio di Prato