Aristocratic suitors strive to win the hand of Chinese princess Turandot. Three riddles must be solved, or else the current candidate faces death. The noble Calaf tries his luck in spite of all warnings…
Renaud Doucet and André Barbe set the storyline within the insect realm and scored a huge hit.
Cast
- Conductor
- Alfred Eschwé
- Stage direction and choreography
- Renaud Doucet
- Stage and costume design
- André Barbe
- Lighting design
- Guy Simard
- Bühnenbildassistenz
- Kerstin Bennier
- Choir director
- Thomas Böttcher
- Turandot, chinesische Prinzessin
- Melba Ramos
- Altoum, Kaiser von China
- Thomas Sigwald
- Timur, entthronter König der Tataren
- Stefan Cerny
- Calaf, sein Sohn
- Vincent Schirrmacher
- Liù, eine junge Sklavin
- Kristiane Kaiser
- Ping, Minister
- Günter Haumer
- Pang, Minister
- David Sitka
- Pong, Minister
- Alexander Pinderak
- Mandarin
- Morten Frank Larsen
Photos and Videos
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