TURANDOT

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Opera in three acts
Libretto: Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni after a play by Carlo Gozzi
World premiere: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, Italy, April 25th, 1926

Location Ahoy Arena Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Performances 7 - January 23rd - 30th, 1996
Premiere January 24th
Visitors 36.000
Local PartnerAhoy Arena
 
Team
Bernard BrocaDirector
Bernard ArnouldSet & Costume Designer
Addy Broeders & Dré MeulenbroekCostume Designers
Philippe ArlaudLight Designer
Wilfred Houthuijsen & Peter ScheunhageSound Designers
 
Cast
Roberto PaternostoConductor
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
 
Francesca Patanè & Sophia LarsonTurandot
Wolfgang Schmidt & Giorgio TieppoCalaf
Fiamma Izzo D'Amico & Olga RomankoLiu
Nicola GhiuselevTimur
Waldemar KmenttAltoum
Marco CamastraPing
Enrico FaciniPang
Gianluca SorrentinoPong
Andrea PapiMandarin
Helma & Loortje van den Brink,Children Voices
Wout Neutkens
 
Louis BuskensChoir Conductor
Opera in Ahoy Choir &
Rotterdam Boys Choir
 
Opera in Ahoy Talents
 
Facts & figures
1 hanging platform 12 x 12 meter
1 palace wall 30 x 11 meter
1 turning 'golden' gong
3 boy choir
4 40ft trucks for sound & light
10 40ft trucks for set, props & costumes
15 meter long Turandot cape
30 Budha effigies of 1.50 in diameter
75 orchestra
81 talents
94 Xian-soldier statues in different poses
119 choir
341 costumes