Turandot
Opera by Giacomo Puccini, with a libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, based on the eponymous play by Carlo Gozzi
Costumes by Jacques Reynaud
Opening on November 30, 2018 at the Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain
After Madama Butterfly (Paris, 1993), Turandot was Robert Wilson’s second production of an opera by Giacomo Puccini. For the performances in Madrid and Vilnius, the finale by Franco Alfano (with Toscanini’s cuts) was used.
“Robert Wilson is not a person to adapt his work to someone’s expectations and has a proper understanding of what theatre performance is. The most important thing for him is a single line, from the first moment to the brilliant last second. And this is what Turandot is.”