Passion, riddles and exoticism all wrapped up in an Oriental tale that reveals new meaning and symbolism with every performance; on the centenary of the death of Giacomo Puccini, MITO brings a version of Turandot to the Teatro Strehler dedicated to a younger audience.
Teatro Strehler
It is an ancient story, but one that is vital, real. It is the story of a beautiful princess, Turandot, who hides behind words. She has used them to create a fortress, a prison. She has lost the sense of joy and has become “the ice princess”; cruel, distant and enclosed within the silence of her mystery. Without hope, without passion, without love. As hard and as splendid as a crystal. Many princes have tried in vain to solve her riddle, but none have managed. Their ambition for glory and their desire to conquer have been punished; they have all lost their heads, deluding themselves that they could possess her. Until, one day...
Now in its 18th edition, MITO SettembreMusica celebrates the brilliance of Giacomo Puccini with a staging of Turandot created for a younger audience.
For information and tickets, visit mitosettembremusica.it
Duration: 70’ without interval
It is an ancient story, but one that is vital, real. It is the story of a beautiful princess, Turandot, who hides behind words. She has used them to create a fortress, a prison. She has lost the sense of joy and has become “the ice princess”; cruel, distant and enclosed within the silence of her mystery. Without hope, without passion, without love. As hard and as splendid as a crystal. Many princes have tried in vain to solve her riddle, but none have managed. Their ambition for glory and their desire to conquer have been punished; they have all lost their heads, deluding themselves that they could possess her. Until, one day...
Now in its 18th edition, MITO SettembreMusica celebrates the brilliance of Giacomo Puccini with a staging of Turandot created for a younger audience.
For information and tickets, visit mitosettembremusica.it
Duration: 70’ without interval
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La principessa di gelo
MITO SettembreMusica
based on Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
abridgement of the opera by Enrico Minaglia
with 100 pupils from the IC Cavalieri Primary School, Milan, and the IC Montessori Primary School of Bollate
with Roxana Herrera Diaz, Olha Smokolina, Alfonso Zambuto, Chiara Casalbuoni
and the orchestra of pupils from the conservatories of Milan and Turin, conducted by Giuseppe La Malfa
and with the actors from the Venti Lucenti
company direction, stage writing, costumes by Manu Lalli
in collaboration with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino