55 minutes agoThis image released by the Washington National Opera shows a set rendering by Wilson Chin showing one of his designs for a new production of Giacomo Puccini's"Turandot" opening May 11 at the Washington National Opera. – Ever since Giacomo Puccini died without finishing his last opera, “Turandot,” audiences have thrilled to its soaring melodies like “Nessun Dorma,” but also perhaps lamented the lack of a proper ending.
“You have a very proud and fiery princess who spends the entire opera saying ‘No,‘” she said. “Then Calaf comes along, he ignores her ‘No,’ then plants a big old kiss on her against her will, and as a result she is suddenly transformed into this nice, magnanimous ruler.”, she said, “I wanted to change the story in a way that I hoped Puccini’s ghost might have approved.”
Luciano Berio orchestrated a new ending which premiered in 2002; Chinese composer Hao Weiya crafted his own version in 2008, and Opera Delaware is offering a conclusion in May composed by Derrick Wang, whose earlier opera “Scalia/Ginsburg” told of the friendship between the two Supreme Court justices.hit TV series “Succession,”
“It felt more like a trauma response of somebody who’s really afraid of getting married,” Stanton said. So in the new final scene she has Turandot reveal that it was actually she herself who was raped.
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