FULL TURANDOT Nanjing 2024 Daniela Schillaci, Walter Fraccaro, Jacqueline Livieri, Dario Russo

• Work Title: Turandot  
• Composer: Puccini Giacomo  
• Libretto: Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Music Stage, Nanjing Forest, Nanjing, China, Nanjing Forest Music Festival  
• Recorded: September 17, 2024
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Daniela Schillaci, Walter Fraccaro, Jacqueline Livieri, Dario Russo, Wang Yiqing, Li Jinshuo, Han Junyu, Sun Yilong, Zhang Peng
• Conductor: Aldo Sisillo  
• Orchestra: China National Opera House Ochestra  
• Chorus: China National Opera House Choir  
• Stage Director: Shi Jingfu  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Nanjing Forest Festival  
• Date Published: 2024  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, cnsubs  
• Video Recording from: bilibili     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Turandot, performed in Nanjing, the birthplace of the “Jasmine Flower” melody, allows the audience to truly feel the close and exquisite interweaving of Eastern and Western cultures, and experience the unique charm of the combination of the grand narrative of Western opera and the delicate emotions of Eastern culture.

The “Jasmine Flower” melody in “Turandot”, as the core musical symbol that drives the development of the plot, is presented many times in the performance in the form of chorus, ensemble, solo, etc., becoming the most distinctive “Chinese element” in the entire work.

In the first scene, the Prince of Persia is about to be sentenced to death for guessing a riddle incorrectly. The atmosphere on the stage is depressing and silent. At this time, the chorus song “There are Storks Singing on the Top of the Eastern Mountain” adapted from “Jasmine Flower” sounds leisurely, starting a musical journey that is both familiar and unfamiliar to the audience.