If she manages, he is prepared to die.It is night. Opéra Arènes de Vérone : Turandot Pour sa 88e édition, le festival lyrique des Arènes de Vérone mettait à l’honneur le metteur en scène italien, Franco Zeffirelli.
Therefore, due to the authorities’ orders and force majeure, it has become objectively impossible to stage the shows programmed for the 2020 Opera Festival. Then he spontaneously invokes Turandot’s name three times, striking the gong three times as he does so, thereby announcing his wish to be put to the test.In a pavilion next to the Imperial Palace, Ping, Pang and Pong go over both the marriage and funeral protocols while they wait for the challenge of this unknown prince. The three ministers burst onto the scene and first with promises, but then with threats try to wrench the secret out of him. Les Arènes de Vérone gardent le moral, et c’est tant mieux.
Calaf curses Turandot for her cruelty but his shout quickly dies on his lips as he sees the princess appear on the balcony for a brief moment, time enough to confirm with an imperious gesture the death sentence. Beautiful, unperturbed, she explains why she is so fierce and why she hates men. Lo and behold, it is Prince Calaf, Timur’s son. Liù pleads for help and a young man rushes over to them, pushing his way through the crowd. In the turmoil he falls to the ground. She tries to repel him but he manages to kiss her on her mouth and in so doing, it is as if a spell is broken: Turandot experiences an emotion hitherto unknown to her, a feeling capable of melting her heart of stone.
In admiration Turandot asks her where she finds so much strength.
The crowd cheers, acclaiming him the winner. NO MORE PERFORMANCES Turandot is the beautiful, yet cruel, daughter of the Emperor Altoum.It is dusk in Peking. The 2021 Festival of the Fondazione Arena di Verona will present the productions originally planned for the 2020 …
Only now does the prince reveal his real name: Calaf, son of Timur, and adds that, if she wishes, she can still send him to his death.Shortly afterwards, before the Emperor, dignitaries and all the people, Turandot declares that she finally knows the name of the foreigner: his name is Love. In the palace gardens the voices of the heralds announcing Turandot’s decree can be heard: no one in the city must sleep until the name of the unknown prince has been discovered. Those who fail will be decapitated.
From the top of a wall of the Imperial Palace a mandarin announces Turandot’s edict to the people.
The two men are overcome at meeting up again after so long.
Liù’s death shakes everyone deeply.Calaf and Turandot remain alone together. Turandot desde el Arena di Verona en la legendaria producción de Franco Zeffirelli de la obra maestra de Puccini.
Starting from June 27th, Turandot by Giacomo Puccini will go on stage under the skillful direction of Franco Zeffirelli. The buzz of preparation at the palace quickly brings them back to reality: the ceremony of the riddles, which will probably conclude with the umpteenth death penalty, is about to begin.In the big courtyard of the palace, the old Emperor is sitting on the throne at the top of a monumental staircase surrounded by his whole court. Tired of Turandot’s cruelty and of the countless deaths her riddles have caused, the ministers relax and nostalgically recount memories of a happy life in the past and express the desire to return to their homes in the country. Like the others who have preceded him, the Prince of Persia has also failed the test and will be executed when the moon rises.Among the crowd outside the palace, there is an old man who is accompanied by his loyal slave, Liù.
Big stars will be in Verona to express their love for the Opera and for the Arena. Three times, in a feeble voice, he asks the unknown prince to renounce the challenge; three times Calaf stubbornly refuses. The conductor is Andrea Battistoni. El prestiogioso Festival de Verona …