Please note: The performance on Saturday, September 26, will exceptionally begin at 6:00 p.m. to accommodate the Nessun Dorma fundraising event. Please be advised that there will be no PreOpera presentation on this date.
A true grand-scale production, Turandot unleashes the full spectacle of opera: massive chorus, dancers, bold staging. This coproduction with Washington and Dallas extends Opéra de Montréal’s artistic reach across North America.
Visually, the show takes us into a retro-futuristic world inspired by a 1950s industrial East, with Turandot reimagined as an autocratic political figure. The performance features a new ending by composer Christopher Tin — more cohesive and emotionally grounded than the traditional completions. And of course, the iconic “Nessun dorma” will electrify the hall.
In a kingdom ruled through fear, Princess Turandot forces every suitor to face her lethal challenge: answer three riddles… or die. Drawn to her icy, impenetrable aura, Prince Calaf accepts the trial, fully aware it could cost him his life. Beneath the shadow of executions and the roar of a frenzied crowd, an impossible love begins to stir. Caught between violence, desire, and raw power, Calaf and Turandot will meet their fate in a city where no one sleeps.
PREOPERA
A free pre-concert presentation will take place one hour before each performance* at the Piano nobile in Place des Arts.
Moderator : Pierre Vachon, musicologist
*Please note that there will be no PreOpera presentation on Saturday, September 26.
Photos (Cory Weaver - Washington National Opera, The Kennedy Center)
PreOpera Express
Composer
Giacomo Puccini
(1858-1924)
Composer - New Ending
Christopher Tin
(1976 – )
Librettist - New Ending
Susan Soon He Stanton
(1982 – )
Stage Director
Francesca Zambello
Cast
Maida Hundeling
Andrea Shin
Kirsten MacKinnon
Raymond Aceto
Nathan Keoughan
Rocco Rupolo
Angelo Moretti
Richard Margison
Thomas Macleay
Susan Elizabeth Brown
Isabelle Ricard
Musical Direction
Paolo Arrivabeni
Associate Stage Direction
Anna Marie Bruzzese
Stage Design
Wilson Chin
Costume Design
Linda Cho
Lighting Design
Amith Chandrashaker
Video Design
S. Katy Tucker
Associate Video Design
Blake Manns
Choreography
Jessica Lang & Kanji Segawa
Choreography Assistant
Chorus Direction
Claude Webster
Rehearsal Pianist
Jerome de los Santos
Rehearsal Pianist Assistant
Tony Stauffer
Opéra de Montréal Chorus
Voix Boréales
Orchestre Métropolitain
Coproduction
Washington National Opera, Dallas Opera & Opéra de Montréal
