Turandot FNO

A beautiful Chinese princess has issued a decree for her suitors whoever cannot solve her riddles to win her hand will be beheaded As unlucky suitors fail and fall up steps Calaf a prince of the Tatar people The new visually stunning version of Puccinis Turandot at the Finnish National Opera delivers a universal message regardless of who we are or where we come from we are all looking for love Director Sofia Jupither sets out to focus on the essence of Puccinis interest in private and the public lives power and responsibility love and vulnerability Puccini composed the opera in the heyday of exoticism and orientalism an Europecentric view of the Far East is in danger of distancing modern audiences from Puccinis masterpiece