How to sell a Turandot

How to sell a Turandot

Opera

norman lebrecht

November 08, 2022

This is the campaign image for Dutch National Opera’s new box-office banker.

No prizes for guessing the director.

Step up Barrie Kosky.

The last Dutch Puccini was a Tosca worthy of an Oscar.

Comments

  • Elsie says:

    Nessun Dorma – none shall sleep tonight…

  • Calaf says:

    The picture suggests that Turandot was really in love with Liu all along. Well, that explains a lot!

    • lamed says:

      Turandot was always a bit too much of an ice-cold ball buster for me to understand why anyone would want to solve her riddle, much less bed her.

      I’d sooner give Ping Pang and Pong a go.

  • Greg Bottini says:

    That’s not a “campaign”. It’s a single photo. And not a very intelligible one.

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