Opera League Seminar: Puccini's Turandot
Event Start Date: 5/5/2024 11:30 AM
Event End Date: 5/5/2024 1:00 PM
Event Locations
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 4th Floor
Opera League Seminar
Professor Michael Hackett
Sunday May 5, 2024
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 4th Floor
Reception starting at 11:30AM
Program begins at Noon
What is it about Giacomo Puccini’s TURANDOT that has attracted such disparate artists as Carlo Gozzi, Friedrich Schiller, Max Reinhart, Bertolt Brecht, Arturo Toscanini, Anna May Wong, Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli and Aretha Franklin? From its Persian source, based on the 13th century poet Nezami, to its performances in the Forbidden City in Beijing, Michael Hackett will discuss the evolution of Giacomo Puccini’s TURANDOT.