Calaf tries to console her ( Non piangere, Liù) but remains determined, and strikes the gong to signal his intention to woo the Princess. Liù implores him to leave with her and Timur ( Signore, ascolta). Despite the warnings of the ministers Ping, Pong and Pang, he vows to win Turandot himself. Calaf is horrified, but, as soon as he sees the Princess, is captivated by her beauty.
Turandot arrives to confirm the Prince’s death. The Prince of Persia is led in by the servants of the executioner. It becomes clear that Liù cares deeply for Calaf. Timur’s companion is Liù, a former slave, who has cared for him since their exile. He reveals himself as Timur’s son Calaf, who was separated from his father after the loss of their kingdom. A young man comes to help them and recognizes the blind man as the exiled King Timur of Tartary. As the guards push back the excited people, a blind old man falls, and is helped up by his companion, a young girl. Inside the walls of Peking, a crowd wait for the execution of the Prince of Persia, who has failed the test of the riddles. However, she offers her suitors a chance: if one of them can answer correctly the three riddles which she asks him, he can marry her. Princess Turandot of China has sworn an oath that no man will possess her. Tenors Robert Amon, Simon Biazeck, Phillip Brown, Edmond Choo, James Geer, Richard Monk, James Scarlettīasses Oliver Gibbs, Gabriel Gottlieb, Gavin Horsley, Darron Moore, Mark Saberton, Jochem van Ast, Peter Willcock, Jonathan Woodĭancers Otis Cameron Carr, Marie Chabert, Cristina Chinchilla, Natasha Chu, Naomi Cook, Carmine De Amicis, Chloe Dowell, Freya Jeffs, Tobias Richards, Trevor Schoonraad, Anna Smith, Jack ThomsonĪctors Cameron Ball, Rain de Rye Barrett, Joy Constantinides, Sarah Ekuhoho-Sharman, Kyle Harrison-Pope, Keiko Hewitt-Teale, Jamal Lowe, Ashley-Jordon Packer, Barbara Rhodes, James Unsworth, Addis Williams SYNOPSIS
Mezzo-sopranos Jeanette Ager, Maria Brown, Tamsin Dalley, Siobhain Gibson, Maria Jones, Dervla Ramsay, Jennifer Westwood Sopranos Yvonne Barclay, Janet Fairlie, Celeste Gattai, Shafali Jalota, Kathryn Jenkin, Susan Jiwey, Bernadette Lord, Alison Rayner, Elizabeth Roberts, Juliet Schiemann, Rosalind Waters, Rachel Wolseley The Youth Opera Company is generously supported by Yvonne and Bjarne Rieber Guards, executioner’s men, Turandot’s ladies, phantoms, wise men, heralds, soldiers, populace Principal Guest Concert Master Vasko Vassilev appears by arrangement with Trittico
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