Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor
Royal Ballet & Opera: Turandot
Storyline
The beautiful but icy Princess Turandot will only marry a man who can correctly answer three riddles. Those who fail are brutally beheaded. But when an unknown prince arrives, the balance of power in Turandot’s court is forever shaken, as the mysterious stranger does what no other has been able to.
Cast
Sondra Radvanovsky
Princess Turandot
SeokJong Baek
Calaf
Gemma Summerfield
Liù
Adam Palka
Timur
Hansung Yoo
Ping
Aled Hall
Pang
Michael Gibson
Pong
Paul Hopwood
Emperor Alotum
Ossian Huskinson
Mandarin
Marianne Cotterill
Soprano Solos
Tamsin Coombs
Soprano Solos
Keiko Hewitt-Teale
Unnamed background character
James Unsworth
Unnamed background character
Kate Flatt
Self - interview
William Spaulding
Self - interview
