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Final Dress Rehearsal:  Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Date:  Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Time:  7:00pm
Location:  Phoenix Symphony Hall
Cost:  $6 students (under 18); $15 adults (over 18)
Payment deadline:  August 5, 2010
RSVP:  email jan@theparsonsfamily.com to reserve your seat and receive payment information

NOTE:  We must have at least 8 students to qualify for the Dress Rehearsal.  

 

 

PLEASE NOTE:  The final dress rehearsal is just that....it may be stopped by the director in the middle of the performance (though it's rare)...some actors may not sing/dance as fully as at the regular performances....they don't always close the curtains at scene changing (which is actually kinda cool to watch).   Seating is first come first choice.  They block off the closest seats for family/friends/media.  And there may be a photographer or two dashing back and forth in the front taking photos during the show.   It sounds chaotic but in reality the opera is so riveting (and the surtitles so high up) that your focus is on the stage not on the chaos.  But I do want everyone to understand it is a dress rehearsal and not a "true" performance.    

Can love break the grip of a ruthless princess?

 

In ancient China, young men are dying to marry a princess. Time and again, Turandot sentences her suitors to death as they fail to answer three riddles. When the Prince of Tartary sees the icy beauty, he, too, falls under her spell – a spell that only love can break. Based on a Persian fairy tale, Turandot explores the heart of a woman imprisoned by the past. Will love and death continue to walk hand in hand? Or will passion free the frozen heart of a princess?

The first local staging of Turandot in more than a decade, Arizona Opera’s production features opulent, crowd thrilling costumes and sets. Turandot’s signature tenor aria, "Nessun Dorma", has long captivated audiences with its gorgeous, sweeping melody, sustained high notes and emotional power. This is Italian opera at its grandest. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.