Turandot Reimagined Produced by New Theatre Royal & preformed at Portsmouth Guildhall
A sharing of an innovative Research and Development process, bringing together the best of the West and of the East.
Adapted from Giacomo Puccini’s classic opera
Directed by Jonathan Man
Re-orchestrated by Ruth Chan
Performed with the SOAS Silk & Bamboo Ensemble
Puccini’s iconic opera, about a Princess looking for love, is reinvented in ancient China in the exciting times of Marco Polo and Kublai Khan with an innovative new interpretation. A presentation of the major songs to engage the local Chinese community and as an industry showcase.
Puccini is one of the world’s most respected opera composers, and also wrote the famous romantic opera “Madame Butterfly”. Theatre director Jonathan Man and composer Ruth Chan are working in association with Portsmouth’s New Theatre Royal, on a creative research and development process to explore this idea, creating a new fusion of modern European and traditional Chinese forms to entertain Western audiences and potentially a vast new audience in China.
Mixing Western and Chinese opera sounds and performed by Chinese singers in English and Mandarin and accompanied by the the SOAS Silk & Bamboo Ensemble on traditional Chinese instruments. Featuring the song “Nessun Dorma”, made famous in the 1990 World Cup, as you have never heard before!
This R&D has been made possible with the kind support of Arts Council England and University of Michigan.