On 22 May the Chengdu Grand Theatre hosted the premiere of a new production of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot, marking the centenary of the opera’s world premiere, which took place at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in 1926.
Valery Gergiev served as the music director and conductor of the production. Jackie Chan directed the staging.
The project brought together an impressive international team. Musicians of the China National Symphony Orchestra and the Mariinsky Orchestra took part in the production, alongside performers from leading Italian musical theatres. The project united artists from different countries and cultures in a shared act of creativity, affirming the power of art beyond borders.
This evening, Valery Gergiev will return to the podium to conduct the joint international orchestra in a concert programme featuring Modest Musorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Maurice Ravel’s Boléro and La Valse, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.
The soloist will be Chinese violinist Gao Can.
The Chengdu project stands as a vivid example of cultural dialogue and international musical collaboration, bringing artists from different countries together on one stage in the name of art and mutual understanding.
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