TURANDOT, PUCCINI, COMPANIONS OPERA, AHOY ARENA, ROTTERDAM, 1996

TURANDOT
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Opera in three acts
Libretto: Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni after a play by Carlo Gozzi
World premiere: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, Italy, April 25th, 1926

Recording: January 1996
Location - Ahoy Arena Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Creative Team:
Bernard Broca Director
Bernard Arnould Set designer
Addy Broeders &
Dré Meulenbroek Costume designers
Philippe Arlaud Light designer
Wilfred Houthuijsen &
Peter Scheunhage Sound designers

Cast
Roberto Paternostro Conductor
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

Francesca Patanè Turandot
Wolfgang Schmidt Calaf
Fiamma Izzo D’Amico Liu
Nicola Ghiuselev Timur
Waldemar Kmentt Altoum
Marco Camastra Ping
Enrico Facini Pang
Gianluca Sorrentino Pong
Andrea Papi Mandarin

Louis Buskens Choir conductor
Opera in Ahoy Choir & Rotterdam Boys Choir
Opera in Ahoy Talents

PRESS:
NRC: "Remarkably high musical level in Turandot in Ahoy"
AD: "A delightful Turandot"


COMPANIONS OPERA
From 1993 until 2009 Companions Opera presented some of the best-known opera titles in a “360 Degree" setting in areas and stadiums, combining high artistic and musical quality.

Looking back, we feel privileged that we, as a commercial opera company, with the support from so many promoters and venues in so many cities, could stage our productions in venues and stadiums with seating capacities from 6.000 to 80.000 in Europe and Asia. We feel proud to have reached more than one million spectators in the 15 years of our producing and touring endeavours.

This live-experience will never be offered by us again, but we have decided to make all our 15 live video recordings available on a new archival website www.companions-opera.com as well as on this Companions Opera YouTube channel.
You can also enjoy the music of Companions Opera’s audio recordings of Aida, Carmen, Turandot, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Il Trovatore, Nabucco and La Traviata, available on all streaming services.