International director and choreographer Ann Yee has been recruited to stage a new production of Puccini’s Turandot in a way that is sensitive to issues of race and gender by focusing on the implacable princess’s courage, her ancestor’s trauma and the sacrificial love of another woman. Rebecca Nash, fresh from appearing in Lohengrin at the Met, and Anna-Louise Cole sing the title role, with Young Woo Kim, Diego Torre and Rosario La Spina sharing the role of Calaf. Henrik Nánási, Nicholas Milton, Andrea Battistoni and Tahu Matheson conduct.

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Turandot never asked them to come, yet they came. She gave them every reason to turn back, even the threat of death. Shrouded in mystery, riddles were her last defence. What would happen if anyone ever cracked her armour?

International director and choreographer Ann Yee creates a spectacular new Turandot for Australia’s national Opera Conference. Featuring monumental sets, immersive visuals and mesmerising dance, this is unmissable theatre. Yee draws the threads of the story — Turandot’s courage, her ancestor’s trauma, and another woman’s sacrificial love — into a powerful tale of strength and resilience. Puccini’s atmospheric music takes you to another world, traversing the emotional extremes of his largest ever choral piece and the electrifying top notes of the iconic aria ‘Nessun dorma’.