Wednesday, January 24 at 6:15 pm
Giacomo Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, may be deemed to be the “last of the Mohicans” of the Golden Age of Italian Romantic opera. Puccini did not get bogged down in this tradition, but went on to boldly develop and enrich it with the flavours of the new artistic styles of symbolism and expresionism. However, what prevails in exotic and mysterious Turandot is Puccini’s masterful melodic invention in the spirit of the legacy of his great Italian opera predecessors.
Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes, 2 intermissions (20 minutes each)
Make sure to dress appropriately. The dresscode is business casual or formal.
If you signed up, meet the RAs in front of the Blue Building.
You can sign up on the signup page during Orienation Cultural Event signup.
