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Turandot

Folkoperan

Giacomo Puccini’s final and unfinished opera Turandot premiered in 1926. It draws on mythological material that lends itself to a psychoanalytic interpretation. In director Mellika Melouani Melani’s vision, a world with multiple symbolic layers is created, exploring the Freudian intersection of love and the death drive—a love that kills.

Puccini did not complete Turandot, but we can sense his intent with the phrase “E poi Tristano” (“And then Tristan”) written on the unfinished sketch of the final duet. Tristan and Isolde do not die solely for love; they also perish as they transcend into their own song, no longer bound to the earthly realm. In Folkoperan’s production, Calaf ultimately sacrifices himself for his love for Turandot.

By: Giaccomo Puccini

Conductors: Marit Strindlund, Alice Farnham

Direction: Mellika Melouani Melani

Musical direction: Marit Strindlund

Dramaturgy: Magnus Lindman

Set Design: Hanna Reidmar

Costume: Jasminda Asplund Blanco

Mask: Therésia Frisk

Lighting: Patrik Bogårdh

Choreography: Tove Sahlin

Video scenography: Visual Relief

Choir master: Lone Larsen

Singers: AnnLouice Lögdlund/Åsa Tyllman, Kjetil Stöa/Mathias Zachariassen, Henriikka Gröndahl, Markus Schwartz, Anton Eriksson, Wiktor Sundqvist, Fredrik Strid, Ulrik Qvale m fl. Folkoperans orkester med Capella Catharinae, Lilla kören, S:t Tomas kammarkör, Södertälje Kammarkör samt barnkörer från Adolf Fredriks musikklasser, Nacka musikklasser, Sollentuna musikklasser.