Turandot prep (Patreon)

For those of you attending the opera tonight - I highly recommend at least reading the article from Opera Philadelphia below. Having a sense how this opera is historically set will help.

https://www.operaphila.org/backstage/opera-blog/2016/watching-turandot-with-modern-eyes/

Also, if you haven’t already, go listen to Nessun Dorma a few times (Pavarotti is my favorite). You’ll get to see how it’s set in the opera tonight

If you want a synopsis, check out the Met’s version here:

https://www.metopera.org/discover/synopses/turandot/#:~:text=Peking%2C%20in%20the%20mythic%20past,executed%20at%20the%20moon's%20rising.

In case you wondered - I’ve never sung in this opera. However, I did sing every aria that the character Liu performs. Her final aria is my favorite.

I am so looking forward to this!!!!

Bests,

Elizabeth