Images allowing to be touched
The fairytale of Turandot takes the lead in a production that goes to the borders of the dream, an uncharted and precious territory which is unraveled thanks to the e ects of matching texti-les, color and light.
SENSES ARE PU- SHED BEYOND PERCEPTION, IN A UNION BETWEEN SCORE AND RESEARCH, BETWEEN EMO- TIONS AND RATIONALITY.
e magic of this Opera lies precisely in this exotic boundary line where music beco- mes a universal feeling.
A giant portal de nes the mystery inside which Turandot hides;
HER STRON- GHOLD BECOMES A CENTRAL ELEMENT, VEILED BY A THOU- SAND VEILS HIDING THE PRIN- CESS’ SECRET WORLD.
THE CHANGES IN COLOR RE- FLECT THE HUMAN STATE
of Calaf in his meeting with the princess. Her cold determination is rendered by a diaphanous ambient, where Calaf, Timur and Liù wander as if they were looking for themselves, as if lost in thenatural green of a wild forest.
Liù will die in the red of her passion. e force of Calaf ’s love will make Turandot shi from a vitreous and logical white to a deep blue, vehicle of feelings and human powers.
e collaboration with the Istituto Italia- no del Colore continues and becomes evident in a
CHROMATIC SCORE OF RARE EFFECTIVENESS.
