Shanghai Opera House: Turandot

This is Shanghai Opera House's own Turandot, the production Roberto Andò made for the company in 2018, restaged by Marco Gandini and conducted by Paolo Carignani. Ewa Vesin is Turandot, Ivan Magrì sings Calaf and Xiao Xinyi sings Liù. According to the house, that production played three performances at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House in April 2026. Turandot is a princess of the East, and she sets three riddles to the men who come to marry her; the suitors who cannot answer are executed. Calaf, a Tartar prince, decides to try. According to the house, Puccini took the Mo Li Hua tune as the core melody of the opera, and the opera also contains Calaf's aria “Nessun dorma”. Turandot is Puccini's last opera, and he did not finish it. He died in November 1924, with the third act still incomplete. The opera premiered at La Scala in Milan on 25 April 1926, and 2026 is the centenary of that premiere. Alongside the Shanghai Opera House Chorus and the Shanghai Opera House Orchestra, the China Welfare Institute Children's Palace Little Companion Art Troupe's Choir and the Shanghai Opera House Dance Troupe take part. The whole runs about 145 minutes, with two 15-minute intervals.

1. 01

   Puccini 普契尼 (1858–1924)

   Turandot

   歌剧《图兰朵》

Duration: about 145 minutes · with interval

Conductor

Paolo Carignani

Director

Roberto Andò

Revival director

Marco Gandini

Turandot

Ewa Vesin

Calaf

Ivan Magrì

Liù

Xiao Xinyi

Timur

Yu Yang

Ping

Tao Kuo

Pang

Zheng Yao

Pong

Wu Botao

Altoum

Chen Chaobin

Mandarin

Pan Moyao

Chorus

Shanghai Opera House Chorus

Chorus

China Welfare Institute Children's Palace Little Companion Art Troupe's Choir

Orchestra

Shanghai Opera House Symphony Orchestra

Dance

Shanghai Opera House Dance Troupe

The Shanghai Grand Opera House's mini-program shows the sale opens at 12:00 on 28 October 2026. Tickets are 180 to 880 yuan, with seats chosen at purchase; prices of 480 yuan and above get a 10% early-bird discount. The theatre says tickets cannot be refunded or exchanged.

• Children under 1.2 metres are not admitted. Children over 1.2 metres must be accompanied by a parent and hold a ticket to enter.

• Andò's 2018 production, revived by Gandini

  The production is the one Italian director Roberto Andò made for Shanghai Opera House in 2018. The hall says it gave three performances at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House in April 2026. Marco Gandini is the revival director and Paolo Carignani conducts.

• Premiere night: the music stops at Liù's death

  Puccini died in November 1924, with the third act unfinished. At the La Scala premiere on 25 April 1926, Toscanini conducted to the last point Puccini wrote, after Liù's death, and stopped. 2026 is the centenary of the premiere.

• The children's chorus sings the Mo Li Hua tune

  In Act I, the children's chorus Là sui monti dell'Est uses the melody of Mo Li Hua. According to the house, Puccini never went to China, and he heard the tune from a friend's music box. The children's chorus in this performance is sung by the China Welfare Institute Children's Palace Little Companion Art Troupe's Choir.

• Permit no. 沪文旅许[2026]5914号granted

  Issued by the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism · issued Oct 20 · 上海大剧院管理有限公司