TURANDOT Comes To Hungarian National Ballet Through 11/25

The Hungarian National Ballet presents TURANDOT, which opened in September and runs through Nov. 25.

Carlo Gozzi's stage play about the beautiful but cold-blooded Chinese princess and her riddles has inspired countless artists over the years, none more so than Giacomo Puccini, who used it as the basis for his final and perhaps most marvellous opera, although his death left it incomplete. At the world premiere, after the moment Liù stabs herself to avoid revealing Calaf's name, conductor Arturo Toscanini gestured for the orchestra to pause and turned to face the audience. 'This,' he told them, 'is where the Maestro put down his pen.'

For tickets and more information, please visit http://www.opera.hu/musor/megtekint/operat-az-operabol-turandot-2018/eloadas-201811251900/