"Nessun Dorma" is one of the most famous arias in all of opera, but if you think about it, it doesn't exactly portray its singer, Calàf, in the best light. He's solved Turandot's riddles, and is ready to take her as his unwilling bride--and now, he's gloating about it.
So how do we make him transform from an arrogant young man, into a mature adult that even Turandot can fall in love with? By recasting his signature aria in a new light.
Washington National Opera's production of 'Turandot', with the new ending by Christopher Tin and Susan Soon He Stanton, opens at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on May 11, 2024. Directed by Francesca Zambello and starring Ewa Plonka/Marjorie Owens (Turandot) and Yonghoon Lee/Jonathan Burton (Calaf), conducted by Speranza Scappucci.
Turandot was Giacomo Puccini's final opera, but he died before he could finish it, leaving scattered sketches. On the 100th-anniversary of his death, this newly commissioned ending seeks to resolve one of the biggest plot dilemmas in the opera canon: how to justify the love between the opera's two adversaries: the steely Princess Turandot, and the heroic Prince Calaf.
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