Turandot

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Turandot

  • script and direction: Paweł Passini
  • visual effects: Maria Porzyc
  • music: Pawel Passini
  • stage design collaboration: Michalina Kostecka
  • sign language tutor: Magdalena Urbańska

cast:

  • Dagmara Sowa
  • Katarzyna Tadeusz
  • Iga Załęczna
  • Paweł Chomczyk
  • Mariusz Laskowski

The last, unfinished opera by Giaccomo Puccini, the story of Chinese princess Turandot – asking riddles and killing the suitors, not able to give the correct answers. Puccini enters the kingdom of her, covered under a mask of eccentric prince Kalaf. Composer, called by media in New York the most known man in the world, owner of 17 cars and hundreds million dollars, is aware of being close to death because of larynx cancer. For years he keeps in his mind a vision of Doria Manfredi - a servant, who poisoned herself after being suspected of having an affair with Maestro. She starved herself and drank poison to become a more subtle matter after three days of agony. The autopsy of her body became an evidence of her virginity. Since that moment prostitutes, geishas and servants in Maestro's operas keep killing herself with an annoyingly thrilling singing coming out from their mouths. That is why ,beside cold princess Turandot, a servant Liu appears on the stage – of course to take her own life... and sing. Puccini's work stops with her last aria. He will never write anything more. He will wake up in China, where his music is not heard and the official language is a sign language. In the kingdom of Turandot cruelty and time count differently. Princess and Puccini, accompanied by scream of a tortured ones, search for a formula of a love – chord.

Trip to an Interzone inspired by William Borroughs „Naked Lunch”. On opera for deaf people. The newest premiere of Grupa Coincidentia and neTTheatre – come and solve the riddles. (Polish Sign Languge is used in the performance).

Awards

  • special award for Paweł Passini in the XVI Competition for the Staging of a Polish Contemporary Play
  • Grand Prix of the IX Festival of World Premieres 2010 in Bydgoszcz
  • The Magnolia Award – Award of the City of Szczecin on XLVI Small Theatre Festival Kontrapunkt 2011
  • Award for Katarzyna Tadeusz in Festival of Actor's Art 2011 in Kalisz
  • The Bank of Scotland Herald Angel – Edinburgh 2011
  • Total Theatre Award in category of physical/visual devised performance on Fringe Festival 2011 in Edinburgh
  • Acting Award for Mariusz Laskowski on XXV Puppet Theatre Festival in Opole 2011
  • Award for the best performance, in the category of performances for adults, to "Turandot" at the Festiwal Teatrów Ożywionej Formy „Maskarada”, Rzeszów 2013
  • Male Actor Award ex aequo to Paweł Chomczyk and Mariusz Laskowski for their roles in the performance of "Turandot" at the „Maskarada” Festiwal, Rzeszów 2013