«Turandot», Giacomo Puccini’s Opera

Mikhail L. Muginshtein –Opera Historian, Critic, Candidate of Arts, Honored Arts Worker of Russia, Director of Musical Theatre Centre, Liberal Arts University – University for Humanities (Ekaterinburg).
Year: 2014
DOI:
UDK: 792.54
Pages: 138-141
Language: russian
Section: The world of Culture: subjects, institutions, practices
Keywords: Puccini’s opera «Princess Turandot», Gozzi’s play «Turandot», polylogue, synthesis, Theatre of the Senses, Theatre of the Imagination, metamorphosis of Turandot, the «Chinese Grail», oriental theme, humanism.
Abstract
The paper regards Puccini’s opera «Princess Turandot» as a synthesis of cultures, artistic styles, theatre developmental areas («Theatre of the Senses» and «Theatre of the Imagination»). «Turandot» seems to be the most humanistic work of art, a manifestation of the 20th century romanticism and humanism.
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