Turandot review – Opera Holland Park celebrate 30 years with Puccini’s grand guignol

Opera Holland Park, London A concert performance in an orchestral reduction of Puccini’s colossal final opera was stylishly led by conductor Naomi Woo with José de Eça’s Calaf heading a strong cast It always lifts the spirits when the little company that could, does. Over the last 30 years, Puccini has been a mainstay of Opera Holland Park’s artistic vision with, in recent years, notable stagings of Le Villi and Edgar . Now it’s the turn of Turandot, the only one of the composer’s works to elude them thus far, with three concert stagings in the opera’s centenary year. Calling for colossal forc

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