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Article: Puccini thrills in the Kill Bill cult
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 12, 2009
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OPERA TURANDOT Coliseum, London ****
Anyone thinking of ordering Chinese takeaway might consider doing
so before seeing Rupert Goold's audacious new staging of Puccini's
Turandot. Visits to one's local Red Dragon might never be the same
again. Imagine an episode of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares crossed
with Kill Bill and you're on the right lines.
If anyone had told me what the key metaphor of this staging was
to be I'd probably have laughed. But Goold is a cunning as well as
an immensely theatrical director and here he alludes to the
"Chinese" context whilst embracing the fantastical symbolism of this
piece. No one - least of all the crucial ENO chorus (who do a
spectacularly good job) - is ...
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