38th Macao International Music Festival –
Turandot – Opera in Three Acts by Giacomo Puccini
TICKETING/ FREE TICKET DISTRIBUTION
1. Tickets will be on sale simultaneously through the Enjoy Macao Ticketing outlets, telephone and online booking from 10am on 13 September (Sunday); more details on the Lang Lang × Richard Taylor: In Conversation of “Lang Lang – Beyond Boundaries Series” will be announced in due course;
2. Free tickets for the “Floating Notes Across the City” Orchestra Reimagined: wHiRlwiND activity will be distributed from 10am on 13 September (Sunday) through the Enjoy Macao Ticketing outlets and website. Distribution is limited to a maximum of 2 tickets per person.
3. On the first day of sales, purchases are limited to a maximum of 10 tickets per performance per person, except for the Grand Opening My Grand View Garden -- Yue Opera;
4. Ticket purchases for the Grand Opening My Grand View Garden -- Yue Opera are limited to a maximum of 4 tickets per performance per person.
TICKETING DISCOUNTS
Early Bird Discounts#
Enjoy 30% discount on ticket purchases between 13 and 20 September, and 20% discount when purchasing tickets on or after 21 September:
1. For at least 3 different performances;
2. When purchasing 10 or more tickets for the same performance;
3. For holders of the Macao Teacher Card.^
“Musical Feast” Package#
Enjoy 50% discount on ticket purchases when purchasing 5 or more tickets for different performances.
50% Discount#^
1. For holders of Macao Senior Citizen Card, Disability Assessment Registration Card and valid full-time Student Card (holders of local or overseas student card);
2. For seniors aged 65 or above by presenting their personal identification documents (seniors must be 65 or above on the day they attend the performances).
Exclusive Discount for BOC Cardholders
30% discount on tickets for the special performances including the Grand Opening My Grand View Garden -- Yue Opera and the Turandot -- Opera in Three Acts by Giacomo Puccini by presenting a BOC Credit Card or BOC Card.
20% Discount#
1. For CCM Friends, OM Friends and Friends of the Macao Museum of Art who purchase tickets between 13 and 20 September;
2. For holders of BOC Credit Card or BOC Card who purchase tickets for the shows except the special programmes;
3. For holders of MasterCard, VISA or UnionPay card from BNU, ICBC (Macau), Luso International Banking Ltd., BCM Bank, Tai Fung Bank or OCBC Macau;
4. For Air Macau customers who purchase tickets at the Enjoy Macao Ticketing outlets by presenting their boarding pass (flight code NX) within 7 days upon their arrival in Macao.
# The offer is not applicable to Lang Lang × Richard Taylor: In Conversation and Piano Camp of “Lang Lang – Beyond Boundaries Series”, the “Floating Notes Across the City” activities.
^ Each cardholder can only use one discounted ticket per performance. Cardholders are required to present the respective document for admission, otherwise the full ticket fares will be charged.
SPECIAL OFFERS
1. Customers who purchase tickets for programmes over MOP500 (net price after discounts) are entitled to receive one “Taste & Music” discount voucher to enjoy 15% discount at selected restaurants at Sands Resorts Macao;
2. Customers who purchase tickets for the programmes over MOP1,000 (net price after discounts) are entitled to receive a “buy-1-get-1-free” voucher for Cotai Water Jet ferry tickets;
3. These offers are only applicable to ticket purchases for the MIMF programmes through the Enjoy Macao Ticketing outlets. Discount vouchers are limited and subject to availability. Buy more, get more! Please refer to the relevant vouchers for details;
4. In case of any dispute, the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government and the entity providing these offers reserve the right of interpretation and final decision.
FREE PERFORMANCES AND GENERAL SEATING
Seating for the performance Laurence Cummings and the Macao Orchestra and for the “Floating Notes Across the City” Orchestra Reimagined: wHiRlwiND activity is not assigned and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
FREE TRANSPORTATION
Free transportation to Praça Ferreira Amaral, Avenida de Horta e Costa, Fai Chi Kei and Toi San will be available after every performance at the Macao Cultural Centre (excluding the Piano Camp of “Lang Lang – Beyond Boundaries Series” and “Floating Notes Across the City” activities).
NOTICE
1. Sold tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. However, some programmes are still in the course of creation and the minimum age restrictions and recommendations are tentative. If there is any adjustment in regard to the minimum age restrictions and recommendations according to the content of the programme, spectators with tickets for the programmes that cannot attend the programmes can request a refund by presenting their intact tickets within the designated period. The updates about the adjustment of age restrictions will be announced by the organiser on the Macao International Music Festival website and its respective page on Facebook;
2. The organiser strongly urges audience members to arrive at the performance venues 10 minutes before the performance;
3. The organiser reserves the right to determine at what time and in what manner latecomers are admitted, and to reject the admission of latecomers or audience members who abandon the performance venue during the performance;
4. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted to the programmes. Minimum age restrictions and recommendations are applied to some programmes. Please refer to the introduction of the programmes. The organiser reserves the right to request and to examine the valid ID to determine his or her age, and to deny admission to any spectators when proof of minimum age cannot be provided;
5. All mobile phones, beeping and lighting devices should be switched off throughout the performances;
6. Smoking, eating, drinking or the possession of plastic bags and/or objects considered dangerous is prohibited in the performance venues;
7. To avoid undue disturbance to the performers and audience members, camera and recording devices are strictly prohibited unless expressly authorised by the organiser;
8. The tickets cannot be resold at a price higher than the original price or used for any promotional or commercial purposes. In case of any violations, the tickets will be cancelled without any refund and the ticket holder will be denied admission;
9. The organiser reserves the right to cancel or change the programme, the cast of performers, the performing date or time and the seats at any time. In any of these circumstances occur, the organiser only provides the refund of the respective tickets;
10. Activities will be photographed or videotaped by IC staff for archival or evaluation purposes. Some of the photographs may be used for promotion of similar activities without consent from the participants in advance;
11. In case of inclement weather conditions and refund arrangements, please check the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s website, the Macao International Music Festival website and the respective page on Facebook for the latest updates;
12. The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government reserves the right of interpretation and final decision of any disputes on these terms.
COUNTER SALES
Macao
Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Macao Cultural Centre, G/F, Macao
No. 71B, Avenida Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, Macao
No. 108, Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira, Edf. Palácio Building, G/F, Macao (Next to Café de Coral)
Nos. 162-166, Avenida do Almirante Lacerda, Centro Comercial Camões 2 Andar D, Macao
No. 267, Avenida Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Lei Man Building, G/F, Shop F, Taipa
TICKETING HOTLINES AND WEBSITES
Macao: (853) 2840 0555
Hong Kong: (852) 8480 9038
Mainland China: (86) 153 4481 8382
Online Ticketing: ticketing.enjoymacao.mo
Email: info@ticketing.enjoymacao.mo
ENQUIRIES
Telephone: (853) 8399 6699 (during office hours)
Email: fimm@icm.gov.mo
Website: www.icm.gov.mo/fimm
Puccini's final opera, Turandot, premiered in 1926 at Milan's Teatro alla Scala. Grand in scale and rich in colour, the work melds sumptuous orchestration and powerful choruses with moments of intense lyricism. The Chinese folk melody Jasmine Flower (Mo Li Hua) echoes throughout the score, lending it a distinctive Eastern flavour, while the soaring aria Nessun dorma ('None shall sleep') is instantly recognisable worldwide.
To mark its centenary, international superstar Jackie Chan makes his operatic directorial debut with a bold new production that brings Chinese martial arts into the work's dramatic language. Each principal character is accompanied by a combative, dexterous alter ego, giving physical expression to otherwise unspoken thoughts and emotions. Water becomes a recurring visual and symbolic motif, transformed by shifting light to create scenes at once monumental and ethereal.
A century after her appearance on stage for the very first time, princess Turandot travels once again to Macao to tell her story with an exciting twist, bringing new energy to a classic gem.
Director: Jackie Chan
Conductor: Carlo Montanaro
Associate Director: Luisa Baldinetti
Set Design: Italo Grassi and Franco Armieri
Costume Design: Cui Xiaodong
Make-up and Hair: Sun Xiaohong
Interactive Multimedia Design: Wang Rui
Multimedia Visual Design: Wang Rongchao, Wang Jianxiong and Yue Zhufeng
Lighting Design: Wan Zhengdao
Martial Arts Choreographer: Zhao Zan (Jackie Chan Film Academy)
Choreographer: Du Lian (Jackie Chan Film Academy)
Chorus Master: Donato Sivo
Artistic Advisers: Giuseppe Famularo and Carmine Calabrese
Live Music: Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti
Chorus: Coro dell'Opera di Parma
Characters and Cast
Turandot: Ewa Płonka, Soprano
Calaf: Marco Berti, Tenor
Liù: Natalia Roman, Soprano
Timur: Viacheslav Strelkov, Bass
Ping: Luca Bruno, Baritone
Pong: Fabio Serani, Tenor
Pang: Tiziano Barontini, Tenor
A Mandarin: Emidio Guidotti, Bass
Emperor Altoum: Riccardo Certi, Tenor
Approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes, including two intervals