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Design Boom: Turandot in Tokyo with TeamLab
Art collective teamLab’s scenography creates a light-infused opera experience in a new production of Giacomo Puccini’s final opera Turandot, slated for a Tokyo performance from February 23rd to 26th, 2023 at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. The Tokyo performances follow the world premiere, which took place at the Grand Théâtre de Genève in Geneva last June 2022. For this production, teamLab worked extensively with Stage Director Daniel Kramer to curate a scenography that would unite Kramer’s interpretation of Turandot and teamLab’s artistic prowess.
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Reuters: Turandot & TeamLab
TOKYO, Feb 24 (Reuters) - A kaleidoscopic light show has helped reinvent Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" currently playing in Tokyo - a production which aims to bring people back into theatres now that the pandemic has eased.
The opera, reimagined by American director Daniel Kramer in collaboration with teamLab, the Japanese group famed for its digital art installations, employs dazzling displays of lasers and three-dimensional light sculptures.
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