Vincenzo Taormina

Ludovico is an arrogant boy who grew up in the comforts and vices among money, parties, and excesses: he has known every wealth except that of the soul. Filippo is a young man who faces all suffering, poverty, and abuse in order to grow up. the former has the urge to possess a phony independence, the other feels the need to fail to respect his own body and values in order to survive. their encounter will mark the rest of their existence.

The story is by the dramatist Carlo Gozzi and dates from 1762, telling of the Chinese princess Turandot, who sets her suitors three riddles in order to marry her. Only the suitor who solves the riddle may ask for her hand in marriage, otherwise death awaits.

Opera di Giacomo Rossini a Genova