The supporting cast is similarly aptly chosen with Princeva’s Liù adding a particularly tragic tone to her role. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House performs Puccini’s beautiful music at ...

For the latter, however, even he was outdone by Russian soprano Anna Princeva as Liu, whose passionate singing conveyed the loyalty and grief of the character perfectly. With Hansung Yoo ...

Strong and sensitive, too, are Anna Princeva’s tender, infinitely caring Liù and Adam Palka’s vulnerable Timur. The trio of masked commedia dell’arte civil servants – Hansung Yoo’s Ping ...

Blood red ribbons cascade from a sombre, wooden galleried pavilion which houses the splendid Royal Opera Chorus, acting as a claustrophobic frame. Much of the action is ceremonial, the sadism stylised ...

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