Turandot with Luciano Berio's Finale: chronology*

– World première (only Act III in concert form)
24.01.2002 – Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (Spain), Festival Gran Canaria
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
(rerun: 26 January 2002 – Santa Cruz)

– First fully-staged performance - U.S.A. (the whole opera)
25.05.2002 – Los Angeles (CA, U.S.A.), Los Angeles Opera
LA Opera Orchestra, Giancarlo Del Monaco (stage director), Kent Nagano (conductor)
(reruns: 30 May; 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16 June 2002)

– First fully-staged performance - Europe (the whole opera)
01.06.2002 – Amsterdam (Holland), De Nederlandse Opera, Holland Festival
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
(reruns: 5, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30 June 2002)

– 07.08.2002 – Salzburg (Austria), Salzburger Festspiele, Großes Festspielhaus
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Tölzer Knabenchor, Mozarteum Orchester (band on stage), Marie-Jeanne Lecca (costumes), Jean Kalman (lights), Beate Vollack (choreography), Johan Engles (scenes), David Pountney (stage director), Valery Gergiev (conductor)
(reruns: 10, 15, 18, 22, 26, 30 August 2002)

– 10.01.2003 – Dallas (TX, U.S.A.), Dallas Opera
Anna Shafajinskaia (S), Franco Farina (T), Chen Sue Panariello (S), Daniel Sumegi (B), Thomas Barrett (Br), John Easterlin (T), Philiè Cutlip (Br), Dallas Opera Orchestra, Bruce Garrett (stage director), Graeme Jenkins (conductor)
(reruns: 12, 15, 18 January 2003)

– 19.06.2003 – Cincinnati (OH, U.S.A.), Cincinnati Opera, Summer Festival
Eva Urbanova (S), Gabriel Sade (T), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Thomas C. Hase (scenes), R. James Robinson (stage director), Alessandro Siciliani (conductor)
(reruns: 21, 27 June 2003)

– 13.09.2003 – St. Gallen (Switzerland), Theater St. Gallen
Eliane Coelho (S), Lisa Livingston (S), Nicola Martinucci (T), Maurizio Graziani (T), Juremir Vieira (T), Yolanda Auyanet (S), Edith Haller (S), Martin Snell (B), Vitalij Kowaljov (B), Sinfonieorchster St. Gallen, C. Alaimo (costumes), J. Savary (stage director and scenes), Andreas Stoehr (conductor)
(reruns: 20, 24 September; 5, 7, 19 October; 15 November; 10 December 2003; 25 January; 13, 18 February; 2, 27, 29 March; 15 April 2004)

– 27.09.2003 – Berlin (Germany), Staatsoper
Sylvie Valayre (S), Peter Jürgen Schmidt (T), Alexander Vinogradov (B), Dario Volontè (T), Adriane Queiroz (S), Alfredo Daza (Br), Pavol Breslik (T), Yi Yang (T), Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, Eberhard Friedrich (choirmaster), Regula Rapp (stage director), Kent Nagano (conductor), Dan Ettinger (conductor 5, 9 and 12 October)
(reruns: 2 ,6, 9 ,12 ,15, 17 October; 13, 16 November 2003)

– Italian première (the whole opera)
11.11.2003 – Genova (Italy), Teatro Carlo Felice
Andrea Gruber (S), Nicola Martinucci (T), Norah Amsellem (S), Askar Abdrazakov (B), Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice, Giuliano Montaldo (stage direction), Bruno Bartoletti (conductor)
(reruns: 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23 November 2003)

– 01.04.2004 – Frankfurt (Germany), Alten Oper Frankfurt
Audrey Stottler (S), Hans Jürgen Lazar (T), Magnus Baldvinsson (B), Carl Tanner (T), Juanita Lascarro (S), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Br), Peter Marsh (T), Michael McCown (T), Soon Won Kang (Br), Alten Oper Frankfurt Orchester, Alessandro Zuppardo (choirmaster), Paolo Carignani (conductor)
(rerun: 3 April 2004)

– 10.09.2004 – Bremen (Germany), Bremen Theater
Orchestra and Choir of Bremen Theater, Thomas Eitler (choirmaster), Peer Boysen (stage director, scenes and costumes), Lawrence Renes (conductor)
(reruns: 12, 19, 26 September; 3, 10, 12, 14 October; 3, 12, 26 November; 2, 4, 18, 20, 28 December 2004; 26 January; 12 February; 25 March; 2, 23 April; 6 June 2005)

– 19.03.2005 – Umea (Sweden), Norrlandsoperan
Orchestra and Choir of Norrlandsoperan, Tomas Pleje (choirmaster), Jon Morrell (scenes and costumes), Matthew Richardson/Patrik Sörling (stage direction), Tobias Ringborg (conductor)
(reruns: 22, 24, 29 March; 3, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 27, 29 April; 4, 8 May 2005)

– 10.06.2005 – Kawasaki (Japan), Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall
Lucia Mazzaria (S), Renzo Zulian (T), Ryoko Sunakawa (S), Masumio Kubota (Br), Tokyo Symphony Choir and Orchestra, The Little Singers of Tokyo, Mitsugu Oikawa (choirmaster), Rikiya Hirao (art director), Hubert Soudant (conductor)
(rerun: 12 June 2005, Tokyo, Suntory Hall)

– 09.12.2005 – Berlin (Germany), Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Orchester und Chor Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Eberhard Friedrich (choirmaster), Bernd Lepel (scenes and costumes), Doris Dörrie (stage director), Julien Salemkour (conductor)
(reruns: 13, 16 December 2005; 14, 19 January 2006)

– 17.09.2006 – Osnabrück (Germany), Theater am Domhof
Stadttheater Osnabrück Orchester, Peter Sommerer (choirmaster), Ute Frühling (costumes), Manfred Kaderk (scenes), Carin Marquardt (stage director), Hermann Bäumer (conductor)
(reruns: 20, 22, 29 September, 1, 8, 10, 12, 24 October; 25 November; 8, 12,
17, 25 December 2006; 17 January; 11 February 2007)

– 19.07.2007 – Bryanston (England), Bryanston School, The Coade Hall Theatre
Dorset Opera Choir and Orchestra, Paul j. Need (lights), Cordelia Chisholm (scenes and costumes), William Relton (stage direction), Jeremy Carnall (conductor)
(rerun: 21 July 2007)

– 11.01.2008 – Milano (Italy), Teatro alla Scala
Filarmonica della Scala, Associazione del Coro Filarmonico della Scala, Bruno Casoni (choirmaster), Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Special concert on the occasion of Casa Ricordi's bicentenary.

– 01.03.2008 – Manaus (Brasil), Teatro del Cidade di Manaus
Luiz Malherio (conductor)
(rerun: 2 March 2008)

– 14.06.2008 – Kiel (Germany), Opernhaus
Theater Kiel Orchester, Dorit Lievenbrück (costumes), Norbert Ziermann (scenes), Uwe Schwarz (stage director), Johannes Willig (conductor)
(reruns: 22, 28 June; 6 July 2008)

– 20.09.2008 – Bremerhaven (Germany), Stadttheater
Stadttheater Bremerhaven Orchester, Ilia Bilenko (choirmaster), Esther Bätschmann (costumes), Stefan Heinrichs (scenes and stage director), Stephan Tetzlaff (conductor)
(reruns: 24, 28 September; 2, 12, 18, 24, 31 October; 14, 23 November 2008)

– 07.05.2010 – Rotterdam (Holland), De Nederlandse Opera
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Kinderkoor Muziekschool Waterland, Andrea Schmidt-Futterer (costumes), Duane Schuler (lights), Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director), Denni Sayers/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)
(reruns: 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, 26, 30 May 2010)

– 29.04.2011 – Brno (Czech Republic), Janáček Divadlo
Narodni Divadlo Brno Orchestra, Simona Rybáková (costumes), Daniel Dvorák (scenes), Jiří Nekvasil (stage director), Jakub Klecker/Ondrej Olos (conductor)
(reruns: 2, 6, 17, 21 May; 13 June)

– 26.05.2011 – Copenhagen (Denmark), Det Kongelige Teater/Royal Danish Opera
Royal Danish Opera Orchestra, Mikael Melbye (scenes and costumes), Mikael Melbye and Kim Von Binzer (stage director), Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
(reruns: 29 May; 1, 5, 8, 11 June)

– 23.12.2012 – Genova (Italy), Teatro Carlo Felice
Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice, Donato Renzetti (conductor)
(reruns: 27, 30 December 2012)

– 12.11.2014 – Nice (France), Opéra
Orchestre de l'Opéra, Patrick Méeüs (lights), Luca Scarzella (video), Valeria Donata Bettella (costumes), Andrea Belli (scenes), Federico Grazzini (stage director), Roland Böer (conductor)
(reruns: 14, 16, 18 November 2014)

– 17.03.2015 – Kassel (Germany), Staatstheater
Orchester des Staatstheater, Opernchor und Extrachor des Staatstheater Kassel Cantamus Chor, Henrike Bromber (costumes), Albert Geisel (lights), Ines Nadler (scenes), Markus Dietz (stage direction)
(reruns: 28 March; 4, 10, 29 April; 3, 16, 26 May; 3, 6, 21, 27 June; 10, 23 July)

– 01.05.2015 – Milano (Italy), Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Denni Sayers (choreography), Andrea Schmidt-Futterer (costumes), Duane Schuler (lights), Raimund Bauer (scenes), Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director), Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
(reruns: 5, 8, 12, 15, 17, 20, 23 May 2015)

*With the kind collaboration of Casa Ricordi.