Editing Turandot (section)

==Performance history==

''Turandot'' premiered at the [[La Scala]] opera house in Milan, Italy, on 25 April 1926, a year and five months after Puccini's death. [[Rosa Raisa]] played Turandot. Tenors [[Miguel Fleta]] and [[Franco Lo Giudice]] alternated in the role of Prince Calaf, with Fleta singing the role on opening night. It was conducted by Arturo Toscanini. In the middle of Act III, the orchestra stopped playing. Toscanini turned to the audience and announced, "Qui finisce l'opera, perché a questo punto il maestro è morto" ("Here the opera ends, because at this point the maestro died"). The curtain was then lowered.<ref name="Ashbrook and Powers1">{{harvnb|Ashbrook|Powers|1991|pp=126–32}}</ref> A reporter for ''La Stampa'' recorded the words slightly differently: "Qui finisce l'opera, rimasta incompiuta per la morte del povero Puccini" ("Here the opera ends, left incomplete by the death of the poor Puccini").<ref name="La Stampa pre-premiere">{{cite news|title = La prima rappresentazione di ''Turandot''|newspaper = La Stampa|date = 25 April 1926}}</ref> Others have reported that Toscanini said "Here, the Maestro laid down his pen."<ref>{{Cite book|title = At the Opera: Tales of the Great Operas|last1 = Fiery|first1 = Ann|publisher = [[Chronicle Books]]|year = 2003|isbn = 0-8118-2774-7|location = San Francisco|page = [https://archive.org/details/atoperatalesofgr0000fier/page/218 218]|last2 = Malone|first2 = Peter|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/atoperatalesofgr0000fier/page/218}}</ref> A newspaper report from 1926 states that Puccini asked Toscanini to stop the opera performance in the middle of Act III.<ref name="La Stampa pre-premiere" /> The second and subsequent performances of the 1926 La Scala season included Alfano's ending.<ref>{{cite news|title=La seconda di Turandot, il finale del M. Alfano|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]|date=28 April 1926}}</ref>

Soon after its premiere in Milan, ''Turandot'' spread to other cities.
{| class="wikitable"
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!City
!Location
!Date of first performance
!Starring
!Conductor
!Other information
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|Milan, Italy
|[[La Scala]]
|25 April 1926
|[[Rosa Raisa]] as Turandot
[[Miguel Fleta]] and [[Franco Lo Giudice]] as Calaf (alternating)
|Arturo Toscanini (premiere, and possibly second and third performances)
[[Ettore Panizza]] (all performances after Toscanini's departure)
|Sources disagree on which conductor led the second and third performances. Toscanini biographer Harvey Sachs claims that Toscanini conducted the second and third performances before withdrawing due to nervous exhaustion.{{sfn|Sachs|1993|p=179}} Other authors believe that Toscanini left after the first performance.<ref name="Ashbrook and Powers2">{{harvnb|Ashbrook|Powers|1991|pp=143, 154}}</ref>
|-
|Rome, Italy<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2013-06-07 |title=Turandot |url=https://giacomopuccini.wordpress.com/compositions/turandot/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Pucciniblog |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Teatro dell'Opera di Roma|Teatro Costanzi]]
|29 April 1926
|[[Bianca Scacciati]] as Turandot<ref>{{cite book |last=Ashbrook |first=William |date=1991 |title= Puccini's Turandot : the end of the great tradition |publisher= Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press |page=156 |isbn= 978-0691027128}}</ref>
[[Francesco Merli]] as Calaf
|[[Edoardo Vitale]]<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 1926 |title=Turandot di Puccini al Costanzi |work=La Tribuna (Rome)| page=3}}</ref>
|
|-
|Buenos Aires, Argentina<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070607033021/http://www.operas-colon.com.ar/cgi%2Dbin/wwwisis/%5Bin%3Daaa.in%5D?base%3DTurandot+and+base%3Dinter#91;in=aaa.in%5D?base=Turandot%20and%20base=inter ''Turandot'' performance history"], [[Teatro Colón]]</ref>
|[[Teatro Colón]]
|23 June 1926
|[[Claudia Muzio]] as Turandot
[[Giacomo Lauri-Volpi|Giacomo Lauri Volpi]] as Calaf
|[[Gino Marinuzzi]]
|
|-
|Dresden, Germany<ref name=":1" />
|[[Semperoper|Staatsoper Dresden]]
|6 September 1926<ref>Loewenberg's Annals of Opera gives the Dresden date as 4 July 1926, but German sources give the correct date of 6 September 1926. The delay was caused by the late arrival of Briiggemann's translation at Ricordi for its inclusion in the Italian-German vocal scores.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ashbrook |first=William |date=1991 |title= Puccini's Turandot : the end of the great tradition |publisher= Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press |page=182 |isbn= 978-0691027128}}</ref>
|[[Anne Roselle]] as Turandot
[[Richard Tauber]] as Calaf
|[[Fritz Busch]]
|Performed in German
|-
|Venice, Italy<ref name=":1" />
|[[La Fenice]]
|9 September 1926
|María Llácer-Casali as Turandot
Antonio Bagnariol as Calaf
|[[Gaetano Bavagnoli]]<ref>{{cite news |date=September 1926 |title=Turandot di Puccini alla Fenice |work=Gazzetta di Venezia |page=51}}</ref>
|-
|Vienna, Austria<ref name=":1" />
|[[Vienna State Opera]]
|14 October 1926
|[[Lotte Lehmann]] as Turandot
[[Leo Slezak]] as Calaf
|[[Franz Schalk]]
|
|-
|Berlin, Germany<ref name=":1" />
|[[Berlin State Opera|Staatsoper Berlin]]
|8 November 1926
|[[Mafalda Salvatini]] as Turandot
Carl Martin Öhman as Calaf<ref>Bie, Oscar. ''Letter from Berlin.'' Apollo: A Journal of the Arts, January–June 1927: Vol 5, Apollo Press Ltd. London. p.38</ref>
|[[Bruno Walter]]<ref>{{cite news |date=9 November 1930 |title=Turandot di Puccini a Berlino |work=La Tribuna (Rome)| page=3}}</ref>
|
|-
|New York City, United States<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-10 |title=GP at the Met: Turandot |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/gp-met-turandot-turandot-historical-context/5074/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |publisher=PBS |language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[Metropolitan Opera]]
|16 November 1926
|[[Maria Jeritza]] as Turandot
Giacomo Lauri Volpi as Calaf
|[[Tullio Serafin]]
|
|-
|Brussels, Belgium<ref name=":1" />
|[[La Monnaie]]
|17 December 1926
|Jane Bonavia as Turandot
Victor Verteneuil as Calaf<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor Verteneuil |url=http://www.historicaltenors.net/belgian/verteneuil.html |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=historicaltenors.net}}</ref>
|Corneille de Thoran
|Performed in French.
|-
|Trieste, Italy<ref>{{cite news |date=23 December 1926 |title=La prima di Turandot, al Teatro Verdi |work=Il Piccolo di Trieste |page=4}}</ref>
|[[Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi|Teatro Verdi]]
|22 December 1926
|{{ill|Linda Barla Ricci|de}} as Turandot
Pedro Mirassou as Calaf
|[[Gennaro Papi]]
|
|-
|Naples, Italy<ref name=":1" />
|[[Teatro di San Carlo]]
|17 January 1927
|Bianca Scacciati as Turandot<ref>{{cite news |date=18 January 1927 |title=Il trionfo di Turandot ai San Carlo |work=La Tribuna (Rome)| page=3}}</ref>
Antonio Bagnariol as Calaf
|Edoardo Vitale
|
|-
|Parma, Italy<ref name=":1" />
|[[Teatro Regio (Parma)|Teatro Regio]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lacasadellamusica.it/cronologia/1926-1927_carnevale.htm |title=Cronologia del Teatro Regio di Parma (1829-2001), Stagione lirica Carnevale 1926 – 1927, Turandot |date=2017 |website=lacasadellamusica.it | access-date=2 Feb 2025}}</ref>
|12 February 1927
|Elena Barrigar as Turandot
[[Franco Lo Giudice]] as Calaf
|Giuseppe Podestà
|
|-
|Bern, Switzerland
|[[Bern Theatre]]<ref>{{cite journal |date=31 Mar 1927 |title=Bern has Swiss Premiere of Turandot |journal= Musical Courier |volume=94 |issue=13 |page=6}}</ref>
|13 February 1927
|Maria Nezádal as Turandot
Peter Baust as Calaf
|Dr. Albert Nef
|
|-
|Turin, Italy<ref name=":1" />
|[[Teatro Regio (Turin)|Teatro Regio]]<ref>{{cite news |date=13 March 1927 |title=Teatri - Al Regio - La prima di Turandot |work=La Stampa |page=4}}</ref>
|17 March 1927
|Linda Barla Ricci as Turandot
Gennaro Barra-Caracciolo as Calaf
|[[Gino Marinuzzi]]
|
|-
|Baltimore, Maryland, USA<ref>{{cite web |url= https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0365123 |title=Turandot - Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, Mon, April 18 |date=2023 |website= metopera.org}}</ref>
|[[Lyric Baltimore|Lyric Theatre Baltimore]]
|18 April 1927
|[[Florence Easton]] as Turandot
[[Edward Johnson (tenor)|Edward Johnson]] as Calaf
|Tullio Serafin
|
|-
|Florence, Italy<ref>{{cite news |date=19 April 1927 |title=Turandot al Politeama Fiorentino |work=La Tribuna (Rome)| page=3}}</ref>
|[[Teatro Comunale, Florence|Politeama Fiorentino]]
|23 April 1927
|
|
|
|-
|Atlanta, Georgia, USA<ref>{{cite web |url= https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0365132 |title=Turandot - Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, Wed, April 27, 1927 |date=2023 |website= metopera.org}}</ref>
|[[Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta)|Municipal Auditorium]]
|27 April 1927
|Florence Easton as Turandot
Edward Johnson as Calaf
|Tullio Serafin
|
|-
|Cleveland, Ohio, USA<ref>{{cite web |url= https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0365139 |title=Turandot - Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, Tue, May 3, 1927 |date=2023 |website= metopera.org}}</ref>
|[[Public Auditorium]]
|3 May 1927
|Florence Easton as Turandot
[[Armand Tokatyan]] as Calaf
|Tullio Serafin
|
|-
|London, United Kingdom<ref name=":1" />
|[[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden]]
|8 June 1927<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Blom |first=Eric |date=2015-12-15 |title=Puccini's Turandot: the first performance in England, reviewed in June 1927 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/from-the-archive-blog/2015/dec/15/puccini-turandot-covent-garden-1927-review |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
|Bianca Scacciati as Turandot<ref name=":2" />
Francesco Merli as Calaf<ref name=":2" />
|Vincenzo Bellezza<ref name=":2" />
|
|-
|San Francisco, United States<ref name=":1" />
|San Francisco Opera
|19 September 1927
|Anne Roselle as Turandot
Armand Tokatyan as Calaf<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=San Francisco Opera Performance Archive |url=http://archive.sfopera.com/qry3webcastlist.asp?x_OperaID=176&z_OperaID==,, |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=archive.sfopera.com}}</ref>
|Gaetano Merola<ref name=":3" />
|
|-
|Bologna, Italy<ref name=":1" />
|Teatro Comunale di Bologna<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Giacomo Vaghi |url=https://www.opera-arias.com/singers/giacomo-vaghi/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Opera-Arias.com |language=en}}</ref>
|29 October 1927<ref name=":4" />
|Linda Barla-Ricci as Turandot
Antonio Melandri as Calaf
|Gino Marinuzzi<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.tcbo.it/il-teatro/archivio-storico/1924-1933/ |title= 1927, October 29, Turandot, Opera |date=2017 |website= tcbo.it (Teatro Comunale di Bologna) }}</ref>
|
|-
|Budapest, Hungary<ref>{{cite web |url= https://digitar.opera.hu/alkotas/turandot/9051/ |title=Turandot |access-date=2025-02-09 |website= digitar.opera.hu}}</ref>
|[[Hungarian State Opera House|Operaház]]
|14 November 1927
|{{ill|Vilma Tihanyi|hu}} as Turandot
{{ill|Székelyhidy Ferenc|hu}} as Calaf
|Nándor Rékai
|
|-
|Baku, Azerbaijan<br>(then [[Transcaucasian SFSR]], Soviet Union)<ref name=":1" />
|[[Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater|Baku Opera]]
|March 1928
|
|Alexander Klibson
|Performed in Russian(?).
|-
|Paris, France<ref name=":1" />
|Paris Opera
|29 March 1928
|Maryse Beaujon as Turandot
[[Georges Thill]] as Calaf
|[[Philippe Gaubert]]
|
|-
|Verona, Italy<ref>{{cite book |last1=Segond |first1=André |title=George Thill ou l'age d' or de l'opera |date=1980 |publisher= Editions Jacques-Marie Laffont et Associés a Lyon |page=244}}</ref>
|[[Verona Arena]]
|28 July 1928
|Anne Roselle as Turandot
George Thill as Calaf
|Alfredo Padovani
|
|-
|Australia<ref name=":1" />
|[[Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne|His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne]]<ref>{{cite news |date=11 June 1928 |title=Turandot, Puccini's Last Opera |work= The Sydney Morning Herald | page=15}}</ref>
|9 June 1928
|[[Giannina Arangi-Lombardi]] as Turandot
Francesco Merli as Calaf
|Gaetano Bavagnoli
|
|-
|Kyiv, Ukraine<br>(then [[Ukrainian SSR]], Soviet Union)<ref name=":1" />
|[[Kyiv Opera]]
|September 1928
|
|[[Aleksander Orlov]]
|Performed in Ukrainian.
|-
|Barcelona, Spain<ref>{{cite news |date=10 Feb 1929 |title=Lettere dalla Spagna - La Prima di Turandot in Espagna |work=L'Illustrazione Italiana |page=214 }}</ref> 
|[[Gran Teatre del Liceu]]
|30 December 1928
|[[Iva Pacetti]] as Turandot
{{ill|Antonio Melandri|it}} as Calaf
|Alfredo Padovani
|
|-
| Belgrade 
|[[National Theatre in Belgrade|National Theatre]]<ref>{{cite news |date=28 June 1930 |title=La Prima di Turandot a Belgrado |work=La Patria del Friuli}}</ref>
|28 June 1930
|
|[[Lovro von Matačić]]
|
|-
|Moscow, Russia<br>(then [[Russian SFSR]], Soviet Union)<ref name=":1" />
|[[Bolshoi Theatre]]
|12 December 1931
|Kseniya Derzhinskaya as Turandot
Boris Evlakhov as Calaf
|[[Lev Steinberg]]
|Performed in Russian, translated by [[Pavel Antokolsky]].  39 performances until 1934
|}
For many years, the government of the People's Republic of China forbade performance of ''Turandot'' because they said it portrayed China and the Chinese unfavorably.<ref>[http://www.operacarolina.org/assets/pdf/season_brochure.pdf "Banned in China"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513113631/http://www.operacarolina.org/assets/pdf/season_brochure.pdf |date=13 May 2008 }}, operacarolina.org</ref><ref>[http://www.princeton.edu/~amoravcs/library/turandot.doc "Banned in China because officials believed it portrays the country negatively"], princeton.edu</ref> Instead of a single nationwide decree against it, any attempts to produce it were not approved.<ref name="Kensmith" /> In the late 1990s they relented, and in September 1998 the opera was performed for eight nights as ''[[Turandot at the Forbidden City]]'', complete with opulent sets and soldiers from the [[People's Liberation Army]] as extras. It was an international collaboration, with director [[Zhang Yimou]] as [[choreographer]] and [[Zubin Mehta]] as conductor. The singing roles saw [[Giovanna Casolla]], Audrey Stottler, and [[Sharon Sweet]] as Princess Turandot; [[Sergej Larin]] and [[Lando Bartolini]] as Calaf; and [[Barbara Frittoli]], [[Cristina Gallardo-Domâs]], and [[Barbara Hendricks]] as Liù.

The aria "[[Nessun dorma]]" has long been a staple of operatic recitals. [[Luciano Pavarotti]] popularized the piece beyond the opera world in the 1990s with his performance of it for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 World Cup]], which received a global audience.<ref name="FIFA">{{cite book |title=The Music Industry Handbook |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |page=219}}</ref> Both Pavarotti and [[Plácido Domingo]] released singles of the aria, with Pavarotti's reaching number 2 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Charts (UK) – Luciano Pavarotti|website=[[OfficialCharts.com]]|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26280/luciano-pavarotti/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Official Charts (UK) – Placido Domingo|website=[[OfficialCharts.com]]|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3438/placido-domingo/}}</ref> [[The Three Tenors]] performed the aria at three subsequent [[List of FIFA World Cup finals|World Cup Finals]], in 1994 in Los Angeles, 1998 in Paris, and 2002 in Yokohama.<ref name="FIFA" /> Many [[crossover music|crossover]] and pop artists have performed and recorded it and the aria has been used in the soundtracks of numerous films.<ref name="Dalley">Dalley, Jan (6 November 2015). [https://next.ft.com/content/c799f976-814d-11e5-8095-ed1a37d1e096 "The Life of a Song: 'Nessun Dorma'"]. ''[[Financial Times]]''. Retrieved 10 May 2016.</ref> ''Turandot'' is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire and it appears as number 17 on the [[Operabase]] list of the most-performed operas worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Opera Statistics |url=http://operabase.com/top.cgi?lang=en#opera |access-date=19 August 2013 |publisher=[[Operabase]]}}</ref>

===Alfano's and other versions===
The debate over which version of the ending is better is still open.<ref name="Ashbrook and Powers2" /> Alfano's original ending to the opera was first recorded (as part of an album with [[Josephine Barstow]] singing final scenes of several operas) by [[John Mauceri]] and [[Scottish Opera]] (with Josephine Barstow and [[Lando Bartolini]] as soloists) for Decca Records in 1990 to great acclaim.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Scottish Opera Chorus|first1=Barstow|title=Josephine Barstow: Opera Finales|date=1 January 1990|publisher=Decca CD DDD 0289 430 2032 9 DH|url=http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4302032|access-date=20 May 2015|archive-date=20 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520202657/http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4302032|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Josephine Barstow sings Opera Finales|url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/josephine-barstow-sings-opera-finales?pmtx=biggest-savings|work=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]|access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2022|reason=Doeasn't mention Tosca, or Lando Bartolini.}} However, it may have been staged in Germany in the early years, since Ricordi had commissioned a German translation of the text and a number of scores were printed in Germany with the full final scene included.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Alfano's second ending has been further redacted as well: Turandot's aria "Del primo pianto" was performed at the premiere but cut from the first complete recording;{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} it was eventually restored to most performances of the opera.

From 1976 to 1988, the American composer [[Janet Maguire]], convinced that the whole ending is coded in the sketches left by Puccini, composed a new ending,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Maguire|first1=Janet|title=Puccini's Version of the Duet and Final Scene of ''Turandot''|journal=[[The Musical Quarterly]]|date=1990|volume=74| issue = 3|pages=319–359|jstor=741936|doi=10.1093/mq/74.3.319}}</ref> but this has never been performed.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Burton|first1=Deborah|title=The Puccini Code|journal=Rivista di Analisi e Teoria Musicale|date=2013|volume=19| issue = 2|pages=7–32}}</ref> In 2001, [[Luciano Berio]] made a new completion sanctioned by [[Casa Ricordi]] and the Puccini estate, using Puccini's sketches but also expanding the musical language. It was subsequently performed in the Canary Islands and Amsterdam conducted by [[Riccardo Chailly]], Los Angeles conducted by [[Kent Nagano]], at the [[Salzburg Festival]] conducted by [[Valery Gergiev]] in August 2002. However, its reception was mixed.<ref name = "NYT1">[[Anthony Tommasini|Tommasini, Anthony]] (22 August 2002). [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/22/arts/critic-s-notebook-updating-turandot-berio-style.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm "Critic's Notebook; Updating ''Turandot'', Berio Style"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved 30 November 2012.</ref><ref>[[James Inverne|Inverne, James]] (18 August 2002). [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,338591,00.html "Beginning of the End"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. Retrieved 30 November 2012.{{subscription required}}</ref>

In late 2007, Chinese composer [[Hao Weiya]] made another completion before the opening of [[National Centre for the Performing Arts (China)|National Centre for the Performing Arts]], also resulting in a mixed reception.<ref>{{cite news|first=Louisa|last=Lim|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90037060|title=Chinese Composer Gives 'Turandot' a Fresh Finale|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=2008-04-29|accessdate=2022-03-25}}</ref>

In 2022, Deborah Burton "realized" a finale to Turandot that utilized several of Puccini's autograph sketches that had not been previously studied.  Based on decades of analyzing Puccini's compositional style, her finale has not yet been produced, although some possible venues are in the offing.  A description of her finale can be found in her article, "Puccini's Last Act: Finishing ''Turandot''" (The Opera Journal, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp.&nbsp;1–60) and in her book ''The Finales of Turandot:  Puccini's Last Act'' (Routledge, 2025).

In 2024, [[Washington National Opera]] premiered a newly commissioned ending by composer [[Christopher Tin]] and librettist [[Susan Soon He Stanton]] to very positive reviews.<ref>{{cite news|first=|last=LA Opera|url=https://www.laopera.org/discover/la-opera-content/new-blog-post-77/|title=The Many Endings of "Turandot"|publisher=[[LA Opera]]|date=2024-05-23|accessdate=2024-05-29}}</ref> Michael Andor Brodeur of [[The Washington Post]] called the production 'refreshing' and declared "Even without the new ending — and Tin’s splendid musical additions, which draw sensibly from Puccini’s score while applying an entirely new emotional finish — [[Francesca Zambello]]’s "Turandot" crackles with fresh energy".<ref name=":5">{{cite news|first=Michael Andor|last=Brodeur|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/05/13/washington-national-opera-turandot-review/|title=Washington National Opera's new 'Turandot' gets a refreshing finale|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=2024-05-13|accessdate=2024-05-29}}</ref> Heidi Waleson of [[The Wall Street Journal]] wrote that the new ending "fits the opera neatly. Its sound and attitude, while contemporary, grow organically from Puccini’s original, like a savvy modern addition on a historic building."<ref>{{cite news|first=Heidi|last=Waleson|url=https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/theater/turandot-and-shall-we-gather-at-the-river-reviews-washington-national-opera-park-avenue-armory-1f95a467|title='Turandot' and 'Shall We Gather at the River' Reviews: Classics in New Contexts|publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=2024-05-22|accessdate=2024-05-29}}</ref>

In 2024, [[Opera Delaware]] premiered a newly commissioned completion by composer [[Derrick Wang]], which was praised as "adept," "respectful," and "seamless."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Obenreder |first=Gail |date=2024-05-21 |title=OperaDelaware presents Puccini's Turandot |url=https://www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/operadelaware-presents-puccinis-turandot |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Broad Street Review |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Mike |date=2024-05-08 |title=Washington Opera offers new ending to Puccini's final work |url=https://apnews.com/article/opera-turandot-new-ending-24432174560d555b39a858114135f260 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" />

[[Daniela Kerck]] made another version for the [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden]] in 2024, using exclusively music by Puccini, the unfinished opera followed by his 1905 ''[[Requiem (Puccini)|Requiem]]'' antiphone. She identified Calaf with Puccini, and other characters with people from his life, beginning and ending the story in Puccini's library with a grand piano. In this version, when Liú has taken her life and the music by Puccini ends, the Puccini on stage receives a kiss of death from Turandot and dies.<ref name="Franke">{{cite web
| last = Franke
| first = Christiane
| url = https://magazin.klassik.com/konzerte/reviews.cfm?task=review&PID=8178
| title = Der Todeskuss
| website = magazin.klassik.com
| date = April 2024
| language = de
| access-date = 24 June 2024
| quote = In diesen Parallelwelten agieren die Protagonisten in Doppelrollen, Turandot/die Ehefrau Puccinis,[...] Wenn Liù tot auf der Bühne [...] erhebt sich Liù zu neuem Leben.
}}</ref>