Turandot

‘Turandot’

Tomàs Grau & Franz Schubert Filharmonia

The Eternal Turandot

On 25 April 2026, the exact centenary of the premiere of Turandot at La Scala, the Franz Schubert Filharmonia will join other great orchestras and institutions around the world to commemorate that historic event.

This opera is one of the works that inspired Tomàs Grau to pursue a career in music. He will lead an exceptional cast in a performance full of impact and emotion. A unique event to celebrate two milestones: Puccini’s universal legacy and our 20th anniversary.

Turandot: 100 Years

Sunday 25 April 1926 – Milan’s La Scala opera house hosted the world premiere of Turandot, the final opera of Giacomo Puccino, who had died almost 18 months earlier. The performance was a resounding success. Exactly 100 years later (although this time on a Saturday), the Franz Schubert Filharmonia and Orfeó Català will be joined by a first-rate cast of soloists, headed by Armenian soprano Lianna Haroutounian – a memorable Madama Butterfly at the Liceu – and Catalan tenor Xavier Moreno, who has recently played Prince Calaf in productions staged in Germany. Our audience will hear the work from beginning to end, unlike the Milanese audience at its premiere – the legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini brought the orchestra to a halt at the last note written by Puccini  before he died, leaving the opera unfinished. From the second performance onwards, it was performed in full, using the completion written by Franco Alfano.

Program and cast

Lianna Haroutounian, soprano (Turandot)
Xavier Moreno, tenor (Calaf)
Carolina López Moreno, soprano (Liù)
Gerard Farreras, bass (Timur)
Carles Pachon, barione (Ping)
Andrés Moreno, tenor (Pang)
Roger Padullés, tenor (Pong)
Raúl Giménez, tenor (Altoum)
Orfeó Català (Xavier Puig, conductor Oriol Castanyer, chorus trainer)
Cor Infantil de l’Orfeó Català (Glòria Coma i Pedrals, conductor)
Franz Schubert Filharmonia
Jordi Gastó, stage manager
Tomàs Grau, conductor

Program

G. Puccini: Turandot