Turandot @ St. Pete


253 5th Ave N,
St. Petersburg, FL 33701

… more pix on Reddit

St. Pete opera at Palladium Theater, which is at the above address.

This opera was by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), premiered in 1926.

The background is set in Beijing. Turandot is a princess, any prince wants to marry her, must answer three riddles, or face death.

Calaf is played by Simon K. Lee from Busan, South Korea; Turandot by Kelly Slawson of St. Louis, MO. Liu by Chelsea Lehnea who is the most attractive of the cast. … I know it’s an opera where and when the casting is limited, and I for one, visualize a love story with younger and attractive couple … so, it’s hard to see two middle aged persons playing the parts… Oh well. What do I know.

Movie director Zhang Yimou had staged it live in the Forbidden City in 1998, Zubin Mehta conducts. I remembered watching a clip, the young Chinese soldiers are warned not to interact with the ballerinas or the operas singers.

There is a young lady outside of the theater who is a fire inspector, to guard our safety per city/local regulation, “making sure the doors are open …” She agreed to the photo, that I can post on social medial.

We’ve lunch at Terra Gaucha and light dinner @ Allelo.

We parked at the garage by the James Museum. There is a small commotion when we go to retrieve our car: a white Nissan Rogue is in front of us and isn’t moving for a long time. When we lightly beeped it, it got upset. A young woman in a slimy out fit – low top and high front side cut of a long skirt came out … She claimed that they’re trying to pay but unable.

  1. didn’t we all pay at entrance? We did.
  2. maybe they came in early and at that time, the garage didn’t require payment up front?

As we’re out of the garage and on the street, it veneered to the right and waited for us to catch up, then throw something hard at our car. Talking about being rogue, or road rage?

 

 

 


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