AI WEIWEI’S TURANDOT follows Chinese revolutionary artist Ai Weiwei as he brings his artistic vision and iconoclastic activism to Puccini’s Turandot at the Rome Opera House. During his operatic directorial debut, he uses the opera as a backdrop to address many issues that plague mankind including the Ukraine war, refugee crises, the Covid pandemic, and more. Puccini’s opera is still as vital and relevant as ever.
