Antonio Pappano invited Siyabonga Maqungo, the young South African tenor, to sing Pong in Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot”, opposite Jonas Kaufmann and Sandra Radvanovsky. The production, supported by Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, is also recorded for a CD-release.
From Rome, Mr. Maqungo travels to Geneva where, at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, he once more lends his splendid voice to the Jeweler in Peter Eötvös’ opera “Sleepless”, in a joint production with the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin.
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Siyabonga Maqungo: Pong
March 12
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Peter Eötvös: Sleepless
Siyabonga Maqungo: Jeweler
March 29 (première), 31; April 2, 3, 5