Turandot delle Stelle

An international project combining music, video mapping and cultural exchange

Turandot delle Stelle is a musical and visual show dedicated to the centenary of the premiere of Giacomo Puccini's opera (1926–2026), but above all an artistic opportunity to create a dialogue between cultures and generations: a shared work that changes shape at each stop, while keeping its poetic and inclusive vision intact.

The project was born from an idea by Davide Giannoni — orchestral musician, composer, sound artist and music producer — and Francesca Pasquinucci, illustrator and set designer, founders of Imaginarium Studio. It premieres on 25 April 2026, exactly one hundred years after the first performance at Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

The project develops from an already composed musical and visual structure, but one designed to be open and collaborative: in each host country, young ensembles, orchestras in training or individual local musicians are actively involved in the show, integrating into the score and the scenic flow. Turandot thus becomes a journey across the world, an “emotional map” that traverses languages, cultures, instruments and traditions.

Turandot delle Stelle performance — Video mapping and live music performance

Music & Sounds

Images, music and sounds are the main ingredients of the narrative. The original compositions were created by Davide Giannoni: Puccini's music is rearranged for electronic instruments, strings and ambient sounds. The musical structure begins with clarity — recognisable and powerful themes such as Nessun dorma, In questa reggia, Signore, ascolta! — but gradually these motifs dissolve, fragment and become sonic shadows. Like the character herself, the sound begins to fade.

Imaginarium Studio is located just a few hundred metres from the house where Puccini composed Turandot, near the pine forest of Viareggio. This is not merely a physical proximity, but a deep bond with the sonic and poetic landscape that accompanied the composer's final years. The sounds we use in our productions — the wind through the pines, birdsong, footsteps on sand — come directly from these places, recorded where the opera took shape.

We do not interpret Puccini from afar: we listen to him from the place where he imagined the unreachable. It is from here that Turandot delle Stelle was born: with our feet in the pine forest and our gaze turned to the sky.

Musical programme