I have to help the executioner to polish his knife ... Ai Wewei models a headpiece for his production of ‘Turandot’ The request that he direct the Rome opera production of Turandot ...

Turandot has vowed to only marry a suitor ... There is a cartoonishly fearsome executioner dressed like a mythical sea monster sharpening his sabre on a huge whetstone. Amid the crowd is our ...

Maxim Derevianko’s “Ai Weiwei’s Turandot” has been picked up by Berlin-based doc specialist Rise and Shine World Sales, ahead of its international premiere on March 21 in the Highlights ...

Life, they say, begins at forty, which is precisely the age of Andrei Serban's version of Turandot for the Royal Opera. This meticulously crafted version had plenty of life before 40, but the ...

(Ai Weiwei’s Turandot is produced by Christine La Monte ... so they [cast] me as the executioner’s assistant. I have to help the executioner to polish his knife.” For those performances, ...