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Michelle Johnson Leads Opera Southwest’s ‘Turandot’

By Francisco Salazar

Opera Southwest is set to present Puccini’s “Turandot” celebrating its 50th anniversary.

The company will present the work four times between March 12 and 19, 2023 with Chinese Director XinXin Tang helming the production. Tang’s production is a co-production with OperaDelaware and Fargo Moorhead Opera which will be presented at the later companies in 2024.

Soprano Michelle Johnson makes a role debut as Princess Turandot and will be joined by Zaikuan Song as Timur, Rodell Rosel as Calaf, and Bizhou Chang as Liù. The cast will be rounded out by Carlos Archuleta, James Flora, and Michael Rodriguez. Anthony Barrese conducts the ne production.

“Turandot” will be presented in Italian with projected English Translations.

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By Francisco Salazar

FRANCISCO SALAZAR, (Publisher) worked as a reporter for Latin Post where he has had the privilege of interviewing numerous opera stars including Anita Rachvelishvili and Ailyn Perez. He also worked as an entertainment reporter where he covered the New York and Tribeca Film Festivals and interviewed many celebrities such as Antonio Banderas, Edgar Ramirez and Benedict Cumberbatch. He currently freelances for Remezcla.

He holds a Masters in Media Management from the New School and a Bachelor's in Film Production and Italian studies from Hofstra University.

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