In Peking, a princess famous for her beauty submits her suitors to three riddles. The prince who manages to solve them will win her hand and the throne. So far, they have all failed and suffered the relentless punishment of death. Will young Calaf succeed? Inspired by Carlo Gozzi’s fable, which in turn draws on several sources, including the “Thousand and One Nights”, Puccini’s last opera revives the oriental atmosphere already present in Madama Butterfly. But by 1924, the year the composer died leaving his score unfinished, his writing had grown in modernity, without losing an iota of its melodic inspiration, as illustrated by the famous aria “Nessun dorma”. References to Asia could not fail to appeal to Robert Wilson, whose aesthetic is inspired by Japanese Noh theater. His sparse staging, interspersed with touches of commedia dell’arte, offers striking and hypnotic images.