In the current series of performances, Płonka is scheduled to appear four times, with the final two performances set for Tuesday and April 21.
The production, directed by Davide Livermore and conducted by Nicola Luisotti, premiered in 2024 to mark the centenary of Puccini’s death.
Turandot, Puccini's last opera, had its world premiere on April 25, 1926, with Arturo Toscanini conducting and Polish-born Rosa Raisa in the title part.
Płonka has previously performed the role of Turandot at major venues including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro Real in Madrid; Deutsche Oper in Berlin; and the Staatsoper in Hamburg, as well as in Finland, South Korea, Japan and the United States.
She studied piano performance at the Music Academy in Poznań, western Poland, and later at Oklahoma City University and the University of Utah. She received her Artist Diploma in Lyric Studies from the Juilliard School in New York in 2016.
Her repertoire includes the title role in Puccini's Tosca, as well as Abigaille in Verdi’s Nabucco and Venus in Wagner’s Tannhäuser.
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