NABA Students Bring Turandot to the World Stage: From Heritage to International Productions

NABA returned to the international scene with a project that placed its students at the centre of global productions. The Academy contributed to T4T - The Four Turandot, the advanced artistic training initiative presented by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan, launched in the centenary year of Giacomo Puccini's death and ending in 2026, one hundred years after the opera's premiere, within the context of the PNRR T4T project, funded by the European Union – NextGeneration EU. Between February and April 2026, four multimedia productions of Turandot were staged across four countries, exploring the unfinished original and the later endings by Franco Alfano and Luciano Berio. The international tour took place in Augusta (USA) on 7 February and in Milan on 27–28 February, Daegu (South Korea) on 12–13 March, concluding in Hangzhou (China) on 15–16 April. At the core of the project is the NABA contribution: students from the Fashion Design and Design Areas at the Milan campus developed the main characters' costumes, virtual renders and selected scenographic elements through 3D printing and textile experimentation, starting from the original figurines preserved at the Archivio Storico Ricordi. Watch the video to see our students' work come to life! - NABA è tornata sulla scena internazionale con un progetto che ha posto i propri studenti al centro di produzioni globali. L’Accademia ha contribuito a T4T - The Four Turandot, l’iniziativa di formazione artistic