| Turandot Suite | |
|---|---|
| by Ferruccio Busoni | |
 Cover to the score, designed by Emil Orlík, and first published in 1906 | |
| Catalogue | BV 248 |
| Opus | 41 |
| Composed | 1904–05 |
| Scoring | orchestra |
The Turandot Suite, Op. 41 (BV 248) is an orchestral work by Ferruccio Busoni written in 1904–5, based on Count Carlo Gozzi's play Turandot. The music – in one form or another – occupied Busoni at various times between the years 1904–17. Busoni arranged the suite from incidental music which he was composing to accompany a production of Gozzi's play. The suite was first performed on 21 October 1905, while the play with his incidental music was not produced until 1911. In August 1916 Busoni had finished composing the one-act opera Arlecchino, but it needed a companion work to provide a full evening's entertainment. He suddenly decided to transform the Turandot music into a two-act opera with spoken dialog. The two works were premiered together as a double-bill in May 1917.[1]
- ^ Dent, p. 233; Beaumont (1985), pp. 240–241.