Royal Opera House accused of 'whitewashing' Turandot performance
The Royal Opera House is "whitewashing" its production of a Puccini opera, a group representing British Asian performers has said.
The group said it was also concerned at "problematical misogyny and orientalism" in the original work.Whitewashing is the practice of casting white actors in non-white roles. Beats said the situation was "simply unacceptable" and urged the ROH to "undertake a thorough review of its casting processes to ensure that its productions have much better and more appropriate representation on and off stage".
Beats said it was also concerned the upcoming production would revive "orientalist tropes and stereotypes" it argued were present inIt went on to suggest the choice not to hire a director of East or South East Asian heritage meant a chance was missed to "reinterpret and re-contextualise" Turandot.
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