{"id":97349,"date":"2026-11-03T19:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97349"},"modified":"2026-11-03T19:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:06:59","slug":"review-jackie-chan-has-directed-his-first-italian-opera-did-the-action-star-crush-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97349","title":{"rendered":"Review | Jackie Chan has directed his first Italian opera. Did the action star crush it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/11\/03\/5019ef94-11ec-4476-a5af-ad84b5f1643d_5fe8142b.jpg?itok=FQXzecTp&amp;v=1793681830\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Can a global kung fu superstar famous for death-defying stunts and slapstick humour direct a grand Italian opera?<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">When it was announced that Jackie Chan would direct <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Turandot<\/em> for this centenary Sino-Italian production of Giacomo Puccini\u2019s final masterpiece, many in the classical music world were understandably sceptical.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Yet, Chan\u2019s first opera production proves that his cinematic flair is a remarkably natural fit for the beloved masterpiece set in ancient China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3373074\/jackie-chan-has-directed-his-first-italian-opera-did-action-star-crush-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can a global kung fu superstar famous for death-defying stunts and slapstick humour direct a grand Italian opera? When it was announced that Jackie Chan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[389,7860,10092,32275,2507,14697,9497,28,297],"class_list":["post-97349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-action","tag-chan","tag-crush","tag-directed","tag-italian","tag-jackie","tag-opera","tag-review","tag-star","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}