Turandot is the opera performed during the assassination plot in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.
The opera sequence takes place at the Vienna State Opera, where Ethan Hunt tries to prevent the killing of the Austrian chancellor. The performance gives the team a tightly timed setting involving backstage routes, the audience, the orchestra, and a rifle position.
Turandot is an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, and its use helps give the sequence a precise musical and theatrical structure. The scene is sometimes remembered simply as the Vienna opera scene, but Turandot is the specific work being performed. The sequence is one of Rogue Nation’s signature set pieces.