
Released
Puccini: Turandot
November 7 2009 (over 15 years ago)Rating
55
Based on
4 reviews
Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's Turandot at the Met Opera in New York
- Directors: Gary Halvorson, David Kneuss
- Genre: Music
- Runtime: 2 h 9 m
- Country: United States of America
- Companies: Decca, The Metropolitan Opera
Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in the Met repertory. In this Live in HD production, Maria Guleghina takes on the title role and Marcello Giordani is Calaf, the unknown prince. Marina Poplavskaya and Samuel Ramey co-star, and Andris Nelsons conducts in his Met debut.
Top cast

Maria Guleghina
Turandot

Marina Poplavskaya
Liù

Marcello Giordani
Calàf

Samuel Ramey
Timur

Charles Anthony
Emperador Altoum

Joshua Hopkins
Ping

Tony Stevenson
Pang

Eduardo Valdes
Pong

Patricia Racette
Self - Host

Keith Miller
Mandarin

Antonio Demarco
Executioner

Sasha Semin
Prince of Persia

Anne Nonnemacher
Handmaiden

Mary Hughes
Handmaiden

MET Orchestra
Puccini: Turandot's Images

