2009
5.5 (4 votes)
2h 9m
Official Website
Genres
Music
Production Companies
Decca
The Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera
Puccini: Turandot
Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's Turandot at the Met Opera in New York
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Gary Halvorson, David Kneuss
Writer: Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni
Producer: Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik
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
