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Puccini: Turandot

Puccini: Turandot

Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's Turandot at the Met Opera in New York

2009•2h 9m•5.5/10
Music

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5.5/10(4)

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.

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Production

Decca, The Metropolitan Opera

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Maria Guleghina

Maria Guleghina

Turandot

Marina Poplavskaya

Marina Poplavskaya

Liù

Marcello Giordani

Marcello Giordani

Calàf

Samuel Ramey

Samuel Ramey

Timur

Charles Anthony

Emperador Altoum

Joshua Hopkins

Ping

Tony Stevenson

Pang

Eduardo Valdes

Pong

Patricia Racette

Patricia Racette

Self - Host

Keith Miller

Keith Miller

Mandarin

Antonio Demarco

Executioner

Sasha Semin

Prince of Persia

Anne Nonnemacher

Handmaiden

Mary Hughes

Handmaiden

MET Orchestra

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