“Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's Turandot at the Met Opera in New York”
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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Maria Guleghina
Turandot
Also in
Turandot
Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
Marina Poplavskaya
Liù
Also in
Don Giovanni
Carmen
Marcello Giordani
Calàf
Also in
The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly
La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera
Samuel Ramey
Timur
Known for
Over the Garden Wall
Charles Anthony
Emperador Altoum
Also in
Otello
Ernani
Joshua Hopkins
Ping
Also in
The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
Great Performances
Tony Stevenson
Pang
Also in
The Metropolitan Opera: Fedora
Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Eduardo Valdes
Pong
Also in
Rossini: La Donna del Lago
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
Patricia Racette
Self - Host
Also in
The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly
Kurt Weill: Street Scene
Keith Miller
Mandarin
Also in
Bizet: Carmen
Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Antonio Demarco
Executioner
Sasha Semin
Prince of Persia
Gary Halvorson Director · David Kneuss Director Renato Simoni Writer
United States release November 7, 2009 · Produced in United States · Production The Metropolitan Opera
Production
Decca
Production
The Metropolitan Opera
Production
United States
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
United States · November 7, 2009
Theatrical
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