Puccini: Turandot (2009)
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.
- Released
- 2009-11-07
- Genres
- Music
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Gary Halvorson, David Kneuss
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Maria Guleghina as Turandot
- Marina Poplavskaya as Liù
- Marcello Giordani as Calàf
- Samuel Ramey as Timur
- Charles Anthony as Emperador Altoum
- Joshua Hopkins as Ping
- Tony Stevenson as Pang
- Eduardo Valdes as Pong
- Patricia Racette as Self - Host
- Keith Miller as Mandarin
- Antonio Demarco as Executioner
- Sasha Semin as Prince of Persia
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