Puccini: Turandot
Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's Turandot at the Met Opera in New York
5.8
5 votes
November 7, 2009
2h 9m
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.
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Cast
Maria Guleghina
Turandot
Marina Poplavskaya
Liù
Marcello Giordani
Calàf
Samuel Ramey
TimurCharles Anthony
Emperador AltoumJoshua Hopkins
PingTony Stevenson
PangEduardo Valdes
Pong
Patricia Racette
Self - Host
Keith Miller
MandarinAntonio Demarco
ExecutionerSasha Semin
Prince of PersiaAnne Nonnemacher
HandmaidenMary Hughes
Handmaiden
MET Orchestra
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