PUCCINI: TURANDOT (2009)
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Puccini: Turandot
Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's Turandot at the Met Opera in New York
Music
November 7, 2009
Italian
2h 9m
Italy
Decca
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.
Cast & Characters
Maria Guleghina
Turandot
Marcello Giordani
Calàf
Samuel Ramey
Timur
Charles Anthony
Emperador Altoum
Joshua Hopkins
Ping
Tony Stevenson
Pang
Eduardo Valdes
Pong
Patricia Racette
Self - Host
Keith Miller
Mandarin
Antonio Demarco
Executioner
Sasha Semin
Prince of Persia
Anne Nonnemacher
Handmaiden
Mary Hughes
Handmaiden
Crew
Gary Halvorson
Director
David Kneuss
Director
Giuseppe Adami
Writer
Renato Simoni
Writer
Giacomo Puccini
Original Music Composer
Louisa Briccetti
Producer
Victoria Warivonchik
Producer
Peter Gelb
Executive Producer