Puccini: Turandot

United States of America

• 2009-11-07(GB)
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  Music
• ▪ 2h-9m

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

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.

• Gary HalvorsonDirector

  Giacomo PucciniOriginal Music Composer

  Giuseppe AdamiWriter

  Renato SimoniWriter

  Franco ZeffirelliProduction Design

  David KneussDirector