Puccini: Turandot (2009)

Puccini: Turandot (2009)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 2009-11-07 United States of America 129 Min. PG-13
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Music

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.

Cast

Maria Guleghina is Turandot
Turandot
Samuel Ramey is Timur
Timur
Charles Anthony is Emperador Altoum
Emperador Altoum
Patricia Racette is Self - Host
Self - Host
Keith Miller is Mandarin
Mandarin
Antonio Demarco is Executioner
Executioner
Sasha Semin is Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia
Anne Nonnemacher is Handmaiden
Handmaiden
Mary Hughes is Handmaiden
Handmaiden