Puccini: Turandot
5.5
|November 7, 2009|2h 9m|MovieMusic
Storyline
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.
Top Cast
Maria Guleghina
Turandot
Marina Poplavskaya
Liù
Marcello Giordani
Calàf
Samuel Ramey
Timur
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Charles Anthony
Emperador Altoum
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Joshua Hopkins
Ping
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Tony Stevenson
Pang
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Eduardo Valdes
Pong
Patricia Racette
Self - Host
Keith Miller
Mandarin
?
Antonio Demarco
Executioner
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Sasha Semin
Prince of Persia
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Anne Nonnemacher
Handmaiden
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Mary Hughes
Handmaiden
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MET Orchestra
Director
Gary Halvorson
Writers
Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni
Status
Released
