Franco Zeffirelli's magnificent 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 Marcell Giordani is Calaf, the unknown prince. Marina Poplavskaya and Samuel Ramey co-star, and Andris Nelsons conducts in his MET debut.
CAST AND CREW"
Turandot: Maria Guleghina
Liù: Marina Poplavskaya
Calàf: Marcello Giordani
Timur: Samuel Ramey
Emperor Altoum: Charles Anthony
Ping: Joshua Hopkins
Pang: Tony Stevenson
Pong: Eduardo Valdes
Three Masks: Mark de Chiazza, Andrew Robinson, Sam Meredith
Mandarin: Keith Miller
Executioner: Antonio De Marco
Princ of Persia: Sasha Semin
Handmaidens: Anne Nonnemacher, Mary Hughes
Temptresses: Linda Gelinas, Alexandra Gonzalez, Annemarie Lucania, Rachel Schuette
Music: Giacomo Puccini Wikipedia
Libretto: Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Stage Director: David Kneuss
Video Director: Gary Halvorson
Recorded live at the MET, New York, 7 November 2009.