Puccini: Turandot
07/11/2009
2h 9m



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
Turandot


Marina Poplavskaya
Liù


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
MET Orchestra
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