Puccini: Turandot
Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's Turandot at the Met Opera in New York
Rating
5.5 The Film
Puccini: Turandot
Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's Turandot at the Met Opera in New York
The Story
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.
Runtime
129 min
Released Nov 2009
Gallery
The Stills.
