Released:
2009-11-07

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.

Directors:
Gary Halvorson, David Kneuss

Runtime:
2h 9min

Genre:
Music

• Cast:
• 
  Maria Guleghina
  as
  Turandot
• 
  Marina Poplavskaya
  as
  Liù
• 
  Marcello Giordani
  as
  Calàf
• 
  Samuel Ramey
  as
  Timur
• 
  Charles Anthony
  as
  Emperador Altoum