Puccini: Turandot
Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's Turandot at the Met Opera in New York
129 mins
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.
Charles Anthony
Emperador Altoum
Joshua Hopkins
Ping
Tony Stevenson
Pang
Eduardo Valdes
Pong
Antonio Demarco
Executioner
Sasha Semin
Prince of Persia
Anne Nonnemacher
Handmaiden
Mary Hughes
Handmaiden
David Kneuss
Director
Anna Anni
Costume Designer
Paul Cremo
Dramaturgy
Louisa Briccetti
Producer
David Kneuss
Stage Director
Bill King
Sound Supervisor
Gil Wechsler
Lighting Design
Chiang Ching
Choreographer
Victoria Warivonchik
Producer
Dada Saligeri
Costume Designer
Matiki Anoff
Makeup Artist
Ron Washburn
Technical Supervisor