Puccini: Turandot
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.
Genre: Music
Cast: Maria Guleghina, Marina Poplavskaya, Marcello Giordani, Samuel Ramey, Charles Anthony, Joshua Hopkins, Tony Stevenson, Eduardo Valdes, Patricia Racette, Keith Miller, Antonio Demarco, Sasha Semin, Anne Nonnemacher
Crew: Gary Halvorson (Director), Giacomo Puccini (Original Music Composer), Giuseppe Adami (Writer), Renato Simoni (Writer), Franco Zeffirelli (Production Design)