Puccini: Turandot

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.

Cast

Maria Guleghina

Turandot

Marina Poplavskaya

Liù

Marcello Giordani

Calàf

Samuel Ramey

Timur

N/A

Charles Anthony

Emperador Altoum

N/A

Joshua Hopkins

Ping

N/A

Tony Stevenson

Pang

N/A

Eduardo Valdes

Pong

Patricia Racette

Self - Host

Keith Miller

Mandarin

N/A

Antonio Demarco

Executioner

N/A

Sasha Semin

Prince of Persia