The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot (2016)

Name: The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Released: 2016-01-30
Duration: 141 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Marco Berti, Nina Maria Stemme, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Anita Hartig, MET Orchestra

NR2h 21mJan 30, 2016ReleasedNR(2)

World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, April 1926

Franco Zeffirelli’s golden production stars the great dramatic soprano Nina Stemme as Turandot, the icy Chinese princess who has renounced all men. Marco Berti is Calàf, the unknown prince who solves Turandot’s riddles and wins her love. Anita Hartig sings Liù, the faithful slave girl who gives her life to save Calàf, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk is Timur. Paolo Carignani conducts.

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