Puccini: Turandot
2009Franco 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.
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Maria Guleghina
as Turandot
Marina Poplavskaya
as Liù
Marcello Giordani
as Calàf
Samuel Ramey
as Timur
Charles Anthony
as Emperador Altoum
Joshua Hopkins
as Ping
Tony Stevenson
as Pang
Eduardo Valdes
as Pong
Patricia Racette
as Self - Host
Keith Miller
as Mandarin
Antonio Demarco
as Executioner
Sasha Semin
as Prince of Persia
Anne Nonnemacher
as Handmaiden
Mary Hughes
as Handmaiden
MET Orchestra