Puccini: Turandot

Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's Turandot at the Met Opera in New York

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

Charles Anthony

Emperador Altoum

Joshua Hopkins

Ping

Tony Stevenson

Pang

Eduardo Valdes

Pong

Patricia Racette

Self - Host

Keith Miller

Mandarin

Antonio Demarco

Executioner

Sasha Semin

Prince of Persia