Turandot

Puccini's last opera Turandot performed in Valencia 2008

Internationally acclaimed Chinese film-maker Chen Kaige delivers an opulent staging of the fairy-tale story of Chinese Princess Turandot, who will only marry a prince capable of solving her riddles. With sumptuous costumes and palace sets designed in China, Kaige's production adds a compellingly authentic accent to Puccini's exotic orchestral palette. Zubin Metha and his brilliant Orquestra de la Comunitet Valenciana offer "genuine foreworks of sound" (Wiener Zeitung), Maria Guleghina triumphs as Turandot. Recorded in 2008 at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia. Zubin Mehta (conductor).

Cast

Maria Guleghina

Turandot

Javier Agulló

Altoum

Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Timur

Marco Berti

Calaf

Alexia Voulgaridou

Liù

Fabio Prevati

Ping

Vicenç Esteve

Pang

Roger Padullés

Pong

Ventseslav Anastasov

Un mandarino

Zubin Mehta

Self - Conductor