The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot

141 mins | Jan. 30, 2016

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.

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot

141 mins | Jan. 30, 2016

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
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.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Directors
Writers Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni

Cast

Marco Berti

as Calàf

Nina Maria Stemme

as Turandot

Anita Hartig

as Liù