Puccini: Turandot

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.

• Gary HalvorsonDirector
• Giacomo PucciniOriginal Music Composer
• Giuseppe AdamiWriter
• Renato SimoniWriter
• David KneussDirector

• Maria GuleghinaTurandot
• Marina PoplavskayaLiù
• Marcello GiordaniCalàf
• Samuel RameyTimur
• Charles AnthonyEmperador Altoum
• Joshua HopkinsPing
• Tony StevensonPang
• Eduardo ValdesPong
• Patricia RacetteSelf - Host
• Keith MillerMandarin
• Antonio DemarcoExecutioner
• Sasha SeminPrince of Persia