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The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot

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The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot

World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, April 1926

6.0

2h 21m

2016

“World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, April 1926”

Synopsis

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.

opera

Cast & Crew

Marco Berti

Marco Berti

as Calàf

Nina Maria Stemme

Nina Maria Stemme

as Turandot

Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Alexander Tsymbalyuk

as Timur

Anita Hartig

as Liù

MET Orchestra

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