Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing (1999)
2h 9m
Running Time
April 13, 1999Release Date
Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing (1999)
2h 9m
Running Time
April 13, 1999Release Date
Plot.
Turandot at the Forbidden City is a 1998 live production of Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou. The opera was performed by Giovanna Casolla, Audrey Stottler, and Sharon Sweet alternating as Princess Turandot; Kristján Jóhannsson, Sergej Larin and Lando Bartolini as Calàf; and Barbara Frittoli, Angela-Maria Blasi and Barbara Hendricks as Liù, with Zubin Mehta conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
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Cast & Crew.
Giovanna Casolla
Turandot
Sergej Larin
Calaf
Barbara Frittoli
Liù
Carlo Colombara
Timur
Hugo Käch
Director
José Fardilha
Ping
Ruth Käch
Director
Zhang Yimou
Director
Zubin Mehta
Conductor
Zeng Li
Costume Design
Aldo Bottion
L'Imperatore Altoum
Chen Weiya
Choreographer
Vittorio Vitelli
Un Mandarino
Giuseppe Adami
Writer
Renato Simoni
Writer
Konstantin Thoeren
Producer
Details.
Wiki.
Turandot at the Forbidden City was a 1998 live production of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou.
The opera was performed by Giovanna Casolla, Audrey Stottler, and Sharon Sweet alternating as Princess Turandot; Kristján Jóhannsson, Sergej Larin and Lando Bartolini as Calàf; and Barbara Frittoli, Angela-Maria Blasi and Barbara Hendricks as Liù, with Zubin Mehta conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. It was staged at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, which is actually just south of the Forbidden City complex proper.
A film was made of the performance with Casolla, Larin and Frittoli. In the United States, the film was aired as part of PBS' Great Performances.
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