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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