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
Zhang Yimou
Director
Carlo Colombara
Timur
Zubin Mehta
Conductor
Hugo Käch
Director
Ruth Käch
Director
Giuseppe Adami
Writer
Zeng Li
Costume Design
Renato Simoni
Writer
Chen Weiya
Choreographer
Carlo Gozzi
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. 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.