Puccini's TURANDOT
Presented by: The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
When
Approximate running time: 3 hours and 22 minutes
Venue
Event Notes
Turandot (Giacomo Puccini) REVIVAL
October 12, 2019, at 12:55PM ET
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Production: Franco Zeffirelli
Set Designer: Franco Zeffirelli
Costume Designer: Anna Anni and Dada Saligeri Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler
Choreographer: Chiang Ching
Cast: Christine Goerke (Turandot), Eleonora Buratto (Liù), Roberto Aronica (Calàf), James Morris (Timur)
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Franco Zeffirelli's celebrated production of Turandot, which stars Christine Goerke in the title role of the icy Chinese princess who has renounced all men. Roberto Aronica sings Calàf, the suitor who risks his head for her hand and sings the famed aria "Nessun dorma." Eleonora Buratto is the slave girl Liù, and James Morris is Calàf's long-lost father, Timur.
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Lecture Calendar
| Oct 26 | Massenet's Manon |
| Nov 23 | Glass's Akhnaten |
| Feb 1 | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess |
| Feb 29 | Handel's Agrappina |
| Apr 11 | Puccini's Tosca |
| Oct 12 | Puccini's Turandot |
| Nov 9 | Puccini's Madam Butterfly |
| Jan 11 | Berg's Wozzeck |
| Mar 14 | Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer |
| May 9 | Donzetti's Maria Strada |
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