Turandot

Composer: Puccini, Giacomo

Librettist/Text Author: Simoni, Renato

Librettist/Text Author: Adami, Giuseppe

Orchestra: Arena of Verona Orchestra

Ensemble: Arena of Verona Ballet

Chorus: Arena of Verona Chorus

Chorus Master: Andreoli, Giovanni

Altoum: Bosi, Carlo

Calaf: Licitra, Salvatore

Liu: Iveri, Tamar

Mandarino: Pelizon, Giuliano

Pang: Fiore, Saverio

Ping: Lopez Linares, Leonardo

Pong: Bocchino, Gianluca

Timur: Faria, Luiz-Ottavio

Turandot: Guleghina, Maria

Set Designer: Zeffirelli, Franco

Costume Designer: Wada, Emi

Lighting Designer: Mazzon, Paolo

Choreographer: Garofoli, Maria Grazia

Stage Director: Zeffirelli, Franco

Television Director: Sommer, Andy

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Date of Production: 2010

Venue: Arena di Verona

Playing Time: 02:08:25

Catalogue Number: BAC466

UPC: 3760115304666

Synopsis

Turandot

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Turandot from the Arena di Verona: Franco Zeffirelli's legendary production of a Puccini masterpiece.

For its 88th edition, the prestigious Arena di Verona Festival honored internationally acclaimed Italian stage director Franco Zeffirelli. Zeffirelli delivers an opulent staging of the fairy-tale story of the Chinese Princess Turandot, who will only marry a prince capable of solving her riddles.

The Russian soprano Maria Guleghina proved a brilliant Turandot. Salvatore Licitra's trump card is his imposingly radiant tenor voice of which he remains in sovereign control even in the role's much-feared highest register. The soprano Tamar Iveri is a beautiful and sensitive Liù.

The Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona are conducted by Maestro Giuliano Carella.