The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot

World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, April 1926

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot — Plot

Franco Zeffirelli’s golden production stars the great dramatic soprano Nina Stemme as Turandot, the icy Chinese princess who has renounced all men. Marco Berti is Calàf, the unknown prince who solves Turandot’s riddles and wins her love. Anita Hartig sings Liù, the faithful slave girl who gives her life to save Calàf, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk is Timur. Paolo Carignani conducts.

• Release date
• January 30, 2016
• Runtime
• 141 min

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot — Cast

Marco Berti Calàf Nina Maria Stemme Turandot Alexander Tsymbalyuk Timur

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Anita Hartig Liù MET Orchestra