The Met Live in HD: Puccini's Turandot (encore)
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.
NOTE: due to Pumpkinfest weekend, the live broadcast is being repeated today.
Running time: 3 hours, 22 minutes
Tickets: $25 Adult / $23 LT member / $5 Youth 18 and under
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Pre-Opera Talk
with Dr. Mortin Achter
"Turnadot - the 'Last Grand Opera'"
11:45 AM
Puccini’s final work is both "grand” and, to continue a theme
explored in last season’s pre-opera talks, "exotic.” We’ll
consider why some historians believe Turandot to be Puccini’s
masterpiece and the culmination of Italian opera.
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