Turandot [videorecording] : opera in three acts / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni after the homonymous play by Carlo Gozzi.
"A production of Unitel and Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofia" Valencia, in co-production with 2DF for Arte and Unitel Classica." Maria Guleghina (Turandot) ; Alexia Voulgaridou (Liù) ; Marco Berti (Calaf) ; Javier Agullò (Altoum) ; Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Timur) ; Fabio Previati (Ping) ; Vincenç Esteve (Pang) ; Roger Padullés (Pong) ; Ventseslav Anastasov (Un mandarino) ; Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana ; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana ; Zubin Mehta, conductor. Recorded in performance at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, May 2008. Bonus tracks: The making of Turandot ; Picture gallery. Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French (12 p. : ill.) in container. Cmajor: 700308.
Summary:
Internationally acclaimed Chinese film-maker Chen Kaige delivers an opulent staging of the fairy-tale story of Chinese Princess Turandot, who will only marry a prince capable of solving her riddles.
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