Turandot from the Verona Arena: Franco Zeffirelli’s epic production of Puccini’s masterpiece.

In its 88th year, the prestigious Verona Arena Festival honoured the legendary Italian stage director Franco Zeffirelli. Zeffirelli delivered an opulent staging af 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, whilst tenor Salvatore Licitra’s trump card is his imposingly radiant voice of which he remains in sovereign control even in the role’s muchfeared tessitura. The soprano Tamar Iveri is a beautiful and sensitive Liù. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Verona Arena are conducted by Maestro Giuliano Carella.

Sound: PCM Stereo, 5.1 DTS HD Master

Audio, Subtitles : Fr, Eng, Ger, It, Sp, Jap

2h 8min

Filmed in HD, August 2010

Artists

Maria Guleghina (Turandot), Carlo Bosi (L’ Imperatore Altoum), Luiz-Octavio Faria (Timur), Salvatore Licitra (Calaf), Tamar Iveri (Liù), Leonardo Lopez Linares (Ping), Gianluca Bocchino (Pong), Saverio Fiore (Pang), Giuliano Pelizon (Mandarino) & Angel Harkatz Kaufman (Il Principe di Persia)

Orchestra, Chorus & Corps de ballet of the Arena di Verona, Giuliano Carella