
It is not a production that I have seen live (though I have seen other Zeff irelli productions including La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera), so the Met HD Live broadcast was a good opportunity to experience the production in the comfort of the Chelsea Cinema, and was made particularly tempting by the presence of Nina Stemme as Turandot.

Zefferelli's over the top Chinese extravaganza live in HD from the Metįranco Zeff irelli's 1987 production of Puccini's Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, is the sort of highly detailed, large scale production for which a film can give the viewer a better sense of the detail than someone sitting in the vast expanse of the Metropolitan Opera itself. Puccini Turandot Nina Stemme, Marco Berti, Anita Hartig, dir: Franco Zeff irelli, cond: Paolo Carignani The Metropolitan Opera HD Live at the Chelsea Cinema

Puccini Turandot closing scene - Metropolitan Opera New York
