Turandot /
Set in Peking, the opera opens with the proclamation that Princess Turandot will become the bride of the royal suitor who can successfully answer three riddles. Unsuccessful suitors lose not only the hand of the princess, but their heads as well. Calaf, a handsome prince who has been travelling the...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Italian |
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Hamburg : New York :
Deutsche Grammophon ; Manufactured and marketed by Polygram Records,
[1989]
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| Summary: | Set in Peking, the opera opens with the proclamation that Princess Turandot will become the bride of the royal suitor who can successfully answer three riddles. Unsuccessful suitors lose not only the hand of the princess, but their heads as well. Calaf, a handsome prince who has been travelling the countryside incognito, is so struck by Turandot's beauty that he tries to win her hand. |
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| Item Description: | Sung in Italian with English subtitles. Videodisc release of the Metropolitan Opera production, produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, New York, April 1987. Synopsis in English and French in container. "072 510-1." Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (134 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in. |
| Format: | CLV extended play. |
| Production Credits: | Conductor, James Levine ; video director, Kirk Browning. |