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'Turandot' from the Verone Arena : Franco Zeffirelli's legendary production of a Puccini Masterpiece. Internationally acclaimed Italian stage director Franco Zeffirelli delivers an opulent staging at the fairy-tale story of the Chinese Princess Turandot, who will only marry a prince c...

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Main Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: A.Li.Ve. Coro Voci Bianche (Performer), Bel Air Media (Firm), Fondazione Arena di Verona, France télévision, Bel Air Classiques
Other Authors: Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946 (Librettist), Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952 (Librettist), Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954, Guleghina, Maria (Performer), Bosi, Carlo (Performer), Faria, Luiz-Ottavio (Performer), Licitra, Salvatore, 1968-2011 (Performer), Iveri, Tamar (Performer), López Linares, Leonardo (Performer), Fiore, Saverio (Performer), Bocchino, Gianluca, 1978- (Performer), Carella, Giuliano (Conductor), Zeffirelli, Franco (Director), Duplat, François (Producer), Sommer, Andy (Director), Suzzoni, Jacques-François (Producer), Gozzi, Carlo, 1720-1806
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:Italian
Language Notes:Sung in Italian; with optional subtitles in Italian, French, English, German, Spanish, and Japanese.
Published: [Paris] : BelAir Classiques, [2011]
Subjects:
Operas.
Arena (Verona, Italy), > performer.
Filmed operas.
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Summary:'Turandot' from the Verone Arena : Franco Zeffirelli's legendary production of a Puccini Masterpiece. Internationally acclaimed Italian stage director Franco Zeffirelli delivers an opulent staging at the fairy-tale story of the Chinese Princess Turandot, who will only marry a prince capable of solving her riddles. Russian soprano Maria Guleghina proved a brilliant Turandot.
Item Description:Filmed at the Arena di Verona. Featuring Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra, and Tamar Iveri. Conducted by Giuliano Carella. Directed for the stage by Franco Zeffirelli.
Opera in three acts; based on the play by Carlo Gozzi; the last duet and finale completed by Francesco Alfano.
Booklet (19 pages ; ill.) with program notes and synopsis in English, German, Italian and French in container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages ; 16 cm).
Format:Blu-ray disc; region code: A,B,C; 1080i Full HD; PCM stereo or 7.1 DTS HD MA; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Costume design, Emi Wada ; lighting, Paolo Mazzon ; choreographic movements, Maria Grazia Garofoli.