Organization

Metropolitan Opera House

Soprano (+3)

Christine Goerke

Turandot

Soprano (+2)

Nina Stemme

Soprano (+1)

Eleonora Buratto

Liù

Hibla Gerzmava

Bass-baritone (+2)

James Morris

Timur

Conductor

Conductor (+3)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Marco Armiliato

Carlo Rizzi

Stage director

Stage director (+3)

Franco Zeffirelli

Soprano

Gabriella Reyes

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera

Bass (+5)

Nicolas Testé

Tenor (+1)

Roberto Aronica

Marco Berti

Tenor (+3)

Yusif Eyvazov

Calaf

Riccardo Massi

Alejandro Roy

Baritone (+2)

Alexey Lavrov

Ping

Tenor (+2)

Tony Stevenson

Pang

Baritone (+1)

Eduardo Valdes

Pong

David Blalock

Carlo Bosi

The Emperor Altoum

Ronald Naldi

Baritone (+3)

Javier Arrey

A Mandarin

Set designer

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Anna Anni

Dada Saligeri

Lighting designer

Gil Wechsler

Choreographer

Chiang Ching

Chorus

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Italian

Alejandro Giess

New York City

United States

In recent seasons, Christine Goerke has summited some of the greatest heights of the Germanic soprano repertoire, appearing as the Dyer’s Wife in Die Frau ohne Schatten, the title character of Elektra, and Brünnhilde in the complete Ring cycle. She has also wowed audiences as Turandot, the icy princess at the heart of Puccini’s grand final masterpiece. In this performance from the 2019–20 Live in HD season, Goerke stars alongside tenor Yusif Eyvazov (as Calàf) and soprano Eleonora Buratto (as Liù) in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic staging, which dazzles with its opulent visions of mythic China. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium, drawing a vivid array of musical colors from the incomparable Met Orchestra and Chorus.

Turandot Puccini

Staged

Opera

Keerthi Raj

English

German

Spanish

One of today’s most dynamic conductors and a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Yannick Nezet-Seguin kicked off his second season as our Music Director by leading Puccini’s grand final masterpiece, Turandot. Hear what he had to say about taking the podium for his first Puccini opera at the Met and enjoy his artistry in tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream. The 2019 Live in HD transmission of Turandot is available tonight, June 25, starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, June 26, at 6:30PM ET.
Access the stream on metopera.org and on all Met Opera on Demand apps. Enhance your viewing experience with curated supplementary content—including Playbills, articles, podcasts, and more—at metopera.org/PrideWeek.

Tonight’s Nightly Met Opera Stream: Puccini’s Turandot

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