Organization

Singer

Baritone

Alexey Lavrov

Ping

Soprano

Christine Goerke

Turandot

Anna Netrebko

Tenor

Yusif Eyvazov

Calaf

Yonghoon Lee

Gabriella Reyes

Liù

Michelle Bradley

Ermonela Jaho

Bass

James Morris

Timur

Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Stage director

Franco Zeffirelli

Conductor

Marco Armiliato

Lighting designer

Gil Wechsler

Costume designer

Anna Anni

Dada Saligeri

Set designer

Choreographer

Chiang Ching

Hyung Yun

Tony Stevenson

Pang

Eric Ferring

Pong

Kevin Short

A Mandarin

Javier Arrey

Jeongcheol Cha

Sasha Semin

The Prince of Persia

Silent

Arthur Lazalde

Il carnefice (Pu-Tin-Pao)

Scott Scully

The Emperor Altoum

Liudmyla Monastyrska

Carlo Bosi

Jonathan Burwell

Meredith Woodend

First handmaiden

Mezzo-soprano

Anne Nonemacher

Second handmaiden

The Metropolitan Opera

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Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Lincoln Center

Italian

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Superstar Anna Netrebko makes her long-awaited Met role debut as Puccini’s icy princess—seen live in cinemas on May 7. Tenor Yonghoon Lee is the bold prince determined to win Turandot’s love, alongside soprano Ermonela Jaho as the devoted servant Liù legendary bass Ferruccio Furlanetto as the blind king Timur. Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini’s stirring score. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Buy tickets for Turandot live in the opera house here.

Giacomo Puccini’s final operatic masterpiece, Turandot, is one of the repertory’s most extravagant spectacles. And in the Met’s production, by legendary director Franco Zeffirelli, this tale of an icy Chinese princess and the mysterious prince vying to win her love takes on larger-than-life proportions. This performance, recorded as part of the company’s series of Live in HD cinema transmissions, stars Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska in the formidable title role, going head-to-head with tenor Yonghoon Lee as Prince Calàf, who must correctly answer Turandot’s three riddles or forfeit his head. Maestro Marco Armiliato, a veteran of nearly 500 Met performances, takes the podium to lead a stunning cast, which also features soprano Ermonela Jaho as the self-sacrificing Liù and bass-baritone Ferruccio Furlanetto as Calàf’s father, the blind king Timur.

Production booklet

Further reading