Turandot [videorecording] : at the forbidden city of Beijing / Giacomo Puccini's opera on the original site, completed by Franco Alfano ; libretto, Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni ; a production of Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ; stage director, Zhang Yimou
- Author
- Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
- Published
- New York, NY : RCA Victor Red Seal : BMG Entertainment, [1999]
- Copyright Date
- ℗1999
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 information sheet + 1 synopsis booklet
- Additional Creators
- Larin, Sergeĭ, 1956-2008, Frittoli, Barbara, Colombara, Carlo, Mehta, Zubin, Chʻen, Weiya, Pogany, Cristiano, Thoeren, Konstantin, Käch, Hugo, Zhang, Yimou, Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946, Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952, Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954, Casolla, Giovanna, Maggio musicale florentino, Teatro comunale di Firenze, and BMG Classics Video
- Language Note
- Sung in Italian, synopsis in English.
- Summary
- Set in Peking, 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.
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- Note
- Includes: Behind the scenes look at the making of Turandot. With over 100 photographs from the production.
In container (19 cm.).
Synopsis in English, French, German, and Italian (19 p. ; 17 cm.) laid in container.
A production of UFA International Film & TV Production GmbH in association with CLT-UFA International and BMG Classics GmbH.
Videodisc release of the 1998 production recorded live in the Forbidden City, Beijing.
Executive producers, Opera on Original Site, China Performing Arts Agency ; organized by The Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. - Creation/Production Credits Note
- Choreography, Chen Weiya ; photography, Cristiano Pogany ; producer, Konstantin Thoeren ; television director, Hugo Käch.
- Participant/Performer Note
- Giovanna Casolla, Sergeij Larin, Barbara Frittoli, Carlo Colombara, Chorus and Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conductor Zubin Mehta.
- Data/Place of Event
- Recorded live in the Forbidden City, Beijing.
- Technical Details
- DVD.
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