Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing Poster

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Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing (#27.16)

129 min  -  Music
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Directors:

Hugo Käch, Ruth Käch

Writers:

Giuseppe Adami (libretto), Renato Simoni (libretto), and 1 more credit »

Original Air Date:

9 June 1999
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Cast

Episode cast overview:
Giovanna Casolla Giovanna Casolla ...
Sergej Larin Sergej Larin ...
Calaf (as Sergeij Larin)
Barbara Frittoli Barbara Frittoli ...
Liù
Carlo Colombara Carlo Colombara ...
Timur
José Fardilha José Fardilha ...
Ping
Francesco Piccoli Francesco Piccoli ...
Pang
Carlo Allemano Carlo Allemano ...
Pong
Aldo Bottion Aldo Bottion ...
L'Imperatore Altoum
Vittorio Vitelli Vittorio Vitelli ...
Un Mandarino
Liu Yuanyuan Liu Yuanyuan ...
Executioner
Zubin Mehta Zubin Mehta ...
Himself - Conductor
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Country:

Germany | Luxembourg

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Turandot i Peking See more »

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Trivia

Puccini died in 1924, while working on "Turandot"; he got as far as the scene in which a major character commits suicide to avoid cracking under torture, but Frederico Alfano completed it, and most critics feel that Puccini would have handled the awkward moment in the ending far better than Alfano did. One of those who believed this was conductor Arturo Toscanini, a friend of Puccini's, who led the work's world premiere in 1926. Immediately after the suicide scene, he laid down his baton and with tears in his eyes, spoke to the audience for the only time in his life: "Here Maestro Puccini laid down his pen. Death was stronger than art". Toscanini then left the orchestra pit. See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Turandot Project (2000) See more »