Great Performances (TV Series)
Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing (1999)
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- TV-G
- 2h 9min
- Music, Musical
- 09 Jun 1999
- TV Episode
Turandot at the Forbidden City is a 1998 live production of Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou, with Zubin Mehta conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
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Giovanna Casolla | ... |
Turandot
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Sergej Larin | ... |
Calaf
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Barbara Frittoli | ... |
Liù
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Carlo Colombara | ... |
Timur
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José Fardilha | ... |
Ping
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Francesco Piccoli | ... |
Pang
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Carlo Allemano | ... |
Pong
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Aldo Bottion | ... |
L'Imperatore Altoum
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Vittorio Vitelli | ... |
Un Mandarino
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Yuanyuan Liu | ... |
Executioner
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| Zubin Mehta | ... |
Self - Conductor
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Directed by
| Hugo Käch | ||
| Ruth Käch | ... | (co-director) |
Written by
| Giuseppe Adami | ... | (libretto) and |
| Renato Simoni | ... | (libretto) |
| Carlo Gozzi | ... | (fable) (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Thomas Louis Pröve | ... | line producer |
| Carla Thoeren | ... | associate producer |
| Konstantin Thoeren | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Cristiano Pogany | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Dirk Schwarz | ||
Production Design by
| Guangjian Gao | ||
Costume Design by
| Wei-Zheng Li | ... | (as Zeng Li) |
Sound Department
| Siegbert Ernst | ... | sound engineer |
| Wolfgang Fritz | ... | sound consultant (as Prof. Wolfgang Fritz) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Tilman Büttner | ... | steadicam operator |
| Guido Levi | ... | lighting designer: stage |
| Sebastian Meuschel | ... | camera operator |
| Christoph Roth | ... | camera operator |
Music Department
| Franco Alfano | ... | completed by: act 3 |
| José Luis Basso | ... | chorus master |
| Wolfram Graul | ... | producer: soundtrack CD |
| Zubin Mehta | ... | conductor |
| Giacomo Puccini | ... | music by |
Additional Crew
| Mikael Eiergard | ... | managing director |
| Mendy Johnson | ... | production assistant |
| Eugene Rizzo | ... | unit publicist |
| Chen Weiya | ... | choreographer |
| Yimou Zhang | ... | stage director |
Production Companies
- UFA International Film & TV Production GmbH
- CLT-UFA International (in association with)
- BMG Classics (in association with)
- KQED
- Thirteen / WNET
Distributors
- BMG Classics (1999) (World-wide) (DVD)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1999) (United States) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Teatro Comunale di Firenze (opera production)
- Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (opera production)
- Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (group cast members)
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Did You Know?
| 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 Franco 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 » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in The Turandot Project (2000). See more » |