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Title TURANDOT [DVD 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 ; producer, Konstantin Thoeren ; television director, Hugo Käch.
Publication Info. New York, NY : RCA Victor Red Seal : Distributed by BMG Entertainment, p1999.
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Description 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, digitally mastered 2.0 channel AC-3.
Note Sung in Italian, with subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Chinese and Japanese.
Performer Giovanna Casolla (Turandot) ; Sergeij Larin (Calaf) ; Barbara Frittoli (Liù) ; Carlo Colombara (Timur) ; Chorus and Orchestra, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ; Zubin Mehta, conductor.
Credits Choreographer, Chen Weiya ; director of photography, Cristiano Pogany ; camera operators, Tilman Büttner ... [et al.] ; editor, Dirk Schwarz.
Note Executive producers, Opera on Original Site, China Performing Arts Agency ; organized by The Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China ; 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.
Format: 16:9 aspect ratio.
Program notes in English, French, German, and Italian (19 p. ; 17 cm.) and DVD instructions (1 leaf ; 17 cm.) inserted in container.
Special features include: spoken commentary and synopsis in English, French, German, Italian, Chinese and Japanese ; The making of Turandot (30 min.) in English and German with French, German, Italian, Chinese and Japanese subtitles ; PCM audio track with still images ; multiple camera angles.
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 Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 -- Film and video adaptations.
Operas.
Musical films.
Love -- Drama.
Beijing (China) -- Drama.
Operas.
Added Author Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954. Composer.
Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946. Librettist.
Simoni, Renato, 1875-1952. Librettist.
Zhang, Yimou. Director.
Chʻen, Weiya.
Thoeren, Konstantin. Producer.
Käch, Hugo. Director.
Casolla, Giovanna. Performer.
Larine, Sergueï. Performer.
Frittoli, Barbara. Performer.
Colombara, Carlo. Performer.
Mehta, Zubin. Conductor.
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Turandot.
Maggio musicale florentino.
Teatro comunale di Firenze. Production personnel.
RCA Victor Red Seal. Publisher.
BMG Classics Video. Publisher.
Added Title Making of Turandot.
ISBN 6305369542
Standard No. 743216091720 : $34.98
Music # 74321-60917-2 BMG Classics
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