Puccini - Turandot / Ghena Dimitrova, Arena di Verona (1983) (DVD)

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UPC Number: 032031438392

Actors: Ghena Dimitrova, Cecilia Gasdia, Nicola Martinucci, Eva Marton, Leona Mitchell

Directors: Franco Zeffirelli

Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled

Language: English

Region: Region 1

Aspect ratio: 1.33:1

Number of discs: 1

Studio: KULTUR VIDEO

Release date: July 29, 2008

Run time: 114 minutes

Product Description

The legend of the beautiful, but icy, Princess Turandot is the basis for the last of Puccini's operas; in fact he did not live to complete it. The Chinese background to the story is amply reflected not only in the staging but in the skillful use of original Chinese themes in the music.

The great open-air Arena at Verona is ideally suited to the spectacular chorus scenes which constitute such a significant part of this opera. The title role is taken by the Bulgarian soprano Ghena Dimitrova, with Nicola Martinucci as the unknown Prince Calaf, Cecilia Gasdia as the slave-girl Li? and Ivo Vinco as Timur.