Turandot at the Forbidden City

Turandot at the Forbidden City was a 1998 live production of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou.

The opera was performed by Giovanna Casolla, Audrey Stottler, and Sharon Sweet alternating as Princess Turandot; Kristján Jóhannsson, Sergej Larin and Lando Bartolini as Calàf; and Barbara Frittoli, Angela-Maria Blasi and Barbara Hendricks as Liù, with Zubin Mehta conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. It was staged at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, which is actually just south of the Forbidden City complex proper.

A film was made of the performance with Casolla, Larin and Frittoli. In the United States, the film was aired as part of PBS' Great Performances.

References

"Turandot on Site 1998". Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
Citron, Marcia J. When Opera Meets Film. p. 314. Turandot, live production at Beijing's Forbidden City, DVD RCA 74321-60917–2, 1999.
Melvin, Sheila (March 25, 2008). "'Turandot': Beijing "reappropriates" a Puccini opera". New York Times. Retrieved 2024-08-28.

Carlo Gozzi's Turandot (1762)

Operas

Turandot (1917, Busoni)	Turandot Suite
Turandot (1926, Puccini)	Turandot discography "Signore, ascolta!" "Non piangere, Liù" "In questa reggia" "Nessun dorma" "Tu che di gel sei cinta" Turandot at the Forbidden City

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Films	Red Sorghum (1987) Codename Cougar (1988) Ju Dou (1990) Raise the Red Lantern (1991) The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) To Live (1994) Shanghai Triad (1995) Lumière and Company (segment) (1995) Keep Cool (1997) Not One Less (1999) The Road Home (1999) Happy Times (2000) Hero (2002) House of Flying Daggers (2004) Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) To Each His Own Cinema (segment: Movie Night) (2007) A Simple Noodle Story (2009) Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010) The Flowers of War (2011) Coming Home (2014) The Great Wall (2016) Shadow (2018) One Second (2020) Cliff Walkers (2021) Sniper (2022) Full River Red (2023) Under the Light (2023) Article 20 (2024)
Other works	Turandot at the Forbidden City (1998) 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony You and Me (2013)

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