Turandot

Turandot Lise Lindstrom Calaf Marco Berti Liù Eri Nakamura Ping Dionysios Sourbis Pong Douglas Jones Pang David Butt Philip Altoum Alasdair Elliott Timur Raymond Aceto

Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor Henrik Nánási Director Andrei Serban Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, September 2014

Andrei Serban’s spectacular and thrilling 1984 production of Puccini’s final and grandest opera has long been a classic at the Royal Opera House. First filmed for BBC TV in the 80s, this new recording of its fifteenth revival is in stunning HD and makes this famous production available for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray. The release will rightfully take its place alongside the outstanding Royal Opera Puccini DVDs of La Bohème, Tosca (on EMI) and Il Trittico. American Lise Lindstrom is one of the very few contemporary Turandots who can genuinely sing this killer’ role, and is supported by a touching Liù from Japanese soprano Eri Nakamura and an unashamedly Italianite Calaf from Marco Berti. The young Hungarian conductor Henrik Nánási directs the large orchestra and all-important chorus.

Running time: 125 minutes Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/KO Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS