Three riddles, one ice queen, and Plácido Domingo melting her heart with 'Nessun Dorma'.
The Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini's "Turandot", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera in April, 1987. Éva Marton stars as Turandot, with Plácido Domingo as Calaf, Leona Mitchell as Liù, Paul Plishka as Timur, and Hugues Cuenod as L'Imperatore Altoum. James Levine conducts.
Production
Zeffirelli's sets are so extra they need their own zip code.
Acting
Éva Marton's Turandot could freeze actual hell.
Direction
Kirk Browning captures live opera better than most film directors.
Director
Kirk Browning
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