The Turandot Project

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The Turandot Project

Released Aug 10, 2001

1h 27m

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Chronicles the creation of the extraordinary production of Giacomo Puccini's opera, Turandot, beginning with performances in Florence, Italy, in 1997, and culminating the next year in spectacular outdoor presentations in the Forbidden City of Beijing. "The Turandot Project" presents a glorious picture of the most ambitious production of Turandot ever staged, with its backstage dramas, its enormous technical problems, its passions and politics, all enacted amid a complicated array of languages.

Tom Sime

Dallas Morning News

Turandot emerges triumphant, but by the time it does, Mr. Zhang looks considerably older.

Rated: B+

Feb 14, 2002

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Joshua Kosman

San Francisco Chronicle

Presumably there's an interesting yarn buried in the project, but Allan Miller's drab, diffuse documentary never quite locates it.

Dec 21, 2001

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

To see this passion playing out, to experience how much this production did mean to China, allows The Turandot Project to attain levels of emotion that complement those of Puccini's classic.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 14, 2001

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Nov 9, 2005

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Thomas Delapa

Boulder Weekly

Rated: 2/5

Apr 21, 2005

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Jim Shelby

Palo Alto Weekly

Rated: 2.5/4

May 20, 2003

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Ti ricordi, Carlo? Lo storico Turandot nella CittÃ Proibita a Pechino? Eri ancora bello in tutto ciÃ² che truccarsi dell 'imperatore tartaro Timur. Purtroppo, Sergej Larin Ã¨ morto all'inizio dello scorso anno. Mi ricordo di lui cantando Adriana Lecouvreur con Daniela DessÃ¬, magnifico! Liu Ã¨ stato cantato da Barbara Fritolli. Diretta da Zubin Mehta e la regia di Zhang Yimou.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Also catch the DVD of the performance at the forbidden city! It is worth looking for! The costumes are amazing and so are the voices!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Superbe... mais c'est toujours Puccini.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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A great documentary. If you can see the DVD of the Forbiden City performance of "Turandot," this movie will definitely make you appreciate it more.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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One of the most amazing documentary films regarding one of Puccini's most beloved Operas! Puccini died unfortunately before he could finish writing it! Wonderful!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Synopsis

Chronicles the creation of the extraordinary production of Giacomo Puccini's opera, Turandot, beginning with performances in Florence, Italy, in 1997, and culminating the next year in spectacular outdoor presentations in the Forbidden City of Beijing. "The Turandot Project" presents a glorious picture of the most ambitious production of Turandot ever staged, with its backstage dramas, its enormous technical problems, its passions and politics, all enacted amid a complicated array of languages.

Director: Allan Miller
Producer: Margaret Smilov
Distributor: Zeitgeist Films
Production Co: Alternate Current, Four Oaks Foundation
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 10, 2001, Wide
Release Date (DVD): May 28, 2002
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo