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The Turandot Project

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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.

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Tom Sime Dallas Morning News 02/14/2002
B+
Turandot emerges triumphant, but by the time it does, Mr. Zhang looks considerably older. Go to Full Review Joshua Kosman San Francisco Chronicle 12/21/2001
Presumably there's an interesting yarn buried in the project, but Allan Miller's drab, diffuse documentary never quite locates it. Go to Full Review Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times 09/14/2001
4/5
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. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 11/09/2005
3/5
Thomas Delapa Boulder Weekly 04/21/2005
2/5
Jim Shelby Palo Alto Weekly 05/20/2003
2.5/4
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10/18/2009 Ti ricordi, Carlo? Lo storico Turandot nella Città Proibita a Pechino? Eri ancora bello in tutto ciò che truccarsi dell 'imperatore tartaro Timur. Purtroppo, Sergej Larin è morto all'inizio dello scorso anno. Mi ricordo di lui cantando Adriana Lecouvreur con Daniela Dessì, magnifico! Liu è stato cantato da Barbara Fritolli. Diretta da Zubin Mehta e la regia di Zhang Yimou. See more 05/12/2008 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! See more 02/25/2008 Superbe... mais c'est toujours Puccini. See more 02/13/2008 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. See more 06/08/2007 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! See more Read all reviews
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Allan Miller

Director

Lando Bartolini

Actor

Barbara Hendricks

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Zubin Mehta

Actor

Sharon Sweet

Actor

Yimou Zhang

Actor

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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