Puccini Turandot Blu-ray

Internationally acclaimed Chinese film-maker Chen Kaige (Palme dOr 1993 for Farewell My Concubine) delivers an opulent staging of the fairy-tale story of Chinese Princess Turandot, who will only marry a prince capable of solving her riddles. With sumptuous costumes and palace sets designed in China, Kaiges production adds a compellingly authentic accent to Puccinis exotic orchestral palette. Zubin Mehta and his brilliant Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana offer genuine fireworks of sound (Wiener Zeitung), Maria Guleghina triumphs as Turandot.