Giacomo Puccini
(1858—1924)

Turandot
at the Forbidden City of Beijing
Opera in tre atti • Opera in Three Acts
Oper in drei Akten • Opera en trois actes
(completed: Franco Alfano)
Libretto/Livret: Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni

Orchestra & Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Coro di Voci Bianche • José Luis Basso, chorus master
Beijing Dance Academy

Zubin Mehta, conductor

Recorded live in the Forbidden City, Beijing

Directed by Zhang Yimou

Audio Producer: Wolfram Graul • Recording Engineer: Siegbert Ernst
Set Designer: Gao Guang Jian • Costume Designer: Zhen Li
Lighting: Guido Levi • Choreography: Chen Weiya
Sound Designer: Wolfgang Fritz • Technical Director: Raffaele Del Savio
Director of Photography: Cristiano Pogany
Producer: Konstantin Thoeren • Director: Hugo Käch

A production of Teatro Comunale di Firenze/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

SPECIAL FEATURES: Behind the Scenes look at The Making of Turandot •
PCM Audio Track with over 100 Photographs from the production
Synopsis and Subtitles in 6 Languages:
English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese
Different Camera Angles

2.0 Channel AC-3 • Format 16:9 • Animated Menus • Digitally Mastered

"The Making of Turandot"
Behind the Scenes of Giacomo Puccini's Opera on the Original Site
Sound: Robert Thorndike, Jianqin Shen • Editor: Thomas Schick • Chinese Consultant: Sibylle Spindler
Production Coordinator: Thorne Mutert • Camera: Robert Fox • Producer: Konstantin Thoeren • Director: Robert Fox

Executive Producers:
Opera on Original Site, Inc.
China Performing Arts Agency
Organized by The Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China
Presented by CPAA Cultural Entertainment Company

UFA International Film & TV Production GmbH in association with
CLT-UFA INTERNATIONAL and BMG Classics GmbH • © CLT-UFA S.A.

DVD production by DVD-Lab at Company b Potsdam/Babelsberg, Germany
Director DVD: Thomas Louis Pröve
Executive Producer DVD: Stefan Mikorey

Cover art: Christoph Glatz