The Turandot Project
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In 1997, Oscar-winning documentarian Allan Miller embarked on a film project with renowned conductor Zubin Mehta and celebrated Chinese film director Zhang Yimou as they joined forces in a production of Puccini's opera Turandot in Florence. Before the year was out, an extraordinary opportunity arose: to stage Turandot in its original setting in the Forbidden City of Beijing. The outdoor production was an undertaking on an epic scale. A fascinating chronicle of an unprecedented cross-cultural collaboration, THE TURANDOT PROJECT combines the pageantry of this opulent opera production with a spectacular cinematic portrait of the struggles and triumphs of Zubin Mehta and Zhang Yimou to mount their production in this most historic venue of China. (Source: Amazon.com)
Status: Released
Released Date: 2000-09-11
Runtime: 87 mins
Director: Allan Miller
Spoken language:
Genres: Documentary
Original title: The Turandot Project
Production Companies: Alternate Current, Four Oaks Foundation, EuroArts
Production Countries: China
Cast
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