Airs Saturday, January 30, at 12 p.m. The 2015-16 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with a live broadcast of Puccini’s Turandot, with the renowned dramatic soprano Nina Stemme in her first Met broadcast in the title role of the proud Chinese princess. Soprano Anita Hartig sings the role of the courageous slave girl Liù, with tenor Marco Berti as Calàf, the suitor who risks his life for Turandot’s hand, and bass Alexander Tsymbalyuk as the exiled King of Tartary, Timur. Paolo Carignani conducts. Turandot will be heard live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 12:00 p.m. CT on Saturday, January 30.
Metropolitan Opera: Puccini’s Turandot
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Nina Stemme in the title role and Marco Berti as Calaf in Puccini's Turandot
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Marco Berti as Calaf, Alexander Tsymbalyuk as Timur, and Anita Hartig as Liù in Puccini's Turandot"
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A scene from Act I of Puccini’s Turandot";
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Anita Hartig as Liù and Nina Stemme in the title role of Puccini's Turandot"
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Nina Stemme in the title role of Puccini's Turandot
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