The Turandot Project
- Documentary
Overview
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)
Keywords
- china
- beijing
- documentary
- puccini
- forbidden city
- beijing, china
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 11, 2000
- Original language
- English
- Production
- Alternate Current,EuroArts,Four Oaks Foundation,Alternate Current, Four Oaks Foundation, EuroArts
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0262076