The taking of selfies and photos of the production, illicit or not, is an important part of the experience. It is also clear that experiencing Turandot live and hearing a star tenor knock ‘Nessun dorma’ out of the ballpark is on a lot of wish lists, as evidenced by the buzz in the theater. (For Jim Pritchard’s review of the The Met: Live in HD broadcast, click here.) One is the number of young people throughout the house, which means the Met’s efforts to attract a new generation of opera lovers is paying off. There are a number of reasons why the house was nearly full for a midweek performance in the Metropolitan Opera’s spring run of Turandot, with a production by Franco Zeffirelli that has been mounted by the Met more than 200 times since its 1987 premier. (RP) Yonghoon Lee (Calàf) © Ken Howard/Met Opera United States Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus / Marco Armiliato (conductor).
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