The Turandot Project

In 1997 Oscarwinning 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 Puccinis 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 crosscultural 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 Amazoncom