In this 2016 Met performance of Puccini’s extravagant masterpiece, soprano Nina Stemme and tenor Marco Berti star in a larger-than-life staging from legendary director Franco Zeffirelli. Paolo Carignani conducts. Originally transmitted January 30, 2016.

Program rundown:
Host, no integrated interviews
Part 1 [Acts I & II] – 1:24:21
Intermission (w/clock) – 10:00
Part 2 [Act II] – 44:57
Total run time – 2:19:18

Runtime: 140m • NR