OPERA TALK: TURANDOT BY GIACOMO PUCCINI
OPERA TALK: TURANDOT BY GIACOMO PUCCINI
Turandot was Puccini's last opera, which he left unfinished before his death. Set in Ancient China, Turandot is the ice princess who adamantly keeps love away from her by offering riddles to her suitors with fatal consequences. The opera features some of Puccini's most memorable arias including the "tenor's anthem" Nessun Dorma.
1. Talk only with audio-visual presentation
2. Talk with 1 aria performed by the speaker
3. Virtual Talk
SUMMARY SETTING TANISHA’S PICKS LEGENDARY CAST OPERA-ALIKES
SUMMARY SETTING TANISHA’S PICKS LEGENDARY CAST OPERA-ALIKES
SUMMARY
Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, posthumously completed by Franco Alfano in 1926, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Turandot's best-known aria is "Nessun dorma", which became globally popular in the 1990s following Luciano Pavarotti's performance of it for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. READ MORE ON WIKIPEDIA
SETTING
As Sophia from the Golden Girls says “picture it” Peking China during the ancient world
ACT 1: In front of the imperial palace
ACT 2: Scene 1: A pavilion in the imperial palace. Before sunrise
Scene 2: The courtyard of the palace. Sunrise
ACT 3:
Scene 1: The palace gardens. Night
Scene 2: The courtyard of the palace. Dawn
LEGENDARY CAST- WHO YOU WILL HEAR
Due to time constraint, this opera talk features a partial cast. If you loved the program, purchase from our affiliates or borrow the above DVD’s from your local library to see the full cast.
Turandot
BIRGIT NILSSON
LISE LINDSTROM
Calaf
ROBERTO ALAGNA
FRANCO CORELLI
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
LIù
ALEKSANDRA KURZAK
LEONA MITCHELL
Turandot
BIRGIT NILSSON
LISE LINDSTROM
Calaf
ROBERTO ALAGNA
FRANCO CORELLI
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
LIù
ALEKSANDRA KURZAK
LEONA MITCHELL
TANISHA’S PICKS
This opera talk features Tanisha’s favorite casts from these recordings. Click the link to purchase them for your own collection.
Turandot
[not a DVD, may be available in streaming.]
Filmed in 2017
Cast: Lise Lindstrom, Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus, Dan Ettinger, conductor.
The art of singing [videorecording (DVD)] : golden voices of the century
A film written by ; directed by ; produced by Pierre-Oliver Bardet and Stephen Wright ; a BBC/ IMG Artists / Idéale Audience / La Sept-Arte / Imalyre-Vtcom France Telecom coproduction in association with NVC Arts ... [et al.] ; directed by Donald Sturrock.
Turandot [videorecording (DVD)]
Released in 2003
Cast: Placido Domingo, Eva Marton, Leona Mitchell; Metropolitan Opera; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; James Levine, conductor.
Turandot [videorecording (DVD)] Released in 2011
Cast: Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, Marina Poplovskaya, Samuel Ramey; Metropolitan Opera; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor
Birgit Nilsson: Bell Telephone Hour 1961-67 [videorecording (DVD)] Donald Voorhees, conductor
OPERA-ALIKES
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