Puccini: Turandot

Guanqun Yu's schoolgirl Liu, sporting beret and pigtails, is the pick of the cast. She delivers a beautifully affecting, 'Tu che di gel sei cinta'…Riccardo Massi sings attractively as Calaf,... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2015 More…

Release Date: 25th Sep 2015
Catalogue No: 731504
Label: C Major

Puccini: Turandot

Mlada Khudoley (Turandot), Manuel von Senden (Altoum), Michael Ryssov (Timur), Riccardo Massi (Calaf), Guanqun Yu (Liu)
Wiener Symphoniker
Paolo Carignani

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STAGED BY: Marco Arturo Marelli

Mention Giacomo Puccini’s name and opera-lovers all over the world will think of grand opera and passionate love stories. One of the world’s most famous arias comes from the composer’s final opera, Turandot: “Nessun dorma” – none shall sleep because by morning the Chinese princess is determined to have discovered the name of the unknown prince. The work is remarkable for its Chinese local colour, its opulent crowd scenes, its powerful choruses and its characters overwhelmed by their emotions. Enthusiastically acclaimed by its audiences, the present production combines spectacular and touching scenes on the Bregenz Festival’s vast lakeside stage.

RECORDING DATE: Bregenz Festival, 2015

SOUND FORMAT: Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, dts-HD MA 5.1

PICTURE: 16:9, HD

SUBTITLES: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese

BOOKLET: English, German, French

TOTAL RUNNING TIME. 126 MINS

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November 2015

Guanqun Yu's schoolgirl Liu, sporting beret and pigtails, is the pick of the cast. She delivers a beautifully affecting, 'Tu che di gel sei cinta'…Riccardo Massi sings attractively as Calaf, with a very creditable 'Nessun dorma'…an enjoyable staging

May 2016

As so often in Turandot, it is Liù who steals the show, in the form of Guanqun Yu’s vibrantly sung slave-girl, dressed as a schoolgirl with pigtails and carrying a knapsack on her back, presumably containing her and Timur’s worldly goods. The Crimean bass Michail Ryssov is dignified if occasionally musically hasty as the dethroned king of the Tartars. Paolo Carignani conducts a vital, secure account of the score.

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