Puccini: In questa reggia (Turandot) Act II Turandot

This page lists all recordings of In questa reggia (Turandot) Act II Turandot, by Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (1858-1924) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Best of Eva Urbanova

Cilea:	Poveri fiori (Adriana)
Janacek:	Jenufa (Co chvíla / A moment)
Mascagni:	Voi lo sapete o mamma (from Cavalleria rusticana)
Puccini:	Tosca: 'Vissi d'arte' In questa reggia (Turandot) Act II Turandot
Smetana:	Libuše (Libušino proroctví / Libuše‘s Prophecy)
Verdi:	Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Tu che la vanità (from Don Carlo) La Vergine degli Angeli Ecco l'orrido campo … Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (from Un ballo in maschera)

Eva Urbanova

Supraphon - SU39352

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Maria Callas - Puccini Heroines and Lyric Arias

Boito:	L'altra notte in fondo al mare (Mefistofele, Act III)
Catalani:	La Wally: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
Cilea:	Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella (Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I) Poveri fiori (Adriana)
Giordano, U:	Andrea Chénier: La mamma morta
Puccini:	Manon Lescaut: 'In quelle trine morbide' Manon Lescaut: 'Sola, perduta, abandonnata' Madama Butterfly: 'Un bel di vedremo' Madame Butterfly: 'Con amor muore...Tu, tu? Piccolo Iddio' La Boheme: 'Si, mi chiamano Mimi' Donde lieta usci (Mimì) Act III La Bohème Suor Angelica: 'Senza Mamma, o bimbo' Gianni Schicchi: 'O mio babbino caro' Turandot: 'Signore, ascolta' In questa reggia (Turandot) Act II Turandot Turandot: 'Tu che di gel sei cinta'

Maria Callas (soprano)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin

1954 Recording. 1954 was for Callas an exceptionally busy year. As well as appearing regularly at La Scala, Milan and elsewhere in Italy, she made her American debut at the Chicago Lyric in November. Her September 1954 Watford Town Hall sessions featured on this recording were released on two albums, one devoted to Puccini arias, not without blemishes, and the second featuring a selection entitled Coloratura Lyric Arias, which remains justly famous to this day. In the two arias from Cilea’a Adriana Lecouvreur, Callus’ interpretation benefits from her remarkably expansive breath span. In Boito’s L’altra notte Callas revolutionises performance practise: she not only correctly sings all the written notes, but she understands implicitly what the dramatic situation calls for in her treatment of the cadenzas at the end of each verse. Throughout the remarkable length of her phrases, her choice of vocal colours, her command of rubato and her dynamic range reveal much more than one had thought the music contained.

“The Callas wobble appears in these 1954 recitals; in Butterfly her voice is clearly ill-suited to the role, and her Liù and Mimi are inclined to sound stagey and shrill.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 ***

“There is a wonderful responsiveness to shades of expression and shapes of phrase… Uncanny too is the change of identity as, say, Mimì follows Butterfly.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2008

Naxos Historical - 8111275

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Renata Tebaldi

Cilea:	Esser madre è un inferno (Rosa) L’Arlesiana
Mascagni:	Voi lo sapete o mamma (from Cavalleria rusticana) Cavalleria rusticana
Ponchielli:	Suicidio! (Gioconda) La Gioconda
Puccini:	In questa reggia (Turandot) Act II Turandot Turandot (compl. Alfano) Sogno di Doretta (Magda) La rondine
Verdi:	Tu che la vanità (from Don Carlo) Ecco l'orrido campo … Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (from Un ballo in maschera) Oh ben s'addice questo torbido cielo … Sempre all'alba ed alla sera (Giovanna) Giovanna d’Arco

Renata Tebaldi (soprano)

Recorded: Kingsway Hall, London, September 1964

Decca Classic Recitals - 4757166

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Angela Gheorghiu - Puccini

Puccini:

Madama Butterfly: 'Un bel di vedremo'

Tu, tu piccolo Iddio (Butterfly) Act III Madama Butterfly

Addio, addio mio dolce amor! (Fidelia) Act III Edgar

Nel villaggio d'Edgar (Fidelia) Act III Edgar

La Rondine: 'Chi il bel sogno di Doretta'

La Boheme: 'Si, mi chiamano Mimi'

La Bohème: 'Quando me'n vo' (Musetta's Waltz)

Donde lieta usci (Mimì) Act III La Bohème

Laggiù nel Soledad (Minnie) Act I La Fanciulla

Manon Lescaut: 'In quelle trine morbide'

Manon Lescaut: 'Sola, perduta, abandonnata'

Suor Angelica: 'Senza Mamma, o bimbo'

Gianni Schicchi: 'O mio babbino caro'

Se come voi piccina (Anna) Act I Le Villi

Turandot: 'Signore, ascolta'

Turandot: 'Tu che di gel sei cinta'

In questa reggia (Turandot) Act II Turandot

Tosca: 'Vissi d'arte'

Angela Gheorghiu

“Angela Gheorghiu delivers some of her finest singing on a disk full of Puccinian gems” BBC Music Magazine, April 2005

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - March 2005

BBC Music Magazine

Opera Choice - April 2005

EMI - 3323552

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Sylvia Sass - Opera’s Sensational New Star

Puccini:

In questa reggia (Turandot) Act II Turandot

Tosca: 'Vissi d'arte'

Manon Lescaut: 'In quelle trine morbide'

Manon Lescaut: 'Sola, perduta, abandonnata'

Madama Butterfly: 'Un bel di vedremo'

Verdi:

Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida)

Una macchia è qui tutt'ora (from Macbeth)

O madre, dal cielo …Se vano, se vano è il pregare (Giselda)

Lombardi alla prima crociata

Sylvia Sass (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

First ever release on CD

“The very first phrases of the opening aria [“In questa reggia] command attention and let you know that something rather special has arrived on the scene … it becomes quite clear that here is an exceptional singer, distinctive in timbre, distinguished in artistry … the voice glitters rather than soothes, shines rather than warms … the Lady Macbeth … is superb.” Gramophone 09/77

Decca Classic Recitals - 4756415

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Maria Callas

Bellini:	Casta Diva (Norma); Compagne; Come per me sereno (La sonnambula)
Bizet:	Me voilà seule…Comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre (Les Pêcheurs de perles); L'amour est un oiseau rebelled; Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Carmen)
Catalani:	La Wally: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
Charpentier, G:	Depuis le jour (Louise, Act III)
Delibes:	Dov'è l'Indiana bruna? (Lakmé)
Donizetti:	Regnava nel silenzio (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Giordano, U:	Andrea Chénier: La mamma morta
Gluck:	J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (Orphée et Eurydice); Divinités du Styx (Alceste)
Gounod:	Ah ! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (Roméo et Juliette); Les grands seigneurs…Ô Dieu! que de bijoux…; Ah! je ris de me voir si belle (Faust)
Massenet:	De cet affreux combat…Pleurez, mes yeux ! (from Le Cid)
Meyerbeer:	Ombra leggiera (Dinorah)
Puccini:	La Boheme: 'Si, mi chiamano Mimi' Donde lieta usci (Mimì) Act III La Bohème Madama Butterfly: 'Un bel di vedremo' Tosca: 'Vissi d'arte' In questa reggia (Turandot) Act II Turandot
Rossini:	Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa
Saint-Saëns:	Printemps qui commence (from Samson et Dalila) Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Delila)
Verdi:	Caro nome (from Rigoletto)