An ambitious recording of Puccini’s Turandot with the complete, uncut, and original Franco Alfano ending that heralds a mainstream cast of today’s opera stars. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
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Ah the unsurpassable Franco Zeffirelli Turandot production, starring Nina Stemme, Marco Berti, Anita Hartig and Alexander Tsymbalyuk with Maestro Paolo Carignani on the helm. Let’s see how well this fares. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
Franco Zeffirelli’s legendary production of Puccini’s last opera at the Arena di Verona was simply put magical which is helped by a decent crop of Italian singers. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
With an ever-strengthening vocal presence, heaps of discipline, and a phenomenal technique by his side, how did Alfred Kim fare as Calaf, a role he has been specializing for many years? Find out in my review.
From her beginnings in the full lyric and spinto soprano repertoires to nowadays coming into her own in the dramatic repertoire, how well did Christine Goerke stack up to one of her signature roles, especially joined by a cast that looks good on paper? Enjoy and find out in my review.
Two singers whose voices I have heard for the first time embodying the mythical ice princess and the intrepid warrior prince. Two singers who have made their role debuts as an old King of Tartar and a sweet slave girl. How well did they all hold up in the end? Find out more in this review.
Ah, the unsurpassable Franco Zeffirelli Turandot production, starring Nina Stemme, Marco Berti, Anita Hartig and Alexander Tsymbalyuk with Maestro Paolo Carignani on the helm. Let’s see how well this fares. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well. Some of my opinions especially regarding Marco Berti’s vocal performance have not held up, but in spite of it all, I still enjoyed making this video. Moreover, this is actually my most viewed opera review video I have made.
The elegant Lise Lindstrom, the charismatic Roberto Alagna, and the inimitable Aleksandra Kurzak combine their artistic powers as the three pivotal roles of Turandot, Calaf, and Liu.
Puccini’s monumental opera based on Chinese folklore gets the modern treatment.