Puccini: Turandot (DVD) – Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko
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Puccini: Turandot (DVD) – Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Artists: Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Maria Agresta, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Angelo Veccia, Roberto Covatta, Blagoj Nacoski, Carlo Bosi, Gianluca Breda, Azer Rza-Zada, Coro di Voci Bianche dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Format: NTSC
Language: Italian
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German, Korean, Chinese
Region: All Regions
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Decca
DVD Release Date: January 27, 2017
Run Time: 136 minutes
This Turandot marked the first time the opera was performed in Milan with the finale devised by Luciano Berio, replacing Alfano’s traditional ending. Berio himself worked closely on this production with both the stage director Nikolaus Lehnhoff and La Scala’s music director, Riccardo Chailly. Nina Stemme takes the title role with her “powerful, luxuriant voice” and “blazing high notes” (New York Times).
History
Turandot
World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1926.
Puccini’s final opera is an epic fairy tale set in a China of legend, loosely based on a play by 18th-century Italian dramatist Carlo Gozzi.
Featuring a most unusual score with an astounding and innovative use of chorus and orchestra, it is still recognizably Puccini, bursting with instantly appealing melody. The unenviable task of completing the opera’s final scene upon Puccini’s sudden death was left to the composer Franco Alfano. Conductor Arturo Toscanini oversaw Alfano’s contribution and led the world premiere.
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