Description
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- Language : Italian, English
- Product Dimensions : 5.75 x 0.79 x 7.56 inches; 13.29 Ounces
- Manufacturer : La Scala
- Original Release Date : 2012
- Date First Available : May 9, 2011
- Label : La Scala
- Number of discs : 2
Turandot, Giacomo Puccini's final opera, made its debut posthumously at La Scala on the 25th of April 1926. Arturo Toscanini was on the podium and on stage was the impressively striking figure of the polish soprano Rosa Raisa. The presence of illustrious international singers was to mark almost all of the twenty stagings of Turandot at La Scala. The performance of the 7th of december 1964 stands out as being particularly memorable, conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni and starring an extraordinary Birgit Nilsson and a breathtaking Franco Corelli. Included in the 120 page book - the original program by Riccardo Allorto, an introduction by Giorgio Gualerzi, a History of the Staging, the Opera Libretto, and the story in Pictures - Images from the La Scala Theatre Archive.
Turandot (Italian: [turanˈdɔt] 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.
The opera is set in China and follows the Prince Calaf, who falls in love with the cold Princess Turandot. In order to win her hand in marriage, a suitor must solve three riddles, with a wrong answer resulting in their execution. Calaf passes the test, but Turandot refuses to marry him. He offers her a way out: if she is able to guess his name before dawn the next day, he will accept death.
Puccini left the opera unfinished at the time of his death in 1924; Franco Alfano completed it in 1926.
