Turandot

Composer: Puccini, Giacomo

Librettist/Text Author: Simoni, Renato

Librettist/Text Author: Adami, Giuseppe

Conductor: Boemi, Marco

Orchestra: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Chorus: Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana

Tenor: Beczala, Piotr

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Date of Production: 05-15-2020

Venue: Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofia", Valencia

Playing Time: 00:03:30

Catalogue Number: PTC5186941

UPC: 827949094163

Synopsis

Turandot

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Puccini wrote Nessun Dorma for Turandot (1926), his last, unfinished opera, eventually completed by Franco Alfano. Special about the music of Turandot is Puccini's use of techniques from grand opera, as well as his chinoiseries.

In Nessun Dorma, Calaf expresses his conviction that he will overcome, and that Turandot will eventually love him. The orchestra paints the nocturnal atmosphere with wave-like movements in the strings, while the vocal melody gradually prepares the rise to a euphoric high b: one of the most feared, yet also most rewarding notes of the tenor repertoire.

Writer: Kasper van Kooten