Puccini - Turandot
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Label: Warner
Cat No: 5419740659
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 10th March 2023
Contents
Artists
Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano)Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Mattia Olivieri (baritone)
Gregory Bonfatti (tenor)
Siyabonga Maqungo (tenor)
Michele Pertusi (bass)
Michael Spyres (tenor)
Michael Mofidian (baritone)
Francesco Toma (tenor)
Valentina Iannotta (soprano)
Rakhsha Ramezani Melami (soprano)
Coro e Voci Bianche dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Conductor
Antonio PappanoWorks
TurandotArtists
Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano)Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Mattia Olivieri (baritone)
Gregory Bonfatti (tenor)
Siyabonga Maqungo (tenor)
Michele Pertusi (bass)
Michael Spyres (tenor)
Michael Mofidian (baritone)
Francesco Toma (tenor)
Valentina Iannotta (soprano)
Rakhsha Ramezani Melami (soprano)
Coro e Voci Bianche dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Conductor
Antonio PappanoAbout
A star-studded studio recording of Puccini’s Turandot featuring an exceptional cast: Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liu), Mattia Olivieri (Ping), Gregory Bonfatti (Pang), Siyabonga Maqungo (Pong), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum), and Michael Mofidian (Mandarino).
This new version features the original finale composed by Franco Alfano (Puccini died before completing the score), including the ~104 bars famously omitted by Toscanini. And of course, the world-famous opera hit “Nessun dorma” sung by Jonas Kaufmann.
This is the first time Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann, and Sondra Radvanovsky have undertaken Turandot. It follows the multi-award-winning 2015 recording of Aida and Madama Butterfly.
“…Turandot is infused with a beautiful subtlety, emerging within an opera full of biting irony. Puccini moves between tragedy and lightness, and that's something I really like.” – Antonio Pappano
“This ‘Turandot’ promises to be one of the best recordings in recent years. [...] He [Pappano] gave a passionate reading of the score, extracting all the exoticism and oriental rhythms that Puccini wrote into his score. […] Pappano knows how to keep tension in the orchestra. He plays along with the singers at every moment, as if the orchestra is breathing with them, creating instances of delicacy and beauty, especially in Liu’s arias” – Operawire, 30 March 2022
“Revelation of the evening Sondra Radvanosky, making her debut in the role of Turandot: in her voice she has frost and fire, power of emission and granitic high notes” – Sandro Cappelletto Avvenire, 15 March 2022
“for the first time the complete opera is therefore recorded with Alfano's first finale” – Filippo Antichi, Connessi all’Opera, 15 March 2022
Cast:
- Turandot: Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano)
- Calaf: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
- Liu: Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
- Ping: Mattia Olivieri (baritone)
- Pang: Gregory Bonfatti (tenor)
- Pong: Siyabonga Maqungo (tenor)
- Timur: Michele Pertusi (bass)
- Altoum: Michael Spyres (tenor)
- Mandarino: Michael Mofidian (baritone)
- Principe di Persia: Francesco Toma (tenor)
- Prima ancella di Turandot: Valentina Iannotta (soprano)
- Seconda ancella di Turandot: Rakhsha Ramezani Melami (soprano)
This new version features the original finale composed by Franco Alfano (Puccini died before completing the score), including the ~104 bars famously omitted by Toscanini. And of course, the world-famous opera hit “Nessun dorma” sung by Jonas Kaufmann.
This is the first time Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann, and Sondra Radvanovsky have undertaken Turandot. It follows the multi-award-winning 2015 recording of Aida and Madama Butterfly.
“…Turandot is infused with a beautiful subtlety, emerging within an opera full of biting irony. Puccini moves between tragedy and lightness, and that's something I really like.” – Antonio Pappano
“This ‘Turandot’ promises to be one of the best recordings in recent years. [...] He [Pappano] gave a passionate reading of the score, extracting all the exoticism and oriental rhythms that Puccini wrote into his score. […] Pappano knows how to keep tension in the orchestra. He plays along with the singers at every moment, as if the orchestra is breathing with them, creating instances of delicacy and beauty, especially in Liu’s arias” – Operawire, 30 March 2022
“Revelation of the evening Sondra Radvanosky, making her debut in the role of Turandot: in her voice she has frost and fire, power of emission and granitic high notes” – Sandro Cappelletto Avvenire, 15 March 2022
“for the first time the complete opera is therefore recorded with Alfano's first finale” – Filippo Antichi, Connessi all’Opera, 15 March 2022
Cast:
- Turandot: Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano)
- Calaf: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
- Liu: Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
- Ping: Mattia Olivieri (baritone)
- Pang: Gregory Bonfatti (tenor)
- Pong: Siyabonga Maqungo (tenor)
- Timur: Michele Pertusi (bass)
- Altoum: Michael Spyres (tenor)
- Mandarino: Michael Mofidian (baritone)
- Principe di Persia: Francesco Toma (tenor)
- Prima ancella di Turandot: Valentina Iannotta (soprano)
- Seconda ancella di Turandot: Rakhsha Ramezani Melami (soprano)
Reviews
Turandot is a repellent opera – a grotesque fairy tale featuring a pair of unsympathetic protagonists – but Puccini composed brilliant music for it. The orchestral performance here is outstanding. Pappano captures all the savagery of the score, its ceremonial pomp and oriental glitter magnificently recorded. It’s bloodthirsty stuff; even the pizzicato strings are laced with menace. ... Pappano’s cast stands up well. Radvanovsky’s soprano has serious ‘blade’ and her Turandot is truly imperious... Kaufmann’s dusky baritonal tenor makes for a less heroic or hot-headed Calaf than the bull-in-a-china-shop Del Monaco or Corelli, almost eliciting sympathy for the character. ... Ermonela Jaho sings a heartfelt Liù. ... This recording holds its own against venerable competition and, in the original Alfano completion, is unique. Mark Pullinger (Recording of the Month)Gramophone March 2023
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