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Puccini: Turandot / Carignani, Khudoley, Von Senden, Ryssov [blu-ray]

Puccini / Khudoley / Prague Philharmonic Choir Release Date: 10/30/2015
Label: C Major Catalog #: 731504
Composer:  Juan del Encina Performer:  Clare [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Wilkinson Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rose Consort of Viols Number of Discs: 1

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Performed on the Bregenz Festival's vast lakeside stage, this production of Turandot is captivating and spectacular. | Giacomo Puccini's final opera is set in China and is an interesting love story that is sure to enrapture audiences. | Puccini died before he completed the opera left instructions that Riccardo Zandonai should finish the work but Franco Alfano was the one to complete the third act. | Paolo Carignani conducts the Wiener Symphoniker with the staging done by Marco Arturo Marelli.| Leading the cast
Read more are Mlada Khudoley, Riccardo Massi, Guanqun Yu, and Michael Ryssov.

Giacomo Puccini
TURANDOT

Turandot - Mlada Khudoley
Altoum - Manuel von Senden
Timur - Michail Ryssov
Calaf - Riccardo Massi
Liù - Guanqun Yu
Ping - Andrè Schuen
Pang - Taylan Reinhard
Pong - Cosmin Ifrim
Un mandarino - Yasushi Hirano

Prague Philharmonic Chorus
(chorus master: Lukáš Vasilek)
Bregenz Festival Chorus
(chorus master: Benjamin Lack)
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Paolo Carignani, conductor

Marco Arturo Marelli, stage director and set designer
Constance Hoffman, costume designer
Davy Cunningham, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Bregenz Festival, July 2015

Picture format: 1080i High Definition
Sound format:PCM Stereo / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Japanese
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 125 mins
No. of Discs: 1 (BD 50)
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