Genre:
Opera
Release Date:
Mar 2006
Recorded:
1991
Number of Discs:
1
Sound:
Stereo
Subtitles:
EN
Territory Exclusions:
Australia, NZ, North America
Aspect Ratio:
4:3
Display:
NTSC
Catalog Number:
OAF4004D
Puccini: Turandot
Ealynn Voss (); Amanda Thane (); Kenneth Collins (); Donald Shanks ();
State Orchestra of Victoria; Carlo Felice Cillario
In the Imperial Palace of Peking, the Emperor announces that any prince seeking to marry his daughter Turandot must first answer three riddles. Prince Calaf falls immediately in love with Turandot and successfully answers all three. However before the Prince marries Turandot, he asks her a riddle of his own. Filmed at the Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, 1991.
Reviews
"It was one of those meetings of great minds that you dream about, when the music and drama of the piece are reborn through the interpretative genius of an exceptional director." (The Australian)