Hope, Blood, and Princess Turandot are the answers but she still reneges on her promise to marry the person that solves the riddles!?! 😵💫 Prince Calef then gives her a riddle! If she can guess his name before sunrise then he will die and she obviously won’t have to marry him but if she can’t find out his name then she will have to marry him..! Here’s where Nissun Dorma is sung meaning “No one Sleeps” until the riddle is solved..👍 Puccini’s last opera , he died not too long after in 1924…😵💫
Does anyone else love how the Emperor's voice sounds? The costumes look fantastic. It may not be 100 percent accurate but effort wins me over ❤❤ Along with the music :) I wonder if anyone who loves Turandot has seen the Curse Of Turandot because i always listen to the music while watching it ^^
The Emperor is delightful Hugues Cuenod. Not sure how old he was here, but he was around 109 years old when he died. I took part in some song Masterclasses with him. He had worked with some of the greatest singers of the 20th century including Lotte Lehmann whom he was very fond of, Germaine Lubin and many more. He had plenty of stories to tell and a twinkle in his eye. He was very honest , admitting he never had a great voice , but he was a unique interpreter of the music he sang.
Thanks so much information on this singer, Mr. Cuenod. Wikipedia says he was born in 1902 which means he’d be around 85 when this was filmed. I really appreciate your tribute to him.
Long time I haven't heard Eva, another good voice. And the scenic set up has nothing to do with the actual crap, with scenic directors that are destroying what opera is all about...I don't want to say nothing else. Thanks for posting this, it was nice to see Eva again, it's been long.
@@user-wr4mg3me9x There was a some project "Three Tenors". You've heard something about this? Did Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras get there by mistake or was the project named incorrectly? Maybe it should have been called "Three Baritones"? 😉
@@arxmusic it was during Domingo's era when opera focused on marketing whilst sort of departed from focusing on true talents. Remember this baritone singing Trovatore? He marketed himself through the New York Times that he'll be singing Trovatore without high notes and it was a disaster. Marketing just bolstered his confidence in singing repertoires which are out of his range. Perhaps a "good" example is this production itself. In gli'enigmi SOoooono tre uno la vita, it was loud and clear that this baritone cracks. A characteristic he maintained right from the beginning of his career even from his audition as a "tenor". Shame.
I absolutely love this performance. This production. I've been watching on Met On Demand and I just keep watching it over and over. I'm new to opera and this is the most exciting one I've seen so far. I love opera critics/fans too lol. You guys are picky as can be. No matter how good you think somebody is somebody dislikes them. But I love it!
Blood curling!! This is such an incredible opera and this particular production is unbelievably great. Met On Demand has about five versions of this on its website from over the years. But this one from 1987 is the one to watch! The orchestra is on fire! And Placido's voice fills the hall like no other can. His acting was wonderful too.
I attended one of these Met performances. Of course, we all know the genius Domingo. But Eva Marton (I had seen her already in Frau ohne Schatten) put out such a tsunami of sound, I never heard such a thing before; not even from Gwyneth Jones or Birgit Nilsson. But her peak didn’t last long. Within a few years, she could only sing triple-forte. The production itself is an incredible fantasy, an orgy for the eyes!
Je ne regarde plus jamais un opéra filmé. Voir la pauvre Angela Gheorghiu devoir se rouler par terre pour rendre sensible blah blah blah non merci. Je suis sans aucun doute un vieux con mais Zefirelli est un maître jamais surpassé. Quant au fait que lorsque vous lisez un programme c'est tout juste si le nom du "metteur en scène" apparaît en 20 comparé au nom de "mecs" qui a composé l'opéra genre Verdi écrit en 12... alors les artistes c'est quand on y pense et qu'il reste de la place.
@@PierreAelred Je ne sais pas pourquoi vous parlez d'Angela Gheorghiu qui ne figure pas dans cette distribution ! Pour le reste je suis d'accord, le compositeur reste le seul génie de son œuvre; le metteur en scène, les chanteurs, le Chef d'orchestre ne sont là que pour le servir au mieux ce qui n'est malheureusement pas le cas en ce moment !!!
@@rosy3385 J'en parle de manière générale parce qu'elle m'est venue à l'esprit quand je pense aux réactions contre cette manie actuelle de "réécrire" les opéras. Le tristan à venir à Lille se déroule dans un décor de (je ne sais vraiment pas trop) ? papier recyclé ? grisâtre dans lequel le metteur en scène a intégré des phrases en français dignes de l'almanach Vermot... à côté de cela un atelier porte sur l'amour courtois... Cela n'aurait pas été plus simple de s'en tenir à une belle mise en scène mettant l'amour courtois en images ? Plutôt que d'envoyer les auditeurs apprendre ce qu'est l'amour courtois... après les avoir déprimé devant un décor indigeste ?
Singing right, acting well, being what they sing, respecting the composer, making thé show that was Opéra !!! Such a wonderfull exemple of what WE had. Thank you my god for these Amazing years and thank you to all these huge singers and their commitment to the music.
Vocally Domingo and Marton could do better than they do here, but the acting is beyond perfect, and the splendor of the sets, costumes and staging is breathtaking.
He would have been great in the 70s for this. However, in his last Turandot in 1997 his voice was surprisingly still quite good however, he could not move and could not deliver the drama and acting which has to go together for a great opera. From mid 80s on
From mid 1980s because of his weight he unfortunately was lumbering on the stage. He could not even hit the gong but had someone else do it. If you only listened to it however, it was still excellent. But opera is theatre and music. It is not a gala. You also need great acting otherwise, it becomes quite stale.
Totally agree with you about acting. I am new to Opera but even I know it's not enough to have a great voice, wear a great costume and be on a great set. You must be able to act. One of my favorites is Elina Garance because she's such a wonderful actress. Placido's acting was very good here.@@BessarionBlackrose-be3oh
Maravillosa interpretación desde lo más profundo de su inmensa sensibilidad musical y ser humano. La melodía levita con su celestial ,único y característico sonido. Salud Vladimir Alexandrovich!
Did he play on Crystal Vandoren or B40 at that period of time? When he moved from popular Vandoren B45 to the ones mentioned above he sounded much smoother and warmer.. Any way great artist of all time and role model for generations to come.
