[Met Performance] CID:187760



Turandot
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, April 8, 1961




Turandot (35)
Giacomo Puccini | Giuseppe Adami/Renato Simoni
Turandot
Birgit Nilsson

Cal?f
Franco Corelli

Li?
Licia Albanese

Timur
Bonaldo Giaiotti

Ping
Frank Guarrera

Pang
Robert Nagy

Pong
Charles Anthony

Emperor Altoum
Alessio De Paolis

Mandarin
George Cehanovsky

Prince of Persia
Edilio Ferraro

Servant
Thomas Russell

Servant
Craig Crosson

Servant
Robert Bishop

Executioner
Wally Adams

Executioner
William Burdick

Executioner
Hubert Farrington


Conductor
Leopold Stokowski







Review 1:

Review signed R. E. in The New York Times

LICIA ALBANESE AS LI?

Sings 'Turandot' Role at 'Met' for Only Time This Season

Licia Albanese's sole appearance this season as Li? in the new production of "Turandot" at the Metropolitan Opera House was made on Saturday night. It was a memorable performance, almost a capstone in the soprano's long and honorable career here.

Her Li? was not so much pathetic, as the character generally appears, as it was genuinely tragic, because of the intensity and conviction with which she sang and acted. The music lay well for the voice, and Miss Albanese sang with fullness of tone and searing phrases.

Sharing honors with Miss Albanese in the cast were Birgit Nilsson, in the title role; Franco Corelli, as Calaf; Frank Guarrera, Robert Nagy and Charles Anthony, as Ping, Pang and Pong; Alessio De Paolis, as the Emperor, and George Cehanovsky, as the Mandarin. Leopold Stokowski conducted.



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