@@rbd168 I can say that rapping Shakespeare has been done many times and can be a great way to introduce young people to Shakespeare. The aesthetic of this opera I seriously doubt would attract young people. Or older people like me for that matter!
48:40 - Signore, ascolta (Liù) 51:40 - Non piangere, Liù (Calaf) 01:22:18 - In questa reggia (Turandot) 01:29:28 - Straniero, ascolta (Turandot) 01:41:02 - No, no principessa altera (high C) (Calaf) 02:07:13 - Nessun dorma (Calaf) 02:22:09 - Tu che di gel sei cinta (Liù) 02:30:54 - Principessa di morte (Calaf)
You know, I wondered whether I was watching a production of Turandot on UA-cam, or I was in a deep sleep having the worst nightmare? Yeah...I think i will go with the latter.
I was there and I am 24 years old only but im a great opera fan and I would love to see the original custome and stage settings at least once. I havent seen many operas live yet but this one sounded pretty good live to me. Maybe Yusif isnt the appropiate tenor for this role. But the rest did a great job. And customes are not too modern in general which makes it better than other modern ones ive seen.
I think you were lucky to be able to listen to Mme Radvanovsky and the Liu was good .... if you want to see the best production I ever saw look at ua-cam.com/video/i61vPvdnDOY/v-deo.html ... the image quality is poor but the Serban production is fantastic and the singers are amazing. ... this one is more banal for staging but still wonderful with great singers ua-cam.com/video/jkPuXzjpL-g/v-deo.html .... enjoy :) and on my channel I will soon put new never published performances of Turandot at somme point (still a questa Regia with the amazing Alesandra Marc is available) ;)
Yes! I saw Sondra now for the second time live as Turandot and its incredible. I guess thats the level the great tenors had back in the day. Wish I could ever listen to someone as good as them. And thanks for the recommendations!
@@Classicvideofan Ive seen both you sent me already. Bonisolli and Carreras were both great but this role is more for Tenors like Bonisolli and Giacomini (they are my two favourite tenors of all time with Pavarotti or course).
This is not a celebration for Puccini. It is an insult to his divine Music. Today's opera directors are killing Opera for their disrespect to the originals. What a shame!
De kär ezt a szepseges zenet igy szinpadra ällitani:.. Azt hittem, Puccini emberi sorsokat, eröszakot, äldozatot, szerelmet kivänt megjeleniteni. Ehelyett remtörtenet volt, nem is birtam sokszor nezni. Nem sajnälta senki a muveszeket, az elöado egyuttest? nagyon szomoru, ha igy kell manapsäg feltunni. Lassan a kulsösegek feleslegesse teszik azt a nagy munkät, amit a zeneszek belefektetnek. En is csak azt tudom irni, hogy MIERT?
Thank you for posting this complete performance. Full opera performances mean so much to many of us. You seem to have a wonderful collection. How about posting full performances? Thank you so much Dominique. Merci beaucoup.
When Sandra came in to substituted at the last minute in Il Trovatore, 20 ,years ago, she amazed us and she continues to do so , singing everyone off the stage in this somewhat “non traditional” production.
If I understand this correctly, the action is the product of a post accident's coma dream The idea is very interesting, but it takes away the horror of the drama because when all is said and done, logically, Lui doesn't actually die. However, the cast is excellent. Thank you for posting,
On va finir par vider les sallles….avec ces mises en scène débiles…..faut vraiment s’informer avant de réserver une place…cette Turandot est de la provocation et je m’étonne de l’acquiescement des chanteurs …
Les chanteurs n'ont pas le choix dans la pratique ... ils ne connaissent pas les prod quand ils signent leurs engagements des années à l'avance quand il s'agit de nouvelles productions ... et ils ne vont pas se mettre les théatres à dos en refusant une prod parce qu'elle ne leur convient pas ... sauf à passer pour des stras capricieuses qu'on ne réengage pas ... ça fait partie du professionalisme de s'adapter ... et même de jouer je jeu en faisant contre mauvaise fortune bon coeur ... Sondra n'aime pas du tout cette prod d'après mes informations (moi non plus je la trouve détestable) mais je trouve très pro de sa part de jouer le jeu à fond et d'essayer de faire vivre son personnage y compris dans ce capharnaum ... et elle arrive à la rendre émouvate d'ailleurs (ses expressions etc....) j'ai trouvé une chose en particulier intéressante, c'est quand elle pose la troisième énigme et que sa gestuelle essaie de souffler à Calaf la bonne réponse ... voudrait elle inconsciemment qu'il la "prenne" ? serait elle déjà inconsciemment amoureuse de lui ? ... humm ... je me demande si c'est une idée du metteur en scène ou une idée de Sondra ... à part ça je pensais éventuellement faire le voyage pour l'entendre dans ce rôle ... mais j'avoue que le spectacle m'a fait économiser argent et énergie (et le Calaf de Eyvazov y a aussi contribué)
Well the death of Liu wasn't, making Calaf's next line really stupid. Why do directors stupid stuff like this? Read the damn libretto! I'm okay with updating it if it makes sense, but much of this is absolutely BS. The principle singers are good.
Yusuf Eyvasov as far from when I call one of my favorite singers. And I do think his marriage (recently divorce) to Miz Netrebko heading nepotistic effect on enhancing his career. I will say that he looks healthier than he has in the past and he sounds better than I would have expected. Please know that I don’t expect much, but I’m kind of happy for him that he sounds better than he has in the past.
I get what they were trying to do, make everything appear otherworldly and all, but it is a bit much...still, I prefer it over minimalism. Also, how amazing to see Martinucci there too
After having watched this, I'm waiting now for a director, who comes forward one day and says: "This singing is interfering with my ideas for the production, we'll leave it out!"😂
One has to pity the operatic stage director---all his ingenious ideas for staging and costumes have to compete with so much loud music and singing that they hardly get noticed unless he does something outrageous.
La peggiore regia mai vista di questa opera. Per fortuna il coro i solisti e l'orchestra hanno fatto un lavoro di qualità. Quanti soldi buttati via per una produzione così brutta e "inutile"! La lettura contemporanea non c'è: solo danni enormi alla drammaturgia musicale di un capolavoro. Orrore teatrale assoluto.
Sondra said on her podcast that Turandot is easy, especially when compared to her Donizetti roles! Nilsson said something similar, that it was her "vacation role," because it was so short compared to her Wagner roles. In a radio interview here on YT, Sutherland said she could never have sung Turandot onstage because her voice wasn't big enough -- Bonynge promptly said, "absolute rubbish, you could've sung it better than any of them!"
As we all know his judgement about voices was sketchy. Sutherland’s was a half voice because her lower octave was weak because no chestvoice. Also poor diction and acting skills.
I think Turandot isn’t so bad if you have either a large or penetrating voice that has a high tessitura. It’s tough for genuine dramatic sopranos. Nilsson was a dramatic soprano, but she was also a freak of nature.
You got it all wrong. Nilsson said that compared to the length of the Wagner operas she used to sing, it was a short role; but she also said that Turandot was the only role that made her use all her muscles to deliver the dramatic sound of this role. Sutherland said that she was scared of the lower notes as she felt that she would be pushing that part of her register, the upper register of Sutherland was very large.
Dire que Eyvasov e un tenore drammatico... meglio dire che e un dramma di tenore. Ingolato dalla prima all'ultima nota. Non ha ne il carattere ne la voce per Calaf.
Però, almeno penso, se avesse cantato lui il Don Carlo scaligero, se non altro sarebbe arrivato alla fine con tutta la voce pur grezza; Meli era notevolmente stanco. Certo in Turandot mi era piaciuto di più l'anno scorso a Roma Michael Fabiano, che è più lirico , ora lirico spinto che drammatico, ma non forzava e se ben ho capito rendeva soprattutto la giovinezza del personaggio
This was a criative reading of Turandot, besides some fails, much better than the rubbish reparations of Liu that took over in recent productions of this masterpiece
Totally agree. This sort of preposterous production is what is killing opera. I'd rather go to a concert performance than look at this visual pollution.
Exquisite singing, absurd staging, costumes, and props that detract from the experience, including the constant interruption and annoyance of the descending operating room. I just saw the soprano Radvanovsky in recital yesterday in Atlanta, after which she appeared at a lobby reception. If I had seen this bizarre performance before her recital yesterday, I would’ve waited in line to meet her and ask about the controversy and protests associated with it. The staging spoils the performance.
HONESTLY, what an infuriating production!!! I even defended a clip of 'in questa' on IG saying "now, now, you haven't seen the entire production..." This director has absolutely NO CLUE what they are doing. Sondra is quite possibly one of the best sopranos alive today and they made sure LITERALLY EVERYTHING BUT her voice was the focus. Example- the pp part at the beginning of "in questa'..." The actions of those dressing her are taking away from the moment. The clanging of her costume was louder than the orchestra and singer!! Has the creative team ever seen an opera?! Booooo, boooooo. I hope Sondra is in the hands of a competent director the next time she does this role. We deserve it, she deserves it.
The word Eurotrash comes to mind. I think this is a great role for Radvanovsky, but I understand that she's modifying her vowels quite bit. Also a bit shy at the lower end for technical reasons (like many Turandots nowadays).
This production is truly horrifying. I am uncertain as to the nature of the substances that were consumed by those involved in the creation of this production, but it is evident that their judgment was impaired by the shit it was laced with. While I appreciate the value of modern and innovative stagings, this particular interpretation deviates significantly from the intended essence of the opera. Anyone familiar with the opera's narrative would recognize the incongruity of this approach.
Perchè secondo Lei a parte canto e musica che sforzandoci un po possiamo classificare come passabili, uno spettacolo del genere è ammissibile? Ma si rende conto dello schifo generale, dell’incomprensibile regia, dell’incredibile scenografia con tanto di sala operatoria e dei costumi senza senso?
No sé quien nos hizo el daño de decirle a Yusif Eyvázov que era cantante de ópera. Creo que ni su famosa esposa piense que es una voz decente. Perdonen mi franqueza, pero este cantante es un insulto para los tenores. Para compartir escena con la gran Sondra Radvanovsky existen en este mundo muchos tenores más dignos que Eyvázov, quien siempre suena, con su voz descolocada y sin brillo, como si estuviera enfermo.
I think he has a nice voice that might sound good in musical theater lit, it it’s laughable that someone let him sing these major tenor roles in some of the biggest houses in the world. His agent must be amazing.
Honestly, aside from the artists, this production seems to have bern inspired by Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, It has some very interesting visual moments, I still can't decide if I like it or not...
Non credo di essere "nazionalista", ma è mai possibile che in Italia non ci siamo persone qualificate, in grado di occupare ruoli dirigenziali neanche in campo culturale???!!! Ormai è tutto "colonizzato" ... Mah!!!???
Again? Another self-indulgent, selfish stage direction. The performers deserve better. No matter how splendid the music or the singing, it's all ruined by this strange direction. We don't need these self-satisfying stage directions anymore.
Non amo la mania contemporanea di ambientare le opere fuori dal tempo che i compositori decisero di utilizzare. Purttoppo questo è un escamotage per distogliere l'ascoltatore, soprattutto il neofita o quello occasionale, dalla mancanza di voci adeguate; purtroppo siamo stati abituati, dal vivo od attraverso il disco, a voci strabilianti, in tutti i registri vocali edora dobbiamo accontentarci di voci per lo più insignificanti o gonfiate dalla critica o dalle case discografiche. Anche il mettere l'accento sulle cosiddette "doti interpretative" serve allo stesso scopo . . . e se però ascoltate attentamente tante registrazioni d'annata, forse vi acccorgereste che le cose non stanno proprio così, senza scomodare cantanti-attori del calibro di Pertile, Gobbi, Warren, Di Stefano.; accanto a questi molti altri cantanti "interpretavano" con la voce, pur non accompagnandosi con facce e smorfie esagerate. Per venire a questa Turandot,mi sembra che l'unica che si salvi dal punto di vista vocale sia Turandot; per il resto meglio tacere. Alla fine però devo ammettere che questa regia non mi è dispiaciuta, per il fatto che ambientare quest'opera-favola "fantastica", in un futuro, altrettanto fantastico, che ricorda quello di Burroughs della serie "John Carter di Marte". mi ha affascinato. Ed adesso, da buon retrogrado, torno a godere dei miei Corelli, Callas, Fedora Barbieri, Ghiaurov, Warren ecc. ecc.
Thank you so much for this, but please give us the names of the other singers as well. Turandot is not only Turandont and Calaf !!! (no matter how wonderful they may be). Or am I just a technological dinosaur unable to find the names ?
Just have a look at the beg of the video no big techno at stake here ;) I don't put too much infos in order to avoid being flagged by the algorythms used to detect 'rights issues' and protect the video from being removed
Ma se l'opera e' ambientata in Cina. Questa ricerca dell'originalita' e' ridicola. Puccini, probabilmente, durante la composizione pensava a scenari orientali.
Sondra is wonderful, but the production doesn't make any sense at all. It should be in China, not some weird medieval horror film-like European castle. I don't get it but the music is pretty great even though the tempos seem rather slow to me. Brava Sondra!
La stupidità degli scenografi di oggi è inconcepibile e rovina tutto. Tenore molto nasale. Gli altri cantanti sono accettabili. Peggio ancora, le scene e i costumi sono semplicemente orrendi. Produzione pessima
Ho apprezzato davvero molto la Liù di Rosa Feola. A dir poco sublime nella sua ultima scena (anche se mi sfugge il senso delle scelte registiche, che stravolgono non solo la tradizionale messinscena, ma anche e soprattutto la drammaturgia in sé). La musica di quest’opera è a dir poco magica: penso che il corteo che accompagna Liù dopo il suo suicidio sia uno tra i picchi del genio pucciano, nonché l’ultimo.
Ну и постановка! Пакость! Жаль, что это поставил опять русский режиссёр. Мне стыдно за него и обидно за державу. А певцы, хор и оркестр хорошие. Тем более стыдно. Когда же закончится это издевательство?
gia da questo ingresso e presentazione so gia' cosa aspettera' agli spettatori e noi che ci accingiamo alla visione della prima. nulla di buono. il cartellone va stilato e non farlo in base ai cantanti del momento. dobbiamo asaoltare le opere gia' questi direttori artistici estei non danno la necessaria garanzia di spettacoli tradizionali quello che desideriamo io ascoltero' questa turandot ma non posso essere che in didsavccpodo col metodo di lavoro.
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A real masterpiece! I wondered how amazing was it 😍😍😍
This is a mess. The director says he want to "uncover the characters from the old Chinese cliches"? By making a top heavy impossibly busy and confused production that makes no sense? He says with "a fresh eye"? I think his vision has cataracts. And why is there a medical operating room that comes and goes? Why is Turandot girdled with knightly armor? This is an embarrassing muddle and nothing of what Puccini would have wanted. Please, Dear Director: Remember that people who come to this opera for the first time will have no idea what it's about and it should be the directors job to clarify. I would never want to pay money to witness this. I appreciate it being on UA-cam so at least I know what the world of opera has come to.
I'm a big fan of Sondra Radvanovsky, but no, Turandot is not for her! Her voice is somehow too "small". For Turandot you need a voice like a trumpet, like Gena Dimitrova for example. And I feel very sorry that she had to perform together with this Netrebko-Toyboy! 😂
San Carlo 1 - Don Carlo 0 Vinta la partita dell'intrattenimento a mani basse. Viva Lissner! Fantasia contro noia mortale... Perché essere fedeli a una falsa tradizione quando si può essere portatori di stupore, colore, bellezza? Che bei costumi! Ping pang e pong carinissimi. Rispetto enorme per gli 82 anni di grande imperatore, nella parte come un guanto. Che trionfi l'amore
I wonder if there is a contest among directors to see who can create the greatest travesty of a classic opera..
How about do rapping to Shakespeare.
@@rbd168 I can say that rapping Shakespeare has been done many times and can be a great way to introduce young people to Shakespeare. The aesthetic of this opera I seriously doubt would attract young people. Or older people like me for that matter!
Surely the Spaceship Turandot from Barcelona takes some prize in that contest. Or the one from Brussels with all the hallucinations.
I think we need to have more respect for the opera and its author. The production would be ridiculous if it weren't outrageous.
Thank you for posting the times. It helps not having to watch some of this junk and concentrate in what is worthy.
Bravissima Sondra!
Tenore becero, inascoltabile. Turandot grande, non perfetta ma brava. Spettacolo indecente
Penso lo stesso. L'ho sentito cantare Andrea Chenier alla Scala di Milano e mi sono davvero chiesto come avrebbero potuto assumerlo. Più cattivo.
@@galdunate He is married to Netrebko
INGUARDABILE
ORRENDA
Mai vista una fetenzia così!
Terrible!
I'm confused and I have many, many questions. I thought Turandot took place in a mythical China, not in some random Venetian steampunk fantasy?
48:40 - Signore, ascolta (Liù)
51:40 - Non piangere, Liù (Calaf)
01:22:18 - In questa reggia (Turandot)
01:29:28 - Straniero, ascolta (Turandot)
01:41:02 - No, no principessa altera (high C) (Calaf)
02:07:13 - Nessun dorma (Calaf)
02:22:09 - Tu che di gel sei cinta (Liù)
02:30:54 - Principessa di morte (Calaf)
Thank you.
You know, I wondered whether I was watching a production of Turandot on UA-cam, or I was in a deep sleep having the worst nightmare?
Yeah...I think i will go with the latter.
Shameful staging, I can not even understand it.
I’m so sick of these eurotrash productions. It’s like the directors are deliberately trying to drive people away from opera.
Lol😂😂😂...what on earth makes directors, and editiors to treat so savagely this masterpiece? .
Directors ego and directors will to make the buzz at any cost maybe ?
The moment they walk out the door of a shrink who told theme "I can't help you!"...isn't it awful, how dare they.......
I laughed when the surgeons appeared.
I was there and I am 24 years old only but im a great opera fan and I would love to see the original custome and stage settings at least once. I havent seen many operas live yet but this one sounded pretty good live to me. Maybe Yusif isnt the appropiate tenor for this role. But the rest did a great job. And customes are not too modern in general which makes it better than other modern ones ive seen.
I think you were lucky to be able to listen to Mme Radvanovsky and the Liu was good .... if you want to see the best production I ever saw look at ua-cam.com/video/i61vPvdnDOY/v-deo.html ... the image quality is poor but the Serban production is fantastic and the singers are amazing. ... this one is more banal for staging but still wonderful with great singers ua-cam.com/video/jkPuXzjpL-g/v-deo.html .... enjoy :) and on my channel I will soon put new never published performances of Turandot at somme point (still a questa Regia with the amazing Alesandra Marc is available) ;)
Yes! I saw Sondra now for the second time live as Turandot and its incredible. I guess thats the level the great tenors had back in the day. Wish I could ever listen to someone as good as them. And thanks for the recommendations!
@@Classicvideofan Ive seen both you sent me already. Bonisolli and Carreras were both great but this role is more for Tenors like Bonisolli and Giacomini (they are my two favourite tenors of all time with Pavarotti or course).
Yusif is not the appropriate tenor for any role. Sings awfully.
Turandot is from an old Persian legend, there is no original costumes and setting. It’s a myth.
This is not a celebration for Puccini. It is an insult to his divine Music. Today's opera directors are killing Opera for their disrespect to the originals. What a shame!
Great singing, bewildering production. Deserved boos for the non singers.
De kär ezt a szepseges zenet igy szinpadra ällitani:.. Azt hittem, Puccini emberi sorsokat, eröszakot, äldozatot, szerelmet kivänt megjeleniteni. Ehelyett remtörtenet volt, nem is birtam sokszor nezni. Nem sajnälta senki a muveszeket, az elöado egyuttest? nagyon szomoru, ha igy kell manapsäg feltunni. Lassan a kulsösegek feleslegesse teszik azt a nagy munkät, amit a zeneszek belefektetnek. En is csak azt tudom irni, hogy MIERT?
You are so right ! It's a shame what they did to this opera.....
Thank you for posting this complete performance. Full opera performances mean so much to many of us. You seem to have a wonderful collection. How about posting full performances? Thank you so much Dominique. Merci beaucoup.
I will first post excerps and only after that will I post the complete performances.
Merci quand même…
When Sandra came in to substituted at the last minute in Il Trovatore, 20 ,years ago, she amazed us and she continues to do so , singing everyone off the stage in this somewhat “non traditional” production.
SOMEWHAT nontraditional????
If I understand this correctly, the action is the product of a post accident's coma dream The idea is very interesting, but it takes away the horror of the drama because when all is said and done, logically, Lui doesn't actually die. However, the cast is excellent. Thank you for posting,
On va finir par vider les sallles….avec ces mises en scène débiles…..faut vraiment s’informer avant de réserver une place…cette Turandot est de la provocation et je m’étonne de l’acquiescement des chanteurs …
Les chanteurs n'ont pas le choix dans la pratique ... ils ne connaissent pas les prod quand ils signent leurs engagements des années à l'avance quand il s'agit de nouvelles productions ... et ils ne vont pas se mettre les théatres à dos en refusant une prod parce qu'elle ne leur convient pas ... sauf à passer pour des stras capricieuses qu'on ne réengage pas ... ça fait partie du professionalisme de s'adapter ... et même de jouer je jeu en faisant contre mauvaise fortune bon coeur ... Sondra n'aime pas du tout cette prod d'après mes informations (moi non plus je la trouve détestable) mais je trouve très pro de sa part de jouer le jeu à fond et d'essayer de faire vivre son personnage y compris dans ce capharnaum ... et elle arrive à la rendre émouvate d'ailleurs (ses expressions etc....) j'ai trouvé une chose en particulier intéressante, c'est quand elle pose la troisième énigme et que sa gestuelle essaie de souffler à Calaf la bonne réponse ... voudrait elle inconsciemment qu'il la "prenne" ? serait elle déjà inconsciemment amoureuse de lui ? ... humm ... je me demande si c'est une idée du metteur en scène ou une idée de Sondra ... à part ça je pensais éventuellement faire le voyage pour l'entendre dans ce rôle ... mais j'avoue que le spectacle m'a fait économiser argent et énergie (et le Calaf de Eyvazov y a aussi contribué)
Well the death of Liu wasn't, making Calaf's next line really stupid. Why do directors stupid stuff like this? Read the damn libretto! I'm okay with updating it if it makes sense, but much of this is absolutely BS. The principle singers are good.
Domanda, el coro fa parte del starts war? o parte del carnaval de Río de Janeiro?
I am not sure LLOOLL
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You are right! Can someone answear to this!
Yusuf Eyvasov as far from when I call one of my favorite singers. And I do think his marriage (recently divorce) to Miz Netrebko heading nepotistic effect on enhancing his career. I will say that he looks healthier than he has in the past and he sounds better than I would have expected. Please know that I don’t expect much, but I’m kind of happy for him that he sounds better than he has in the past.
Regia orrida
2:51:45 My favourite part.
Pizzeria Turandiot!
🤌🤌🤌
И это теперь называют оперой? Ужас ужасный! Юзеф вообще ниже плинтуса...
I like Sondra, what a shame though about this production.
Sondra and Feolla are great, but the direction is terrible. The tenor is horrible!!!
I get what they were trying to do, make everything appear otherworldly and all, but it is a bit much...still, I prefer it over minimalism. Also, how amazing to see Martinucci there too
After having watched this, I'm waiting now for a director, who comes forward one day and says: "This singing is interfering with my ideas for the production, we'll leave it out!"😂
What an outrage!!!!!!!
One has to pity the operatic stage director---all his ingenious ideas for staging and costumes have to compete with so much loud music and singing that they hardly get noticed unless he does something outrageous.
Brava Radvanovsky!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
La peggiore regia mai vista di questa opera. Per fortuna il coro i solisti e l'orchestra hanno fatto un lavoro di qualità. Quanti soldi buttati via per una produzione così brutta e "inutile"! La lettura contemporanea non c'è: solo danni enormi alla drammaturgia musicale di un capolavoro. Orrore teatrale assoluto.
Realmente no se entiende como puede cantar este tenor cuyo mayor mérito es ser el esposo de Netrebko...
Terrible!
Sondra said on her podcast that Turandot is easy, especially when compared to her Donizetti roles! Nilsson said something similar, that it was her "vacation role," because it was so short compared to her Wagner roles. In a radio interview here on YT, Sutherland said she could never have sung Turandot onstage because her voice wasn't big enough -- Bonynge promptly said, "absolute rubbish, you could've sung it better than any of them!"
As we all know his judgement about voices was sketchy.
Sutherland’s was a half voice because her lower octave was weak because no chestvoice. Also poor diction and acting skills.
@@draganvidic2039She has chest, just didn’t use it nearly enough. Listen to her Lucrezia Borgia.
I think Turandot isn’t so bad if you have either a large or penetrating voice that has a high tessitura. It’s tough for genuine dramatic sopranos. Nilsson was a dramatic soprano, but she was also a freak of nature.
You got it all wrong.
Nilsson said that compared to the length of the Wagner operas she used to sing, it was a short role; but she also said that Turandot was the only role that made her use all her muscles to deliver the dramatic sound of this role.
Sutherland said that she was scared of the lower notes as she felt that she would be pushing that part of her register, the upper register of Sutherland was very large.
Radvanovsky, superb!!! Eyvasov "OK" and staging/ directing/ costumes etc INFANTILE/ AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dire que Eyvasov e un tenore drammatico... meglio dire che e un dramma di tenore. Ingolato dalla prima all'ultima nota. Non ha ne il carattere ne la voce per Calaf.
Oh, ecco un insegnante di canto.
Però, almeno penso, se avesse cantato lui il Don Carlo scaligero, se non altro sarebbe arrivato alla fine con tutta la voce pur grezza; Meli era notevolmente stanco. Certo in Turandot mi era piaciuto di più l'anno scorso a Roma Michael Fabiano, che è più lirico , ora lirico spinto che drammatico, ma non forzava e se ben ho capito rendeva soprattutto la giovinezza del personaggio
Ive heard him live twice. Not a gorgeous voice but his voice was everywhere and his breath control was amazing.
😂😂😂 you are right....
Verdaderamente una payasada. Y donde estaba Kalaf? Se tomo vacaciones? Splendida Sondra!
This was a criative reading of Turandot, besides some fails, much better than the rubbish reparations of Liu that took over in recent productions of this masterpiece
😢😢😢
liu is great
No wonder we need subtitles.
This production is a travesty, and not worthy of Radvanovsky’s immense talents.
why?
@@Yves_Ka
Watch it again.
I think it looks great
Disrespectful to what this opera is.@@tamerlano
Totally agree. This sort of preposterous production is what is killing opera. I'd rather go to a concert performance than look at this visual pollution.
Exquisite singing, absurd staging, costumes, and props that detract from the experience, including the constant interruption and annoyance of the descending operating room. I just saw the soprano Radvanovsky in recital yesterday in Atlanta, after which she appeared at a lobby reception. If I had seen this bizarre performance before her recital yesterday, I would’ve waited in line to meet her and ask about the controversy and protests associated with it. The staging spoils the performance.
Ridiculous tempo for Act I finale. A mess.
HONESTLY, what an infuriating production!!!
I even defended a clip of 'in questa' on IG saying "now, now, you haven't seen the entire production..."
This director has absolutely NO CLUE what they are doing. Sondra is quite possibly one of the best sopranos alive today and they made sure LITERALLY EVERYTHING BUT her voice was the focus.
Example- the pp part at the beginning of "in questa'..." The actions of those dressing her are taking away from the moment. The clanging of her costume was louder than the orchestra and singer!! Has the creative team ever seen an opera?! Booooo, boooooo.
I hope Sondra is in the hands of a competent director the next time she does this role. We deserve it, she deserves it.
The only good thing about this hideous production is Rosa Feola who sings sensitively.
The word Eurotrash comes to mind.
I think this is a great role for Radvanovsky, but I understand that she's modifying her vowels quite bit. Also a bit shy at the lower end for technical reasons (like many Turandots nowadays).
Perché fanno una produzione così brutta? Sicuramente una bella produzione costerebbe lo stesso.
This production is truly horrifying.
I am uncertain as to the nature of the substances that were consumed by those involved in the creation of this production, but it is evident that their judgment was impaired by the shit it was laced with. While I appreciate the value of modern and innovative stagings, this particular interpretation deviates significantly from the intended essence of the opera. Anyone familiar with the opera's narrative would recognize the incongruity of this approach.
soluzione concettuale e terribile
È straordinario vedere quanti insegnanti di canto scrivono qui! Tutti grandi professionisti!
Perchè secondo Lei a parte canto e musica che sforzandoci un po possiamo classificare come passabili, uno spettacolo del genere è ammissibile? Ma si rende conto dello schifo generale, dell’incomprensibile regia, dell’incredibile scenografia con tanto di sala operatoria e dei costumi senza senso?
Eyvazov giusto alla sagra del coniglio in porchetta può andare a cantare.
Pure Lei... per apprezzare o avere l'opinione bisognerebbe avere diploma? Ma dai...
My Lord, Franco Zefferelli must be turning in his grave. What a stupid production.
and what does Zeff have to do with this? did he compose this?
No sé quien nos hizo el daño de decirle a Yusif Eyvázov que era cantante de ópera. Creo que ni su famosa esposa piense que es una voz decente. Perdonen mi franqueza, pero este cantante es un insulto para los tenores. Para compartir escena con la gran Sondra Radvanovsky existen en este mundo muchos tenores más dignos que Eyvázov, quien siempre suena, con su voz descolocada y sin brillo, como si estuviera enfermo.
Although he has improved!
@@DavidLMorin-ng9kv I shudder to imagine how he used to be
I think he has a nice voice that might sound good in musical theater lit, it it’s laughable that someone let him sing these major tenor roles in some of the biggest houses in the world. His agent must be amazing.
Honestly, aside from the artists, this production seems to have bern inspired by Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, It has some very interesting visual moments, I still can't decide if I like it or not...
Eyvasov é completamente fuori ruolo...lasciamo perdere la regia...
Turandot me gustó.Liu mucho más,Calaf, increíble de malo,la puesta fuera de lugar,es mi opinión,tengo 81 😮😮😮😮😮
Dije que tengo 81 años y no sé escribir bien
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The production certainly was a car crash.
Senza parole...
Sondra is the Best!!!!!!!!!
I agreed 100%… until I heard Asmik sing and act the hell out of this role in Vienna.
Non credo di essere "nazionalista", ma è mai possibile che in Italia non ci siamo persone qualificate, in grado di occupare ruoli dirigenziali neanche in campo culturale???!!!
Ormai è tutto "colonizzato" ...
Mah!!!???
La regia è orribile
2:41:36
Again? Another self-indulgent, selfish stage direction. The performers deserve better. No matter how splendid the music or the singing, it's all ruined by this strange direction. We don't need these self-satisfying stage directions anymore.
Why…
Non amo la mania contemporanea di ambientare le opere fuori dal tempo che i compositori decisero di utilizzare. Purttoppo questo è un escamotage per distogliere l'ascoltatore, soprattutto il neofita o quello occasionale, dalla mancanza di voci adeguate; purtroppo siamo stati abituati, dal vivo od attraverso il disco, a voci strabilianti, in tutti i registri vocali edora dobbiamo accontentarci di voci per lo più insignificanti o gonfiate dalla critica o dalle case discografiche. Anche il mettere l'accento sulle cosiddette "doti interpretative" serve allo stesso scopo . . . e se però ascoltate attentamente tante registrazioni d'annata, forse vi acccorgereste che le cose non stanno proprio così, senza scomodare cantanti-attori del calibro di Pertile, Gobbi, Warren, Di Stefano.; accanto a questi molti altri cantanti "interpretavano" con la voce, pur non accompagnandosi con facce e smorfie esagerate. Per venire a questa Turandot,mi sembra che l'unica che si salvi dal punto di vista vocale sia Turandot; per il resto meglio tacere. Alla fine però devo ammettere che questa regia non mi è dispiaciuta, per il fatto che ambientare quest'opera-favola "fantastica", in un futuro, altrettanto fantastico, che ricorda quello di Burroughs della serie "John Carter di Marte". mi ha affascinato.
Ed adesso, da buon retrogrado, torno a godere dei miei Corelli, Callas, Fedora Barbieri, Ghiaurov, Warren ecc. ecc.
Thank you so much for this, but please give us the names of the other singers as well. Turandot is not only Turandont and Calaf !!! (no matter how wonderful they may be). Or am I just a technological dinosaur unable to find the names ?
Just have a look at the beg of the video no big techno at stake here ;) I don't put too much infos in order to avoid being flagged by the algorythms used to detect 'rights issues' and protect the video from being removed
Thanks a bunch !@@Classicvideofan
All the singers' names appear at the end of the video.
there’s something called an Internet search engine
Ma se l'opera e' ambientata in Cina. Questa ricerca dell'originalita' e' ridicola. Puccini, probabilmente, durante la composizione pensava a scenari orientali.
Il resto......
Sondra is wonderful, but the production doesn't make any sense at all. It should be in China, not some weird medieval horror film-like European castle. I don't get it but the music is pretty great even though the tempos seem rather slow to me. Brava Sondra!
Horrible produccion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And who is conducting??
She shouldn't have sing this. He shouldn't sing at all. The production is a nightmare and that's the best part of it.
Belle voci, ma, la messa scena è un orrore!
Alas,with a strange tenor !!!!!!!!!!
二段階姫カットってそういうのじゃなくない！？😂
Il teatro più bello del mondo
With Palais Garnier in Paris IMHO ;)
Eine Schande dass ein so schöner Theater wie San Carlo für diese hässliche Inszenierung missbraucht wird....
Il teatro più bello del mondo... e lo spettacolo più brutto dell'anno.
Yes! And don't forget Meda. Sondra is truly the most exciting soprano on today's opera stage.
1:26:00
Qué poronga!
La stupidità degli scenografi di oggi è inconcepibile e rovina tutto. Tenore molto nasale. Gli altri cantanti sono accettabili. Peggio ancora, le scene e i costumi sono semplicemente orrendi. Produzione pessima
Ho apprezzato davvero molto la Liù di Rosa Feola. A dir poco sublime nella sua ultima scena (anche se mi sfugge il senso delle scelte registiche, che stravolgono non solo la tradizionale messinscena, ma anche e soprattutto la drammaturgia in sé). La musica di quest’opera è a dir poco magica: penso che il corteo che accompagna Liù dopo il suo suicidio sia uno tra i picchi del genio pucciano, nonché l’ultimo.
Am impressed with Sondra here (even though obviously miked up), thank you! (Calaf, alas, is dreadful.)
Ну и постановка! Пакость! Жаль, что это поставил опять русский режиссёр. Мне стыдно за него и обидно за державу. А певцы, хор и оркестр хорошие. Тем более стыдно. Когда же закончится это издевательство?
It' s really very ugly .....poor singers...
За державу обидно? Фарисейство. Про Бучу, Изюм думайте. А про искусство "державникам" лучше забыть. Недостойны.
Wonderful!!! Thank you, Vasili Barkhatov!
A joy to watch and listen to this great opera many thanks.
gia da questo ingresso e presentazione so gia' cosa aspettera' agli spettatori e noi che ci accingiamo alla visione della prima. nulla di buono. il cartellone va stilato e non farlo in base ai cantanti del momento. dobbiamo asaoltare le opere gia' questi direttori artistici estei non danno la necessaria garanzia di spettacoli tradizionali quello che desideriamo io ascoltero' questa turandot ma non posso essere che in didsavccpodo col metodo di lavoro.
A real masterpiece! I wondered how amazing was it 😍😍😍
No, it was not amazing.
Great performance! So fresh! Absolutely new approach to the familiar story. Thank you!
This a shame not a good performance. All this has nothing to do with Puccini’s Turandot.
Personalmente avevo visto una regia ambientata negli inferi fatta mooolto meglio di questa, ma non ritrovo il video
This is a mess. The director says he want to "uncover the characters from the old Chinese cliches"? By making a top heavy impossibly busy and confused production that makes no sense? He says with "a fresh eye"? I think his vision has cataracts.
And why is there a medical operating room that comes and goes? Why is Turandot girdled with knightly armor? This is an embarrassing muddle and nothing of what Puccini would have wanted.
Please, Dear Director: Remember that people who come to this opera for the first time will have no idea what it's about and it should be the directors job to clarify.
I would never want to pay money to witness this.
I appreciate it being on UA-cam so at least I know what the world of opera has come to.
Мой питух поет вырозительнее
Great Radvanovsky but ugly production.
I'm a big fan of Sondra Radvanovsky, but no, Turandot is not for her! Her voice is somehow too "small". For Turandot you need a voice like a trumpet, like Gena Dimitrova for example. And I feel very sorry that she had to perform together with this Netrebko-Toyboy! 😂
What a great performance! Thank you for sharing, had such a strong emotional response. These masks and costumes add the flavor to the music and voices
Are you serious?
San Carlo 1 - Don Carlo 0
Vinta la partita dell'intrattenimento a mani basse. Viva Lissner! Fantasia contro noia mortale... Perché essere fedeli a una falsa tradizione quando si può essere portatori di stupore, colore, bellezza? Che bei costumi! Ping pang e pong carinissimi. Rispetto enorme per gli 82 anni di grande imperatore, nella parte come un guanto. Che trionfi l'amore
What??!
Non so come fa a dire certe cose
Mi spiace ma le forse non conosce Turandot. E comunque questa non lo era.