@@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!
@@rbd168 that's how you know someone is racist when they point to rap music as being somehow "inferior" to opera. Let's be honest with ourselves for a minute and consider how rap music stems from West Africa and the African American communities in the United States. No, art can be interpreted in many ways and this is just a continuation of an opera in a different interpretation.
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)
@@galdunate the only good thing in this recording is Radvanovki´s Turandot. I was luckyenough to hear her sing In questa Reggia in a recital. I´d say she is the greatest Turandot since Nisson
LOOOOOOOOOL venetian steampunk COULD just become a thing 🤪 watching this as a chinese I don`t disagree, at least its a funny new take, sometimes visual romanticisation about ancient china can be annoying. Those were dark times with loads of famines and cruelty. I always like to think how puccini sits with a glass-o-redwine in heaven and laughs out loud seeing these interpretations
This is one of the most authentic productions of Turandot that I have ever witnessed. Not only is the singing inspired and technically flawless, this innovative production, which is built on the very simple conceit of a fairy tale, brings Puccini's most important artistic statements to life in a very compelling manner. BRAVO to all involved.
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!
You know, I wondered whether I was watching a production of Turandot on TH-cam, or I was in a deep sleep having the worst nightmare? Yeah...I think i will go with the latter.
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
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.
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)
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.
@@Classicvideofan art can be interpreted in many ways. Given enough time (think at least hundreds and thousands of years), you'll see that the original vision for this opera will be different but not forgotten.
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 th-cam.com/video/i61vPvdnDOY/w-d-xo.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 th-cam.com/video/jkPuXzjpL-g/w-d-xo.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).
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
No, I did not get that all wrong! If you look up any interview or memoir, Nilsson definitely called it her “vacation role,” albeit it was dangerous if you didn’t have the proper technique. As for Sutherland, she didn’t elaborate on it much, but the interview is right here on YT. I’ll try to find the link.@@Wotan123456789
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.
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!"😂
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.
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.
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.
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
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).
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.
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!!!???
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.
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?
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?
Ma se l'opera e' ambientata in Cina. Questa ricerca dell'originalita' e' ridicola. Puccini, probabilmente, durante la composizione pensava a scenari orientali.
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.
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
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
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
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...
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.
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!
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.
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 TH-cam so at least I know what the world of opera has come to.
There are 2 recordings of Callas in Turandot (one studio and one live I believe from 1949) ... so maybe you don't like it, but still she sung the role :)
@@Classicvideofan I never said she didn't sing the role. She was never great at it as mentioned in the caption above. I can even go as far to say maybe Turandot is one of her poorest performances ever. Same for Leontyne Price,, who is my GOAT, her Turandot recoring was shockingly so bad.
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! 😂
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.
@@rbd168 that's how you know someone is racist when they point to rap music as being somehow "inferior" to opera. Let's be honest with ourselves for a minute and consider how rap music stems from West Africa and the African American communities in the United States.
No, art can be interpreted in many ways and this is just a continuation of an opera in a different interpretation.
I’m so sick of these eurotrash productions. It’s like the directors are deliberately trying to drive people away from opera.
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.
INGUARDABILE
ORRENDA
Mai vista una fetenzia così!
Terrible!
I think we need to have more respect for the opera and its author. The production would be ridiculous if it weren't outrageous.
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
@@galdunate the only good thing in this recording is Radvanovki´s Turandot. I was luckyenough to hear her sing In questa Reggia in a recital. I´d say she is the greatest Turandot since Nisson
Thank you for posting the times. It helps not having to watch some of this junk and concentrate in what is worthy.
Bravissima Sondra!
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?
LOOOOOOOOOL venetian steampunk COULD just become a thing 🤪 watching this as a chinese I don`t disagree, at least its a funny new take, sometimes visual romanticisation about ancient china can be annoying. Those were dark times with loads of famines and cruelty. I always like to think how puccini sits with a glass-o-redwine in heaven and laughs out loud seeing these interpretations
This is one of the most authentic productions of Turandot that I have ever witnessed. Not only is the singing inspired and technically flawless, this innovative production, which is built on the very simple conceit of a fairy tale, brings Puccini's most important artistic statements to life in a very compelling manner. BRAVO to all involved.
Shameful staging, I can not even understand it.
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!
You know, I wondered whether I was watching a production of Turandot on TH-cam, or I was in a deep sleep having the worst nightmare?
Yeah...I think i will go with the latter.
Domanda, el coro fa parte del starts war? o parte del carnaval de Río de Janeiro?
I am not sure LLOOLL
furcsa , de most mar minden ilyen nyakatekert
You are right! Can someone answear to this!
Pizzeria Turandiot!
🤌🤌🤌
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....
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.....
Merci quand même…
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.
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)
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.
И это теперь называют оперой? Ужас ужасный! Юзеф вообще ниже плинтуса...
I laughed when the surgeons appeared.
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.......
@@Classicvideofan art can be interpreted in many ways. Given enough time (think at least hundreds and thousands of years), you'll see that the original vision for this opera will be different but not forgotten.
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 th-cam.com/video/i61vPvdnDOY/w-d-xo.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 th-cam.com/video/jkPuXzjpL-g/w-d-xo.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 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.
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????
Regia orrida
Great singing, bewildering production. Deserved boos for the non singers.
Brava Radvanovsky!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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,
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.
2:51:45 My favourite part.
Radvanovsky, superb!!! Eyvasov "OK" and staging/ directing/ costumes etc INFANTILE/ AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
What an outrage!!!!!!!
soluzione concettuale e terribile
I like Sondra, what a shame though about this production.
Sondra and Feolla are great, but the direction is terrible. The tenor is horrible!!!
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.
No, I did not get that all wrong! If you look up any interview or memoir, Nilsson definitely called it her “vacation role,” albeit it was dangerous if you didn’t have the proper technique. As for Sutherland, she didn’t elaborate on it much, but the interview is right here on YT. I’ll try to find the link.@@Wotan123456789
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.
Eyvazov is the possessor of a singularly ugly voice! To boot, some of his high notes were flat and others sharp.
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!"😂
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.
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
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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.
Perché fanno una produzione così brutta? Sicuramente una bella produzione costerebbe lo stesso.
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?
Realmente no se entiende como puede cantar este tenor cuyo mayor mérito es ser el esposo de Netrebko...
Terrible!
La regia è orribile
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.
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
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).
Senza parole...
No wonder we need subtitles.
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.
Ridiculous tempo for Act I finale. A mess.
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!!!???
Alas,with a strange tenor !!!!!!!!!!
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 production certainly was a car crash.
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...
1:40:58 Why does ge ignore the score??
Is'nt it just a mistake ?
@Classicvideofan it may be to show off. It's a very important part to make a mistake on it. But I don't know
Verdaderamente una payasada. Y donde estaba Kalaf? Se tomo vacaciones? Splendida Sondra!
Belle voci, ma, la messa scena è un orrore!
Qué poronga!
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.
Ma se l'opera e' ambientata in Cina. Questa ricerca dell'originalita' e' ridicola. Puccini, probabilmente, durante la composizione pensava a scenari orientali.
😢😢😢
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.
liu is great
Why…
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
And who is conducting??
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
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
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.
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...
Wonderful!!! Thank you, Vasili Barkhatov!
Horrible produccion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2:41:36
Yes! And don't forget Meda. Sondra is truly the most exciting soprano on today's opera stage.
Sondra is the Best!!!!!!!!!
I agreed 100%… until I heard Asmik sing and act the hell out of this role in Vienna.
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.
A joy to watch and listen to this great opera many thanks.
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.
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.
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!
1:26:00
二段階姫カットってそういうのじゃなくない！？😂
Personalmente avevo visto una regia ambientata negli inferi fatta mooolto meglio di questa, ma non ritrovo il video
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.
Am impressed with Sondra here (even though obviously miked up), thank you! (Calaf, alas, is dreadful.)
A real masterpiece! I wondered how amazing was it 😍😍😍
No, it was not amazing.
No production can surpass the level of nonsense this production has. No disrespect to the singers and the silent cast.
INteresting that other viewers think it is a great production ... event though they are a minority :))
@@Classicvideofan Yeah very few.
My God. What an insulting rendition. I wonder how the singers feel. Can’t they just protest?
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 TH-cam so at least I know what the world of opera has come to.
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?
Mise en scène ,costumes et décors complètement nuls. Dommage, les chanteurs son excellents.
Great Radvanovsky but ugly production.
'Sondra is the greatest Turandot since Callas' What do you mean? Callas has never been a great Turandot, not even a good one.
There are 2 recordings of Callas in Turandot (one studio and one live I believe from 1949) ... so maybe you don't like it, but still she sung the role :)
@@Classicvideofan I never said she didn't sing the role. She was never great at it as mentioned in the caption above. I can even go as far to say maybe Turandot is one of her poorest performances ever. Same for Leontyne Price,, who is my GOAT, her Turandot recoring was shockingly so bad.
@@Classicvideofan there's only the studio recording. I believe the live recording was robbed
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! 😂