GIACOMO PUCCINI

Turandot

Live Recording From The Salzburger Festspiele, 2002

Turandot - Gabriele Schnaut

Timur - Paata Burchuladze

Calaf - Johan Botha

Liù - Cristina Gallardo-Domâs

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Tölzer Knabenchor

Wiener Philharmoniker / Valery Gergiev

Directed by DAVID POUNTNEY

Set Design by JOHAN ENGELS

Costume Design by MARIE-JEANNE LECCA

Puccini’s last opera “Turandot” stands out from the rest of his works. In the fairytale based upon Gozzi’s motif, the composer blends exoticism with psychology in a way that can not be imitated when telling the story of the men-hating Chinese princess who eventually finds love. In his music, Puccini also succeeds in merging foreign fl air with Italian melodramma while still staying tuned to his own unique musical language.

In his production for the Salzburger Festspiele, David Pountney tries to give an account of the dominant feeling in Puccini’s time: the fear of being alienated by mechanisation and totalitarianism. Both Turandot’s salvation and the happiness in the closing scene are also reflected in the release of the other characters from the system in which they had to live. This gives rise to a new hope of a humane society.

The opera is staged using Luciano Berio’s completion of Act III. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is masterly conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Sound Format: PCM STEREO,

DD 5.0, DTS 5.0

DVD Format: DVD 9, NTSC

Picture Format: 16:9

Running Time: 125 mins & 16 mins (Bonus)

FSK: 12

Subtitle Languages: GB, DE, FR, ES, IT, CN

Region Code: 0

Arthaus Musik DVD 107094