Opera Explained: Puccini - Turandot (Smillie) - CD

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An Introduction to... PUCCINI Turandot

 

1. Introducting Turandot

00:02:28

 

2. Opera in the 1800s

00:05:43

 

3. Puccini's background

00:02:50

 

4. Puccini's tenor arias

00:03:03

 

5. Background and plot

00:03:56

 

6. The opening: Peking

00:03:46

 

7. Enter Liu, Timur, Calaf and the executioners

00:06:49

 

8. Attempts to dissuade Calaf

00:05:20

 

9. Act II, Scene 1 (Ping, Pang and Pong)

00:04:22

 

10. Into the Riddle Scene (Act II, Scene 2)

00:05:17

 

11. Turandot

00:07:33

 

12. The three riddles

00:06:09

 

13. Turandot and Calaf: Act II Finale

00:04:06

 

14. Act III, Scene 1: Calaf

00:04:35

 

15. The death of Liu

00:05:55

 

16. Calaf's defrosting of the Ice Princess

00:07:02