An introduction to-- Puccini : Turandot

Resource Information

The work An introduction to-- Puccini : Turandot represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-Kansas City Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.

Label

An introduction to-- Puccini : Turandot

Title remainder

Turandot

Statement of responsibility

written by Thomson Smillie

Title variation

• Puccini, Turandot
• Turandot

Creator

• Smillie, Thomson

Contributor

• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
• Timson, David

Narrator

• Timson, David

Subject

• Operas -- Analysis, appreciation
• Operas -- Excerpts
• Operas -- Stories, plots, etc
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
• Stories, plots, etc
• Streaming audio
• Electronic audio files

Genre

• Stories, plots, etc
• Excerpts
• Electronic audio files
• Streaming audio

Language

• eng
• ita
• eng

Summary

This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of the major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form. Puccini's swansong has a claim to being the last great popular opera. Its melodies have enchanted audiences since its posthumous premiere in 1926, two years after Puccini's death. It involves a chilling story of love and cruelty, an intriguing cast of characters against the exotic backdrop of Imperial China, magnificent choruses and ensembles, and dazzling orchestration in an exotic score that comprises a string of remarkable arias -- among which the great tenor aria 'Nessun dorma' is the jewel. It is more than Puccini's last opera: it is the last word, in every sense, on Italian opera

Member of

• Opera explained
• Naxos Music Library

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Additional physical form

Also available as compact disc; previously issued as Naxos 8.558157.

Cataloging source

NAXOS

Dewey number

782.1

Form of composition

• operas
• not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Language note

Narrated in English; opera excerpts sung in Italian

LC call number

MT100.P83

LC item number

S65 2007ab

Literary text for sound recordings

other

Music parts

not applicable

PerformerNote

Unidentified performers ; David Timson, narrator

Series statement

Opera explained

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable