A Chinese fable after Gozzi
Text and music by Ferruccio Busoni
(Full performance in German recorded in Hamburg by the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk)
Characters:
Altoum, Emperor of China
Turandot, his daughter
Adelma, her confidante
Kalaf, an unknown prince
Barak, a retainer of Kalaf's court
The Queen Mother of Samarkand
Truffaldino, chief Eunuch
Pantalone and Tartaglia, ministers
Eight wise men
The executioner
NWDR Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Jarnach
The action takes place in legendary times in Pekin
Act 1