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Opera Matinee: Arlecchino and Turandot

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Two operas by Busonl, written to be performed as a double bill and linked by their common commedia deU'arte ancestry. Sung in German. Presented by Clive Bennett.
Arlecchino
A scintillating anti-opera lampooning war, human nature, religion and operatic convention.
2.05 Turandot
A Chinese fable after Gozzi in two acts, in a style completely different from Puccini's version of the same story.
Lyon Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Kent Nagano. ascs

Contributors

Presented By:
Clive Bennett.
Arlecchino:
Ernst Theo Richter (bass)
Ser Matteo del Sarto:
Thomas Mohr (bass)
Dr Bombasto:
Philippe Huttenlocher (bar)
Abbate:
Wolfgang Holzmair (bar)
Leandro:
Stefan Dahlberg (tenor)
Colombina:
Susanne Mentzer (mezzo)
Turandot:
Mechthild Gessendorf (sop)
Altoum:
Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Kalaf:
Stefan Dahlberg (tenor)
Truffaldino:
Markus Schafer (tenor)
Pantalone:
Michael Kraus (bar)
Tartaglia:
Wolfgang Holzmair (bar)
Barak:
Falk Struckmann (bass)
Adelma:
Gabriele Sima (sop)
Queen Mother:
Anne-Marie Rodde (sop)
Source: Radio Times

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