Complete
Recordings
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Turandot - Gina Cigna Calaf - Francesco Merli Liù - Magda Olivero Timur - Luciano Neroni Ping - Afro Poli Pang - Gino del Signore Pong - Adelio Zagonari Altoum - Armando Giannotti Mandarin - Giuseppe Bravura EIAR Symphony Orchestra, Turin Franco Ghione
Turandot - Maria Cebotari Calaf - Carl Hauß Liù - Trude Eipperle Timur - Georg Hann Ping - Fritz Harlan Pang - Werner Schupp Pong - Robert Kiefer Altoum - Mandarin - Heinrich Holzlin Orchester des Reichssenders Stuttgart Joseph Keilberth
1953 - Remington
Turandot - Gertrude Grob-Prandl Calaf - Antonio Spruzzola-Zola Liù - Renata Ferrari-Ongara Timur - Norman Scott Ping - Marcello Rossi Pang - Mariano Caruso Pong - A. Rossi Altoum - Angelo Mercuriali Chorus and Orchestra of La Fenice, Venice Franco Capuana
1955 - Decca/London
Turandot - Inge Borkh Calaf - Mario del Monaco Liù - Renata Tebaldi Timur - Nicola Zaccaria Ping - Fernando Corena Pang - Mario Carlin Pong - Renato Ercolani Altoum - Gaetano Fanelli Mandarin - Ezio Giordano Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Alberto Erede
1957 - EMI/Angel
Turandot - Maria Callas Calaf - Eugenio Fernandi Liù - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Timur - Nicola Zaccaria Ping - Mario Borriello Pang - Renato Ercolani Pong - Piero de Palma Altoum - Giuseppe Nessi Mandarin - Giulio Mauri Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan Tullio Serafin
1958 (7 February) - Cetra
Turandot - Birgit Nillson Calaf - Giuseppe di Stefano Liù - Rosanna Carteri Timur - Giuseppe Modesti Ping - Renato Capecchi Pang - Piero de Palma Pong - Mario Ferrara Altoum - Angelo Mercuriali Mandarin - Lorenzo Testi Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan Antonino Votto
1959 - RCA/BMG
Turandot - Birgit Nilsson Calaf - Jussi Bjoerling Liù - Renata Tebaldi Timur - Giorgio Tozzi Ping - Mario Sereni Pang - Piero de Palma Pong - Tommaso Frascati Altoum - Alessio De Paolis Mandarin - Leonardo Monreale Chorus and Orchestra of the Rome Opera Erich Leinsdorf
1961 (4 March) - Metropolitan Opera
Turandot - Birgit Nillson Calaf - Franco Corelli Liù - Anna Moffo Timur - Bonaldo Giaiotti Ping - Frank Guarrera Pang - Robert Nagy Pong - Charles Anthony Altoum - Alessio De Paolis Mandarin - Calvin Marsh Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera Leopold Stokowski
1961 (22 June) - Vienna
Turandot - Birgit Nilsson Calaf - Giuseppe di Stefano Liù - Leontyne Price Timur - Nicola Zaccaria Ping - Kostas Paskalis Pang - Murray Dickie Pong - Ermanno Lorenzi Altoum - Peter Klein Mandarin - Alois Pernerstorfer Vienna State Opera Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
1964 (12 July)
Turandot - Birgit Nillson Calaf - Franco Corelli Liù - Galina Vishnevskaya Timur - Nicola Zaccaria Ping - Renato Capecchi Pang - Franco Ricciardi Pong - Piero de Palma Altoum - Angelo Mercuriali Mandarin - Virgilio Carbonari Chorus and Orchestra of La Scalan, Milan Gianandrea Gavazzeni
1964 (7 December)
Turandot - Birgit Nillson Calaf - Franco Corelli Liù - Galina Vishnevskaya Timur - Nicola Zaccaria Ping - Renato Capecchi Pang - Franco Ricciardi Pong - Piero de Palma Altoum - Angelo Mercuriali Mandarin - Virgilio Carbonari Chorus and Orchestra of La Scalan, Milan Gianandrea Gavazzeni
1965 - EMI/Angel
Turandot - Birgit Nillson Calaf - Franco Corelli Liù - Renata Scotto Timur - Bonaldo Giaiotti Ping - Guido Mazzini Pang - Franco Ricciardi Pong - Piero de Palma Altoum - Angelo Mercuriali Mandarin - Giuseppe Morresi Chorus and Orchestra of the Rome Opera Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
1966 (3 December) - Metropolitan Opera
Turandot - Birgit Nillson Calaf - Franco Corelli Liù - Mirella Freni Timur - Bonaldo Giaiotti Ping - Theodor Uppman Pang - Robert Nagy Pong - Charles Anthony Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera Zubin Mehta
1970 - VOX
Turandot - Maria Slatinaru Calaf - Ludovic Spiess Liù - Teodora Lucaciu Timur - Nicolae Florei Ping - Octav Enigarescu Pang - Valentin Teodorian Pong - Corneliu Finateanu Altoum - George Mircea Mandarin - Dionisie Konya Chorus and Orchestra of the Romanian Radio-Television Carol Litvin
1972 - Decca/London
Turandot - Joan Sutherland Calaf - Luciano Pavarotti Liù - Montserrat Caballé Timur - Nicolai Ghiaurov Ping - Tom Krause Pang - Pier Francesco Poli Pong - Piero de Palma Altoum - Peter Pears Mandarin - Sabin Markov John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta
1977 - EMI/Angel
Turandot - Montserrat Caballé Calaf - José Carreras Liù - Mirella Freni Timur - Paul Plishka Ping - Vicente Sardinero Pang - Remy Corazza Pong - Ricardo Cassinelli Altoum - Michel Sénéchal Mandarin - Eduard Tumageanian Chorus of the Rhine Opera, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra Alain Lombard
1977 (4 November) - San Francisco
Turandot - Montserrat Caballé Calaf - Luciano Pavarotti Liù - Leona Mitchell Timur - Giorgio Tozzi Ping - Dale Duesing Pang - Remy Corazza Pong - Joseph Frank Altoum - Raymond Manton Mandarin - Aldo Bramante Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera Riccardo Chailly
1981 - Deutsche Grammophon
Turandot - Katia Ricciarelli Calaf - Plácido Domingo Liù - Barbara Hendricks Timur - Ruggero Raimondi Ping - Gottfried Hornik Pang - Francisco Araiza Pong - Heinz Zednik Altoum - Piero de Palma Mandarin - Siegmund Nimsgern Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan
1983 - Verona
Turandot - Ghena Dimitrova Calaf - Nicola Martinucci Liù - Cecilia Gasdia Timur - Giampaolo Corradi Ping - Graziano Polidori Pang - Pier Francesco Poli Pong - Antonio Bevacqua Altoum - Mandarin - Chorus and Orchestra of the Arena di Verona Maurizio Arena
1983 - CBS/SONY
Turandot - Eva Marton Calaf - José Carreras Liù - Katia Ricciarelli Timur - John Paul Bogart Ping - Robert Kerns Pang - Helmut Wildhaber Pong - Heinz Zednik Altoum - Waldemar Kmentt Mandarin - Kurt Rydl Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera Lorin Maazel
1985 (26 February)
Turandot - Ghena Dimitrova Calaf - Damian Damianov Liù - Rumiana Bareva Timur - Nikolai Stoilov Ping - Pang - Pong - Altoum - Mandarin - Bulgarian National Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra of Sophia Boris Hinchev
1989
Turandot - Ghena Dimitrova Calaf - Nicola Martinucci Liù - Cecilia Gasdia Timur - Roberto Scandiuzzi Ping - Giancarlo Ceccarini Pang - Tullio Pane Pong - Piero de Palma Altoum - Angelo Casertano Mandarin - Alfredo Giacomotti Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale, Genoa Daniel Oren
1992 - RCA
Turandot - Eva Marton Calaf - Ben Heppner Liù - Margaret Price Timur - Jan-Hendrik Rootering Ping - Bruno de Simone Pang - Robert Swensen Pong - Ulrich Hess Munich Radio Orchestra Roberto Abbado
1998 -
Turandot - Francesca Patanè Calaf - Wolfgang Schmidt Liù - Fiamma Izzo d'Amico Timur - Nicolai Ghiuselev Ping - Pang - Pong - Opera in Ahoy Chorus, Württemburg Philharmonic Orchestra Roberto Paternostro
1998 - Forbidden City
Turandot - Giovanna Casolla Calaf - Sergei Larin Liù - Barbara Frittoli Timur - Carlo Colombara Ping - Pang - Pong - Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra Zubin Mehta
1937 - EMI
Turandot - Eva Turner Calaf - Giovanni Martinelli Liù - Mafalda Favero/Licia Albanese Timur - Giulio Tomei (or Tomey) Altoum - Octave Dua Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden John Barbirolli
Alfano I (the original ending)
1985 New York
Turandot - Linda Kelm Calaf - Jon Fredric West Christopher Keene
1990 Decca/London
Turandot - Josephine Barstow Calaf - Lando Bartolini Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera John Mauceri
"Del primo pianto" Alfano I (the original ending)
Sung in German ("Die ersten Tränen")
Lotte Lehmann
Anne Roselle
1958 - TV
Turandot - Lucille Udovick (Udovich) Calaf - Franco Corelli Liù - Mattioli Timur - Plinio Clabassi Fernando Previtali
1969
Turandot - Birgit Nilsson Calaf - Liù - Timur -
1983 - Verona - 2 hr 35 min - colour
Turandot - Ghena Dimitrova Calaf - Nicola Martinucci Liù - Cecilia Gasdia Timur - Ivo Vinco Ping - Graziano Polidori Pang - Pier Francesco Poli Pong - Antonio Bevacqua Altoum - Gianfranco Manganotti Mandarin - Orazio Mori Chorus and Orchestra of the Arena di Verona Maurizio Arena
1983 - Vienna - 2 hr 18 min - colour
Turandot - Eva Marton Calaf - José Carreras Liù - Katia Ricciarelli Timur - John Paul Bogart Ping - Robert Kerns Pang - Helmut Wildhaber Pong - Heinz Zednik Altoum - Waldemar Kmentt Mandarin - Kurt Rydl Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera Lorin Maazel
1988 - Metropolitan Opera - 2 hr 14 min - colour
Turandot - Eva Marton Calaf - Plácido Domingo Liù - Leona Mitchell Timur - Paul Plishka Ping - Allan Glassman Pang - Anthony Laciura Pong - Arthur Thompson Altoum - Hugues Cuénod Mandarin - Brian Schexnayder Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera James Levine
1994? - San Francisco - 2 hr 3 min - colour
Turandot - Eva Marton Calaf - Michael Sylvester Liù - Lucia Mazzaria Timur - Kevin Langan Theodore Baerg, Dennis Peterson, Craig Estep, Joseph Frank, Chester Patton Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera Donald Runnicles
1998 - Forbidden City
Turandot - Giovanna Casolla Calaf - Sergei Larin Liù - Barbara Frittoli Timur - Carlo Colombara Ping - José Fardilha Pang - Francesco Piccoli Pong - Carlo Allemano Altoum - Aldo Bottion Mandarin - Vittorio Vitelli Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra Zubin Mehta