“TURANDOT”
OPERA PRODUCED IN MILAN PUCCINI’S LAST WORK. Reuter’s Telegram. (Received April 26, 11.5 p.m.) MILAN, April 25. There was an historic occasion at La Scala on the first presentation of the late Giacomo Puccini’s unfinished opera “Turandot,” conducted by Signor Toscanini. The audience •in the famous opera house included the elite of Italian society. The production was most impressive. Australian anrt N /. tlabjr As-u*-j),rioti (Received April 26, 9.10 p.m.) MILAN, April 26. The late Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot,” produced here, .provided an astonishing spectacle and a feast of colour. There was a brilliant cast, but the music is only important at the end of the characteristic third act, when the action ceases to be fantastic and becomes intensely human in character. The bteautiful, cruel Princess Turandot did not appeal to Puccini’s genius like the slave girl Liu, who is a creation resembling Mimi. The opera was successfully completed by Alfano, but the conclusion was aot played on the opening night.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12431, 27 April 1926, Page 7
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