Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, posthumously completed by Franco Alfano in 1926, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.
"Nessun dorma" is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto, who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. Any man who wishes to wed Turandot must first answer her three riddles; if he fails, he will be beheaded. In the aria, Calaf expresses his triumphant assurance that he will win the princess.
Michael Lane Sylvester, is an American operatic lyric-spinto tenor. In the course of his 25-year career on the opera stage, he appeared in leading tenor roles at many of the world's opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, La Fenice, the Paris Opera, and London's Royal Opera House. He retired from performing in May 2001 and now teaches voice.
"In questa reggia" is an aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. The text is based on Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play Turandot by Carlo Gozzi. The aria takes place in scene two of the second act, and is sung mostly by the Princess Turandot (soprano), but with a reply from Calaf (tenor), which is a key point of the opera.
Nicola Martinucci is an Italian opera singer, particularly noted for his performances in the spinto tenor of roles Calaf in Turandot, Radamès in Aida, and the title role in Andrea Chénier.
Kamen Tchanev / Kamen Chanev is a Bulgarian tenor.
Roy Cornelius Smith is an American operatic tenor, from Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
Éva Marton is a Hungarian dramatic soprano, particularly known for her operatic portrayals of Puccini's Turandot and Tosca, and Wagnerian roles.
Francesco Merli was an Italian opera singer, particularly associated with heavy roles such as Otello, Canio and Calaf. He ranks as one of the finest dramatic tenors of the inter-war period.
"Tu che di gel sei cinta" is a soprano aria from act 3, scene 1, of Puccini's 1926 opera Turandot. It is sung by Liù under torture, prior to her suicide.
Rosario La Spina is an Australian operatic tenor who has had an active international career since the early 2000s. He has worked with many leading opera houses and orchestras, singing under such conductors as Renato Palumbo, Bruno Bartoletti, Gary Bertini, Daniele Callegari and Richard Hickox. Since 2005, he has been particularly active with Opera Australia.
Franco Lo Giudice was an Italian tenor who had a successful international opera career during the first half of the twentieth century. He was an important exponent of the works of Riccardo Zandonai, notably starring in the world premieres of his operas I cavalieri di Ekebù (1925) and Giuliano (1928). His voice is preserved on a number of recordings made with the HMV, Parlophone, and Pathé record labels. Music critic Alan Blyth described him as a "fiery, strong tenor" who "excelled in verismo parts."
Oksana Dyka, also rendered as Dika, is a Ukrainian operatic soprano.
Turandot at the Forbidden City was a 1998 live production of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou.
Riccardo Massi is an Italian operatic tenor who has performed at the prestigious Italian theaters Giuseppe Verdi Theatre and La Scala. He became known for his role as Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca, which he performed in autumn of 2011 at the Bavarian State Opera and performed again at the Berlin Opera Theatre in November of that year. His United States debut was in February 2012 as Radames in Aida at the Metropolitan Opera following by another summer performance that year. In the autumn of 2012, he sang in Il trovatore staged by the Canadian Opera in Toronto and in February 2013 sang Calaf in Turandot produced by the Royal Swedish Opera. He also became known for his performance as Don Alvaro in La forza del destino at the Australian Opera and the same year sang in another Aida production, this time at the Michigan Opera Theatre. From 2013 to 2014 he performed at the Royal Opera House and as Cavaradossi at the Liceu in Barcelona. Later on, he returned to Royal Swedish Opera where he sang the title role in Andrea Chenier and then Radames at the Houston Grand Opera. At the Opernhaus Zurich, he sang Calaf in December 2015. He sang Calaf again at the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara, Mexico in November/December 2018.
Anita Hartig is a Romanian operatic soprano.
Mikhail Agafonov is a Russian tenor singer who was born in Moscow and was a graduate of Lunatscharsky Academy for Performing Arts.
Elisabeth Carron, was an American operatic soprano from Newark, New Jersey, who had an active international career from the 1940s through the 1980s. In 1954 she portrayed the Young Woman in the world premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street. From 1988 to 1996 she taught on the voice faculty at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.
Stefano La Colla is an Italian tenor who has given recitals and performed in opera internationally.
