Puccini: Turandot
Katia Ricciarelli, Piero de Palma, Ruggero Raimondi, Plácido Domingo, Barbara Hendricks, Gottfried Hornik, Heinz Zednik, Francisco Araiza, Siegmund Nimsgern
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Sängerknaben & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Ricciarelli is a far more vulnerable figure than one expects of the icy princess, and the very fact that the part strains her beyond reasonable vocal limits adds to the dramatic point, even...
Puccini: Turandot
Katia Ricciarelli, Piero de Palma, Ruggero Raimondi, Plácido Domingo, Barbara Hendricks, Gottfried Hornik, Heinz Zednik, Francisco Araiza, Siegmund Nimsgern
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Sängerknaben & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Ricciarelli is a far more vulnerable figure than one expects of the icy princess, and the very fact that the part strains her beyond reasonable vocal limits adds to the dramatic point, even...
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- Siegmund Nimsgern (bass), Roberto Benaglio (chorus master), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Gottfried Hornik (bass), Francisco Araiza (tenor), Piero de Palma (tenor), Katia Ricciarelli (soprano)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Sängerknaben
- Herbert von Karajan
- Recorded: 1981-05-11
- Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien
Awards and reviews
2010 edition
Ricciarelli is a far more vulnerable figure than one expects of the icy princess, and the very fact that the part strains her beyond reasonable vocal limits adds to the dramatic point, even if it subtracts from the musical joys. By contrast, Placido Domingo is vocally superb, a commanding prince