Turandot-Final scene

[nocturnumlilith]

Fantastic !!!!!!! So beautiful !

[Phoxus]

Phantom Regiment is going to rock this.

[minimi836]

epic 

[veeerooniicaaa]

Beautiful

[zlim751]

SUTA

[TheStinta]

thumbs up if you're just here so you can study Phantom Regiment's next show! SUTA! :)

[KH2fanatic2010]

SUTA

[baghend]

Yes- stunning- almost as much as the vid being cut off in the last few notes- criminal!

-Bill

[baghend]

@baghend sorry! this comment was meant for another vid- this one is brilliant.

-Bill

[ElmarBischof]

Once ... I will see it live. Once at least.

[URLy2Rise]

A great production, though all that fluttering and dashing about is distracting--rather Busby Berkeley--a tribute, perhaps?

[GerryGuyCorpsGuy]

I can already hear mello's euph's contra's and trumpets. SUTA

[mendy328]

One word. SUTA!

[Bestill4610]

Let the Phantom Regiment invasion begin.

[jpgarrett93]

Phantom Regiment 2012... Oh yeah.

[EverestDec]

Phantom...it's going to be incredible.

[mikespeed20082]

Prepare to be dominated by DCI fans...

[FCO0710]

so thats where nessun dorma comes from! awesome

[robertdamico1]

Fantastic!

[veeerooniicaaa]

Muy lindo

[veeerooniicaaa]

Muy lindo

[Superbonnuit]

so weird watching 'attempted' asian costume and dance with classical european music lolol

[anyardsroad]

Looks like the Men's department at Macy's

[Li8052]

Beautiful!

[hppy6]

i was in 5th grade when i got introduced to this play when it was mentioned in A Begonia for Mrs. Applebaum. i have been in love ever since

[1989Doido1989]

Puccini é exagerado e deselegante. Impressionante esse ardor pelo exagero e pela ostentação gratuita, seja na instrumentação, seja nas árias. E Turandot está mais para um desfile de escola de samba do que para uma ópera clássica.

[Li8052]

@1989Doido1989 Essa cena final nem foi escrita por Puccini. É exuberante e bela como uma escola de samba! Cada arte com sua beleza.

[puritanpro1]

@Li8052 e mesmo! encantada! Gosto de "exuberante" -

[Rhautz]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

A SHOW! BEAUTIFUL!!

VIDEO SHOW!!!

GREAT HUG!

[crespogod09]

I am a 16 year old boy who lives in Atlanta, GA... all of my friends listen to the radio and the day-to-day pop and hip-hop singles that overshadow the world of wonderful operas like Turandot and such talented singers as Pavarotti. But I can say with all of the confidence I have that this is TRULY the most beautiful music in the world!

[ralfjacobs]

@crespogod09 seriously your age is not important to music you listen to what you like and that you like this doesnt make you better than the people who listen to a radio.

i expected that people from all ages like this music.

what im saying is that you shouldnt/need to put your age in there to get a thumbs up on your comment.

[crespogod09]

@ralfjacobs i actually wasn't looking for a thumbs up, I was just expressing my appreciation for the music. but thanks anyway..

[stephenhkent]

@crespogod09 bravo to you for loving the music that moves and inspires you! i remember seeing this production on tv on the bbc in england 20 yrs ago as a young man and it introduced me to opera. the singing and acting of eva marton as turandot is staggering.

[JanaSklibova]

@crespogod09 Well, well, very nice. However, I am so tired by all of these kids writing their age all around youtube. It does not make you "cool" that you listen to opera and you are "only" 16. It's bothering.

[kleinkeske]

@crespogod09 i also was in my teens when I discovered the opera, and now at 38, still hooked. There is absolutely nothing wrong with appreciating a wonderfull form of art as opera is....

When you can apperciate music like this, you will find out that you will start listnening to all other music in different perspective.

[chohashi]

Young man, I fully support you! Stick to your tastes, that's my advice.

[sccadu]

@crespogod09 This music is timeless, I am 61, and I have loved it since I was 9 and saw Fantasia. It has been 52 years of finding new joy and beauty to this day. I know that I will not get to it all, but the joy is in the trying.

[shetaz905]

@crespogod09 I am so happy for you.  Opera is my great love in life!

[MSam2]

...OMG!

[lucentex]

questa scena mi mette i brividi !!! troppo bella !!!

[pliniojuniore]

Grazie, maestro mio. Thank you, my master. Grazie Giacomo.

[dommebn]

I just came back from the opera and the goosebumbs wouldn't stop when this scene came.

[BufonCuantico]

El Rey de la opera !!

[joaquindalessio]

1.04 - 2.06: Top five in the history of music.

Long live Puccini!

Long live Turandot!

Long live classical music!

[NoodlesSF]

What amazing an set!

[Beaulechat]

Quelle splendeur! .. Ravissant!

[TheLalaloney]

turandot is actually 19

[11jOrDiE11]

this is the music that brings tears to your eyes and makes you think, gee, what a beautiful world we live in!

[paulfesta]

Rest in peace Hugues Cuenod (Emperor), who died on Dec. 3rd, 2010, at the age of 108. He was nearly 85 at this performance, his Met debut.

[18gianni79]

@paulfesta

108! Unbelievable! Rest in Peace.

[Snowfilly21]

FAAAAAABBUUULLLOOUUUUSSSS

[lucasbastos10]

OMG, I FINALLY FOUND THIS MASTERPIECE I LOOKED FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE!

BRILLIANT, BLOODY BRILLIANT!

*claps*

[SandrineSoprano]

Grand setting, and costumes. Brilliant.

[miuzefreak]

you go EVA! LOL

[SirGlennGould]

What an amazing stage !

[TheGunsIOW]

STUNNING!

[merdekaataumati1949]

His name is...... LOVE!

[Ticket4Me]

@merdekaataumati1949 Yes! Isn't it wonderful :)

[MissUndercoverful]

:-)))

[cantanteporsiempre]

Shit, and the poor Liu in hell for comitting suicide.

[AngeLs490779]

impresionante al igual que su presentación en 1989!!

[Bonsais3]

Barvo, Plácido Domingo!

[Christinasvenska]

This is the scene that made me fall in love with opera!!! This music reaches to the depths of the soul......brava!!!! Encore!

[morex92]

penso sia la più grande opera. Turandot, è stata una rompic..... ma alla fine trionfa il bene e l'amore.

[Alanofskis]

Magnifica!!!!

[wcheebh]

bravo

[juanlot]

BRILLANTE!



[AmericanEvita]

I've always loved traditional looking opera, not the bizarre, crazy post-modern futuristic crap that they do today. Opera settings are clearly indicated by their composers to a specific time and place. Puccini set Turandot to ancient China and should have a folk lore-ish legendary China type of feel and look. Zefferelli did a fantastic job of making this very authentic to the Puccini setting. He would be so proud

[rumpwrestler]

@AmericanEvita No, this production is exhausting particularly with mediocre singers. And god knows, with the public just LOOKING at this gigantic set and thousands of people milling around, no on LISTENS to the facdt that one tenor is loud and flat, the soprano lead wobbles..... With my last MET Turandot, I swore I'd never go back!

[veronajune2010]

We saw the whole thing in Verona opening night 18/06/2010 it was out of this world. We were in the arena FANTASTIC.

[Shanniquitie]

HIS NAME IS LOVE!

[DivideByeZero]

We saw this production at the MET and were just floored!

Brilliant, to say the least.

[rumpwrestler]

@DivideByeZero Well you ought to live in NYC and see it ONLY because of special singers... This production becomes appallingly vulgar.

[Jaydoggy531]

@rumpwrestler

I see nothing vulgar in this production. I see nothing wrong with the "challenging" productions, or bare sets and even regietheater. But I see absolutely nothing wrong with using today's modern technologies and budgets for elaborate and traditional settings like this. I fail to see anything wrong with a stage meant to look like the composer's dream. The music does provide a lot for us to pain the picture, but I see no vulgarity in the set. It matches it all. It's quite tasteful.

[firelotus117]

Omg I saw the whole opera two days ago on abc... Or was it a different station.... I don't really remember, but it was pretty cool. They even added English subtitles and interviews with the cast! Really great opera and a good story too... Thanks for postin

[SMDBC]

@firelotus117 It was probably PBS, they put on shows from the MET all the time.

[TheLotusdragonfly]

Where did you get the HD recording? The MET player doesn't give subscribers access to this performance. I would like to be able to listen to the whole opera, too.

[Jaydoggy531]

@TheLotusdragonfly

This particular performance is available on DVD

[Utilero20]

Beautiful performance. I do not know Italian, but I can still understand the meaning of their words thanks to their emotions and the musical score.

My two young daughters love this part. A true fairytale ending. Does anyone know where I can purchase a copy of this exact performance? Amazon lists one with Placido Domingo which is dated 1988. Thanks and cheers!!!

[Operaman41]

Turandot is supposed to guess the unknown prince's name or he will give up his head for her and she says at the end is name is LOVE!!

[Johandern]

She really was but the prince courage make her fall in love with hem, so at the end she doesn't reveal Calaf's name instead she said that his name is "amore" Love...

[grandmagrumpy]

I always thought Turandot was a spoiled brat!

[belcunto]

@grandmagrumpy yup, i agree, she's just a tease with a chip on her shoulder who won't let foreign men poke her.

[paulaw58]

@belcunto I'm not so sure any more. I think perhaps she is someone who will lose all control over her life if she marries, and she is only willing to do that when she has evidence that the man is willing to allow her at least some control over him.

[gurlsingerfan]

@grandmagrumpy Probably true, but how many men have foolishly fallen for pretty spoiled brats...? :-)

[sccadu]

@gurlsingerfan Most of us dear! LOL

[cremonaspinto]

my favorite opera (L)

o sole o vita !!!

[suskistube]

Visto a Verona, quasi 20 anni fa... Che notte!

[ElisabettaVS]

That is the way Turandot needs to look like: very colourful and traditional, not modern!

[rumpwrestler]

@ElisabettaVS I've seent his MET show about five times and it only wears well for those without any imagination. Traditional TURANDOTS, that silly story, are fun but ONLY WITH GREAT SINGERS, and at the last one at the MET, I just walked out. Ofcourse with most Zeffirelli shows, casts of thousands, one looks on the stage for the soloists.... it's tricky since there so much going on and it is all so trival to the plot.

[ElisabettaVS]

@rumpwrestler First of all: I wasn't talking about the cast, but about the production, which in my understanding includes the staging and everything, which I like very much!

Besides that, I think that it is very easy for you to say some people don't have any imagination if they prefer traditional productions, but that is not true! Some people simply like to dream when seeing an opera, sometimes I also prefer to be intellectually challenged (not only by the music) -> by the production.

[3parsifal]

@ElisabettaVS

Well, I like this Zeffirelli/Levine-production too and I have the dvd, but I was also very impressed by the dutch (more modern) production of Pierre Audi/Yannick Nézet-Séguin with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in Amsterdam.

[annamaureen]

I saw this at movie theaters - the Fathom Events Live in HD - it was great. Obviously I liked it enough to come look it up on YouTube! I love everyone singing at the end, it's beautiful.

[pgomez23]

The Best stage performance, nicely done , great opera.

I was proud to be part of it when i was eleven years old, in the chikdren Choir, i used to be in the Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires in 1971.

[xxAngieAssassinxx]

I saw it live in HD, im 11, usallyy kids would think this is boring,

But i actully liked it;

:D

[pychoshow]

i like the orchestra im 14 but i have know idea what there saying there

[xxAngieAssassinxx]

Ikr,

but i went in the live HD thing

It had subtitles;

WOOT! xD

[pvssymaster]

They're saying that they are glad they are at the end, because Puccini really tortures the singer's with difficult singing throughout. Especially Turandot, with much of her middle voice sitting high up as well as having to sing in lower registers. All with a big voice. And of course, that famous flowing Puccini melodic line with his most advanced and modern writing of any of his operas.

[themurkar]

"I know the prince's name.....his name is love!"

[SickForest]

The Final Act is where she ( Turandot) will say the name of the prince (which is Calaf, son of Timur) but she say "Il suo nome è ...Amor" (his name is... Love) and then all the people sings of joy: Oh, Sun!, Life!, Eternity!; Light of the World and Love!; Smile & sing under the Sun, our infinity happiness! Glory to you! Glory to you! Glory! (sorry my english, I did the best I could)

[lamsalgado]

@SickForest Great effort for the benefit of us all!!!! Congratulations and many many thanks !

[ksol1460]

pychoshow - To find out what they're saying type these words into a search engine: Puccini Turandot English libretto. It should be on operatoday d0t c0m.

[AntinousIsGod1]

Oh version of the operas have English subtitles.

[rlaclark]

P.S. It seems that the problem with the feed was experienced by everyone watching all over the world. Unfortunate to be sure, but it did not mar the beauty of the performance for me.

[alouette93]

Saw this Saturday and loved it. The feed kept cutting out though, which made me sad. Luckily it didn't have any problems during "Nessun Dorma"!

[Polylolz]

saw turandot too, lol at NYC Broadway theater

[greenstboy]

I saw the HD telecast live from the Met yesterday and it was spectacular in every respect: Dramatic and lyrical music, excellent story, extravagant scenery and costumes, inspired orchestration and a superb cast, especially the 2 sopranos. Rightfully a contender for Puccini's best operal. A favorite for true opera lovers.

[haroof]

Wasn't it awesome, greens??

I saw it out here in Los Angeles. Did your theater have any video/audio hiccups?

It was a bit overcast here in the morning and our satellite feed suffered because of it.

Still amazing though.

[rlaclark]

Hmm... do you mean in the original cast (Marton, Domingo) or in the recent HD broadcast (Guleghina, Giordani)? Of these four, I only have reservations about Girodani, who did quite a fine job vocally. He was very stiff, however, next to Guleghina, whose acting (and singing) was incredible. IMHO, of course.

[rlaclark]

Well, no, I guess not. I thought she was vocally right on the money, as did the people I was with, one of whom is a voice professor. But then, different strokes...

[marconis]

I saw it live at the Met yesterday. It has a great tenor aria and a few arias by the slave girl are very good. The hero, anti-heroine and story are really flawed. Impossible to relate to this guy or his final bride. Madame Butterfly is leaps and bounds better. Even if fairy-tale, it could present characters with real psychology. The crowd liked the spectacle and a few arias were good.

[rlaclark]

Well, you can get psychological realism in opera, but if that's what you want, Turandot is not your best choice. I saw this cast both at the Met and in the HD broadcast. It is spectacular in all respects. One aspect often overshadowed is the importance of the 'minor' characters. Ping, Pang and Pong were excellent, esp. Ping, sung by Joshua Hopkins. He was fantastic. And 80-year-old veteran Charles Anthony as the emperor. Wow.

[roiluangprabang]

truly magnificent today, I saw it live in HD. The highest form of human creation with our voices.

[tziviker]

You know..we're always saying about videos by bands, even great ones that they are wonderful, great etc....

But true greatness, true art, free of any compromises resides only in here - within authors like Puccini, Verdi, Wagner, Beethoven, Mozart etc.

[Adirondaque]

Just cried my eyes out....

[alecmanccini1]

Non c'è niente come questo Giamcomo ringrazio e vi è grande!

[nestersg]

The most beautiful thing I have ever scene

[sexlomein]

*seen

[jorgealbertobaron]

GRAN OPERA

[ussaim75]

maravillozzzzo

[ozanshred]

<3

seen turandot friday in verona

[permea]

stage director: franco zeffirelli

orch. dir. james levine (of course!)

[parsifal3142]

Turandot having won, by knowing his name, grants the Prince life. This mirrors Act 2 when the Prince answered all 3 riddles correctly but then offered the Princess his life. The Prince wants Turandot to marry him willingly by knowing his real name which is not 'Calaf', but 'love'.

On the other hand, Turandot might have felt her biological clock ticked.

[dorn3n]

read the script ;)

[livvyxo]

what exactly is occuring here? what made Turandot change her mind ?

[ValEnkeli]

Love ^^

[asollen86]

What a fantastic Opera. I got to perform in Turandots opera chorus in Dayton OH, and fell in love with this opera... definatly Puccini's masterpiece!

[Clizbe]

It's a shame Puccini didn't get to finish it. Alfano's ending isn't tragic enough to be what Puccini intended.

Ah well, at least it's pretty.

[Lureboy]

Hmmm... I really don't believe that P had prepared a tragic ending. The music he penned before "he put down his pen" is just asking for a happy ending - and yeah! - I know my opera ;)

[Lureboy]

Not the best production, but way above average :) Turandot is the most underrated of P's operas, but it's nevertheless the most complete! Franco Alfano finished it in his master's way.

[wasp082]

Maraviloso

[AaronCaldera]

Padre Augusto... Conosco il nome dello straniero. Il suo nome e Amor!!!!

How beautiful... I always cry with this scene!!!!!

:D

[vaiavantisempre]

bellissimo

[bookkeeper57]

Ice goddess keeps her promise, having had a chance to know Calaf better. He

told her his name at sunrise, and she told him to come with her before the people. She says "father, I have learned the stranger's name. His name is love".

Super romantic.

[Operaman41]

Man could you just burst out and CRY!!! Man that ending is so Amazing!!

But when the Hell is the Met going to get rid of those wobbling soprano's?!

[Lureboy]

I feel exactly the same way, sir. To me, even though the finale is "arranged" by Franco Alfano, is P's final master piece! I used to travel the world to catch every possible staging of this opera. (And I'm younger than you ;)

[Operaman41]

Dallas Opera did the original that had been found that wassupposedly Puccini's org and it was horrible not any majesty like this ending

[Lureboy]

I believe you :)

[ululanio]

"His name is...love!" Beautiful....

[CrystalFlames]

Beautiful!

And I love the Nessun Dorma bit they put in (I wonder what Puccini really had in mind?).

[angelmanrobi]

Il suo nome...é amOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOr:) Fantastic!!!

[Doriangrey00]

La representación de ópera mas bella jamás realizada.

[polloloco26]

oh my could you have a bigger vibrato in the choir D:

[onsa0304]

Today the Met choir sounds far better. LIsten for example from the new DVD of Tan DUn´s First Emperor. In This vibrato is quite terrible, shame. Soloists are wonderful!

[Jaydoggy531]

Yeesh, those sopranos in the chorus are just wailing. Still, probably the most beautiful stage set I have EVER seen for ANY opera.