Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Exoticism - Episode 4

Presented by Penny Gore. The programme focuses on Puccini's Turandot, set in China, a work Puccini did not live to complete. Although the libretto was handed to another composer to complete, this performance is of the original incomplete opera, using Puccini's music only. Puccini: Turandot Princess Turandot ...... Giovanna Casolla (soprano) Timur ...... Marco Spotti (bass) Calaf ...... Antonello Palombi (tenor) Emperor Altoum ...... Aldo Bottion (tenor) Liu ...... Norah Amsellem (soprano) Ping ...... Giorgio Caoduro (baritone) Pang ...... Aldo Orsolini (tenor) Pong ...... Stefano Pisani (tenor) A Mandarin ...... Andrea Porta (baritone) San Carlo Theatre Chorus and orchestra Pinchas Steinberg (conductor) Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.