[Met Performance] CID:187760
Turandot {35} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/8/1961.
(Review)
Metropolitan Opera House
April 8, 1961
TURANDOT {35}
Turandot................Birgit Nilsson
Caląf...................Franco Corelli
Lił.....................Licia Albanese
Timur...................Bonaldo Giaiotti
Ping....................Frank Guarrera
Pang....................Robert Nagy
Pong....................Charles Anthony
Emperor Altoum..........Alessio De Paolis
Mandarin................George Cehanovsky
Prince of Persia........Edilio Ferraro
Servant.................Thomas Russell
Servant.................Craig Crosson
Servant.................Robert Bishop
Executioner.............Wally Adams
Executioner.............William Burdick
Executioner.............Hubert Farrington
Conductor...............Leopold Stokowski
Review signed R. E. in The New York Times
LICIA ALBANESE AS LIŁ
Sings 'Turandot' Role at 'Met' for Only Time This Season
Licia Albanese's sole appearance this season as Lił in the new production of "Turandot" at the Metropolitan Opera House was made on Saturday night. It was a memorable performance, almost a capstone in the soprano's long and honorable career here.
Her Lił was not so much pathetic, as the character generally appears, as it was genuinely tragic, because of the intensity and conviction with which she sang and acted. The music lay well for the voice, and Miss Albanese sang with fullness of tone and searing phrases.
Sharing honors with Miss Albanese in the cast were Birgit Nilsson, in the title role; Franco Corelli, as Calaf; Frank Guarrera, Robert Nagy and Charles Anthony, as Ping, Pang and Pong; Alessio De Paolis, as the Emperor, and George Cehanovsky, as the Mandarin. Leopold Stokowski conducted.