RARE! Franco Corelli: Turandot 1974 Dress rehearsal excerpts [PRIVATE TAPE]

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All we know about this recording is what you see in the first couple of seconds of the video:
These excerpts from the dress rehearsal of Turandot at the Met in September 1974 were found on an old cassette tape. The tape contained a compilation of private recordings of Corelli's performances, but the rest of the cassette contained already known material.

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot - dress rehearsal
September, 1974, New York

conductor: Alberto Erede

Il principe ignoto (Calaf) - Franco Corelli
La principessa Turandot - Elinor Ross
Timur - James Morris
Liù - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Ping - Robert Goodloe
Pang - Andrea Velis
Pong - Charles Anthony

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Timestamps:

00:00 Non piangere, Liù
04:03 No, no, principessa altera
06:16 Nessun dorma

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