Turandot: A Summary & Analysis

A Turandot video essay/project by Garrett Walsh and Nova Mahaffey for MUSI 1306, Understanding Music, taught by Prof. Jonathan Palant, at the University of Texas at Dallas. The clips for the video were taken from the 1998 performance in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. Link to the video: • Video
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[@SoFallsWichitaFalls]

Debussy is the impressionist, Stravinsky is the contemporary.

[@mistermornevanderberg]

TOO-RAHN-DOT! A-EEH-DAH! ...argh I give up

[@Atemourisan]

Catchy right? I can't help but sing along lol

[@mistermornevanderberg]

@@Atemourisan actually I am commenting on the TERRIBLE pronunciation ...and btw it is pronounced "Zjakomo Poocheenee"

[@stephenfleschler9682]

And Aida pronunciation, Sour Angelica, yuk. Probably an A.I. narrator, very common nowadays.

[@jajr4838]

By far the best analysis i've seen on this platform

[@garrettwalsh9673]

Thank you so much!

[@stephenfleschler9682]

Turandot is much like a Verdi opera. Yes, other than Liu, this is unlike Puccini's other operas. This is a fairy tale rather than a tale of emotional conflicts.

[@johnhall999]

Happy ending he says. Not for the poor poor girl in love with a selfish man wanting a royal evil woman..

[@preggioperson]

An easy to listen to presentation. Thank you.

[@ChChristoff]

great job!

[@bobr3984]

Bravo, you did a fantastic job

[@Sally10268]

Wooowwww!!! Thank you!

[@mangiafrani]

Who is this narrator? She can't pronounce the names of the operas. Why select a spokesman who knows nothing about opera.

[@yasminedey8612]

Exactly! She's just reading off the information.... it's a shame!

[@supernastja_art]

are you gyus deaf or what?

[@user-uc6rv8sc7x]

La Bomehe !!!!!! ?????

[@Bjoerling1]

The pronunciation throughout this essay is atrocious.

[@elkeellis756]

How can you speak about opera when you cannot even pronounce their names? WOW!!! :(

[@honestview]

Just came back from the Arena Di Verona TURANDOT viewing: Although the spectacle is grand the story is TERRIBLE! Of course it is open for interpretation, but the Opera clearly highlights the toxic relationship between Princess Turanot and Price Calaf as a positive and noble conclusion to the story.... which it clearly is not. The egoistical price marries an idealistic wrench which never changes despite "falling in love" with her oppressor/concuror. And I'm not even going to mention how the price walks over the dead body of the woman who truly loved him...

[@honestview]

There is no deep meaning, nor emotional nor spiritual connection, so there is nothing to connect with... It's a shallow story about obtaining that which you don't truly want. The price loves a tyrant, and that murdering princess shows no signs of change other than a surface "first fancy" (it's not love) and thus there are no morals, or rather all the wrong morals. This story is a disgrace and should not be considered a masterpiece. it's a shame it was made into such a beautiful play.

[@Jim73]

omg, can she sound more bored?

[@scott5966]

Terrible pronunciations of names

[@luccek47]

Good summary and analysis , but , please ,please , learn to pronounce correctly Italian names .

[@Oscuros]

How can you mangle la boheme as "la bomeh". Delivery is slurred and lacks basic pronunciation. I've heard la boheme said out loud lots of times and never like that. 02:38 I presume you meant calumny and not columney, whatever that is. Out, learn to read and speak in English.

[@thomasbauer2621]

You might want to learn to pronounce names and titles accurately.

[@gabrielurrutiabaritono]

Mi análisis de Turandot: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2iXdqKugs6kppI

[@stardresser1]

Yikes. Pronunciation ruins this for me.

[@Porn05Mouth]

This is excruciating to listen to. The phones-in vocal fry, the butchered pronunciation, the misinformation…. Well done. It couldn’t have been more painful if you tried. 😂