Callas' deathless 'In questa Reggia' has been posted many times before but not from a remastering as clear as this. If you like Maria Callas, you can get this superb 3 CD set for around a mere A$30.00. It's almost as if she were recording today. The previous grating distortions in her higher registers caused by the limitations of earlier recording technology are gone.
Puccini - Turandot - In questa Reggia (Act II) Maria Callas; Tullio Serafin: Philharmonia Orchestra. From The New Sound of Maria Callas, Warners, 2014/16.
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Turandot In questa reggia, or son mill'anni e mille, un grido disperato risonò. E quel grido, traverso stirpe e stirpe qui nell'anima mia si rifugiò! Principessa Lou-Ling, ava dolce e serena che regnavi nel tuo cupo silenzio in gioia pura, e sfidasti inflessibile e sicura l'aspro dominio, oggi rivivi in me!
La folla Fu quando il Re dei Tartari le sette sue bandiere dispiegò.
Turandot Pure nel tempo che ciascun ricorda, fu sgomento e terrore e rombo d'armi. Il regno vinto! E Lou-Ling, la mia ava, trascinata da un uomo come te, come te straniero, là nella notte atroce dove si spense la sua fresca voce!
La folla Da secoli ella dorme nella sua tomba enorme.
Turandot O Principi, che a lunghe carovane d'ogni parte del mondo qui venite a gettar la vostra sorte, io vendico su voi, su voi quella purezza, quel grido e quella morte! Mai nessun m'avrà! L'orror di che l'uccise vivo nel cuor mi sta! No, no! Mai nessun m'avrà! Ah, rinasce in me l'orgoglio di tanta purità! Straniero! Non tentar la fortuna! Gli enigmi sono tre, la morte è una!
Calaf No, no! Gli enigmi sono tre, una è la vita!
La folla Al Principe straniero offri la prova ardita, o Turandot! Turandot!
English Libretto or Translation:
Turandot In this palace, I am a thousand years and a thousand, a desperate cry sounded. And that cry, transverse lineage and lineage here in my soul he took refuge! Princess Lou-Ling, sweet and serene ava who reigned in your dark silence in pure joy, and you challenged inflexible and sure the harsh dominion, today you live in me!
The crowd It was when the King of the Tartars the seven of his flags unfolded.
Turandot Even in the time each one remembers, it was dismay and terror and roar of arms. The kingdom won! And Lou-Ling, my ava, dragged by a man like you, like you a stranger, there in the atrocious night where his fresh voice went out!
The crowd For centuries she has been sleeping in her huge grave.
Turandot O Principles, that to long caravans you come from all over the world to throw your fate, I avenge on you, on you that purity, that cry and that death! No one will ever have me! The horror of that killed him alive in my heart is mine! No, no! No one will ever have me! Ah, the pride of so much purity is reborn in me! Foreigner! Do not try your luck! The enigmas are three, death is one!
Calaf No, no! The enigmas are three, one is life!
The crowd To the foreign Prince you offer bold proof, or Turandot! Turandot!
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