PUCCINI: TURANDOT on DECCA SXL 2078-80: 3 LP Box: WB Ed1: TEBALDI / DEL MONACO

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PUCCINI: TURANDOT on DECCA SXL 2078-80: 3 LP Box: WB Ed1: TEBALDI / DEL MONACO

Offered is, Puccini, Turandot: Borkh, Tebaldi, Del Monaco- on Decca label SXL 2078-9-80. This is the 3 disc box set, wideband 1st Edition ("Original Recording by.." at 10 o'clock).

THE VINYL:

   SIDE 1:  EX : 1E Stamper.

   SIDE 2:  EX : 2E Stamper.

   SIDE 3:  EX : 1E Stamper.

   SIDE 4:  EX : 2E Stamper.

   SIDE 5:  EX : 2E Stamper.

   SIDE 6:  EX+ : 3D Stamper.

THE BOX:  VG : moderate edgewear; some peeling plastic at the top of the front cover; front cover box edges are split; 2 back cover stains; bright front cover colour; libretto is EX+; original inner sleeves.

Our friends at Wikipedia provide this information about Puccini's composition:

"Turandot (UK /'tj??r.?n.d?t/ or US /'t?r.?n.d??t/; Italian pronunciation: [turan'd?t]) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.

"Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot by Carlo Gozzi. The original story is based on the epic Turan-Dokht from the book Haft-Peykar, work of 12th-century Persian poet Nizami. The opera's story is set in China and involves Prince Calàf, who falls in love with the cold Princess Turandot. To obtain permission to marry her, a suitor has to solve three riddles; any wrong answer results in death. Calàf passes the test, but Turandot still refuses to marry him. He offers her a way out: if she is able to learn his name before dawn the next day, then at daybreak he will die.

"The opera was unfinished at the time of Puccini's death in 1924, and was completed by Franco Alfano in 1926. The first performance was held at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 25 April 1926 and conducted by Arturo Toscanini. This performance included only Puccini's music and not Alfano's additions. The first performance of the opera as completed by Alfano was the following night, 26 April, although it is disputed whether this was conducted by Toscanini again or by Ettore Panizza."

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RECORD GRADING DESCRIPTION:

THIS RECORD IS SIGHT-GRADED ONLY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT, ACCORDING TO THESE DEFINITIONS:

SEALED: RECORD IS WRAPPED IN PLASTIC & UNOPENED.

NM-: RECORD HAS LITTLE OR NO INDICATION THAT IT HAS BEEN PLAYED.

EX: MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE (LIGHT SCRATCHING/PAPER SCUFFS), BUT IN ALL A RECORD THAT HAS BEEN WELL-CARED FOR.

VG+: LESS CARE THAN EX, LIGHT SCRATCHING OR SCUFFING IS MORE EXTENSIVE. STILL VERY PLAYABLE & WILL LIKELY PROVIDE A QUALITY SOUND.

VG & BELOW: WHILE PLAYABLE, THIS RECORD HAS BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK. OBVIOUS SIGNS OF WEAR & SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE IN A LOW GRADE.  A RECORD GRADED BELOW VG MAY HAVE A VALUE BASED UPON ITS RARITY OR UNIQUENESS.

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