[Met Performance] CID:100440



Turandot
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, December 1, 1928 Matinee





Turandot (21)
Giacomo Puccini | Giuseppe Adami/Renato Simoni
Turandot
Maria Jeritza

Calàf
Frederick Jagel

Liù
Martha Attwood

Timur
Pavel Ludikar

Ping
Mario Basiola

Pang
Angelo Badà

Pong
Alfio Tedesco

Emperor Altoum
Max Altglass

Mandarin
George Cehanovsky

Maid
Mildred Parisette

Maid
Dorothea Flexer


Conductor
Tullio Serafin







Review 1:

Review of Leonard Liebling in the American

JAGEL SCORES AS SUCCESSOR IN VOLPI ROLE

First Appearance of American Tenor in 'Turandot' Wins Him Applause at Opera House

Replacing the usual Lauri-Volpi as the successful riddle-guessing tenor in "Turandot," Frederick Jagel assumed the role at the Metropolitan Opera House yesterday afternoon.

The American singer pitched his vocalization a few degrees below the intensity of his Italian predecessor, but nevertheless put convincing fervor into his tones and won the warm applause of his hearers. Jagel looked a romantic figure and acted every whit to his appearance. He was particularly effective in the second and third acts when the high register of his measures were negotiated with brilliancy and the necessary endurance.

Maria Jeritza was in excellent form and managed her many exacting passages with less of the sharp edge than has marked some of her previous appearances as the sanguinary princess who delights in the murder of her unsuccessful suitors.

As always, the Jeritza histrionics yesterday were picturesque and pulsing. Mario Basiola assumed the role of Ping, ordinarily taken by De Luca, and gave a good account of it in his smooth singing, and his keen sense of comedy. Martha Attwood was a suave-voiced and temperamental Liu, the slave girl.

Tullio Serafin conducted the glittering and somewhat blatant score with its meager simulation of Chinese musical atmosphere.



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