SCN2003 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Splendid portrayal. Jones is my top choice for this role.

dannymaestro (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is good, but that is, with Turandot, that it´s almost always the same singer who next week will sing Brynnhilde or Elektra and I believe that´s kind of wrong. Ms. Jones does it very good. Her natural B and high c misses the vibrato, it´s simply to high for her to use full voice. But I like it very much. The best Turandot after Nilsson.

Royalorgans (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Birgit Nilsson is the Best Turandot out of her and Gwyneth Jones

operamagnus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Very few, but Nilsson immediately comes to mind.

daffodilnyc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Does this role show anyone at their best? It's brutal... stunning but brutal.

52dalibor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

away with you note spotters to the poricany train junction.

aspsingr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Post bonisolli with his 4 high c's on no no principessa altera..... ardente. it was on youtube and now its gone it should be back!

BeauTenor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Look, you can have a LOUD voice, but that's not the same thing as a HUGE voice. I'm talking amplitude and weight, not volume. Bigger voices like Jones have more amplitude, which is why they get over or through the orchestra in big roles like this better than someone like Caballe. On my recording of Caballe in Turandot her top notes sound...well, kind of like a ray gun gone crazy or something. She was a great singer, but a hochdrammatische soprano she was NOT.

BeauTenor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Like I've said before, to my knowledge, Sutherland never sang Turandot on stage, and I'd almost bet my ass that Leontyne didn't either. Sucess in a studio and success on a stage are two different things. Who knows how well Joan would have done. Leontyne I think would have ruined her voice with rep like this. It's too heavy. She may be only be on stage about 25 minutes, but it's heavier than anything but maybe Brunnhilde and Elektra.

burgerz28 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I disagree her voice is enormous what did her in was her timbre its too bright for those roles