Remembering the greatest of the tenors and Joan's close friend - Luciano Pavarotti (12 October 1935 - 6 September 2007).
[…] "Going to Australia with Joan, first of all, I've learned to be a very serious professional singer and from her particularly, I learn to breath, who is the most important thing, but the most difficult. More than anything, I think the technique is perfect, I think it's probably the most incredible technique of all the time I would say." […]
Excerpt taken from the documentary "Pavarotti - 2019" by Ron Howard.
On this day, back in 1926, Turandot was premiered in Milan at Teatro alla Scala, the posthumous work of Giacomo Puccini, which was finished by composer Franco Alfano.
The story says that on the premiere, after the Liù's death and cortege, the conductor Arturo Toscanini turned to audience saying "Here the opera ends, left incomplete by the death of the late Puccini." And the curtain was lowered. *The following performances included the Alfano's end.
Around January of 1972, the gossip of Joan recording the title role of Turandot spread on the opera world, and on August it proved true, even with Bonynge disapproval, Joan recorded it. Here, an animation of the famous "In questa Reggia" vocal score.