Leontyne Price as Liù (Turandot)

Excerpts from a 1961 performance of Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot" at the Wiener Staatsoper. Liù: Leontyne Price Calàf: Giuseppe di Stefano Turandot: Birgit Nilsson Timur: Nicola Zaccaria Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper 00:00 Liù meets Calàf 02:56 Liù begs Calàf to avoid Turandot's challenge, "Signore, ascolta!" 11:14 Liù's words to Turandot and death, "Tu, che di gel sei cinta"