Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)

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composer:Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:Giuseppe Adami
Renato Simoni
publisher:Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A.
Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA
Wikidata:Q815342 [info]
referred to in medleys:Can’t Stop the Classics, Part 2
Opera Mortis (order: 2)
later translated versions:El nostre heroi
Going to Win
Hear My Prayer (English translation of Nessun dorma)
Turandot: Akt III. „Keiner schlafe“ (Calaf)
Turandot: None Shall Sleep
誰も寝てはならぬ
part of:Turandot: Atto III (number) (order: 2)
is the basis for:Nessun dorma (Rapsody, rap song very loosely based on Puccini's Turandot)
Nessun Dorma "Gari Wunang"
Who Needs to Dream (reprise)
Who Needs to Dream?
arrangements:“Nessun dorma” (from Turandot)
“Nessun dorma” (from Turandot) (for brass band, arr. Snell)
“Nessun dorma” (from Turandot) (catch‐all for arrangements)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1937-05-05Turandot: Atto III. “Nessun dorma” (Calaf, Chorus)Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giovanni Martinelli, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli3:29
1937-05-10Turandot: Atto III. “Nessun dorma” (Calaf, Chorus)Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giovanni Martinelli, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli3:21
1938-09-04 – 1938-09-15Turandot: Atto III. “Nessun dorma!”Francesco Merli, Orchestra Sinfonica dell’ EIAR di Torino, Franco Ghione2:58
1944Turandot: Nessun dormaJussi Björling3:28
1944Turandot: Nessun dormaJussi Björling, Nils Grevillius3:16
1948Turandot: “Nessun dorma” (1948)Mario del Monaco3:02
1950Turandot: Nessun dormaBeniamino Gigli3:30
1952-03-10Turandot: Nessun dorma! (The Firestone Hour broadcast: 1952-03-10)liveJussi Björling, Voice of Firestone Orchestra, Howard Barlow3:30
1955-07Turandot: Atto III, Scena 1. "Nessun dorma!"Borkh, Tebaldi, del Monaco, Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede6:47
1958-03-02Turandot: Act III: Nessun dormaliveJussi Björling, Frederick Schauwecker3:11
1959-07-03 – 1959-07-11Turandot: Act III, Scene I. “Nessun dorma!”Jussi Björling, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Erich Leinsdorf3:21
1961-03-04Turandot: Atto III, Scena I. "Nessun Dorma!" (Calaf)liveFranco Corelli3:10
1961-03-04Turandot: Atto III. “Nessun dorma!”liveFranco Corelli, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski3:29
1961-06-22Turandot: Act III, Scene I. No man shall sleep (bonus)Giuseppe Di Stefano, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Francesco Molinari‐Pradelli2:57
1964-04Turandot: Act III. "Nessun dorma" (Calaf, chorus)Luciano Pavarotti, Grudgionz Festival Orchestra, Gianfranco Masini2:45
1964-12-07Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. “Nessun dorma”liveFranco Corelli, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni3:08
1964-12-07Turandot: Atto III. “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)liveFranco Corelli, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni11:33
1964Turandot: “Nessun dorma”liveFranco Corelli3:06
1965Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. “Nessun dorma!”Franco Corelli, Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Francesco Molinari‐Pradelli2:48
1968Turandot: Act III. "Nessun dorma"Nicolai Gedda, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giuseppe Patanè3:07
1968Turandot: Nessun dormaNicolai Gedda, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giuseppe Patanè3:06
1972-08-10 – 1972-08-25Turandot: Act III. Nessun dorma (extract)partialLuciano Pavarotti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta0:35
1972-08-10 – 1972-08-25Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. “Nessun dorma!”The John Alldis Choir, Luciano Pavarotti, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta3:00
1972-08Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. “Nessun dorma!” … “Tu che guardi le stelle”Tom Krause, Piero de Palma, Luciano Pavarotti, Pier Francesco Poli, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta6:42
1972-08Turandot: Nessun dormaLuciano Pavarotti3:05
1977-08Turandot: Nessun dorma (Act III)José Carreras, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard3:10
1977-11-04Turandot: Act III, Scene I. No man shall sleep! (live, 1977-11-04: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, US)Luciano Pavarotti, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly3:24
1980Turandot: “Nessun dorma” (compl. Alfano) (Burger King)London Symphony Orchestra, Jesús López Cobos2:58
1980Turandot: Nessun dormaJosé Carreras, London Symphony Orchestra, Jesús López Cobos3:03
1981-05-11 – 1981-05-18Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. “Nessun dorma!” (Calaf)Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Plácido Domingo, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan3:25
1982-04Turandot: “Nessun dorma” (live, 1982-04: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK)liveLuciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler3:22
1982Turandot: “Nessun dorma!”Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Plácido Domingo, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan3:26
1982Turandot: Nessun dormaliveLuciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler3:45
1983-07-28 – 1983-07-31Turandot: Act III, Scene I. Nessun dormaliveNicola Martinucci, Graziano Polidori, Pier Francesco Poli, Antonio Bevacqua, Coro dell’Arena di Verona, Corrado Mirandola, Orchestra dell’Arena di Verona, Maurizio Arena6:30
1983-09Turandot: Atto III. “Nessun dorma!”José Carreras, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Lorin Maazel4:07
1985-08-14Turandot: “Nessun dorma”liveLuciano Pavarotti, Symphonic Orchestra of Emilia Roma "Arturo Toscanini", Emerson Buckley3:13
1985-08-14Turandot: “Nessun dorma” (live, 1985‐08‐14: Piazza Grande, Modena, Emilia‐Romagna, Italy; licensed from Decca Records Co. Ltd.)liveLuciano Pavarotti, Symphonic Orchestra of Emilia Romagna “Arturo Toscanini”, Emerson Buckley3:12
1985-08-14Turandot: “Nessun dorma” (live, 1985‐08‐14: Piazza Grande, Modena, Emilia‐Romagna, Italy; ℗1987 CBS Records Inc.)liveLuciano Pavarotti, Symphonic Orchestra of Emilia Romagna “Arturo Toscanini”, Emerson Buckley3:03
1987-11-08Turandot: Atto III. “Nessun dorma”liveLuciano Pavarotti, James Levine3:39
1988Turandot: “Nessun dorma” (arrangement for orchestra)instrumentalAcademy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner5:22
1989-01-20 – 1989-01-27Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. “Nessun dorma”Nicola Martinucci, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova, Daniel Oren2:51
1990-05-27Turandot: “Nessun dorma” (Vincerò)Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra da camera di Bologna, Leone Magiera2:52
1990-07-07Encore: Nessun dorma (live, 1990-07-07: Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy)liveCarreras, Domingo, Pavarotti3:30
1990-07-07Nessun dorma (live, 1990-07-07: Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy)liveThe Three Tenors3:35
1990-07-07Turandot: “Nessun dorma” (live, 1990-07-07: Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy)liveLuciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Zubin Mehta3:05
1990-10-15Nessun dormal from TurandotCincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel3:09
1990-10-15Turandot: Act III: “Nessun dorma!”instrumentalErich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra3:12
1991-06-12 – 1991-06-16Turandot: “Nessun dorma”Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Thomas Harper, Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu, Michael Halász3:03
1991-07-30Turandot: Nessun dorma (live, 1991‐07‐30: Hyde Park, London, UK)liveLuciano Pavarotti3:36
1992-05-12 – 1992-05-23Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. “Nessun dorma!” (Calaf)Ben Heppner, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Roberto Abbado2:56
1992-06-01 – 1992-06-02Turandot: Act III. “Nessun dorma” (karaoke version without Calaf - tenor vocal)Prague Philharmonic Choir, Pavel Kühn, Czech Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bigg3:27
1992-06-01 – 1992-06-02Turandot: Act III. “Nessun dorma”John Oakman, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Pavel Kühn, Czech Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bigg3:27
1993-06-26Turandot: “Nessun dorma”liveLuciano Pavarotti, Members of the New York Philharmonic, Leone Magiera3:19
1995Turandot: “Nessun dorma”Armando Mora, Orquesta de Baja California, Eduardo García Barrios2:52
1997-06 – 1997-07Turandot: “Nessun dorma”José Cura, Philharmonia Orchestra, Plácido Domingo3:05
1998-07-10Turandot: “Nessun dorma” (live, 1998-07-10: Paris)liveLuciano Pavarotti3:11
1998-09-05 – 1998-09-12Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. “Nessun dorma!”liveSergej Larin, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta2:36
1998-09-21 – 1998-09-22Nessun dorma (live, 1998-09: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, UK)liveVincenzo La Scola3:15
1999-05-13 – 1999-07-05Nessun DormainstrumentalThe Ramsey Lewis Trio7:14
1999-12-31Turandot: Nessun dormaliveFrances Ginzer, Richard Margison, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Mario Bernardi3:15
2001-05-29Turandot: “Nessun dorma” (live, 2001-05-29: Parco Novi Sad, Modena, Italy)liveLuciano Pavarotti · Deep Purple3:35
2001-05Turandot: “Nessun dorma”Johan Botha, Radio‐Symphonieorchester Wien, Paolo Carignani3:29
2001-10-17 – 2001-10-20Nessun dormaYu Qiang Dai, New Symphony Orchestra, José Antonio Molina3:12
2002-02-06Turandot: Nessun dormaliveRussell Watson6:03
2002-09-19 – 2002-09-20Nessun dorma! (bearb. H.-G. Schwanzer)Hans-Günther Schwanzer, Carolin Völk3:38
2005-06-06Nessun dorma (live, 2005-06-06: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, UK)liveG42:53
2005-07Nessun dorma from TurandotMelbourne Chorale, Rosario La Spina, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Inglis2:56
2007-09-27Nessun Dorma (Paul Potts zu Gast bei Johannes B. Kerner)livePaul Potts11:52
2008-08-29Nessun Dorma (The Dome 47)livePaul Potts6:46
2009-11-07Turandot: Act III. Scene I. "Nessun dorma!" (Calàf, women) (live, 2009-11-07: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY, USA)liveMarcello Giordani, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Andris Nelsons2:56
2011-01Nessun Dorma (공주는 잠 못 이루고)cover and live온유2:47
2011-05-03Turandot: Atto III, Scena I. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)liveRussell Watson, Arts Symphonic, Robert Emery5:48
2011-09-15Nessun dormaliveAndrea Bocelli4:07
2013Nessun dormaMarc Hervieux, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Stéphane Laforest3:07
2014-09-14 – 2014-09-21Turandot: “Nessun dorma”Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano3:10
2017-02-20 – 2017-02-22Nessun dormainstrumentalThierry Escaich, Romain Leleu2:57
2019-10Turandot: Nessun dormaPiotr Beczała, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana3:22
2022-02-28 – 2022-03-08Nessun dorma! (single edit)Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Jonas Kaufmann3:04
2022-02-28 – 2022-03-08Turandot: Act III: Scene 1, “Nessun dorma!”Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Jonas Kaufmann2:53
'Nessun Dorma' From 'Turandot'[unknown]3:01
"Nessun dorma!" aus TurandotAndrea Bocelli, Valentino Buzza, Coro de la Comunitat Valenciana, Pablo García López, Germán Olvera, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta7:23
"Nessun dorma" from TurandotGary Karr, Harmon Lewis3:46
“Nessun dorma” from Turandot[unknown]3:01
Aus "Turandot": Nessun dorma[unknown]3:24
Classical GoldmedleyThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Brooks7:42
Delta Airlines, 1990 World Cup ("Nessun Dorma" from Turnadot)John Oakman3:27
Die Hexen von Eastwick: Turandot: Nessun dormaLudovic Spiess, Romanian Radio and TV Studio Orchestra, Carol Litvin3:20
Eastwick Witches – TurandotFranco Corelli, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni3:11
Figaro / Fanfare / Symphony no. 5 / O sole mio / Symphony no. 5 / Sugar Plum Fairy / William Tell Overture / Hallelujah Chorus / Nessun Dorma / 1812 Overturemedley and partialThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra2:48
Figaro / William Tell Overture / Hallelujah Chorus / Habanera / March / Hallelujah Chorus / O sole mio / Symphony no. 5 / Sugar Plum Fairy / Nessun Dorma / Hall of the Mountain King / William Tell Overture / Hallelujah Chorus / 1812 Overture / Ode to Joy / 1812 Overturemedley and partialThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra5:50
Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: "Nessun dorma"Andrea Bocelli3:13
Italien: Turandot: Nessun dormaSofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Emil Tabakov3:19
Nessun D'orma (Turandot by Puccini)Aria Tesolin2:42
Nessun dormacoverG42:54
Nessun dormaVictor Michael3:26
Nessun dormaPlácido Domingo3:27
Nessun dormaJosé Carreras, Rhine Opera Chorus, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Alain Lombard4:15
Nessun dormainstrumentalErich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra3:06
Nessun dormaAntonio Negore3:28
Nessun dormaAl Bano3:34
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