{"product_id":"joan-sutherland-luciano-pavarotti-zubin-mehta-puccini-turandot-deluxe-edition-2sacd","title":"Puccini: Turandot (Deluxe Edition 2-SACD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePuccini’s opera \u003cem\u003eTurandot\u003c\/em\u003e was premiered on 25 April 1926, and Decca Classics is proud to celebrate this centenary with the third in a series of brand-new limited edition deluxe presentations of Pavarotti-Puccini reissues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePavarotti’s links to this opera are inextricable, and although he rarely sang the role of Calaf on stage. 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