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Artist: Giacomo Puccini featuring Eva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli and Lorin Maazel conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera.
Release title: Turandot complete opera box set on cassette, a live recording of Puccini\'s three-act lyric drama captured at the Wiener Staatsoper and issued in 1984.
Format and type: Three standard analog audio cassette tapes presenting the full opera, each cassette housed in its own clear-front plastic jewel case with black paper J-card inlays, all contained within a black plastic clamshell box with an illustrated outer paper insert.
Color and design: Front box artwork shows a vivid stage photograph of Eva Marton in an elaborate jeweled headdress and gold robe holding a silver mask, set against a predominantly black background with red and blue accent bands and a round gold-and-red label emblem.
Label and catalog details: Co-produced by CBS Masterworks and Sefel Records, with the rear box listing the full cast and roles in multiple languages and recording credits; catalog number 13T 39160 and label code LC 0149 are printed on the back along with Dolby System and Chromium Dioxide logos and a note that the cassettes were made in the Netherlands.
Packaging details: Black plastic clamshell outer box opens to reveal a black plastic cassette tray holding three individually numbered cassettes (Cassette 1, Cassette 2, Cassette 3) in standard jewel cases, plus an illustrated booklet featuring production photographs, cast list, synopsis and libretto text.
Genre and style: Classical opera recording of Puccini\'s Turandot in Italian, highlighting late-Romantic orchestration, dramatic choruses and lyrical arias within a live stage performance.
Track listing: Full three-act Turandot presented over three cassettes, with sides covering Acts I–III and including key moments such as the riddle scene and Nessun dorma, indexed in the accompanying booklet and cassette J-card inlays.
Special notes: Vintage 1984 Netherlands-manufactured three-cassette Turandot box set from CBS Masterworks and Sefel Records, documenting a live 1983 Vienna State Opera performance with Eva Marton and José Carreras on high-bias Chromium Dioxide tape with Dolby noise reduction in deluxe clamshell packaging.
