1.   Among the singers, Giovanna Casolla as Turandot and Jan Blinkhof as Calaf performed solidly, although only the Spanish soprano Maria Bayo as Liu stirred excitement.

2.   Imma Egido, a Spanish soprano also making her debut, was a pouty Tosca.

3.   Ms. Bayo, a Spanish soprano, sang with a lovely unforced tone, which nevertheless carried well through the house.

4.   So he added Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe singing German, Maire Brennan singing Gaelic, Pietro Ballo singing French and Zucchero singing Italian.

5.   Carreras sang solos and sometimes duets with Spanish soprano Isabel Rey during the four-hour show.

6.   Spanish soprano Isabel Rey sings her debut performance of Despina, while her countryman, Carlos Chausson, debuts at the opera company as the worldly philosopher Don Alfonso.