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Toscanini, who conducted the world premiere of Turandot in 1926, is known to have said: “Tradition is the last bad performance.” Of course, he himself also created many theatrical traditions both in the Metropolitan Opera and in La Scala (although not this particular one). It must be said that a careful study of the Puccini manuscript allows us to state that what he wrote and what he wanted was precisely the published notes, and not what they sang in La Scala, for which they were intended.