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What is the story behind the opera Turandot? The opera is set in Ancient China and follows a tale of love and sacrifice. The Princess, named Turandot, decrees that any suitor must be able to solve three particular riddles in order to marry her, with failure resulting in death.
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• Turandot (pronouced too-rahn-DOHT) is a three-act opera composed by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. • The story of Turandot takes place in China, in the ancient city of Peking, which is now known as Beijing.
Turandot, daughter of Emperor Altoum, has decreed that she will only marry if a suitor of noble blood can answer three riddles. If he cannot, the price shall be his head. Her most recent suitor, the Prince of Persia, is to be executed at the moon’s rising.
Set in a mythical ancient China, the story centers on a beautiful princess, as enthralling as she is bloodthirsty, who has all her suitors killed unless they can solve the three riddles she poses to them.
28 Σεπ 2019 · Synopsis: Turandot poses the first riddle: “In the dark night flies a many-hued phanton. The whole world calls for it. But it vanishes with the dawn and is born anew every night”. Kalaf does not hesitate and calls “hope”. The wise men nod.
Today, when we think of “Turandot”, we ordinarily think of Puccini’s depiction of the cold-hearted, spellbindingly beautiful woman utterly devoid of feeling, barbarously cruel and man-hating. But the story is much older than Puccini, and the previous Turandots were quite different than Puccini’s Ice Princess.
