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Turandot is an opera created by Giacomo Puccini based on the libretto (in Italian) of Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Still, the composer was not able to finish the opera and it was completed by Franco Alfano. However, the first performance only included Puccini’s work – this was held at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala on April 25, 1926.

“Turandot” actually means “the daughter of Turan”; Turan is a region in Central Asia and used to belong under the Persian Empire. Turandot, in the opera, is an icy emperor’s daughter who decreed that any man who wishes to marry her must first answer 3 riddles; anyone who fails will be beheaded. Many tried, many failed – even the Prince of Persia.

The Prince of Tartary fell in love when he saw her at the beheading of the Prince of Persia. Even with his father’s disapproval, he rang the gong three times to signify that he is a suitor. Turandot then accepts the challenge.

The 3 riddles were: 1) What is born each night and dies each dawn? 2) What flickers red and warm like a flame, but is not fire? and 3) What is like ice, but burns like fire? to which the Prince answers correctly – hope, blood, and Turandot. The prince offers a riddle of his own wherein Turandot learn of his name before sunrise. Filled with love, the prince kissed her and told her his name. Turandot fell in love with him and spared his life.

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