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Turandot (Theatre)
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Turandot is an opera by Giacomo Puccini. It is mostly based on a 16th-century stage play version of an ancient fairytale first set in writing by a 12th-century Persian poet.In ancient Beijing, the beautiful ice princess Turandot executes any potential suitor who can't answer her three riddles. Nevertheless, the poor lads seem to come to the city in droves, and among them our Hero, the Unknown Prince Calaf. Upon his arrival on stage, he meets his long-lost father, the old and blind King Timur, and with him his companion, the slave girl Liu.note They are Tartars, who suffered a crushing defeat from the Chinese years ago, thus why the royals are Walking the Earth. Cue the last of Turandot's unhappy suitors, the Prince of Persia (no, not that one), being sentenced and beheaded. Calaf sees Turandot for the first time and immediately falls in love with her (duh). Everyone, including Turandot's three ministers, tries to talk some sense into the enamored prince, but he, of course, is persistent to win Turandot's hand no matter what. He manages to answer her riddles correctly, and theoretically, he's the winner, but Turandot still refuses to marry him. Calaf, being a prince and a gentleman, offers his conditions: if she learns his name before the sun rises, she can add his head to her palace's fancy decorations. If not, however, she must shut up and become his wife.Turandot gleefully tells her people they must learn the Unknown Prince's name before night ends or she'll kill them all in most horrid ways imaginable. Cue Calaf, singing his famous aria "Nessun Dorma." The Beijing folks try to bribe Calaf to get himself out of there and thus save their arses, but he's a Heroic Tenor, so he won't listen. Then Timur and Liu are brought on stage, tied up, and beaten. They've been noticed speaking to Calaf at the beginning of the opera, so they're supposed to know his name. Turandot comes and mass torture is about to ensue when Liu says she alone knows his name but won't tell. She then kills herself, fearing she might give Calaf's name away under the horrible tortures. Followed by the epic Tear Jerker when everyone mourns the brave little Liu and carries her body off the stage.At this point, Turandot suffered a minor delay in writing, as Puccini died of a sudden heart attack while recovering from chemotherapy to try and remove the laryngeal cancer he was afflicted with (he was a heavy smoker). After he gave up on the opera nine months before, he visited the conductor Arturo Toscanini and begged him: "Don't let my Turandot die!" It was left to his disciple Franco Alfano to finish the opera, although Puccini and Toscanini initially wanted the experienced opera composer Riccardo Zandonai according to his notes. But the publisher Ricordi chose Alfano because they assumed he'd be more popular with audiences and generate more money — which proved to be wrong.note What we think of as "Alfano's ending" was laboriously stitched together from Puccini's outlines — in places so illegible that Alfano was using a magnifying glass, and went temporarily blind with the effort. It isn't even the complete ending Alfano wrote; it's what Toscanini chose to include from what he wrote. The ending is still wildly debated to this day, and some other composers, most recently Luciano Berio and Hao Weiya have written their own versions, while Alfano's own uncut ending has also been restored and recorded. American composer Janet Maguire says a shorthand version of Puccini's complete ending is actually present in his sketches and has put together an ending using those, but this has yet to be performed. On the flipside, as recently as 2017, Anton Coppola composed a decidedly somber conclusion in which Calaf is executed on the orders of Turandot.It's a famous opera and known to be freakishly difficult to sing, especially the parts of Turandot and Calaf. | |
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Evil Sounds Deep | |
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Evil Sounds Deep: Inverted. The bass Timur is a nice old guy, the baritone Ping is snarky but not evil, and the lead soprano, let's face it, is a total bitch. | |
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Scratchy-Voiced Senior | |
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Scratchy-Voiced Senior: The score calls for Turandot's father, the Emperor, to be played by a character tenor "with the weary voice of a decrepit old man." | |
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Those Two Guys | |
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Those Three Guys: Ping, Pang, Pong. | |
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Trapped in Villainy | |
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Trapped in Villainy: Ping, Pang and Pong detest the fact that they have to implement Turandot's bloodthirsty decrees, and spend an entire song longing for the things they wish they could be doing instead of presiding over an endless string of executions. | |
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Real Place Background | |
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Real-Place Background: Turandot at the Forbidden City might qualify. | |
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing | |
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Inverted with Calaf; the original story points out that Calaf is at least partially motivated to outwit Turandot in the hopes of avenging the slain suitors (and presumably preventing further deaths). Also, Calaf rejecting Adelma's advances were a bit more forgivable when compared to his operatic counterpart's treatment of Liu, since Adelma was a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing he barely knew. | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen: What Turandot is after Calaf gives her a passionate Forceful Kiss. Some of the lyrics make this comparison explicit. Most of the new endings are designed to give the princess a bit of time to melt and get used to the idea. Subverted in Anton Coppola's 2017 ending, in which Turandot reveals Calaf's name and sentences him to death, explaining that nothing can make up for what was done to her ancestor. | |
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God Save Us from the Queen! | |
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God Save Us from the Queen!: Technically, the princess, but she's the one who rules. | |
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Femme Fatalons | |
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Femme Fatalons: Turandot often has them, as a noblewoman of China would have had. | |
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Do Not Go Gentle | |
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Do Not Go Gentle: Nessun Dorma has this in shades. | |
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Costume Porn | |
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Costume Porn: The page picture is a mild example of how ostentatious Turandot's costumes get. And typically, the whole company is decked out in fancy looking Oriental clothing. See here.◊ Not to mention the heavy makeup everyone usually wears to make them look (supposedly) Asian. Zhang Yimou's production is geared to authenticity and still looks unbelievably lavish. | |
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Adaptational Heroism | |
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Adaptational Heroism: Liu is partially based on the character of Adelma from the original Gozzi story. Both are slave girls in love with the prince. However, whereas Liu kills herself rather than betray the prince, Adelma gladly divulges his name out of jealousy. It's actually Turandot who then has a change of heart about the whole deal. Inverted with Calaf; the original story points out that Calaf is at least partially motivated to outwit Turandot in the hopes of avenging the slain suitors (and presumably preventing further deaths). Also, Calaf rejecting Adelma's advances were a bit more forgivable when compared to his operatic counterpart's treatment of Liu, since Adelma was a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing he barely knew. | |
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Incredibly Long Note | |
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Incredibly Long Note: LOTS of these. Both the loud and soft varieties. Two famous portrayers of the roles of Turandot and Calaf, Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli, used to have friendly competitions over who could hold the famous High C the longest in their synchronised phrase in Act 2. Some sopranos playing Liu hold out a very long soft high B-flat in the phrase "m'hai sorriso" ("you smiled at me," explaining why she devotes herself to caring for Timur). Anna Moffo was known for this. | |
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Honor Before Reason | |
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Honor Before Reason: The Emperor knows his daughter's bloodthirsty rampage of her suitors is wrong, but he has sworn an oath, so he lets her go on with it. | |
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Dragon Lady | |
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Dragon Lady: One of the classical examples of the exotic, beautiful Chinese villainess. | |
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Death by Adaptation | |
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Death by Adaptation: Anton Coppola's alternative ending has Calaf condemned to execution by Turandot, just like the other princes. | |
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Scenery Porn | |
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Scenery Porn: Opera directors can get a bit◊ carried◊ away◊ with Turandot's set design. See here◊ and here.◊ | |
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Break the Cutie | |
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Break the Cutie: Poor, poor little Liu. To begin with, she was a slave girl in love with Prince Calaf, with absolutely zero hope that her feelings would ever be returned. Then their country was destroyed by invaders and Liu willingly went to exile with Timur. Then she met Calaf again and was cruelly tortured by Turandot's goons to learn his name. She ends up sacrificing herself to help Calaf win Turandot (remember, she loved him herself). That's harsh, Maestro Puccini. | |
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Wham Shot | |
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Wham Shot: By Liu as played by Barbara Frittoli in Turandot at the Forbidden City. If you know the story, you're aware that she kills herself, but even the most jaded viewer might be shocked at her badass move. Most Lius grab a dagger from one of the guards behind them and stab themselves in the breast or stomach. In this production, having finished her plea to Turandot, she lunges forward, snatches a long hairpinnote traditionally, this was the only sharp object you could have at the imperial court from the Princess' coiffure, and stabs herself in the throat. Edda Moser used to kill herself on the run, falling dead in midstride and sliding clear across the stage to land at Calaf's feet. She moved so fast it took the audience a second or two to realize what they'd seen. | |
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Please Wake Up | |
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Please Wake Up: Timur to Liu. It hurts. | |
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Beta Couple | |
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Beta Couple: Liu and Timur, a non-romantic example. | |
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Public Domain Soundtrack | |
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Public Domain Soundtrack: Just how many times have you heard this tune? | |
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Heroic Sacrifice | |
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Heroic Sacrifice: Liu of course, who takes her own life so that she doesn't accidentally betray Calaf under torture. | |
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Villainous BSoD | |
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Villainous BSoD: Turandot gets one after seeing Liu kill herself. | |
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Does Not Like Men | |
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Does Not Like Men: Turandot is willing to execute the entire population of Beijing to avoid getting married. | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Calaf has already passed the tests and won the princess's hand in marriage. There really is no reason to offer her an extra chance and all it accomplishes is to put every single man, woman and child in Beijing in mortal peril and leads directly to Liu's death. His rationale is that Turandot has begged him not to take her by force, as happened to her ancestor. | |
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Large Ham | |
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Large Ham: You have to be this to pull off Turandot. Or, for that matter, Calaf. | |
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"I Want" Song | |
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"I Want" Song: "Nessun Dorma", though it's more like an "I'll Have" Song. | |
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Protagonist-Centered Morality | |
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Protagonist-Centered Morality: Calaf's fixation with getting Turandot is supposed to be romantic, but the guy is willing to let an entire city die in order to get her. | |
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Tenor Boy | |
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Tenor Boy: Though of a more manly variety than usual. | |
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Femme Fatale | |
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Femme Fatale: Turandot completely. She's beautiful, exotic, mysterious and dangerous. | |
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The Big Damn Kiss | |
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The Big Damn Kiss: What Calaf gives Turandot, really more of a Forceful Kiss. Last-scene rewriter Hao Wei Ya makes it a gentle True Love's Kiss. | |
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Betty and Veronica | |
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Betty and Veronica: The demure, kind and humble Liu and Turandot, the exotic Femme Fatale. | |
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Riddle for the Ages | |
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Riddle for the Ages: What did Puccini intend for the opera's ending? Because of combined Died During Production and Executive Meddling, we would never know for sure. | |
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Karma Houdini | |
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Karma Houdini: Turandot has a fancy for torture (as her three ministers tell us), she has executed 27 suitors in the past 3 years (and probably many more people in the past) and has driven a loving, caring and innocent girl to suicide. And what does she get in the end? A Happy Marriage, no less. Puccini struggled with the ending over this paradox, a major reason for Luciano Berio's changes: | |
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Love Triangle | |
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Love Triangle: Calaf, Turandot, Liu. | |
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Maybe Ever After | |
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Maybe Ever After: Luciano Berio's ending makes Calaf and Turandot's love more ambiguous. | |
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These Questions Three... | |
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These Questions Three...: Turandot's challenge to her suitors; death is the penalty for not answering correctly. | |
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Messianic Archetype | |
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Messianic Archetype: Liu. Often lampshaded with a Crucified Hero Shot in Act 3. | |
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Show Stopper | |
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Show Stopper: Puccini tried to avert this with "Nessun Dorma," which, in the score (and on complete audio recordings) runs right into the next scene without a break. In the theatre, the audience always applauds and stops the show anyway. | |
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Seen It All | |
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By Liu as played by Barbara Frittoli in Turandot at the Forbidden City. If you know the story, you're aware that she kills herself, but even the most jaded viewer might be shocked at her badass move. Most Lius grab a dagger from one of the guards behind them and stab themselves in the breast or stomach. In this production, having finished her plea to Turandot, she lunges forward, snatches a long hairpinnote traditionally, this was the only sharp object you could have at the imperial court from the Princess' coiffure, and stabs herself in the throat. | |
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Antagonist Title | |
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Antagonist Title: Turandot the bloodthirsty princess. | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Turandot keeps beheading men because eons ago some foreign jerk violated and killed her great-great-great-grandmother. Specifically, the foreign jerks were Tartars — and that's what Calaf is. | |
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Lyrical Dissonance | |
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Lyrical Dissonance: "Nessun Dorma" is one of the most beautiful and famous arias in all of opera. It's also a song about the fact that nobody in Beijing is sleeping that night because the entire population of the city will be massacred in the morning if they don't find out Calaf's name. The chorus of women that can be heard in the distance seals this: | |
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Final Love Duet | |
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Final Love Duet: Calaf and Turandot get one. Not very convincing, though. | |
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Greek Chorus | |
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Greek Chorus: The chorus. Plus the three ministers, Ping, Pang and Pong. Their gestures and manners are derived from classic Chinese opera combined with Italian commedia dell'arte stylings. | |
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Determinator | |
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Determinator: "Let the whole world fall, I want Turandot!". Yeah, sure. | |
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God's Hands Are Tied | |
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God-Emperor's Hands Are Tied: The Emperor, who was a living god in ancient China, is legally bound to let his daughter play her deadly game of riddles. | |
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Too Good for This Sinful Earth | |
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Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Liu. | |
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Distracted by the Sexy | |
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Distracted by the Sexy: In the Gozzi play, Turandot unveils herself after asking the third riddle, hoping her beauty will throw off Calaf's concentration. It almost works. | |
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Happy Ending | |
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Happy Ending: Uncharacteristically for a Puccini opera, Turandot has one - which probably explains some of the criticism it gets from professional critics. The Berio ending, while exquisitely beautiful and using almost all of Puccini's outline, is more ambiguous. | |
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