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Turandot
, Puccini’s final opera and one of the biggest blockbusters in the repertoire, transports
us to an exotic fantasy of ancient China. There the regal, forbidding Princess Turandot poses
three riddles to each prince who wishes to win her
—
but anyone who fails to answer correctly is
executed. Prince Calaf does answer correctly, and he declares that he’s willing to die if Turandot
doesn’t find out his name by dawn. The plot unfolds to music of extraordinary brilliance, including
“Nessun dorma,” the most popular of all Italian tenor arias!
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JAN
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10
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27
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Bold
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Matinee
T
URANDOT
PUCCINI
Sung in Italian with projected English translations