Timur then tells his son that, of all his servants, only Liù has remained faithful to him. The young Prince of Tartary is overjoyed at seeing Timur alive, but still urges Timur to not speak his name because he is afraid that the Chinese rulers, who have conquered Tartary, may kill or harm them. A young man hears her cry and recognizes that the old man is his long-lost father, Timur, the deposed king of Tartary. The old man’s servant, Liù, cries out for help. As the crowd surges towards the gates of the palace, the imperial guards brutally repulse them, causing a blind old man to be knocked to the ground. The Prince of Persia has failed to answer the three riddles, and he is to be beheaded at the next moonrise.
A Mandarin announces the law of the land. In China, the beautiful Princess Turandot will only marry a suitor who can answer 3 secret riddles. He turned to the audience and announced: “Qui finisce l’opera, perché a questo punto il maestro è morto” (“Here the opera ends, because at this point the maestro died”). Toscanini stopped and laid down his baton. In the middle of act 3, two measures after the words “Liù, poesia!”, the orchestra rested. Tenors Miguel Fleta and Franco Lo Giudice alternated in the role of Prince Calaf in the original production, although Fleta sang the role for the opera’s opening night. The premiere of Turandot was at La Scala, Milan, on Sunday 25 April 1926, one year and five months after Puccini’s death. Some sketches were in the form of “piano-vocal” or “short score,” including vocal lines with “two to four staves of accompaniment with occasional notes on orchestration.” These sketches supplied music for some, but not all, of the final portion of the libretto. He left behind 36 pages of sketches on 23 sheets for the end of Turandot. In the sense of finished music, this was the last music composed by Puccini. Puccini had composed and fully orchestrated act 3 up until Liù’s death and funeral cortege. When Puccini died, the first two of the three acts were fully composed, including orchestration. The first performance of the opera as completed by Alfano was the following night, 26 April.Ĭompletion of the score after Puccini’s death This performance included only Puccini’s music and not Alfano’s additions. The first performance was held at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 25 April 1926 and conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
The opera was unfinished at the time of Puccini’s death in 1924, and was completed by Franco Alfano in 1926. He offers her a way out: if she is able to learn his name before dawn the next day, then at daybreak he will die. Calaf passes the test, but Turandot still refuses to marry him. To obtain permission to marry her, a suitor has to solve three riddles any wrong answer results in death. The opera’s is set in China and involves Prince Calaf, who falls in love with the cold Princess Turandot.
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