Turandot

E59944
opera

Turandot is Giacomo Puccini’s final opera, a grand and dramatic work set in mythical China that is renowned for its powerful arias and lavish orchestration.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Princess Turandot 2
"Non piangere, Liù" 1
Act I of Turandot 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
acts 3 ⓘ
basedOn Turandot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Carlo Gozzi's play "Turandot"
catalogNumber Puccini's final opera ⓘ
character Calaf ⓘ
Liù ⓘ
Pang ⓘ
Ping ⓘ
Pong ⓘ
Turandot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Princess Turandot

Timur ⓘ
completedBy Franco Alfano ⓘ
composer Giacomo Puccini ⓘ
compositionEndDate 1924 ⓘ
compositionPlace Italy ⓘ
compositionStartDate 1920 ⓘ
conductorAtPremiere Arturo Toscanini ⓘ
firstPerformanceVersion Alfano completion (cut by Toscanini) ⓘ
genre grand opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
hasBalletMusic yes ⓘ
hasChorus yes ⓘ
influenced popularization of "Nessun dorma" in sports and media ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
laterCompletionVersion Alfano second version ⓘ
Luciano Berio ending ⓘ
librettist Giuseppe Adami NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renato Simoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAria "In questa reggia" ⓘ
"Nessun dorma" ⓘ
Turandot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Non piangere, Liù"

"Signore, ascolta!" ⓘ
notableRecording Luciano Pavarotti singing "Nessun dorma" ⓘ
orchestration large orchestra ⓘ
plotElement execution of suitors ⓘ
riddle contest ⓘ
test of three riddles ⓘ
premiereCity Milan ⓘ
premiereCountry Italy ⓘ
premiereDate 1926-04-25 ⓘ
premiereLocation La Scala ⓘ
surface form: Teatro alla Scala
premiereOccasion posthumous premiere for Puccini ⓘ
publisher Casa Ricordi ⓘ
setting mythical China ⓘ
settingCity Beijing ⓘ
surface form: Peking
status unfinished at composer's death ⓘ
style late Romantic ⓘ
verismo-influenced ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition early 1920s ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calaf → appearsIn → Turandot ⓘ
Calaf → associatedWith → Turandot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act I of Turandot
Calaf → associatedWith → Turandot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act II of Turandot
Calaf → associatedWith → Turandot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act III of Turandot
"Nessun dorma" → basedOn → Turandot ⓘ
subject surface form: Nessun dorma
this entity surface form: Carlo Gozzi's play Turandot
Turandot → basedOn → Turandot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carlo Gozzi's play "Turandot"
Turandot → character → Turandot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princess Turandot
Calaf → loveInterest → Turandot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princess Turandot
Turandot → notableAria → Turandot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Non piangere, Liù"
Giacomo Puccini → notableWork → Turandot ⓘ
Giuseppe Adami → notableWork → Turandot ⓘ
subject surface form: Nessun dorma
subject surface form: Nessun dorma
"Nessun dorma" → partOf → Turandot ⓘ
subject surface form: Nessun dorma
Calaf → roleIn → Turandot ⓘ