Calaf

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fictional character opera character prince

Calaf is the heroic prince in Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot," best known as the tenor role who sings the famous aria "Nessun dorma."

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Calaf awaits dawn after solving Turandot's riddles 1
Calaf in Puccini's "Turandot" 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
prince ⓘ
appearsIn Turandot ⓘ
associatedWith Turandot ⓘ
surface form: Act I of Turandot

Turandot ⓘ
surface form: Act II of Turandot

Turandot ⓘ
surface form: Act III of Turandot

riddle scene in Turandot ⓘ
challengeUndertaken answers Turandot's three riddles ⓘ
characterTrait courageous ⓘ
determined ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
creator Giacomo Puccini ⓘ
dramaticFunction heroic protagonist ⓘ
suitor of Turandot ⓘ
familyRelation son of the deposed King of Tartary ⓘ
firstPerformanceInWork premiere of Turandot at La Scala, Milan, 1926 ⓘ
genre opera ⓘ
languageOfPerformance Italian ⓘ
librettist Giuseppe Adami NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renato Simoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
loveInterest Turandot ⓘ
surface form: Princess Turandot
nationalityInStory Prince of Tartary ⓘ
notableAria "Nessun dorma" ⓘ
surface form: Nessun dorma

Non piangere, Liù ⓘ
O divina bellezza ⓘ
notableInterpreter Franco Corelli ⓘ
Jussi Björling ⓘ
Luciano Pavarotti ⓘ
Mario Del Monaco ⓘ
Plácido Domingo ⓘ
operaBy Giacomo Puccini ⓘ
operaComposer Giacomo Puccini ⓘ
operaPremiereCity Milan ⓘ
operaPremiereTheatre La Scala ⓘ
surface form: Teatro alla Scala
relationship protected by Liù ⓘ
son of Timur ⓘ
risk faces death if he fails the riddles ⓘ
roleIn Turandot ⓘ
settingOfStory Beijing ⓘ
surface form: Peking
sings "Nessun dorma" ⓘ
surface form: Nessun dorma
testOfTurandot offers his own name as a riddle ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory legendary ancient China ⓘ
voiceType tenor ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Turandot → character → Calaf ⓘ
subject surface form: Nessun dorma
this entity surface form: Calaf awaits dawn after solving Turandot's riddles
this entity surface form: Calaf in Puccini's "Turandot"
subject surface form: Nessun dorma
subject surface form: Nessun dorma