"Nessun dorma"

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aria musical work tenor aria

"Nessun dorma" is a famous tenor aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, renowned for its powerful climax and association with Luciano Pavarotti and major sporting events.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Nessun dorma 3
"Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!" 1
Nessun dorma performance 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aria ⓘ
musical work ⓘ
tenor aria ⓘ
act Act III ⓘ
associatedWith 1990 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
surface form: FIFA World Cup Italia 1990

Luciano Pavarotti ⓘ
The Three Tenors ⓘ
major sporting events ⓘ
basedOn Turandot ⓘ
surface form: Carlo Gozzi's play Turandot
catalogueNumber from Turandot, SC 91 (Puccini) ⓘ
composer Giacomo Puccini ⓘ
dramaticContext Calaf ⓘ
surface form: Calaf awaits dawn after solving Turandot's riddles
famousPerformer Franco Corelli ⓘ
Jonas Kaufmann ⓘ
José Carreras ⓘ
Jussi Björling ⓘ
Luciano Pavarotti ⓘ
Plácido Domingo ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1926-04-25 ⓘ
firstPerformanceOpera Turandot premiere 1926 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace La Scala ⓘ
surface form: Teatro alla Scala, Milan
genre opera aria ⓘ
key B major ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Giuseppe Adami NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renato Simoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricOpening "Nessun dorma" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!"
lyricRefrain "All'alba vincerò!" ⓘ
notableFeature gradual orchestral build-up to climax ⓘ
powerful climactic high B ⓘ
repeated phrase "Vincerò" ⓘ
operaBy Giacomo Puccini ⓘ
orchestration tenor and orchestra ⓘ
partOf Turandot ⓘ
period 20th-century opera ⓘ
positionInOpera early in Act III ⓘ
sungByCharacter Calaf ⓘ
tempoMarking Andante sostenuto (typical) ⓘ
theme love ⓘ
mystery of identity ⓘ
victory ⓘ
titleLanguage Italian ⓘ
titleTranslation None shall sleep ⓘ
usedAs theme for BBC coverage of 1990 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
vocalType tenor ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

"Nessun dorma" → lyricOpening → "Nessun dorma" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Nessun dorma
this entity surface form: "Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!"
Calaf → notableAria → "Nessun dorma" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nessun dorma
Turandot → notableAria → "Nessun dorma" ⓘ
The Three Tenors → notableSong → "Nessun dorma" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nessun dorma
Luciano Pavarotti → notableWork → "Nessun dorma" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nessun dorma performance
subject surface form: Nessun dorma
Calaf → sings → "Nessun dorma" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nessun dorma