Bibliograph

Turandot, music by Giacomo Puccini ; text by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni ; San Francisco Opera

Type

Label

Turandot, music by Giacomo Puccini ; text by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni ; San Francisco Opera

Language

ita

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Turandot

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

422641550

resource.otherEventInformation

Recorded in peformance in 1994, San Francisco Opera

Responsibility statement

music by Giacomo Puccini ; text by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni ; San Francisco Opera

Runtime

123

Summary

By imperial decree, Princess Turandot is to marry the first royal suitor able to answer her three riddles, failure leading to execution, a fate to be suffered by the Prince of Persia. Calaf resolves to try his chance with the cold-hearted Princess, although Ping, Pang and Pong and his father try to dissuade him. Turandot poses her three riddles, which Calaf answers correctly, offering her a chance of escape, if, before morning, she can find out his name. Every effort is made to find out Calaf's name, with the slave-girl Liù tortured, but remaining loyally silent, killing herself rather than reveal it. Finally Calaf tells her his name, but now Turandot has learned that his true name is Love

Technique

live action

Classification