The music of Puccini’s “Turandot” is one of the largest I have ever heard, as he has done great moments like arias “Signore, Ascolta” and “Nesun Dorma” and some others, I must say it was one of the dumbest stories ever written. It has not only be that much like a fairy tale, where none of the sadistic actions of the characters makes no sense, but in which there is cruelty in the end.
The story is about to marry a Chinese princess Turandot, which she named the first prince (must be a prince, a commoner, not enough to decide) who correctly answer three questions. Of course, who correctly to his questions, as he cut off his head, seems fair, after all not be executed contrary, they may as this price they would live to pay for non-performance. Despite this danger, or perhaps because of that many princes came from far away to China, where they lose more than their pride, so that they can marry Turandot, which stimulates me to think, maybe there is a lack of women in their own empires.
It was only after several tries and princes have failed, of course, an unknown prince is coming to Beijing or Peking (as it to say the least), where he deposed his father, a king is a faithful servant named Lu is when the prince, strangely nobody, not even his own father knows his name, he sees Princess Turandot, falls in love with her to the point of not missing her hand in marriage but that the willingness to literally risk his neck for him. Much less try to convince him that maybe its not such a good idea that all these tips is adamant in vain for this unknown prince, wishing to try to answer three questions in order to keep the hand in marriage Turandot .
The unknown prince, that, after the challenge, actually an answer to all three questions correctly what is actually Turandot, would marry Princess of his dreams still it the end of history. Turandot, in fact, refuses to marry the prince, said that they are not delivered as if she was a slave, I think, why did it when she was not willing to pay less, but does provide what they wanted to see was the princes lose their heads and not even as a figure of speech. Of course, his father said the king, that the oath is sacred and must be maintained, because it argues that we do not have it all. However, if we win we get, but if you lose, you refuse to pay. Turandot asks, however, and leads as if he expected someone to feel for them if they actually suffering a bet on fraud, showed that it is not all, I thank you as always when it came time to decapitate princes, not answered could his questions.
But after thinking all the arguments used might Turandot, she agrees to the prince, whose name actually Calaf, but it will not stay married without a struggle. Turandot is threatening even when the promise is kept, they do it reluctantly and would be sad, and her husband are equally unhappy, for my part, I do not really see how his personality changed everything, what little you have today is. It was at this point that Prince Calaf in an act of nobility or stupidity or the other has an extreme resistance offered Princess Turandot, which goes as follows. If she can guess his name before dawn, then they will run it, as with the other, could not answer his questions, but if they do not guess his name, then and only then, they get married. Of course, it seems to me that it will lose anyway, but besides that, Princess Turandot accepts the challenge, as there really nothing to lose.
Under these circumstances, all of Princess Turandot decrees that no one sleep in the city until the name of the prince, who is due to Persia can be found. Prince Calaf in turn is waiting for the dawn to come, as he did, he did not hear the cries of “Nesun Dorma” (sleeping person) to find people from sleep, to prevent them, must know what Princess Turandot. Calaf, is that the phrase “Nesun Dorma” and start on this subject, one of the most powerful songs in the opera, as he repeatedly sings “my secret is hidden within me, and my name never know, your mouth I will say, if sleep and sleep off the light “end” al alba, go, wine-EC (very long and very hard on this syllable) ro. The last part of the meaning of dawn, I triumph, triumph, triumph. The music is awesome in this aria, as unintelligent in most of these brilliant opera, even if the story in time a bit, could be considered if, in this part not only the lyrics, record but the music awesome feeling to actually be victorious. This view of the way does the music as if to put all the sensations of a winner when the word “sleep” with the last three complete, allowing us to repeat the tenor appreciate in all its glory.
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor, described as “raised a cry” and I think that especially in this particular air, you see, what he meant, as it was written seems to him. This is the case, is that many great tenors have sung this tune, but it is something that is ideal for the power of Pavarotti that he explicitly to raise at the end when it most in what is nothing less is necessary that a permanent climate.
