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No One Agrees on How This Opera Ends

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There may never have been such a popular opera with such a *wildly* unpronounceable name. Welcome to another Opera Unofficial Guide for Puccini's 'Turandot'! 🏯🐲🔥

🔗 L I N K S

-Me singing “Tu che di gel sei cinta”: https://youtu.be/hupaz_N20cU

-FREE Turandot Scorecard 😘: https://www.scoresunstitched.com/

-Opera Voice Types (Women): https://youtu.be/aS9iNXK_Rww

-Opera Voice Types (Men): https://youtu.be/D5QXkOslWgk

-Mirella Freni singing “Tu che di gel sei cinta” (my fave Liù): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab4L9N_QzVs

-Franco Corelli singing “Nessun dorma” (my fave Calaf): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWokel5YxM8

🎧 M U S I C I N T H I S V I D E O

Epidemic Sound:

-"Danse Avec Moi" by Franz Gordon

-"The Royal Gardens" by Sinfonietta Cinematica

Public Domain:

-”Aria: Nessun Dorma in G major” by Roman Richards | IMSLP

-”Tu che di gel sei cinta (Liù's aria)” by Héctor Valls | IMSLP

-"The Swan" by Camille Saint-Saëns | IMSLP

-"Serenade for Strings, II" by Edward Elgar | IMSLP

-"Méditation" from Thaïs by Jules Massenet | IMSLP

Fair Use:

-Clips from “Turandot” (2022) | Met Opera on Demand

📺 S H O R T F O R M

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TIMELINE

0:00 Intro

0:25 Quick plot overview (no spoilers)

1:34 How the heck do you pronounce this name?

2:41 About the poetry

3:30 Why is Turandot so old?

4:55 The Tolkien of it all

5:54 What to expect at the opera house

6:40 How Puccini wrote Turandot

7:45 The unfinished ending

9:29 Calaf & Nessun Dorma

19:13 Liu & Tu che di gel sei cinta

23:14 Jasmine Flower (​Mō Lì Huā) theme

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