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 Opera in three acts to music by Giacomo Puccini. Rostov State Opera and Ballet production. Artistic Director: Vyacheslav Kushchyov. Music Director and Conductor: Andrei Ivanov. Conductor: Mikhail Granovsky. Stage Director: Pavel Sorokin. Performed with two intervals, sung in Italian. Turandot, daughter of Emperor Altoum, has decreed that she will only marry if a suitor of noble blood can answer three riddles. If he cannot, the price shall be his head. Her most recent suitor, the Prince of Persia, is to be executed at the moon’s rising. In the commotion outside the palace a blind man falls to the ground, and his companion, Liu, asks for help. They are aided by Calaf, who recognizes the man as his long-lost father, Timur, the banished ruler of his land. Calaf, like his father, is running from enemies and concealing his identity, and is known only as the Unknown Prince. Liu continues to aid Timur even in exile because years before, as she explains, Calaf bestowed a smile upon her. The people impatiently await the beheading. As the Prince of Persia enters, the crowd is suddenly moved and pleads with the Princess to pardon him. Turandot appears and dispassionately confirms the Prince’s sentence with a silent gesture...
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