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Signore, ascolta! - (Completed after Puccini's death)
      from Act I of the Italian opera, Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
      Libretto : Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni

• Role : Liú, a slave girl
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano
• Setting : The streets of Peking
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Liù, Calaf and Timur are in the midst of a processional to the execution of the Prince of Persia who attempted to win the Princess Turandot by answering three riddles. If he had given the correct answers, he would have married the Princess, but the price for incorrectly answering them was death. During the processional, Calaf catches a glimpse of Turandot, falls in love with her immediately, and decides to attempt to answer the three riddles. Liù sings this aria to beg him not to risk his life for the Princess.
• Sound file : MIDI file and zip format sequenced by Curtis McDonald.
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Gabriel Huaroc.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50020 (Ricordi).

In questa reggia - (Completed after Puccini's death)
      from Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
      Libretto : Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni

• Role : Turandot, Princess of China
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : dramatic soprano
• Setting : The square in front of the palace
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Turandot warns Calaf of the danger of the deadly game of riddles he proposes to take part in to win Turandot's name. She explains to him that the game is to avenge her ancestress, who was killed when a warlord conquered her country. Now, Turandot's self-devised game has settled the score.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Rebecca Burstein.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50020 (Ricordi).

Tu che di gel sei cinta - (Completed after Puccini's death)
      from Act III of the Italian opera, Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
      Libretto : Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni

• Role : Liú, a slave girl
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano
• Setting : The gardens before the walls of Peking
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : After being captured and tortured because she knows Calaf's name, Liù is asked by Turandot why she resists the torture so well. She replies that her love for the "Unknown Prince" keeps her from telling his name. She goes on to sing that Turandot's icy heart will one day be melted by Calaf and that Turandot will love him as Liù does now.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Christie Turner.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50020 (Ricordi).

Non piangere, Liù - (Completed after Puccini's death)
      from Act I of the Italian opera, Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
      Libretto : Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni

• Role : Calaf, the "Unknown Prince"
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : dramatic tenor/heldentenor
• Setting : The streets of Peking
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : After Liù begs him tearfully not to risk his life by playing a deadly game to win the Princess Turandot, Calaf responds to her gently, asking her not to weep.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Gabriel Huaroc.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50020 (Ricordi).

Nessun dorma - (Completed after Puccini's death)
      from Act III of the Italian opera, Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
      Libretto : Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni

• Role : Calaf, the "Unknown Prince"
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : dramatic tenor/heldentenor
• Setting : The gardens before the walls of Peking
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : A herald has just announced that no one will sleep in the Peking until the Calaf's name is known to the Princess under pain of death. Calaf, who knows that he has agreed to be killed if Turandot learns his name before the morning, is not worried. He is sure that he will be the only one to reveal his name to the Princess and this only after morning has come and the Princess has consented to be his wife.
• Sound file : MIDI file and zip format sequenced by David Morris.
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation entered by Jason Siegel. Please contact Robert Glaubitz to ask permission to use it.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50020 (Ricordi).