Opera

Turandot

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Puccini’s *Turandot* is a three-act opera left unfinished at his death in 1924 and later completed by Franco Alfano; it premiered in 1926 and soon entered New York’s operatic bloodstream through early Metropolitan Opera productions. Set in an imagined imperial China, it follows Prince Calaf as he stakes his life on three riddles to win the unyielding Princess Turandot, then offers his own name as the final wager before dawn. The score’s grandeur sits uneasily beside its orientalist framing, a tension modern NYC stagings increasingly acknowledge.