湖南省蓝山二中 2014 年高中英语 Unit2 BackgroUnd information学案 牛津译林版选修 8II. A tree diagram of the textIII. A retold version of the text Turandot is an opera which was written by Puccini, an Italian, but he died, leaving it unfinished. And Franco Alfano, one of his former students, completed the rest. It was performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China where once only in history the emperor, his family and officials were allowed. Many world’s greatest opera singers and Chinese musicians, actors and singers were cast. The production combined the very best of Western and Chinese talents in music, staging and directing. So the performance was splendid. Turandot tells the story of a cold-hearted Chinese princess, named 1Turandot in Beijingbackground informationthe plot the evaluatioon performed in the Forbidden Cityacted by great musicians, actors and singers from over the worldwritten by Puccinifirst performed in the Forbidden cityexcellent actors, conductor and directormoved audiencean amazing productionTurandot, who lives in the Forbidden City and is drunk with power. To avoid marriage, she says that any potential husband must answer three riddles correctly or he has to die. At first, a prince is killed because he is unable to answer Turandot’s riddles. Before long, Calaf, another prince, falls in love with her. But a young slave of his father, Liu, loves Calaf. So the story takes on a classic love triangle feature. Calaf answers Turandot’s questions correctly, but she is greatly upset. Calaf promises that she doesn’t have to marry him, if she can guess his name by sunrise. So Turandot threatens and terrifies Liu whose love for Calaf is unconditional, but Liu kills herself. Everyone, ...
