Turandot

About the show

Kalaf, an exiled prince in disguise, decides to seek Turandot’s hand after finding a portrait left by a suitor who was executed. Turandot’s father, Emperor Altoum, laments her refusal to marry. Kalaf answers Turandot’s three riddles correctly and challenges her to discover his name and parentage; if she succeeds, he will leave. Adelma, Turandot’s confidante, knows Kalaf’s identity and offers to reveal it in exchange for her freedom. Turandot announces Kalaf’s name, and he prepares to depart, but she stops him and confesses that he has awakened her heart. The opera ends with an ensemble declaring that love rules all people.