Princess Turandot, the namesake of Puccini's final opera, "Turandot," was easy to please when it came to men. Answer her three riddles correctly and you had her heart. Get them wrong and she had your ...

But we don’t readily think of Puccini in terms of grand opera, ALL CAPS, unless we narrow our focus to the Italian master’s last work, TURANDOT, the one opera he didn’t live to complete or see ...

The opera’s hero, prince-in-disguise Calaf, takes one look at a formidable princess and falls violently in love. Turandot, whose heart seems impenetrable, fends off all claimants to her hand by posing ...

Princess Turandot, beautiful daughter of Chinese Emperor Altoum, declares she will only marry a man of royal blood who can correctly answer three riddles. If the suitor fails to come up with the ...