1. The opera begins with the proclamation that Princess Turandot will marry the first prince of royal birth who can answer three riddles. If the prince fails to answer them correctly, he will be beheaded. Many men try, but none succeed. Then the Prince of Persia wants to take on the challenge and correctly answers all three riddles. Even though he has "won" the princess, he gives her a chance to get rid of him. He then lets her have til dawn to figure out his name. If she wins then he dies. Later, Timur and Liu are brought in and Turandot questions Timur, but at the last second Liu states that she loves the Prince. Realizing that she will now never be able to have the Prince, she kills herself. Next, Turandot admits to the Prince that she had loved him all along. The Prince then tells Turandot his name, but she then tells her father that his name is Love. They then live happily.3. Opera contains only sung words, while Light Opera contains spoken and sung words.
We were supposed to draw what we thought when listening to the Opera. Here's my drawing.
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