Among the many absurdist opera stories in existence, nothing is more preposterous than the happy ending generally used for Giacomo Puccini¡¯s final opera ¡°Turandot,¡± in which Princess Turandot suddenly accepts Prince Calaf¡¯s wooing right after the suicide of Liu, a slave, as if her death was nothing.
It was a wonder for me why this opera, in which a cruel princess puts her suitors to death if they fail to answer three riddles, was chosen to be staged at the Summer Festival Opera 2019-20 Japan-Tokyo-World event, ahead of next year¡¯s Olympics.
It is often said that Puccini was not able to find a satisfactory ending for his unfinished masterpiece, ¡°Turandot,¡± which features cacophonous sound, exotic Chinese elements and sonorous chanting.
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