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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Nessun dorma, La donna e mobile, Helikopter-Streichquartett, Vesti la giubba, The Flower Duet, Flight of the Bumblebee, Dance of the Hours, Madamina, il catalogo e questo, Ride of the Valkyries, O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn, Mon c ur s'ouvre a ta voix, Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen, Toreador Song, Habanera, O mio babbino caro, Va, pensiero, Bridal Chorus, Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!, Largo al factotum, Una furtiva lagrima, Libiamo ne' lieti calici, Meditation, E lucevan le stelle, In questa reggia, Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto, Ombra mai fu, Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon, La mamma morta, Il dolce suono, Anvil Chorus, Lascia ch'io pianga, Sposa son disprezzata, E la solita storia del pastore, Di quella pira, Se vuol ballare, Un di, felice, eterea, Ch'ella mi creda libero, Celeste Aida, Svegliatevi nel core, Gluck das mir verblieb, Non piangere, Liu, Cora, the Indian Maiden's Song, Quando me'n vo', Recondita armonia, Vissi d'arte, Vaga luna, che inargenti, Sebben, crudele, Amor, vida de mi vida, Triumphal March, No puede ser, Donna non vidi mai. Excerpt: Nessun dorma (English: None shall sleep) is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto (the unknown prince), who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. However, any man who wishes to wed Turandot must first answer her three riddles; if he fails, he will be beheaded. In the act before this aria, Calaf has correctly answered the three riddles put to all of Princess Turandot's prospective suitors. Nonetheless, she recoils at the thought of marriage to him. Calaf offers her another chance by challenging her to guess his name by dawn. (As he kneels before her, the Nessun dorma theme makes a first appeara...
