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BROADCAST OF JANUARY 29, 2005, 1:30 P.M. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK
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Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
THE STORY
ACT I. Outside the Forbidden City in Peking, a Mandarin reads an edict ("Popolo di Pekino!"): any prince seeking to marry the Princess Turandot must answer three riddles. If he fails, he loses his head. The latest suitor, the Prince of Persia, is to die at the moon's rising; bloodthirsty citizens urge the executioner ...