We bought the seats all the way in the back, but when we arrived we discovered our reserved seat tix were for center third row, right in front of the stage. No idea why La Scala was so nice to us. Was it because they noticed my Chinese surname and Turandot takes place in China? Or was it because I was clearly flying in from the US to see their show? Anyways, this is all coincidence as this was the only available opera in the dates we could travel.
Video showing what La Scala looks like from where we're seated.
Act I
Chinese princess, Turandot, puts no value on love and instead will marry only the man who suceeds through the trial, the 3 riddles. If the suitor tries and fails, he dies. Stranger from a distant land, Prince Calaf sees Turandot and decides to go through the trial. Slave girl, Liu sings about her love for Calaf as he was kind to her, and tries to talk him out of it, but he has his heart set on Turandot and the trial.
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