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模块八 Module VIII Appreciating literature and art《Reading(1)：Turandot in Beijing》精品PPT课件优质课下载
What else has Zhang Yimou directed besides films?
They are the ‘Bid for the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing’, which was shown in Moscow, a performance at the closing ceremony at Athens Olympic Games, an outdoor performance of Third Sister Liu in Guilin and Turandot in Beijing
Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A on page 2.
Answers
A 1 Turandot is an opera that tells the story of a cold-hearted Chinese princess, named Turandot, who lives in the Forbidden City. To avoid marriage, she says that any potential husband must answer three riddles correctly or die.
2 Giacomo Puccini wrote the opera. The final scene was completed by Franco Alfano, one of his students, based on Puccini’s notes after he died.
3 It was performed outdoors.
Plot
Setting
Main
characters
of the story
(Turandot—a Chinese princess；
Calaf—a prince；Liu—Calaf’s father’s young slave)
Beijing’s Forbidden City
The story takes on the classic love triangle of the three main characters Turandot, Calaf and Liu. Liu loves Calaf, but Calaf has fallen in love with Turandot. Because Turandot does not want to get married, she declares that anyone who wants to marry her must answer her three questions. If the one cannot answer these questions, he will be killed.
Actors and
actresses
Conductor
Director
Zhang Yimou
Zubin Mehta, an internationally famous conductor born in India
Sharon Sweet—Turandot; Barbara Hendricks—Liu;
Kristjan Johannsson—Calaf; other singers and musicians from abroad and China
⑴ How many performances of Turandot