江苏省宝应县画川高级中学译林牛津版高中英语课件 选修八 unit2 Turandot in Beijing.pptVIP

Unit 2 Turandot in Beijing Read the passage quickly and answer these questions. 1. What is Turandot? 2. Who wrote Turandot? 3. Was the performance (演 出)indoors or outdoors? What is Turandot? 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. Who wrote Turandot? 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. Was the performance (演出)indoors or outdoors? Outdoors. Read the review again to find the background information of the opera. Main characters of the story: Settings: Plot: Director: Conductor: Actors and actresses: Main characters of the story: Turandot---a Chinese princess Calaf --- a prince Liu--- calaf’s father’s slave Settings: Beijing’s Forbidden City Director: Zhang Yimou. Conductor: Zubin Mehta, an internationally famous conductor born in India. Plot: 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 can not answer the questions, he will be killed. Actors and actresses: Sharon Sweet---- Turandot Barbara Hendricks---- Liu Kristjan Johannsson ---- Calaf Other singers and musicians from abroad and china Read carefully and answer the questions What kind of person is Turandot? What happened to the prince who could n