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Turandot

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Turandot
in revenge for dishonor to ancestor. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, Turandot, Westerman, 368]

Turandot
solver of riddles wins Turandot; failure brings death. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, Turandot, Westerman, 367–368]
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During another rehearsal, Levy fine-tuned the delicate movements of Puccini's Turandot, set in ancient China.
That is, until he falls down a hole to the center of the Earth and ends up in Arachnia, a land where a race of humans called Turandot are at war with giant insects called Insectors.
He would wipe his face with the panache of Luciano Pavarotti singing ``Nessun Dorma'' from the opera Turandot.
 
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