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===Act III===
===Act III===
Scene 1:
The heralds declare that no one will sleep in Peking that night. The people dwell on their situation.
The heralds declare that no one will sleep in Peking that night. The people dwell on their situation.
Guards arrive with Timur and Liu and insinuate that they know the name. Calaf denies it. The crowd and the Ministers calls for Turandot and she appears. Ping insinuates that via torture, they can extract the name. Turandot demands the name. Lui steps up and asserts that she alone knows the name and that it is her supreme pleasure that it will remain secret because of her will. Calaf is seized by the guard. Ping insists upon the extraction the name. Liu resists. The crowd and Turondot demands the name and yet Liu claims that she would rather die than give up her dream of that smile. She suggests to Turandot that Love is her insurmountable rampart.
Guards arrive with Timur and Liu and insinuate that they know the name. Calaf denies it. The crowd and the Ministers calls for Turandot and she appears. Ping insinuates that via torture, they can extract the name. Turandot demands the name. Lui steps up and asserts that she alone knows the name and that it is her supreme pleasure that it will remain secret because of her will. Calaf is seized by the guard. Ping insists upon the extraction the name. Liu resists. The crowd and Turondot demands the name and yet Liu claims that she would rather die than give up her dream of that smile. She suggests to Turandot that Love is her insurmountable rampart.
Turandot commands that the secret be extracted from Liu. Ping calls for Pu-Tin-Pao. Liu seems to yield. She tells Turandot that she too will love the unnamed prince and then she grabs a weapon and kills herself. The blind Timur asks her to rise and Ping informs him that she is dead. Timur warns that some spirit is offended by such and crowd's mood turns and they ask for forgiveness. Timur mourns his loyal and beloved servant and says that he will follow her soon in death. The Ministers feel an emotion that is strange to them. The crowd asks for forgiveness. All but Calaf and Turandot depart.
Calaf approaches Turandot and tears away her veil. Turandot is offended and asserts her spiritual purity. Calaf compares her spirit with her body and so on. Calaf approaches Turandot and kisses her. Turandot is filled with a profound sense of defeat. She notes the dusk transitioning to dawn. She cries her first tears. She admits that she saw the light of heroes in Calaf eyes when she first saw him. She admits her fear of two intense simultaneous emotions : hate and love. She asks Calaf to settle for his victory and go away with his secret. Calaf tells Turandot says that she can still destroy him if she wants and he tells him name: Calaf, son of Timur. Turandot shrieks and tells Calaf that the moment of trial has come. The Trumpets blare.
Scene 2:
The crowd praises the Emperor.
Turandot says that she knows the stranger's name. She declares that his name is Love.
The crowd rejoices.
==See also==
==See also==