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"" (; English: "None shall sleep") is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's frequently performed opera ''Turandot'' and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, ' (the unknown prince), who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. However, any man who wishes to wed Turandot must first answer her three riddles; if he fails, he will be beheaded. In the aria, Calaf expresses his triumphant assurance that he will win the princess. Although "Nessun dorma" has long been a staple of operatic recitals, Luciano Pavarotti popularized the piece beyond the opera world in the 1990s. Both Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo released singles of the aria that charted in the United Kingdom, and it appeared on the best selling classical album of all time, ''The Three Tenors in Concert''.〔''Classical Music Magazine'', volume 17, p. 39 (1994). "And then there's the Three Tenors phenomenon: The London recording from the 1990 concert became the biggest-selling classical album of all time, having now topped 10-million units throughout the world..."〕 Since that time, many crossover artists have performed and recorded it. It has also frequently appeared in movies and on television. Unusually for a classical piece, it has become a part of popular culture. == Context and analysis == In the act before this aria, Calaf has correctly answered the three riddles put to all of Princess Turandot's prospective suitors. Nonetheless, she recoils at the thought of marriage to him. Calaf offers her another chance by challenging her to guess his name by dawn. (As he kneels before her, the ''Nessun dorma'' theme makes a first appearance, to his words, "''Il mio nome non sai!''") If she does so, she can execute him; but if she does not, she must marry him. The cruel and emotionally cold princess then decrees that none of her subjects shall sleep that night until his name is discovered. If they fail, all will be killed. As the final act opens, it is now night. Calaf is alone in the moonlit palace gardens. In the distance, he hears Turandot's heralds proclaiming her command. His aria begins with an echo of their cry and a reflection on Princess Turandot: : Just before the climactic end of the aria, a chorus of women is heard singing in the distance: : Calaf, now certain of victory, sings: : In performance, the final "Vincerò!" features a sustained B4,〔Note: this article uses scientific pitch notation; e.g., B4 is the B above Middle C〕 followed by the final note, an A4 sustained even longer—although Puccini's score did not explicitly specify that either note be sustained.〔('Puccini scores' (musical and contextual analysis of ''Nessun Dorma''), ''National Review'', July 23, 1990 ) (accessed 8 October 2007)〕 In the original score, the B is written as an eighth note while the A is a whole note. Both are high notes in the tenor range. The only recording to follow Puccini's score exactly was the very first, sung by Gina Cigna and Francesco Merli, conducted by Franco Ghione. In Alfano's completion of act 3, the "Nessun dorma" theme makes a final triumphal appearance at the end of the opera. The theme also makes a concluding reappearance in Luciano Berio's later completion (this having been an expressed intention of Puccini's), but in a more subdued orchestration. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nessun dorma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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