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*** Alfano's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z1EPZ2mlq4 original]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M-lvEWlF4A ending]] which Toscanini cut ruthlessly, is actually performed sometimes today and has its own appreciative fans.
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*** Alfano's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z1EPZ2mlq4 original]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M-lvEWlF4A ending]] which Toscanini cut ruthlessly, is actually performed sometimes today and has today, with its own appreciative fans.
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* BrokenBase: How the opera truly ends depends on the opinion of the person viewing it. The Alfano ending, in which Turandot calls Calaf "Love," is the standard ending, but not everyone agrees with this bombastic conclusion, citing its inadequate buildup of Turandot's HeelFaceTurn, so a number of [[RevisedEnding different endings have been composed over the years]]. In 2002, Luciano Berio created a more [[MaybeEverAfter ambiguous]] [[AmbiguousEnding ending]]. In 2008, a Chinese composer named Hao Wei Ya composed an ending where Calaf kisses Turandot tenderly instead of forcefully and Turandot sings a whole aria expanding upon her HeelFaceTurn. And in 2017, Anton Coppola, [[CoolOldGuy at the age of 100]], composed a radically [[DownerEnding grim finale]] where Turandot instead [[DeathByAdaptation has Calaf beheaded]], [[ButForMeItWasTuesday like so many of her other would-be suitors]]. It's safe to say that whichever ending you prefer is entirely up to you. Sometimes the opera is performed without an ending at all, Liu's death and funeral being the end.
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* BrokenBase: How the opera truly ends depends on the opinion of the person viewing it. The Toscanini-edited Alfano ending, in which Turandot calls Calaf "Love," is the standard ending, but not everyone agrees with this bombastic conclusion, citing its inadequate buildup of Turandot's HeelFaceTurn, so a number of [[RevisedEnding different endings have been composed over the years]].years]]. Sometimes Alfano's original, longer and more melodic ending is used. In 2002, Luciano Berio created a more [[MaybeEverAfter ambiguous]] [[AmbiguousEnding ending]]. In 2008, a Chinese composer named Hao Wei Ya composed an ending where Calaf kisses Turandot tenderly instead of forcefully and Turandot sings a whole aria expanding upon her HeelFaceTurn. And in 2017, Anton Coppola, [[CoolOldGuy at the age of 100]], composed a radically [[DownerEnding grim finale]] where Turandot instead [[DeathByAdaptation has Calaf beheaded]], [[ButForMeItWasTuesday like so many of her other would-be suitors]]. It's safe to say that whichever ending you prefer is entirely up to you. Sometimes the opera is performed without an ending at all, Liu's death and funeral being the end.
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* EsotericHappyEnding: Some viewers interpret the finale this way. Really, a HappyEnding literally minutes after the best person in the whole opera killed themselves, doesn't look too convincing. Especially since said person killed herself specifically to avoid giving in to ''literal torture at the hands of the titular character'', just so that her master would have a shot at marrying the torturer herself. [[ValuesDissonance Um... hooray?]]
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* EsotericHappyEnding: Some viewers interpret the finale this way. Really, a HappyEnding literally minutes after the best person in the whole opera killed themselves, doesn't look too convincing. Especially since said person killed herself specifically to avoid giving in to ''literal torture at the hands of the titular character'', just so that [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy her master would have a shot at marrying marrying]] the torturer herself. [[ValuesDissonance Um... hooray?]]
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* EsotericHappyEnding: Some viewers seem to interpret the finale this way. Really, a HappyEnding literally minutes after the best person in the whole opera killed themselves, doesn't look too convincing. Especially since said person killed herself specifically to avoid giving in to ''literal torture at the hands of the titular character'', just so that her master would have a shot at marrying the torturer herself. [[ValuesDissonance Um... hooray?]]
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* EsotericHappyEnding: Some viewers seem to interpret the finale this way. Really, a HappyEnding literally minutes after the best person in the whole opera killed themselves, doesn't look too convincing. Especially since said person killed herself specifically to avoid giving in to ''literal torture at the hands of the titular character'', just so that her master would have a shot at marrying the torturer herself. [[ValuesDissonance Um... hooray?]]
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* AmericansHateTingle: Subverted in China. This opera used to [[BannedInChina be banned in this country, in a literal sense,]] and hated because of it being seen as a xenophobic work there. However, since the 2010's, the hatedom died out thanks to some [[CulturalTranslation local adapatations]] of the opera itself there.
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* AmericansHateTingle: Subverted in China. This opera used to [[BannedInChina be banned in this country, in a literal sense,]] and hated because of it being seen as a xenophobic work there. However, since the 2010's, the hatedom died out thanks to some [[CulturalTranslation local adapatations]] adaptations]] of the opera itself there.
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* AmericansHateTingle: Subverted in China. This opera used to [[BannedInChina be bannednin this country, in a literal sense,]] and hated because of it being seen as a xenophobic work there. However, since the 2010's, the hatedom died out thanks to some [[CulturalTranslation local adapatations]] of the opera itself there.
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* AmericansHateTingle: Subverted in China. This opera used to [[BannedInChina be bannednin banned in this country, in a literal sense,]] and hated because of it being seen as a xenophobic work there. However, since the 2010's, the hatedom died out thanks to some [[CulturalTranslation local adapatations]] of the opera itself there.
