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Turandot's Homecoming: Seeking the Authentic Princess of China in a New Contest of Riddles

Sung, Ying-Wei Tiffany
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1273466517

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2010, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music History.
The negative portrait of Chinese culture in Puccini's Turandot hindered this opera's acceptance in China. Wei Minglun's Sichuan Opera performance Chinese Princess Turandot (1995) and Zhang Yimou's collaboration with Zubin Mehta on Puccini's Turandot premiere in Beijing, however, brought Turandot home at the end of twentieth century. This thesis explores Turandot's transformation and reception in China by analyzing the Chinese cultural representation and authenticity of these two Chinese versions. To provide a historical context, the thesis traces Turandot's origin from Nizami's Haft Paykar (1197) to Puccini's opera. It also includes discussion of varied Chinese adaptations from 1995 to 2010. Ultimately, this thesis investigates issues of Orientalism, Occidentalism, authenticity, and hybridism in Turandot's homecoming. Because the Orientalist image of Turandot has been modified by cross-cultural context, I propose that Orientalism and Occidentalism can be distinguished by how a work is made and how it is perceived.
Vincent Corrigan, PhD (Committee Chair)
Mary Natvig, PhD (Committee Member)
Per F. Broman, PhD (Committee Member)
91 p.
Music
Turandot; Zhang Yimou; Wei Minglun; Orientalism; Occidentalism; Sichuan Opera

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  • Sung, Y.-W. T. (2010). Turandot's Homecoming: Seeking the Authentic Princess of China in a New Contest of Riddles [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1273466517

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sung, Ying-Wei. Turandot's Homecoming: Seeking the Authentic Princess of China in a New Contest of Riddles. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1273466517.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sung, Ying-Wei. "Turandot's Homecoming: Seeking the Authentic Princess of China in a New Contest of Riddles." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1273466517

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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