Tonight we traveled to Beijing, China, or maybe we traveled to the Dallas Opera's premier of Giacomo Puccini's Turandot. It is the story of a barbarian prince traveling to Beijing, where he is reunited with his long-lost father and a faithful servant before taking on his greatest challenge — answering three riddles to win the hand of Princess Turandot, although failure will cost him his life!
The barbarian prince faces questions of family loyalty, faithfulness to duty, and honesty to oneself. The prince gives up the love of the faithful family friend for the desire of the lovely Princess Turandot. The faithful family friend gives up her life to not betray the barbarian prince. Jon's advice to Caleb, 'don't throw away a lovely friendship for something newer and shinier.' Jon's advice to the girls, 'don't give up your life for the sake of a stupid boy that can't appreciate who you are.'
The show was lovely, the sets, the orchestra, the costumes, everything was wonderful!
Greater love has no one than this:
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
John 15:13
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