Liù In the first act appears very early, and it is now easy to sympathize with her, all that does is done with love and for love . What do we want more? She devoted the first Puccini wonderful air of a work ("Lord, hear!") And remain under his spell throughout his life. Why then Calaf had never noticed her and, while failing to smile once, did not even remember, fall in love at first sight of Turandot, which has just cursed and he knows to be "cruel"? Liu is the counterpart Turandot: indeed, Turandot is the counterpart of Liu, as well as Carmen is the antithesis of Micaela.
In the collective imagination, Liu embodies all those qualities very reassuring that we give to women for centuries, molding according to a patriarchal code that is expected of it dedication, kindness, selflessness, selfless love until it is completely "self denial" . The heroine of love is sacrificed for the benefit of their love object, in fact, be it a child or a man whose sometimes (and this is the case of Liu) is not reciprocated, and only acts in the name of love love (almost always the object of love is male).
All very sublime, but often when we speak of "love", you enter a strange land, an endless game of misunderstandings and projections, where it is easy to assume that you are talking about the same thing but in reality we end up trapped in a speech of the deaf, because love has many faces and multiple meanings (sexual, mystical, spiritual, filial, friendly ...) and multiple objects, first of all themselves, without which love is any suspicion something recognized even by Jesus when he warned to love others "as yourself".
We can not give to others what we have, and love is a form of energy, whatever you call it or present, who goes to the other only if "overflow" from our vessel, the container of our "fullness." We often exchange their need to "be loved", his thirst for love, capacity for love, but if reciprocity is important in any relationship, love becomes indispensable to minimize violence and addictions and to open the way to a mutual enrichment. It is precisely the reciprocity that will Calaf, Turandot not content to have to right to win, then in terms of strength and properties. After these brief, but essential digression, we return to Liu. Who really is and what its nature is love? She presents herself to a minimum: "I am nothing ... a slave, my lord. "
called a" slave "surrender, even to its name, its" I ", and this seems the most obvious proof of dependency, lack of autonomy and freedom. There could be no sharper contrast with the freedom of Turandot, which is rather well aware of her being the daughter of Heaven, powerful princess whose name fills the whole world of wonder and terror.
Liu Timur accompanies the old king into exile (as the pious Antigone with the old Oedipus is blind) because his heart is full of a "smile" that once received by Calaf, and seems not to expect anything in return. But behind this apparent void lurks enormous strength; force that can not stop Calaf in its intent, but that will prove decisive for the final victory. The famous "power of the weak"?
As for the first act, to confine this presentation. We will resume the discussion on Liu and his "offering of love" when we talk about the third act.
Click here for the lyrics to "Lord, hear."
LIÙLord, hear! Ah, sir, listen!
Liu does not hold anymore, it breaks my heart!
Alas, how much progress with your name in,
with your name on the lips!
But if your fate will be decided tomorrow, we
die on the path of exile.
He will lose his son, I am the shadow of a smile.
Liu does not hold anymore! Ah!
| Maria Callas | Renata Tebaldi |
| Mirella Freni | Kiri Te Kanawa |
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