Nessun Dorma

Nessun Dorma is an aria from Puccini's opera Turandot, which gained popularity due to the version sung by Luciano Pavarotti, used as the theme for the 1990 Football World Cup. The aria acheived pop status after that performance and has since then become the legendary tenor's signature aria.

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It translates from the Italian as 'None Shall Sleep' - and is sung following the proclamation by the Princess Turandot that no-one shall sleep, they shall all spend the night attempting to find out the name of Calaf, who has set the challenge.

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Calaf sings this song, indicating his certainty that such an enormous effort will be in vain.

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Nessun Dorma also features in the films The Sum of All Fears, Chasing Liberty, No One Sleeps, The Killing Fields, Yes, Giorgio, Bend it Like Beckham, The Sea Inside and briefly in Man on Fire and The Island. Also appears in one episode of the TV drama Six Feet Under .

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Aria: This article is about the musical term "aria." For other meanings or uses of the word, see Aria (disambiguation)....

Opera: Opera refers to an European art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. Comparable art forms from other parts of the world are usually prefaced with an adjective indicating the region; examples include Chinese opera and Beijing opera....

Turandot: Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini (which was left unfinished by Puccini at his death, and completed by Franco Alfano) to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, based on the play by Carlo Gozzi. First performance: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1926....