Giacomo Puccini's Turandot is the first Western opera that the NCPA performed after its conception. Its extravagant costumes and creative sets help to tell the story of a cold-hearted Princess Turandot, the most beautiful Chinese princess, who gives potential suitors a series of three riddles in order to receive her hand in marriage. After a series of suitors lose their lives, an exiled prince of Tatary is determined to solve the riddles. The Puccini Festival Foundation has been involved in the entire process of bringing the opera to Beijing.