MILWAUKEE, WI — At the end of former President and U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump's 90-minute acceptance speech, the sounds of opera opened with "Nessun Dorma" ("Let No One Sleep"), a majestic musical piece performed by tenor Christopher Maccio. This took place in Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum at the conclusion of the National Republican Convention early in the morning, around 12:10 a.m., after Trump's speech.
U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump and his wife Melania after the former president's triumphant speech at the 2024 RNC Convention during the early morning hours of July 19, 2024.
While balloons dropped and Republican delegates tossed balloons in what was reported to be the largest balloon drop in history, not many realized the performance of "Nessun Dorma" had a deeper meaning than just Trump's love for classical music.
"Nessun Dorma" is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" and one of the most popular tenor arias in all of opera. The aria is sung by the character Calaf, il principe ignoto (the unknown prince), who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. Any man who wishes to wed Turandot must first answer her three riddles. If he fails, he will be beheaded. In the aria, Calaf expresses his triumphant assurance that he will win the princess.
However, the aria also has a more sinister connotation beyond its original intention in the opera. It is featured in the 2002 film "The Sum of All Fears," based on Tom Clancy's 1991 novel. This political thriller, a sequel to "Clear and Present Danger" (1989), involves CIA Deputy Director Jack Ryan, who attempts to prevent a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union circa 1985. Ryan faces entrenched bureaucrats from both sides and a missing nuclear warhead, which each side uses to further their agendas.At the end of the movie, Ryan is triumphant in preventing a nuclear holocaust, and "Nessun Dorma" plays. The camera shifts to various antagonists who meet their deaths by car bombs, throat slashing, and other means. Watch the end of "The Sum of All Fears" here.
The ending of the 2002 movie A Sum of All Fears
President Donald Trump surrounded by his family after his triumphant speech at the 2024 RNC Convention just after midnight on July 19, 2024
Watch as tenor Christopher Maccio performs "Nessun Dorma" ("Let No One Sleep") following President Donald Trump's triumphant acceptance speech at the 2024 RNC Convention just after midnight on July 19, 2024:
Trump often claims to be a victim of the deep state or the swamp, and he promises to drain the swamp if elected. Although the violent scenes accompanied by "Nessun Dorma" in "The Sum of All Fears" are intense, they may serve as a hyperbolic metaphor for Trump's campaign rhetoric. Performing it after his triumphant speech at the RNC convention might be one of the most ingenious trolls of all time.
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