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* Giacomo Puccini, the composer of famous operas ''[[La Boheme]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'' and ''[[Turandot]]'', loved this trope. Almost all of his operas have the moment of [[Melancholy Moon]], usually in connection with the main soprano heroine. In ''[[Turandot]]'', the trope is played with in a most gruesome way: the moonrise is the signal for starting an execution. It is also averted, when Prince Calaf has his moment of moon-gazing: he is not melancholic but self-assured and hopeful.