Turandot To obtain permission to marry her, a suitor has to solve three riddles; any wrong answer results in death. Calaf passes the test, but Turandot still refuses to marry him. He offers her a way out: if she is able to learn his name before dawn the next day, then at daybreak he will die. In the original story by Nizami, the princess sets four conditions. The first is "a good name and good deeds", and then the three challenges. The opera was unfinished at the time of Puccini's death in 1924, and was completed by Franco Alfano in 1926.
Death by Stereo also announced that Death by Stereo would release a split album with punk rock bank Love Equals Death. The album was to be titled "Love Equals Death by Stereo". Love Equals Death subsequently disbanded in 2006, and this project was cancelled. Rebbe left the band in mid-2008 to concentrate on his other projects. He was replaced by Jeff Clarke. Death by Stereo went into a period of relative inactivity after Rebbe's departure until the release of their fifth album. On October 28, 2008, in an interview with Rebeltheory.com , it was announced the new album will be titled "Death Is