Turandot out Turandot's command: "Cosi comanda Turandot" – "This night, none shall sleep in Peking! The penalty for all will be death if the Prince's name is not discovered by morning". The Prince waits for dawn and anticipates his victory: "Nessun dorma" – "Nobody shall sleep!" Ping, Pong, and Pang appear and offer the Prince women and riches if he will only give up Turandot ("Tu che guardi le stelle"), but he refuses. A group of soldiers then drag in Timur and Liù. They have been seen speaking to the Prince, so they must know his name. Turandot enters and orders
Shall and will and "should" function as past tenses of "will" and "shall", their usage tends to correspond to that of the latter verbs ("would" is used analogously to "will", and "should" to "shall"). Thus "would" and "should" can be used with "future-in-the-past" meaning, to express what was expected to happen, or what in fact did happen, after some past time of reference. The use of "should" here (like that of "shall" as a plain future marker) is much less common and is generally confined to the first person. Examples: "Would" can also be used as the past equivalent of "will" in its