Finale
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Quite simply - the first act
There is no name for it. However the ending of an opera is usually referred to as the finale of the opera.
Parsifal
Conversational singing in opera is called recitative. It is very frequent in Mozart's Italian operas, where the entire opera is sung, so the recitative is meant to act as a form of sung dialogue.
"Nessun dorma" is from Puccini's last opera, "Turandot", which he composed between 1921 and 1924, the year he died. We know that this aria, at the beginning of the last act, was complete at the time of his death in November 1924, although the opera was left unfinished.The opera received its debut in 1926.