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Turandot I

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Based On

Friedrich Schiller's version of a play by Carlo Gozzi

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2011-2012
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production and Design
Director
Costume Designer(s)
Original Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Fight Director
Assistant Conductor
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Wig and Makeup Designer
Production Super Captain

Cast

Mandarin
Liù, a young slave girl
Timur, dethroned Tartar King
Calaf, son of Timur
Prince of Persia
Pu-Tin-Pao, Executioner
Ping, grand chancellor
Pang, supreme lord of provisions
Pong, supreme lord of the imperial kitchen
Emperor Altoum of China
Princess Turandot, his daughter

Show Dates

Time and Place

Legendary Peking, China

Scenes

ACT I - Before the walls of Peking
ACT II, Scene 1 - A pavilion
ACT II, Scene 2 - Outside the palace
ACT III, Scene 1 - The palace garden
ACT III, Scene 2 - Inside the palace

Media

Sponsors

Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production

This production is made possible, in part, by the Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson Fund, The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund, and Opening Weekend Grand Sponsor Diane B. Wilsey

Notes

Co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago

By arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, sole agent in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for Casa Ricordi/Universal Music Publishing Ricordi S.R.L., publisher and copyright owner.

The performance of Sunday, September 25th, was the subject of a live simulcast to AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, in partnership with Webcor Builders. The official attendance figure was 16,000.

CHILDREN’S CHORUS
The children appearing in this production are members of the San Francisco Girls Chorus and the San Francisco Boys Chorus. They are led by:

SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS
Susan McMane, Artistic Director
Beth Avakian, Chorus School Director

SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS
Ian Robertson, Artistic Director
Margaret Nomura Clark, Associate Artistic Director

Laine Aro
Lucille Bhisitkul
AJ Bonino
Jason Brady
Alexandria Chilimidos
Samuel Cormier
Alexander Dalsager
Nicholas Eschen
Chiara Figari
Alessandra Hee
Will Hespe
Isabella Hord
Nestor Jarquin
Antonio Johnson-Smith
Sofia Judge
Nicolas Kim
Hannah Liu
Michael Liu
Sean Love
Joshua Marrald
Elizabeth Matter
Elise Mills
Caroline Miskovsky
Daniel Mitchell
Matani Novero-Paaga
Leah Ofman
Jack O'Neill
Gregory Porter
Sydney Reel
Isaac Ren
Sarah Ribeiro-Broomhead
Zoe Sirchuk
Sierra Steinwert
Kai Sugioka-Stone
Renée Theodore
Evan Tiapula
Sarah Vinnett
Erika Wong
Ryan Yee
Christian Yoder

SUPERNUMERARIES
Susan Anderson-Norby
Philip Arbeit
Gracie Bernacki
Joseph Berzok
Christine M. Boulanger
Jim Bowes
Kyle Brisby
Mark Burstein
Al Cummings
Jim Diederich
Bob Ericson
Darcy I. Fink
Joseph Friedman
Joseph Giammarco
Nancy Huie
Ryan Jaeger
Jenny Jirousek
Kevin Lain Johnson
Grady Keith King
Allan B. Kingston
Bill Klaproth
Andrew Korniej
Helen Lew
John F. Martin
Teresa McGill
Marie McNulty
Lynn Meinhardt
Heidi Munzinger
Scott Pearson
Nadine Prah
Leo R. Pribble
Patricia Rodriguez
Jeffrey Schiebler
Larry Severino
Mare Skipper
Todd Standley
Tim Stylez
Paul Szczesiul
Lillian M. Tan
Mimi Timberlake
Brandon Torres
Erik Tweed
Leon J. Vitovitch
Sally Warren
Craig Chapler Weldon
Ann L. Williamson
Laurel Ann Winzler
Rob Wonder
Frank Zepeda