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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
1998-1999
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production and Design
Stage Director(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Movement Choreographer
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Mandarin
Liù, a young slave girl
Timur, dethroned Tartar King
Calaf, son of Timur
Nicola Martinucci(12/1,4,9,12)
Prince of Persia
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

The performance of December 1st is sponsored by Lucent Technologies

The performance of December 9th is sponsored by Sun Microsystems

The performance of December 12th is designated in loving memory of Joseph Scott Hendrickson, Supernumerary, and in honor of San Francisco Opera Supernumeraries.

Acknowledgements

This production is sponsored by Madeleine Haas Russell and the Madeleine H. Russell Fund of the Columbia Foundation.

Notes

Last duet and finale by Franco Alfano

Production co-owned with Lyric Opera of Chicago

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios
Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS

Children's Choruses
San Francisco Girls Chorus -- Sharon Paul, Artistic Director
San Francisco Boys Chorus -- Ian Robertson, Artistic Director
Ragazzi, The Peninsula Boys Chorus -- Joyce Keil, Artistic Director

Arianne Abela
Caitlin Austin
Elizabeth Beers
Katy Fast
Kathryn Florey
Pia Ghosh
Elaine Harris
Jennifer Hounshell
Chloe Jensen
Justine Leichtling
Robin Lerche
Katie Lombardi
Alyssa Mathias
Barrie McClune
Alexandra Mugge
Samantha Rusher
Alison Stumpf
Emily Stumpf
Caitie Unkovic
Alexandria Wood

Eli Anders
Liam Bradshaw
Jeff Bryant
Jesse Buddington
Tom Buran
Nathan Calixto
Erik Carlson
Nicholas Chacon
G. Chaichmelachvili
Jonathan Chin
Alex Dorey
Erik Dorey
Chris Evans
Jesse Glick
Stephen Hart
Ian Huey
Daniel Hwang
Ryan Kellett
George Kharabadze
Pavel Khazanov
Glendan Lawler
John Melis
Joel Morey
Jack Mosbacher
Nicholas Moy
Jeremy Ragent
Alex Rose
Brian Rose
Jacob Rothenbuhler
Joseph Saint Marie
Mario Sawaya
Matthew Spellberg
Christopher Trezzo
Sergio Ugarte
Denver Wade
Trent Walker
Jordan Wells

Acrobats
Teresa Dinaburg
Rousdem Djoraev
Dmitri Dogadkin
Aidan O'Shea
Melissa Sullivan
Kelly Toomey

Supernumeraries
Traude Albert
Susan Alden
Susan Anderson
Jamie Daniels
Pam DeWeerd
Amanda Dieck
Renée Gibbons
Karen Goodwyn
Nancy Huie
Diane Knoll
Andrea Kohlruss
Priscilla Lore
Lisa Lorea
Lorraine Nelson
Marianna Petroni
Stephanie Salter
Christine Seigel
Valentina Simi
Kimberly Thompson
Carolyn Waugh

Jesus Acosta-Hughes
Steve Bauman
Tom Carlisle
David Cash
Douglas Ceffalo
Roderick Chow
David Clover
Aloysius Cummings
Richard Dobbins
Jim Dyvad
Karl Fischer
Kevin Gee
Joe Giammarco
Eddy Gordillo
Tom Hadfield
Jeffrey Johnson
Claude Jones
Keith King
Bill Klaproth
Andrew Korniej
Steve Lavezzoli
James Lesko
David Lezan
Charlie Lichtman
Ron Mann
John F. Martin
John R. Martin
Bruce McNaughton
David Miller
Gary Morgan
Robert Morgan-Wilde
David Norton
Michael Peredo
Keith Perry
Oliver Pollard
David Ransom
Conway Savageau
Louis Schilling
Lawrence Severino
Geoff Skidmore
Jim Troup
Gary Wendt-Bogear
Joe Willis