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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
2002-2003
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

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

Cast

Mandarin
Liù, a young slave girl
Timur, dethroned Tartar King
Calaf, son of Timur
Executioner
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 2 is sponsored by Bank of America.

The performance of December 5 is sponsored by Mumm Cuvée Napa,

Acknowledgements

This production is made possible, in part, by generous gifts from
Mrs Gorham B. Knowles
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Traitel

Corporate support for this production generously provided by Landor Associates.

Notes

Last duet and finale by Franco Alfano

Production co-owned with Lyric Opera of Chicago

Scenery, props, costumes and wigs constructed in the San Francisco Opera workshops

Tuned gongs provided through a generous gift from Jacqueline Hoefer

ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS

CHILDREN'S CHORUSES
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Susan McMane, Artistic Director
Elizabeth Avakian, Chorus School Director
Nisha Anand
Savannah Austin
Meredith Brennan
Jessica Charles
Katrina Clay
Alison Cleary
Elizabeth Feliciano
Maxine Gaspar
Amanda Irion
Beth-Anne Johnson
Bianca Joson
Sidney Kohls
Linden Miller
Becky Morey
Danielle Ng-You
Julianne Parayo
Elena Rosenberg-Carlson
Carlin Starrs
Genoa Starrs
Elaine Sullivan
Camille Zapanta

San Francisco Boys Chorus
Ian Robertson, Artistic Director
Michael Bannett
Alex Benet
Nicholas Bonney
Ben Campbell
Joey Chung
Gavin Davenport
Trevor Doherty
Simon Ehrlich
Nathaniel Farber
Matthew Huff
Nathan Lozano
Connor Lyons
Nicholas Massa
Elliott Pennington
Peter Quinn
Noah Riccardi
Nicholas Shen
Dale Smith
Sam Strelkoff
Justin Yuan

ACROBATS
Billy Conti
Dmitri Dogadkin
Hilary Kilpatrick
Laura Neustedter
Melissa Sullivan
Brady Turville

SUPERNUMERARIES
Traude Albert
Susan Anderson
Carolyn Balsley
Irene Bechtel
Sarah Booth
Katherine Brazaitis
Pam DeWeerd
Renee Gibbons
Nancy Huie
Joan Imbeau
Kristina Kling
Priscilla Lore
Lisa Lorea
Raquel Maldonado
Valentina Simi
Anna Stulz
Ceci Valente
Carolyn Waugh
Laurel Winzler

Trey Alonso
Steve Bauman
Randy Berenson
David Cash
Doug Ceffalo
David Clover
Gary Cramer
Al Cummings
Tom Doud
Eddy Gordillo
Bradly Hamilton
Keith King
Bill Klaproth
Jeff Kohler
Andrew Korniej
Steve Lavezzoli
Simon Elliott LehBohn
David Lezan
Charlie Lichtman
Ron Mann
John F. Martin
John R. Martin
Bruce McNaughton
David Miller
Ed Mitchell
David Norton
Bob O'Connor
Michael O'Reilly
Michael Peredo
David Ransom
David Robinson
Godofredo Salvallon
Larry Severino
Geoff Skidmore
Bob Stroman
Paul Szczesiul
Jim Troup