Friedrich Schiller's version of a play by Carlo Gozzi
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Designer
Scenery painted by
Production supervised by
Cast
Princess Turandot
Emperor Altoum
Timur
Prince Calaf
Liù
Ping
Pang
Pong
Mandarin
First Lady-in-waiting
Second Lady-in-waiting
Voice of Prince of Persia
Show Dates
Time and Place
Legendary
Scenes
Acknowledgements
(see notes)
Legacy Commission
Last duet and finale by Franco Alfano
Notes
The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting
Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. The entire 1953 season
was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."
The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.
Corps de Ballet
Boys selected from the San Francisco Boys Chorus
Sponsorship program note:
The San Francisco Opera Association is ever mindful of the valuable assistance given by the
San Francisco Opera Guild during its sixteen years. Not only has the Guild made it possible
for many thousands of students to hear opera at low prices, but it has taken on the further
responsibility of helping the Opera Association in paying for new productions whenever possible.
The gift to the Association this year of the "Turandot" production, through funds from the annual
Opera Ball and Fol-de-Rol, is deeply appreciated.