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Turandot (Los Angeles)

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Based On

Friedrich Schiller's version of a play by Carlo Gozzi

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1954
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Designer
Scenery painted by
Choreographer

Cast

Princess Turandot
Emperor Altoum
Prince Calaf
Mandarin
First Lady-in-waiting
Second Lady-in-waiting
Voice of Prince of Persia

Show Dates

Time and Place

Legendary

Scenes

Act I -- Walls of the Imperial City
Act II, Scene 1 -- A Pavilion in the Palace
Scene 2 -- A Square in Front of the Imperial Palace
Act III, Scene 1 -- The Palace Gardens near Turandot's Apartments
Scene 2 -- Same as Act II, Scene 2

Acknowledgements

Production donated by San Francisco Opera Guild

Legacy Commission

Last duet and finale by Franco Alfano

Notes

Corps de Ballet

Boys selected from the San Francisco Boys Chorus

The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.