Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettists Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni 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 Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Designer Harry Horner Scenery painted by Eugene Dunkel Choreographer Willam Christensen Cast Princess Turandot Carla Martinis Emperor Altoum Alessio De Paolis Timur Desire Ligeti Prince Calaf Roberto Turrini Liù Licia Albanese Ping Frank Guarrera Pang Virginio Assandri Pong Caesar Curzi Mandarin Carl Palangi First Lady-in-waiting Yvonne Gotelli Second Lady-in-waiting Donna Petersen Voice of Prince of Persia Robert Gordon Bruce Show Dates Sat, Oct 23 1954, 8pm 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.