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 1957 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Choreographer Willam Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Stage setting by Harry Horner Cast Princess Turandot, Princess of China Leonie Rysanek Emperor Altoum, Emperor of China Howard Fried Timur, dethroned Tartar King Nicola Moscona Prince Calaf, his son, the unknown prince Eugene Tobin Liù, a young slave Leyla Gencer Ping, grand chancellor Heinz Blankenburg Pang, general purveyor Virginio Assandri Pong, chief cook Caesar Curzi Mandarin Carl Palangi First Lady-in-waiting Yvonne Cadwallader Second Lady-in-waiting Donna Petersen Prince of Persia Julien Herrin Voice of Prince of Persia Dale Malone Show Dates Tue, Nov 5 1957, 8pm Time and Place Legendary Scenes Act I -- Walls of the Imperial City of Peking 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 Legacy Commission Last Duet and Finale by Franco Alfano Notes Pasadena Boys Choristers Dr. John Henry Lyons, Director Corps de Ballet