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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
1961
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Costumers

Cast

Mandarin
Liù, a young slave girl
Unknown Prince (Calaf)
Timur, his father, an exiled Tartar king
Princess Turandot, daughter of the Emperor
Voice of the Prince of Persia
Ping, grand chancellor
Pang, general purveyor
Pong, chief cook
Lady-in-waiting
Emperor Altoum

Show Dates

Time and Place

Peking, China, in legendary times

Scenes

Act I -- Walls of the imperial city of Peking
Act II, Scene 1 -- A pavilion in the imperial palace
Scene 2 -- A square in front of the 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

San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus
Madi Bacon, Director

Corps de Ballet