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 1961 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Designer Harry Horner Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Ghita Hager Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Mandarin Gino Leonetti Liù, a young slave girl Eva Likova Unknown Prince (Calaf) Sandor Konya Timur, his father, an exiled Tartar king Plinio Clabassi Princess Turandot, daughter of the Emperor Lucille Udovick Voice of the Prince of Persia Richard Riffel Ping, grand chancellor Claude Heater Pang, general purveyor Raymond Manton Pong, chief cook David Thaw Lady-in-waiting Gwen Curatilo Janis Martin Emperor Altoum Howard Fried Show Dates Tue, Nov 7 1961, 8pm Fri, Nov 17 1961, 8pm 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