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 1964 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Lotfi Mansouri Designer Harry Horner Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreography Zachary Solov Choreography directed by Ron Poindexter Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Mandarin John West Liù, a young slave girl Pilar Lorengar Unknown Prince (Calaf) Franco Tagliavini Timur, his father, an exiled Tartar king Giorgio Tozzi Voice of the Prince of Persia Roy Glover Ping, grand chancellor Raymond Wolansky Pang, general purveyor Raymond Manton Pong, chief cook André Montal First Lady-in-waiting Claudia White Second Lady-in-waiting Gwen Curatilo Emperor Altoum Howard Fried Princess Turandot, daughter of the Emperor Birgit Nilsson Show Dates Fri, Nov 6 1964, 8:30pm Wed, Nov 11 1964, 8pm Time and Place Legendary; Peking, China 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 Corps de Ballet San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director