Turandot

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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
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
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

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

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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Last duet and finale by Franco Alfano

San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director

Dancers