presents
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni,
based on the dramatic fairy tale by Carlo Gozzi
Last duet and final scene
completed by Franco Alfano
CAST
Turandot angela Meade
Calaf Russell Thomas
Liu Guanqun Yu
Timur Morris RObinson
ping RYAN WOLFE †
Pang Terrence Chin-Loy *
Pong Julius Ahn
Emperor Altoum Ashley Faatoalia
A Mandarin ALAN WILLIAMS †
Handmaiden Claire Pegram *
Handmaiden April Amante
The Prince of Persia Sung Bong Kim *
CREATIVE TEAM
CONDUCTOR JAMES CONLON
Director Garnett Bruce *
Scenic DESIGNER David Hockney
COSTUME DESIGNER Ian Falconer
Original Lighting DESIGNER Thomas J. Munn
Revival Lighting DESIGNER Gary Marder *
CHORUS DIRECTOR JEREMY FRANK
Children's CHORUS Fernando Malvar-Ruiz
Choreographer Kitty McNamee
FIGHT & Intimacy DIRECTOR Andrew Kenneth Moss
* * *
ASSISTANT ConduCTOR Zoe Zeniodi
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Erik Friedman
STAGE MANAGER Whitney McAnally
PROMPTER Tamar Sanikidze
MUSICAL PREPARATION
Nicholas Roehler ‡
Nate Raskin †
Lucas Nogara †
* LA OPERA DEBUT
† MEMBER OF THE DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN
YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM
‡ ALUMNUS OF THE DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN
YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM
Artists subject to change
Production made possible
by generous support from
Barbara Augusta Teichert
Alfred and Claude Mann Fund
Additional generous support from
The Estate of Cat Pollon
De Marchena-Huyke Foundation
LA Opera Orchestra
generously underwritten by
Terri and Jerry Kohl
Running time: approximately three hours,
including two intermissions.
Supertitles by Christopher Bergen are provided by the San Francisco Opera.
Pre-performance talks by James Conlon are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.
Produced in consultation with the Asian Opera Alliance
Co-production of San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Additional costumes constructed by the Los Angeles Opera Costume Shop. Wigs constructed by the Los Angeles Opera Wig & Make-Up Department.
Please refrain from talking during the performance, and turn off all cell phones, electronic devices and watch alarms. If you are using an assistive hearing device, or are attending with someone who is, please make sure that it is set to an appropriate level to avoid distracting audio feedback. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. The use of cameras and recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Your use of a ticket acknowledges your willingness to appear in photographs taken in public areas of the Music Center and releases the Center and its lessees and others from liability resulting from use of such photographs.
