Leyla Gencer Archive

TURANDOT

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Opera three acts in Italian

Libretto: Adami & Simoni based on Gozzi’s fable

Premièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 25 April 1926

05 November 1957

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Chorus Master: Gianni Lazzari
Stage director: Carlo Piccinato
Choreographer: William Christensen
Costumes: Goldstein & Co.
Stage director and setting: Harry Horner

Princess Turandot Princess of China LEONIE RYSANEK soprano
The Emperor Altoum Emperor of China HOWARD FRIED tenor
Timur dethroned Tartar king NICOLA MOSCONA bass
Prince Calaf his son, the unknown prince EUGENE TOBIN tenor
Liù a young slave LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Ping grand chancellor HEINZ BLAKENBURG baritone
Pang general purveyor VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
Pong chief cook CESARE CURZI tenor
A Mandarin CARL PALANGI baritone
First Lady-in-waiting YVONNE CADWALLADER
Second Lady-in-waiting DONNA PETERSEN
Prince of Persia JULIEN HERRIN
Voice of Prince of Persia DALE MALONE

Time: Antiquity

Place: Beijing, China

Photos © MARIA JEANETTE, San Francisco