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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

LOS ANGELES EVENING CITIZEN NEWS

1957.10.04

OPERA NEWS

1957.10.14

LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.11.05

LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.11.06

PRESS-TELEGRAM

1957.11.07

INDEPENDENT

1957.11.07

LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.11.07

MUSICAL AMERICA

1957.12.01

LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Duma’s play La Dame aux Camélias
Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice – 6 March 1853

09 November 1957

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Conductor: Glauco Curiel

Chorus master: Gianni Lazzarini

Stage director: Paul Hager

Scene and costumes: Goldstein & Co.
Choreographer: William Christensen

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta JOHN CRAIN tenor

Giorgio Germont his father ROBERT MERILL baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo MURRAY KENIG baritone
Marchese d’Obigny HARVE PRESNELL bass
Dr. Grenvil CARL PALANGI bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta WILLIAM L. BOOTH tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend JAN MCART mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid KATHERINE HILGENBERG soprano
Messenger WINTHER ANDERSEN tenor
Majordomo MAX LORENZINI baritone
Solo dancers SALLY BAILET, DIRK CARTER, ROCKY DREW

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

With Gianni Raimondi (Disneyland)

A LETTER FROM LOS ANGELES EXAMINER

1958.11.01

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.09.23

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.09.29

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.10.04

THE SACRAMENTO BEE

1957.10.05

SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS

1957.10.06

OPERA NEWS

1957.10.14

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.10.21

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.11.03

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.11.07

LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.11.09

LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.11.11

MUSICAL AMERICA

1957.12.01

RIGOLETTO

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian

Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo’s Le Roi s’amuse
Premièr at Teatro La Fenice, Venice – 11 March 1851

08 November 1958

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Conductor: Jean Fournet

Chorus master: Gianni Lazzarini

Stage director: Enrico Frigerio Choregrapher: Eugene Loring
Costumes: Goldstein & Co.

The Duke of Mantua JUSSI BJÖRLING tenor
Rigoletto his jester ROBERT WEED baritone
Gilda his daughter LEYLA GENCER soprano
Giovanna her duenna KATHERINE HILGENBERG mezzo-soprano
Count Ceprano a noble man JOHN GILLAPSY bass
Count Monterone a noble man MARK ELYN baritone
Sparafucile a bravo LORENZO ALVARY bass
Maddalena her sister CECILIA WARD mezzo-soprano
Matteo Borsa a courtier VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
Cavaliere Marullo a courtier HAROLD ENNS baritone
Countess Ceprano MARGOT BLUM mezzo-soprano
A page JOAN MARIE MOYNAGH soprano

Time: Sixteenth Century
Place: Mantua

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1958.05.01

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1958.05.11

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1958.06.29

OPERA NEWS

1958.09.23

OPERA NEWS

1958.09.29

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY TELEGRAM TRIBUNE

1958.10.03

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1958.11.02

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1958.11.04

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

1958.11.10

LUCREZIA BORGIA

Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Opera in two acts in Italian

Libretto: Felice Romani after Victor Hugo
Premièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 26 December 1833

27, 29 September 1974

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Conductor: Richard Bonynge

Chorus master: Robert Herr

Stage director: Beppe e Tomasi

Scene and Costumes: n/a

Alfonso d’Este Duke of Ferrara WLADIMIRO GANZAROLLI baritone

Lucrezia Borgia LEYLA GENCER soprano
Maffio Orsini HUGUETTE TOURANGEAU contralto
Gennaro young nobleman in the service of Venetian Republic GIACOMO ARAGALL tenor
Liverotto young nobleman in the service of Venetian Republic RONALD NELEM tenor
Vitellozzo young nobleman in the service of Venetian Republic FRANÇOIS CLEMONS bass
Gazella DAVID MYRVOLD bass
Rustighello TERRY BOWERS tenor
Gubetta MICHAEL GALLUP bass
Astolfo CARY SMITH bass
Petrucci VICTOR CHACON baritone

Time: Early Sixteenth Century

Place: Venice and Ferrara

C A N C E L L E D

The production originally planned for performing at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium on September 27 and 29, 1974. First it was moved to Pasedana Civic Auditorium (same dates) then dates moved to October and at the end production cancelled due to unsolved financial problems.

A TELEGRAM FROM BONYNGE TO LEYLA GENCER

1974.05.30