Music by Giacomo Puccini
completed by Franco Alfano
Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
First Performance at Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 25 April, 1926
March 15, 17, and 19, 2024
The Palladium Theater
253 Fifth Ave N, St Petersburg, Fl, 33701
CREATIVE TEAM
Conductor- Mark Sforzini
Stage Director- Karl Hesser
Co-Director/Choreographer- Daryl Gray
Scenic Designer- Michael Roland
Costume Designer- Howard Tsvi Kaplan
Lighting Designer- Keith Arsenault
Wigs and Makeup Designer- Ron Wolek
CAST (in order of appearance)
A Mandarin- Alex Boyd
Liu, a slave girl- Chelsea Lehnea
Timur, the deposed King of Tartary- Erik Kroncke
The Unknown Prince (Calaf), his son- Simon Lee
Princess Turandot- Kelly Slawson
Ping, Lord Chancellor- Sejin Park
Pang, Majordomo- Ai Ra
Pong, Head Chef of the Imperial Kitchen-Matthew Cerillo
The Emperor Altoum, Turandot's father- Victor Khodadad
Chorus of Imperial guards, children, priests, Turandot's handmaids, ghosts of suitors, and crowd
SPONSORS
Season 18 Artistic Sponsor- Belinda Dumont
This production is generously sponsored by Michele Kidwell Gilbert & Dr. Gordon Gilbert