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Turandot-23 May 1952 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Guest Conductor John Barbirolli
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Mandarin Rhydderch Davies
Liu
a slave girl 		Blanche Turner
The Unknown Prince (Calaf)
son of Timur 		James Johnston
Timur
deposed king of Tartary 		Frederick Dalberg
The Prince of Persia Thomas Fletcher
Ping
Minister of the Princess Turandot 		Ronald Lewis
Pong
Minister of the Princess Turandot 		Emlyn Jones
Pang
Minister of the Princess Turandot 		Thorsteinn Hannesson
The Emperor Altoum
father of Turandot 		David Tree
The Princess Turandot Maria Kinasiewicz
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Children's chorus Children from Kingsland Central School
Students of the Sadler's Wells School of Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: R H Elkin
Durations: Act I: 7.04-7.37pm, Act II: 8.05-8.49pm, Act III: 9.08-9.46pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 23 May 1952 (in Royal Opera House Collections)