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Turandot-22 December 2008 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Nicola Luisotti
Chorus Director Renato Balsadonna
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Mandarin Kostas Smoriginas
Liù
a slave girl 		Svetla Vassileva
Timur
deposed King of Tartary 		Paata Burchuladze
The Unknown Prince (Calaf)
Timur's son 		José Cura
Ping
Minister of the Princess Turandot 		Giorgio Caoduro
Pang
Minister of the Princess Turandot 		Ji-Min Park
Pong
Minister of the Princess Turandot 		Alasdair Elliott
Princess Turandot Elizabeth Connell
Emperor Altoum
Turandot's father 		Robert Tear
Solo soprano I Anne Osborne
Solo soprano II Marianne Cotterill
Guards, executioner's men, Turandot's ladies, phantoms, wise men, heralds, soldiers and populace The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Dancers
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Performance dedicated to the memory of Richard Van Allan (1935-2008), who made his Royal Opera debut as the Mandarin in 'Turandot'.
Language: Italian
Surtitled by: Jonathan Burton
Durations: Act I: 7.35-8.07pm, Act II: 8.35-9.17pm, Act III: 9.41-10.18pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 22 December 2008 (in Royal Opera House Collections)