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Conductor

Mark Sforzini

Stage director

Karl Hesser

Set designer

Mike Roland

Lighting designer

Keith Arsenault

Singer

Soprano

Kelly Slawson

Turandot

Tenor

Simon Kyung Lee

Calaf

Chelsea Lehnea

Liù

Bass

Erik Kroncke

Timur

Baritone

Sejin Park

Ping

Ai Ra

Pang

Matthew Cerillo

Pong

Victor Khodadad

The Emperor Altoum

Alex Boyd

A Mandarin

St Petersburg Opera Company

Italian

St. Petersburg

United States

Palladium Theater

Turandot: Turandot Puccini

Public

Pallavi Pawar

English

Approved

Liu bow for Puccini's Turandot

Yusif Eyvazov sings Calàf’s Act III aria in the final dress rehearsal. Production: Franco Zeffirelli. Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. 2019–20 season.

Turandot: "Nessun dorma"

Princess Turandot shows no mercy to those who seek her hand in marriage. Suitors travel from distant lands only to face three impossible riddles, with failure meaning death. When the exiled Prince Calaf falls for Turandot, he accepts her deadly challenge head-on. To Turandot’s dismay, he succeeds; but Calaf offers a way out of the marriage by giving Turandot a riddle of his own. Prevailing where others have failed, can Calaf melt Turandot’s icy heart?

Principal Cast

Kelly Slawson
as Turandot

Simon Lee
as Calaf

Chelsea Lehnea
as Liù

Erik Kroncke
as Timur

Sejin Park
as Ping

Ai Ra
as Pang

Matthew Cerillo
as Pong

Victor Khodadad
as Emperor Altoum

Alex Boyd
as A Mandarin
Creative Team

Mark Sforzini
Conductor

Karl W. Hesser
Stage Director

Mike Roland
Scenic Designer

Keith Arsenault
Lighting Designer

Turandot by Puccini, From (2024/2024), Directed by Karl Hesser,, Conductor Mark Sforzini, Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg, United States

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