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Turandot-20 April 1953 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
Conductor John Barbirolli
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
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 Clifford Starr
Ping
Minister of the Princess Turandot 		Otakar Kraus
Pong
Minister of the Princess Turandot 		Parry Jones
Pang
Minister of the Princess Turandot 		Thorsteinn Hannesson
The Emperor Altoum
father of Turandot 		David Tree
The Princess Turandot Gertrude Grob-Prandl
The Covent Garden Opera 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: 7.05-7.39pm, Act II: 8.02-8.46pm, Act III: 9.03-9.43pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 20 April 1953 (in Royal Opera House Collections)