Composer

Giacomo Puccini

Librettist

Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni after Carlo Gozzi

Venue and Dates

Wembley Arena (by arrangement with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London)

29, 30 December 1991

1, 2, 3, 4m, 5, 7, 8 January 1992

Conductor

Edward Downes (29, 30 December 1991; 5, 8 January 1992)

John Barker (3, 4, 7 January 1992)

Director

Andrei Serban (Original Director Jeremy Isaacs)

Performers

Mandarin: Roderick Earle

Liu:             Yoko Watanabe (29 Dec, 1 Jan)

                    Cynthia Haymon (30 Dec, 2, 4m, 7 Jan)

                    Ljubov Kazarnovskaya (3, 5 Jan)

                    Judith Howarth (4e, 8 Jan)

Timur:         Gwynne Howell (29, 1, 4e)

                    Willard White (30, 2, 3, 4m, 8)

                    Robert Lloyd (5, 7)

Calaf:          Vladimir Popov (29)

                    Giorgio Lamberti (30, 2, 4m)

                    Dennis O’Neill (1, 5)

                    Giorgio Merighi (3, 7)

Ping:           Simon Keenlyside (1, 3, 4e, 7)

                   Bruno Caproni (30, 2, 4m, 5, 8)

Pang:          Christopher Gillett (29, 1, 3, 4e, 7)

                   Lynton Atkinson (30, 2, 4m, 8)

Pong:          Francis Egerton (29, 1, 3, 4e, 7)

                   Paul Harrhy (30, 2, 4m, 5, 8)

Turandot:    Gwyneth Jones (29, 1)

                    Ghena Dimitrova (30, 3)

                    Eva Marton (2)

                    Galina Savova (4m, 7)

                    Grace Bumbry (4e)

                    Ruth Falcon (5, 8)

Altoum:       Paul Crook (2, 4m, 5)

                    John Dobson (29, 30, 1, 3, 4e, 8)

The Royal Opera Arena Chorus

Chorus Director: Terry Edwards

London Contemporary Dance Theatre

The Royal Ballet Sinfonia

Production

Design: Sally Jacobs

Lighting: F Mitchell Dana

Choreography: Kate Flatt