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St. Pete Opera: Puccini’s Turandot – SOLD OUT

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  • Date: March 15, 2024 Fri
  • Time: 8:00 pm
  • Location: Hough Hall
  • Tickets: $15-$125

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This show is SOLD OUT.


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?

Sung in Italian with English translations above the stage.

COMPOSER
Giacomo Puccini

LIBRETTIST
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni

CONDUCTOR
Mark Sforzini

SPONSORS
Michele Kidwell Gilbert &
Dr. Gordon J. Gilbert

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RUNTIME
2 hours 45 minutes with a 20-minute intermission between Act 1 and Act 2 with a 15-minute intermission between Act 2 and Act 3.


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
as Conductor

Karl W. Hesser
as Stage Director

Mike Roland
as Scenic Designer

Keith Arsenault
as Lighting Designer


Presented by St. Pete Opera.

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