Turandot

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini (which was left unfinished by Puccini at his death, and completed by Franco Alfano) to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, based on the play by Carlo Gozzi. First performance: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1926.

Characters

• Principle roles
• Princess Turandot - Soprano
• The unknown prince, Calaf, Timur's son - Tenor
• Liù, a young slave girl - Soprano
• Minor roles
• Emperor Altoum - Tenor
• Timur, deposed king of Tartary - Bass
• Ping, the grand chancellor - Baritone
• Pang, the general purveyor - Tenor
• Pong, the chief cook - Tenor
• A mandarin - Baritone
• Other
• Executioner - Mute
• "Prince of Persia"
• Guards, children, ghosts, officials, slaves... - Chorus