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A colorful Turandot opens the San Francisco Opera season

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“This was singing that deserved to be heard”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 12 September 2017
Puccini, Turandot
San Francisco Opera
Nicola Luisotti, Conductor
Garnett Bruce, Director
David Hockney, Set Designer
Ian Falconer, Costume Designer
Martina Serafin, Turandot
Brian Jagde, Calaf
Toni Marie Palmertree, Liù
Raymond Aceto, Timur
Robert Brubaker, Emperor Altoum
Joo Wan Kang, Ping
Julius Ahn, Pang
Joel Sorensen, Pong
Brad Walker, Mandarin
San Francisco Opera Chorus
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