Turandot, prinzessin von China (music drama in three acts)

‘Ein tragikomisches Märchen nach Gozzi von Schiller’
Vocal score: 'pencil sketches completed 7 June 1950, ink copy completed 13 September July 1950'
Full score dated 18 May 1951

Turandot (soprano)
Zelina, a slave of Turandot (mezzo)
Skirina, Zelina’s mother (mezzo)
Adelina, a Tartar princess, Turandot’s slave (alto)
Kalaf, prince of Astrakhan (tenor)
Ismail, companion to the Prince of Samarkand (tenor)
Barak, Skirina’s husband (baritone)
Tartaglia, a minister (baritone)
Pantalon, chancellor (baritone)
Brigella, captain of the watch (baritone)
Altoun (bass)
Doctors of the Diwan (4 tenors, 4 basses)
Truffaldino, overseer of the eunuchs (mimed role)
3 flutes (2 also piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contra), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, 3 side drums, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, castanets, tam-tam, bell in G, xylophone, glockenspiel, celesta, 2 harps, strings
Act I
Prelude (135 bars), 8:00
Scene 1: The environs of Pekin (305 bars), 16:00
Scene 2: The environs of Pekin (108 bars), 5:00
Acene 3 (149 bars), 7:00
Act II
Prelude (97 bars), 5:00
Scene 1: Great Hall of the Divan (399 bars), 15:00
Scene 2 (887 bars), 43:00
Act III
Scene 1: A magnificent room (454 bars), 25:00
Scene 2: Great Hall of the Divan (495 bars), 34:00

Text: Friedrich von Schiller, abridged by the composer; set in German; no English translation.

Unpublished