Pacific Symphony will present Puccini’s “Turandot” in a semi-staged production at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, California this April.

Dramatic soprano Marjorie Owens takes on the title role, with tenor Limmie Pulliam as Calaf, Alisa Jordheim as Liu, and Raymond Aceto as Timur. Hunter Enoch, Nicholas Nestorak, and David Blalock appear as Ping, Pang, and Pong, with David Crawford as Mandarin and Nicholas Quinn as Emperor.

Music Director Laureate Carl St.Clair conducts and Eric Einhorn directs.

The production places the full orchestra onstage surrounding the cast, and incorporates puppetry, dramatic lighting, and a Western medieval aesthetic, framed by a child reading from a storybook.

“Fairy tales strip away the ordinary rules of the world so we can confront our fears, our longing and our capacity for love in heightened form,” said Einhorn, per an official press release. “Puccini understood that sometimes the most fantastical stories reveal the most human truths,” he added.

Performances run April 16 – 21, 2026.

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