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Aida (Berkeley)

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Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Berkeley, CA
Venue
Hearst Greek Theatre
Season
1959
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Costumers

Cast

Aida, an Ethiopian slave
Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard
Ramfis, High Priest of Isis
Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King
Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father
King of Egypt
Messenger

Show Dates

Time and Place

In time of the pharaohs; Memphis and Thebes

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- King's palace at Memphis
Scene 2 -- Temple of Isis
Act II, Scene 1 -- Hall in Amneris's apartment
Scene 2 -- Gate of Thebes
Act III -- Shores of the Nile near the temple of Isis
Act IV, Scene 1 -- Outside the judgement hall
Scene 2 -- Temple of Vulcan

Notes

Presented by
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation
and
The Committee for Arts and Lectures
University of California, Berkeley

Corps de Ballet

Intermission after Act II