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Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2010-2011
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Director
Production Designer
Lighting Designer
Original Choreographer
Revival Choreographer
Fight Director
Assistant Conductor
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Production Super Captain

Cast

Amneris
King of Egypt
Messenger
Priestess
Amonasro

Show Dates

Simulcast

The performance of Friday, September 24th, was the subject of a live simulcast to AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, in partnership with Webcor Builders.  The official attendance figure was 32,000.

Time and Place

Epoch of the pharaohs; Memphis and Thebes

Scenes

ACT I, Scene 1 -- The King's palace at Memphis
Scene 2 -- The Temple of Fthà
Act II, Scene 1 -- Amneris's apartment in the palace, Thebes
Scene 2 -- A public square in Thebes
INTERMISSION
Act III -- The banks of the Nile, outside the Temple of Isis
Act IV, Scene 1 -- The judgment hall
Scene 2 -- A tomb below the Temple

Media

Sponsors

Jennifer Coslett MacCready, Affiliate Costume Sponsor

The performance of September 29th is dedicated to the memory of Bernice M. Strube

The performance of October 5th is sponsored by the Charles Schwab & Company Foundation

Acknowledgements

This production is made possible, in part, by Opening Weekend Grand Sponsor Diane B. Wilsey

Additional support provided by United Airlines

Legacy Commission

Co-production with Houston Grand Opera and English National Opera

Notes

The performance of Friday, September 24th, was the subject of a live simulcast to AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, in partnership with Webcor Builders. The official attendance figure was 32,000. 


SUPERNUMERARIES
Gracie Bernacki
Kai Brothers
Steve Carp
Pam DeWeerd
Joan Dickson
Darcy I. Fink
Eliza Fox
Eddy Gordillo
Ursula Grunfeld
John Guglielmelli
Robert B. Hoyer
Nancy Huie
Sherman Lee
Naomi Mandelstein
Teresa McGill
Lynn Meinhardt
Scott Pearson
Vanessa-Juliana Petker
Leo R. Pribble
Adam Reeser
Arnie Rodriguez
Patricia Rodriguez
Paul Romito
Steven Schwager
Lawrence C. Shorter
Christopher R.T. Smith
Raymon Smith
Carlos Suarez
Paul Szczesiul
James Troup
Ann L. Williamson
Katerina Zaporozhetz-Rubin

CHILDREN DANCERS
Maya Akkaraju
Disha Desai
Prachi Goyal
Anusha Goyal
Mansi Patel