Aida

Composer

Giuseppe Verdi

Librettist

Antonio Ghislanzoni

Company

San Francisco Opera Association

Location

San Francisco, CA

Venue

War Memorial Opera House

Season

1969

Language

Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor

Jean Périsson

Production

Anthony Besch

Designer

Davis L. West

Wolfram Skalicki

Chorus Director

Aldo Danieli

Choreographer

Nelle Fisher

Costumers

Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Ramfis

Ara Berberian

Radames

Guy Chauvet(10/18, 21, 24, 29)

Jon Vickers(11/26, 30)

Amneris

Margarita Lilova

Gwyneth Jones(10/18, 21, 24, 29)

Ljiljana Molnar-Talajic(11/26, 30)

King of Egypt

Clifford Grant

Messenger

Edward Herrnkind

Priestess

Sheila Nadler

Amonasro

James Farrar

Solo Dancer(s)

William Johnson

Don Douthit

Show Dates

Sat, Oct 18 1969, 8pm

Tue, Oct 21 1969, 8pm

Fri, Oct 24 1969, 8pm

Wed, Oct 29 1969, 8pm

Wed, Nov 26 1969, 8pm

Sun, Nov 30 1969, 2pm

Time and Place

Memphis and Thebes in the time of the pharaohs

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The King's palace at Memphis

Scene 2 -- The temple of Ptah

Act II, Scene 1 -- Amneris's apartment in the palace

Scene 2 -- Within the gates of Thebes

Act III -- The banks of the Nile near the Temple of Isis

Act IV, Scene 1 -- The judgment hall in the Temple of Isis

Scene 2 -- A tomb below the temple

Media

SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1969_01_compressed.pdf (28.86 MB)

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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New production

Chorus augmented in Act II, Scene, 2 by members of The Civic Chorale, Winifred Baker, director