Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1969
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Costumers
Cast
Ramfis
Radames
Guy Chauvet(10/18, 21, 24, 29)
Jon Vickers(11/26, 30)
Amneris
Aida
Gwyneth Jones(10/18, 21, 24, 29)
Ljiljana Molnar-Talajic(11/26, 30)
King of Egypt
Messenger
Priestess
Amonasro
Solo Dancer(s)
Show Dates
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
Document
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