Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1977
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Scenery designed by
Costumes designed by
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Lighting Designer
Musical Preparation
Second cast rehearsed by
Cast
Ramfis
Bonaldo Giaiotti(11/18,24,26)
Radames
Gianfranco Cecchele(11/18,24,26)
Amneris
Tatiana Troyanos(11/18,24,26)
Aida
Eva Marton(11/18,24,26)
King of Egypt
Messenger
Priestess
Amonasro
Ingvar Wixell(11/18,24,26)
Solo Dancer(s)
Show Dates
Broadcast
10/21/1977, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR.
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 Vulcan
Act II, Scene 1 -- Amneris's apartment in the palace
Scene 2 -- A public square in Thebes
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
Notes
10/21/1977, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR. Intermission interviews: #1 first performance of Aida In Cairo, David Littlejohn (guest); #2, James McCracken (guest); #3 Richard Bradshaw (guest).
Scenery and costumes owned by the Metropolitan Opera Association and made possible through a gift to the Metropolitan Opera from the Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa.
Corps de Ballet
The Little Lomo Dancers
Auxiliary chorus in the Triumphal Scene composed of members of the Community Music Center's San Francisco Community Chorus