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The San Francisco Opera Association in conjunction with The San Francisco Opera Guild presents
THE ANNIVERSARY GALA In celebration of the Gold and Silver Jubilees of Kurt Herbert Adler
Masters of Ceremonies: Dorothy Kirsten Regina Resnik Lotfi Mansouri Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Sir Geraint Evans Terry McEwen Walter Slezak
Wagner, Der Fliegende Holländer -- Overture Silvio Varviso, conductor
Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg -- Prize Song Spas Wenkoff Silvio Varviso, conductor
Charpentier, Louise -- Depuis le jour Dorothy Kirsten John Pritchard, conductor
Mozart, Così fan tutte -- In uomini, in soldati Graziella Sciutti John Pritchard, conductor
Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro -- Aprite un po' quegli occhi Cesare Siepi John Pritchard, conductor
Leoncavallo, Pagliacci -- Vesti la giubba James McCracken Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor
Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera -- Morrò, ma prima in grazia Lucine Amara Janos Ferencsik, conductor
Giordano, Andrea Chénier -- Nemico della patria Louis Quilico Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor
Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel -- Childrens' prayer San Francisco Boys Chorus Calvin Simmons, conductor
Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea -- Pur ti miro Carol Vaness Barry McCauley John Pritchard, conductor
Verdi, Ernani -- Ernani, involami Leona Mitchell Calvin Simmons, conductor
Gruber, Mei' Muatterl war a' Wienerin Walter Berry Janos Ferencsik, conductor
Verdi, Macbeth -- Vieni, t'affretta! Gwyneth Jones Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor
INTERMISSION
Verdi, Nabucco -- Va, pensiero sull'ali dorate San Francisco Opera Chorus Richard Bradshaw, conductor
Verdi, Nabucco -- Del futuro nel buio discerno Giorgio Tozzi Richard Bradshaw, conductor
Brodiceanu, Pe sub flori ma leganai Brodiceanu, S'a dus cucul de p' 'aici Ileana Cotrubas Philip Eisenberg, piano
Mussorgsky, Song of the flea Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Calvin Simmons, conductor
Leoncavallo, Pagliacci -- Silvio, a quest'ora Mary Costa Allan Monk Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Donizetti, Anna Bolena -- Al dolce guidami castel natio Leyla Gencer Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor
Anonymous, A new work Regina Resnik