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The Anniversary Gala

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Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
Language
various languages
Sung Language
various languages

Show Dates

Broadcast

Live broadcast via satellite

Acknowledgements

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

Notes

PROGRAM

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