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Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1980-1981
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter

Cast

Fortune Teller
Countess Waldner
Zdenka, her younger daughter, in love with Matteo
Matteo, a young officer in love with Arabella
Arabella, elder daughter of the Waldners
Count Elemer, one of Arabella's suitors
Count Theodor Waldner
Mandryka
Welko, Mandryka's servant
Count Dominik, one of Arabella's suitors
Count Lamoral, one of Arabella's suitors
Fiakermilli, a Cabaret Singer
Djura, Mandryda's servant
Jankel, servant to Mandryka

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/14/1980, live broadcast, KQED and NPR.   2/4/2018 archival broadcast, KDFC.

Time and Place

Vienna, Shrove Tuesday, 1860

Scenes

Act I -- The Waldners' hotel suite, morning
Act II -- The anteroom of a public ballroom, evening
Act III -- The hotel lobby, night

Media

Acknowledgements

Production from the Houston Grand Opera

Notes

11/14/1980, live broadcast, KQED and NPR.  Intermission interviews: #1  John Cox,  (guest); #2 Kiri Te Kanawa(guest).  2/4/2018 archival broadcast, KDFC.

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