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Ariadne auf Naxos

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Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1965
Language
German, English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Costumers

Cast

Music Master
Majordomo
Lackey
Officer
Composer
Tenor (Bacchus)
Wigmaker
Zerbinetta
Prima Donna (Ariadne)
Dancing Master
Arlecchino
Brighella
Truffaldino
Scaramuccio

Show Dates

Time and Place

(see below)

Scenes

PROLOGUE: The Viennese home of a nouveau riche gentleman; eighteenth century
THE OPERA: Ariadne's cave on the Island of Naxos; antiquity

Media

Notes

The prologue is performed in English; the opera in German

English translation of the prologue by Leopold Sachse