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Based On

the novella by Herman Melville

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2019-2020
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Revival Stage Director
Production Designer
Original Lighting Designer
Revival Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Assistant Conductor
Prompter
Musical Preparation
Diction
Assistant Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Dance Master
Fight Director
Costume Supervisor
Wig and Makeup

Cast

Captain Vere
First Mate
Second Mate
Mr. Flint
Hurt Sailor
Donald
Novice
Mr. Redburn
Mr. Ratcliffe
John Claggart
Red Whiskers
Arthur Jones
Billy Budd
Novice's Friend
Dansker
Cabin Boy
First Sailor Solo
Second Sailor Solo
Sailor with Earring
Third Sailor Solo
Gunner's Mate

Show Dates

Time and Place

Aboard H.M.S. Indomitable, a British man-of-war, during the French Wars of 1797. The prologue and epilogue take place some years later.

Scenes

Prologue
Act I
INTERMISSION
Act II
Epilogue

Media

Sponsors

This production is made possible, in part, by John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn.

This production is made possible, in part, by Bernard and Barbro Osher.

William Burden's appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.

John Chest's appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Fund.

Additional funding is provided by Lisa Erdberg and Dennis Gibbons.

Notes

Glyndebourne production, originally performed in the Glyndebourne Festival 2010.

The children performing the Powder Monkeys in this production are members of the Ragazzi Boys Chorus, led by Joyce Keil, artistic director and co-founder.

Ragazzi Boys Chorus:
Logan Crawford
Sam Dickey
Daniel Dittrich
Olivier Kondo
Elliot Lee
Christopher "Tango" Spurling
Henry Styer
Ethan Zettler-Bray

SUPERNUMERARIES: Sailors and Officers
James Crow
Charles Lewis III