World Premiere
Composer
Librettist
Based On
a scenario by Norman Dello Joio
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1961
Language
English
Commission
Commissioned by San Francisco Opera under the Ford Foundation Program for American Opera
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Production
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Costumers
Cast
Blind wanderer
Cleo Lafont
First Policeman
Second Policeman
Ninette, Cleo's daughter
Young Man
Raymond Bardac, a wealthy young Creole
Edmee Le Blanc, a New Orleans actress
Madame Bardac, Raymond's mother
Butler
Mr. Parker, a theater manager
Tom Henney, a New York politician
Sister Anne, a nun
Alexandre Dumas, the writer
Voodoo dancer
Show Dates
Time and Place
1859-61; New Orleans, New York and Paris
Scenes
Act I, Scene 1 -- Congo square and Cleo's cottage in New Orleans, winter 1859
Scene 2 -- Garden of the Bardac estate, spring 1860
Act II, Scene 1 -- Ninette's dressing room in a New York theater, autumn 1860
Scene 2 -- Living room of Ninette's apartment, later the same night
Act III -- Ninette's Paris apartment, Epiphany 1861
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1961_02_compressed.pdf
(8.36 MB)
Acknowledgements
"Blood Moon" is produced under the Ford Foundation Program for American Opera
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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WORLD PREMIERE
Commissioned by San Francisco Opera under the Ford Foundation Program for American Opera
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Jules Haywood Studio Choir
San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director
Kieth Engen's first name IS correctly spelled. He changed the spelling during his career in German opera houses.