Composer Richard Strauss Librettists Clemens Krauss and Richard Strauss Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1963 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Georges Prêtre Production Paul Hager Designer Leni Bauer-Ecsy Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer) Choreography Ghita Hager Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Flamand, a musician Cesare Valletti Olivier, a poet Hermann Prey La Roche, Director of a theater Leonardo Wolovsky Countess Elisabeth Schwarzkopf The Count, her brother Thomas Stewart Clairon, an actress Sona Cervena Young Ballerina Cynthia Gregory Partner of the ballerina Robert Gladstein Dancer(s) Geralyn Donald Eloise Tjomsland David Anderson Lee Fuller Italian Singer Jolanda Meneguzzer Glade Peterson Majordomo Peter van der Bilt Servant Russell Christopher James Eitze Roy Glover Colin Harvey Joshua Hecht Raymond Manton Daniel McCaughna Richard Riffel Monsieur Taupe, the prompter Howard Fried Musician Philip Eisenberg Karl Hesse Nathan Rubin Show Dates Fri, Oct 25 1963, 8:30pm Thu, Oct 31 1963, 8:30pm Time and Place A castle near Paris; about 1775, at the time Gluck was beginning his reform of operatic theory Media Image Capriccio, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Cesare Valletti (Flamand), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (The Countess), Sona Cervena (Clarion), Unknown, Thomas Stewart (The Count) Credit Pete Peters Image Capriccio, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Set Design Credit Unknown Image Capriccio, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Hermann Prey (Olivier) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1963_03_compressed.pdf (10.66 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Proper credit: A conversation piece with music in two partsIntermission after Part One
Image Capriccio, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Cesare Valletti (Flamand), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (The Countess), Sona Cervena (Clarion), Unknown, Thomas Stewart (The Count) Credit Pete Peters
Image Capriccio, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Set Design Credit Unknown
Image Capriccio, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Hermann Prey (Olivier) Credit Unknown