Composer Carl Orff Based On original medieval texts Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1964 Language Latin, German Creative/Crew Conductor Ferdinand Leitner Production Paul Hager Ghita Hager Designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer) Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Cast Old Poet Raymond Wolansky First Young Coquette Carol Todd Second Young Coquette Claudia White Third Young Coquette Gwen Curatilo First Young Lover Claudia White Second Young Lover John West First Drinker Raymond Wolansky Second Drinker André Montal Burgundian Lady Reri Grist The Lady's Page Michael Demers David Gilchrist Ted Krings Gerald Martin David Van Leeuwen Brad Waddell Burgundian Troubadour Raymond Wolansky Friend of the troubadour Roy Glover Howard Fried Richard Riffel Daniel McCaughna David Giosso John West Solo Dancer(s) Cynthia Gregory Robert Gladstein Show Dates Tue, Oct 27 1964, 8:30pm Time and Place (not specified) Scenes Scene 1 -- Fortune rules the world Scene 2 -- Springtime Scene 3 -- A tavern Scene 4 -- The Court of Love Scene 5 -- Fortune rules the world forever Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1964_05_compressed.pdf (11.98 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part II of a double bill, with "Pagliacci" Proper credit: Cantiones Profanae in one act Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet