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Cavalleria Rusticana

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Rustic Chivalry
Based On

the story of Cavalleria Rusticana by Giovanni Verga

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2003-2004
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Original production
Set and costume designer
Stage Director(s)
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Fight Choreographer

Show Dates

Time and Place

A Sicilian village on Easter Day, about 1930

Media

Acknowledgements

These productions are made possible, in part, by Mrs. Edmund W. Littlefield

Legacy Commission

Part I of a double bill, with "Pagliacci"

Notes

Production owned by San Francisco Opera

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Studios

Costumes executed by Günter Berger, Director,
and Sylvia Strahammer, Costume Department, Bavarian State Opera

ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS

The Ragazzi Boys Chorus
Joyce Keil, Artistic Director
Ellis Briery
William Carlson
Daniel Clancy
Andrew Cohen
Chris Garber
Jordan Ginsberg
Alex Goya
Collin Lee
Ryan McLeod
Harrison Nida
Greg Owen
Ju Huyan Park
Abram St. Amand Poliakoff
Carsten Stann
Nathan Tsai
Jeremy Wells
Nathan Wilen

San Francisco Girls Chorus
Susan McMane, Artistic Director
Elizabeth Avakian, Chorus School Director
Claire Donnelley
Stephanie DyJuanco
Ariel Estebez
Maxine Gaspar
Daisy Gerstein
Therese Gould
Grace Komarek-Meyer
Ryan McCaffrey
Carmen Sobezak
Michele Young
Jennifer Young