Christopher Columbus (part III, triple bill)

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USA Staged Premiere
The Discovery of America
Composer
Darius Milhaud
Librettist
Paul Claudel
Based On

Paul Claudel's play Le Livre de Christophe Colomb

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1968
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Gunther Schuller
Production
Adolf Rott
Designer
Wolfram Skalicki
Davis L. West
Chorus
Stefan Minde
Choreographer
Nancy Johnson
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Explicator
William Wildermann
Soprano voice
Shigemi Matsumoto
Christopher Columbus I
Thomas Tipton
Christopher Columbus II
Allan Monk
Prosecutor
Herbert Beattie
Defender
Howard Fried
Richard Malone
Clifford Grant
Raymond Nilsson
Innkeeper
Walter Matthes
Queen Isabella
Carol Todd
Guitar player
Raymond Manton
William Fleck
Sean Barker
Creditor
Alan Crofoot
Richard J. Clark
Stephen Janzen
Majordomo of the King of Spain
Robert Glover
Young soldier
Vahan Khanzadian
Wise man
Ara Berberian
Recruiting officer
Don LePage
Recruiter
David Tenbrook
Hangman
James Gettys
Delegate of the sailors
Archie Drake
Officer
Timothy Nolen

Show Dates

Time and Place

(not specified)

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE

First American staging at SF Opera; presented earlier in the US in concert.

First performance: Berlin, 1930.

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Part III of a triple bill, preceded by "Royal Palace" and "Erwartung."

The program billing reads as follows: 

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA) 

Major intermission after "Erwartung." 

Dancers