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The Creatures of Prometheus (Ballet)

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Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1953
Commission

Adapted by James Graham-Luján

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Choreography by
Settings designed by
Settings painted by

Show Dates

Time and Place

(not specified)

Notes

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

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The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. 

The entire 1953 season was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam.

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Part I of a double bill, with "Elektra"

Balance of the "Prometheus" cast:

Apollo's Court:

Lorene Batchelor
Gloria Cancilla
Shirley Carson
Fiona Fuerstner
Joan Harshbarger
Louise Lawler
Joy Perry
Sharon Shore
Diana Witt
Russell Sage
Glen Chadwick

Terpsichore -- Bene Arnold
Aprodite -- Sally Bailey

Aphrodite's Court:

Nancy Demmler
Matilda Abbe
Nina Holman
Adea Pausch
Muriel Shapiro

Melpomene -- Christine Bering

A Queen -- Sharon Shore

A King -- Russell Sage

Thalia -- Connie Coler

Bacchus -- Conrad Ludlow

Bacchantes:

Nancy Demmler
Virginia Johnson
Glenda Empey
Carol Hildebrand
Billie Wynn

Silen:I

Carlos Carvajal
Ron Ross

Stones:

Patricia Elliott
Barbara Johnston
Dagmar Madsen
Belva Smith