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The Cry of Clytaemnestra (part II, double bill)

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Composer
Librettist
Company
Spring Opera Theater
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
Curran Theatre
Season
1981-1982
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Set and costume designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Design
Musical Preparation
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Clytaemnestra, Queen of Argos
Iphigeneia, eldest daughter of Clytaemnestra and Agamemnon
Agamemnon, King of Argos
Calchas, High Priest
Achilles
Odysseus
Menelaus
Diomedes
Teucer
Electra, dauther of Clytaemnestra and Agamemnon, as a child
Orestes, son of Clytaemnestra and Agamemnon, as a child
Aegisthus, Clytaemnestra's lover
Cassandra, Princess of Troy
Electra
Orestes

Show Dates

Time and Place

Present, the memory and dream world of Clytemnestra; Ancient Greece, Argos

Media

Acknowledgements

The American Opera Project is funded by generous and deeply appreciated grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Project is designed ad an innovative approach in identifying and previewing new works by American composers for presentation by major American opera companies.

Notes

Part II of a double bill, with "Il Ballo delle Ingrate"

West Coast Premiere
Under the auspices of the American Opera Project

Orchestra
1st Violin
Zaven Melikian, concertmaster
Adolf Bruk

2nd Violin
William Rusconi
Lani King

Viola
Rolf Persinger
Lucien Mitchell

Cello
David Kadarauch
Judiyaba

String Bass
S. Charles Siani

Flute, Piccolo, Alto Flute
Lloyd Gowen

Oboe
James Matheson

Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Gregory Dufford

Bassoon
Rufud Olivier

French Horn
William Klingelhoffer

Timpani
Elayne Jones

Percussion
Peggy Lucchesi
Ray Bachano

Piano
Jonathan Khuner
Mark Haffner

Synthesizer
Karen Prasser

Electronic Music Supervision
Ernest Fredric Knell