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USA Premiere
The Ocean Betrayed
Based On

the novel "The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea" by Yukio Mishima

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1991-1992
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Fusako Kuroda, widowed owner of a fashion boutique
Noboru, her son, also called Number Three
Ship Mate
Ryuji Tsukazaki, second officer
Number One, the Leader
Number Two
Number Four
Number Five

Show Dates

Time and Place

Early 1960s; Yokohama, Japan

Scenes

PART I: SUMMER, Scene 1 -- Fusako's house
Scene 2 -- An abandoned warehouse
Scene 3 -- A park on a hill above the sea
Scene 4 -- Fusako's house
Scene 5 -- The warehouse
Scene 6 -- The park
Scene 7 -- On the pier in the harbor
Scene 8 -- The warehouse
INTERMISSION
PART II: WINTER, Scene 9 -- The park
Scene 10 -- The warehouse
Scene 11 -- Fusako's house
Scene 12 -- The warehouse
Scene 13 -- Fusako's boutique
Scene 14 -- The warehouse

Media

Acknowledgements

This new production was underwritten by a generous grant from the Paul L. and Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation.

Supertitles made possible by Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

Notes

US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE

First performance: Berlin, 1990.

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Music Drama in Two Parts

After the novel "The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea" by Yukio Mishima

Kitten supplied by Animal Stars

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

SUPERNUMERARIES
(Supernumeraries are not listed for the individual operas; this group covers the season's last group of three operas:

Traude Albert
Susan Anderson
Elayne Ashman
Phyllis Blair
Katherine Brazaitis
Dottie Brown
Regina Bustillos
Annette Clark
Huguette Combs
Renée DeJarnatt
Karen Goodwyn
Joan Imbeau
Masai Jones
Kerry King
Andrea Kohlruss
Carol Mauro
Nancy Petrisko
Stephanie Salter
Christine Seigel
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Kimberly Thompson
Linda Unemori
Carolyn Waugh
Laurel Winzler

John Atkinson
Steve Baumann
Mark Burstein
Roy Cairo
Tom Carlisle
Joe Castrovinci
Bill Chiles
Stewart Clark
David Clover
Brian Lee Cronk
Brian Devine
Joe Dial
Gabe Diamond
Dick Dobbins
John Durocher
Pedro Echeandia
Milko Encinas
Angelo Festa
C.J. Figueroa
Danny Furlong
John Gilbert
Gilbert Gonzalez
Albert Goodwyn
Eddy Gordillo
Sean Greene
Stephen Greengard
Ric Gydesen
Bill Higgins
Mark Huelsmann
Larry Hunnicutt
Frank Jorgensen
Keith Kamrath
Bill Klaproth
Andrew Korniej
Ron Kos
Dan Kyte
Greg Lawrance
James Lesko
John Mangum
Matt Miller
Ian Mishkin
Robert Morgan-Wilde
Bill Mulder
Dick Pallowick
Christopher Patnoe
Lee Pereira
Mike Pesavento
Tom Purcell
Dave Ransom
Paul Ricks
Bill Roehl
Steven Rosen
Louis Schilling
John Shea
Geoff Skidmore
Ray Souza
Travis Springer
Kevin Stich
Dan Stoddard
Mike Strickland
Bob Stroman
Stan Strosser
Raymond Sullivan
Alvin Taylor
Jim Warner
Tony Welch
Si Wheaton
Robert Wicks
Daniel Wilson
Jerry Zall