Composer
Librettist
Based On
the short story by Thomas Mann
Company
Spring Opera Theater
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
Curran Theatre
Season
1979
Language
English
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Stage Manager(s)
Cast
Gustav von Aschenbach
Traveler
Elderly fop
Old gondolier
Hotel Manager
Hotel Barber
Leader of the Players
Dionysus
Apollo
Tadzio, a Polish boy
His mother
Tadzio's sister
Their governess
Jaschiu, Tadzio's friend
Young man on a boat to Venice
Girl on shore
Ship Steward
Hotel porter
Lido boatman
Strolling Player
Street dancer
English clerk in a travel bureau
French Mother
Her daughter
German Mother
German Father
Their son
An American
Jaschiu's father
Beach guard
Danish Lady
English Lady
Russian Mother
Russian Father
Russian child
Their nanny
Strawberry seller
Guide
Priest
Lace Seller
Glassmaker
Beggarwoman
Waiter
Newspaper seller
Doll Seller
Postcard Seller
Photographer
Gondolier
Tourist
Venetian
Show Dates
Time and Place
1912; Munich and Venice
Scenes
Act I, Scene 1 -- Munich
Act I, Scene 2 -- On the boat to Venice
Overture
Act I, Scene 3 -- Venice -- the journey to the Lido
Act I, Scene 4 -- The first evening at the hotel
Act I, Scene 5 -- On the beach
Act I, Scene 6 -- The foiled departure
Act I, Scene 7 -- The games of Apollo
Act II, Scene 1 -- The barber's visit
Act II, Scene 2 -- The pursuit
Act II, Scene 3 -- The strolling players
Act II, Scene 4 -- The travel bureau
Act II, Scene 5 -- The lady of the pearls
Act II, Scene 6 -- The dream
Act II, Scene 7 -- The beach
Act II, Scene 8 -- The barber's second visit
Act II, Scene 9 -- The last trip to Venice
Act II, Scene 10 -- The departure
Acknowledgements
Production originally made possible through gifts from the following friends of of Spring Opera Theater: J. Peter Cahill, Heidi Cortese, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Donnell, Rudolph W. Driscoll, Alfred Fromm, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Getty, Dr. David N. Hart, Mrs. Edward Hohfeld, Otto E. Meyer, Eleanor Pinkham, Donald Ravitch, Mrs. Alan J. Rosenberg, Mrs. Madeleine Haas Russell, James H. Schwabacher, Jr., Trude Van de Velde, and Dr. Ronald Wing
Notes
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