Composer
Librettist
Based On
loosely, adapted from Louvet de Couvrai's novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas and Molière's comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1940
Language
German
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Chorus Master
Scenery and costumes
Cast
Marschallin, wife of Field Marshal Prince von Werdenberg
Baron Ochs of Lerchenau
Octavian, a young nobleman
Herr von Faninal, a rich merchant newly ennobled
Sophie, his daughter
Marianne, her duenna
Valzacchi, an intriguer
Annina, his accomplice
Police Commissioner
Majordomo of the Marschallin
Majordomo of Faninal
Notary
Landlord
Singer
Milliner
Vendor of Animals
Three Orphans
Little Black Boy
Marschallin's Footman
Show Dates
Time and Place
In the Early Years of the Reign of Maria Theresia; Vienna
Scenes
Act I -- The Bedroom of the Marschallin
Act II -- A Room in the House of Herr Faninal
Act III -- A Room in an Inn
Notes
The performance starting time is a guess; no printed programs were included in the 1940 programs volume. Other details were arrived at from accounting records.