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Der Rosenkavalier

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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
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1978
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Sets designed by
Costumes designed by
Lighting Director
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter

Cast

Octavian
Marschallin
Mohamed
Marschallin's Majordomo
Baron Ochs of Lerchenau
First noble orphan
Second noble orphan
Third noble orphan
Milliner
Animal Vendor
Valzacchi
Italian Singer
Notary
Leopold
Hairdresser
Von Faninal
Sophie
Marianne Leitmetzerin
Von Faninal's Majordomo
Innkeeper
Police Commissioner

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/17/1978, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR. 

Time and Place

Vienna in the days of the Empress Maria Theresa

Scenes

Act I -- The Marschallin's bedroom
Act II -- Von Faninal's house
Act III -- A run-down inn on the outskirts of Vienna

Media

Notes

11/17/1978, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR. Intermission interviews:  #1, Leonie Rysanek and Walter Berry (guests), #2, Otto Guth  and Walter Legge talk with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (guests).

SUPERNUMERARIES: 

A scholar, a flute player, a hairdresser's assistant, a cook, musicians, a footman, couriers, lackeys, maids, a physician, cook boy, waiters, coachmen, guests, children, various persons of suspicious appearance


Joan Bacharach
Barbara Clifford
Martha Crawford
Renée DeJarnatt
Megan Fogarty
Christine Gember
Mary Joyce
Nancy Kennelly
Francesca Leo
Cynthis Milina
Edith Modie
Ellen Nelson
Louise Russo
April Sack
Celia Sack
Ellen Sanchez
Elizabeth Schultz
Mary Van Perre

Steve Bauman
Nick Bernardini
Bruce Bigel
Allerton Blake
Steve Caldwell
Thomas Carlisle
Steve Cohen
Rudolph Cook
Robert Corrick
Burton Covel
Don Crawford
Tom Curran
Danny DeJarnatt
Everett Evans, Jr.
Jimmy Exon
Albert Frettoloso
Robert Fuller
Clifford Gold
Tom Grey
Mark Huelsmann
Ken Jakobs
Janusz
Bill Joyce
Julius Karoblis
Terrance Kyle
George T. Lenahan
Rodney McCoy
Robert Montano
Gregory Moreci
James Muth
Steve Polen
Joel Posner
Noble Edward Reynolds
Paul Ricks
Gill Rieben
James Sagerson
Robert Schmidt
Michael Scoffield
Thomas Simrock
Kent Speirs
Jon Spieler
George Tyree
Richard Weil