Die Entführung aus dem Serail

The Abduction from the Seraglio

Composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Librettist

Johann Gottlieb Stephanie

Based On

text by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner for an earlier opera, Belmont und Constanze

Company

San Francisco Opera Association

Location

San Francisco, CA

Venue

War Memorial Opera House

Season

2002-2003

Language

German

Creative/Crew

Conductor

Peter Schneider

Production

Stephen Wadsworth

Set Designer(s)

Thomas Lynch

Original costune designed by

William Ivey Long

Additional costumes for this production by

Anna Oliver

Lighting Designer

Joan Arhelger

Sound Designer

Roger Gans

Chorus Director

Ian Robertson

Musical Preparation

Joyce Fieldsend

Philip Kuttner

Sara Jobin

John Parr

Ernest Fredric Knell

Prompter

Sara Jobin

Supertitles

Christopher Bergen

Assistant Stage Director(s)

Mark Streshinsky

Stage Manager(s)

Barbara Donner

Cast

Belmonte

Paul Groves

Osmin

Michael Eder

Friedemann Röhlig(10/27)

Pedrillo

Peter Bronder

Blondchen

Jennifer Welch-Babidge

Constanze

Regina Schörg

Pasha Selim

Frank Hoffmann

Turkish Woman

Virginia Pluth

Rachelle Perry

Turkish Man

Colby Roberts

William Pickersgill

Belmonte's servant

Louis Schilling

John Brown

Show Dates

Tue, Oct 15 2002, 8pm

Fri, Oct 18 2002, 8pm

Sun, Oct 20 2002, 2pm

Wed, Oct 23 2002, 7:30pm

Sun, Oct 27 2002, 2pm

Thu, Oct 31 2002, 8pm

Sat, Nov 2 2002, 8pm

Time and Place

18th century; Pasha Selim's estate in Turkey

Scenes

(not specified)

Media

Acknowledgements

Corporate support for this production generously provided by Bank of America.

(see notes)

Notes

Scenery, props, costumes and wigs constructed in the San Francisco Opera workshops.

Original production made possible, in part, by a grant from The L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation.

San Francisco Opera would like to acknowledge the kind assistance of the Islamic Society of S.F.

SUPERNUMERARIES

John Brown
Bradly Hamilton
Louis Schilling