Die Frau ohne Schatten

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USA Premiere
Woman Without a Shadow
Composer
Richard Strauss
Librettist
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1959
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Leopold Ludwig
Stage Director(s)
Paul Hager
Designer
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Resident designer
Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.
Davis L. West
Chorus Director
Vincenzo Giannini
Costumes designed by
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Executed by
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Empress
Edith Lang
Emperor
Sebastian Feiersinger
Empress's Nurse
Irene Dalis
Spiritual Messenger
Mark Elyn
Guardian of the Temple Gates
Mary Costa
Youth, sung by
Robert Thomas
Youth, mimed by
Julien Herrin
Voice of the Falcon
Joan Marie Moynagh
First Spirit
Katherine Hilgenberg
Second Spirit
Joan Winden
Barak, a Dyer
Mino Yahia
His Wife
Marianne Schech
One-armed Man
Lorenzo Alvary
One-eyed Man
Eugene Green
Hunchback
Raymond Manton
Night Watchman
Louis Quilico
Winther Andersen
Henry McGuckin
Servant
Nancy Foster
Joan Marie Moynagh
Margot Blum
Solo Voice
Nancy Foster
Mary Costa
Joan Marie Moynagh
Edith Evans
Margot Blum
Katherine Hilgenberg

Show Dates

Time and Place

(not specified)

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- In the Empire of the Southeastern Islands
Scene 2 -- Barak's hovel under a city wall
Act II, Scene 1 -- Barak's hovel, the next day
Scene 2 -- At the Emperor's falcon house
Scene 3 -- In the falcon house
Scene 4 -- Same as Act II, Scene 1
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- Mystic caverns near Keikobad's domain
Scene 2 -- At the entrance to Keikobad's temple
Scene 3 -- In the temple
Scene 4 -- Near a sun-flooded landscape

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE

First performance: Vienna, 1919.

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Joan Winden was noted in the program as a winner of the 1959 San Francisco Opera Debut Auditions