USA Premiere
Woman Without a Shadow
Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1959
Language
German
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Resident designer
Chorus Director
Costumes designed by
Executed by
Cast
Empress
Emperor
Empress's Nurse
Spiritual Messenger
Guardian of the Temple Gates
Youth, sung by
Youth, mimed by
Voice of the Falcon
First Spirit
Second Spirit
Barak, a Dyer
His Wife
One-armed Man
One-eyed Man
Hunchback
Night Watchman
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
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1959_09_compressed.pdf
(9.93 MB)
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