Die Frau ohne Schatten

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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
1960
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
Musical Preparation
Marcel Frank
Hans Georg Schaefer
Costumes designed by
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Executed by
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Empress
Leonie Rysanek
Emperor
Ticho Parly
Empress's Nurse
Irene Dalis
Spiritual Messenger
Robert Anderson
Guardian of the Temple Gates
Mary Costa
Youth, sung by
Gilbert Russell
Youth, mimed by
Julien Herrin
Voice of the Falcon
Frances McCann
First Spirit
Janis Martin
Second Spirit
Margot Blum
Barak, a Dyer
Paul Schoeffler
His Wife
Marianne Schech
One-armed Man
Lorenzo Alvary
One-eyed Man
Richard Wentworth
Hunchback
Raymond Manton
Night Watchman
Donald Drain
James Standard
Ned Romero
Servant
Virginia Starr
Frances McCann
Margot Blum
Solo Voice
Virginia Starr
Mary Costa
Frances McCann
Janis Martin
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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