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Die Frau ohne Schatten

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Woman Without a Shadow
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1964
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Chorus Director
Costumers

Cast

Empress
Emperor
Empress's Nurse
Spiritual Messenger
Guardian of the Temple Gates
Apparition of a Young Man (singer)
Apparition of a Young Man (mime)
Voice of the Falcon
First Spirit
Second Spirit
Barak, a Dyer
His Wife
One-armed Man
One-eyed Man
Hunchback
First Night Watchman
Second Night Watchman
Third Night Watchman
First Servant
Second Servant
Third Servant
First Child
Second Child
Third Child
Fourth Child
Fifth Child

Show Dates

Time and Place

Legendary

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 -- Barak's hovel
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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In honor of the Strauss centennial 

The scenes of "Die Frau ohne Schatten" are connected by musical interludes, which should not be interrupted by applause