Henri Meilhac's comedy "L'attaché d'ambassade"
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Cast
Baron Mirko Zeta, Pontevedrian Ambassador
Valencienne, his wife
Camille de Rosillon, a Parisian gentleman
Vicomte Cascada, a Latin diplomat
Raoul de St. Brioche, a French diplomat
Kromow, Pontevedrian Military Councillor
Olga, his wife
Pritschitch, Pontevedrian consul
Praskowia, his wife
Bogdanovitch, Pontevedrian military attaché
Sylviane, his wife
Njegus, an embassy secretary
Anna Glawari, the merry widow
Count Danilo Danilovitch, first secretary to Baron Zeta
Lady Guest
Maitre d'hotel
Zozo
Lolo (grisette)
Dodo (grisette)
Jou-jou (grisette)
Frou-frou (grisette)
Clo-clo (grisette)
Margot (grisette)
Solo Dancer(s)
Show Dates
Time and Place
Early twentieth-century Paris
Scenes
Media
Sponsors
The performance of December 5 is sponsored by American Express, proud sponsor of San Francisco Opera's BRAVO! Club.
The performance of December 6 is sponsored by American Airlines.
Acknowledgements
This production is made possible, in part, by a generous gift from Mrs. Gorham B. Knowles.
Corporate support generously provided by Andersen.
Educational activities associated with this production are sponsored, in part, by generous support from the Koret Foundation.
Supertitles made possible by a generous grant from The Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation.
Notes
English translation of lyrics by Christopher Hassall
"Love, Live Forever" from "Paganini" -- Music by Franz Lehár. Book and lyrics by Paul Knepler and Bela Jenbach
Additional lyrics by Ted and Deena Puffer
Dialogue script by Wendy Wasserstein. Script commissioned by San Francisco Opera.
Scenery, props, costumes and wigs constructed in the San Francisco Opera workshops
The performances of December 2, 5 and 8 are being taped for a future telecast. Lighting will be slightly augmented.
This production of "The Merry Widow" is being produced for telecast by San Francisco Opera, KQED/San Francisco,
BBC Worldwide, Opus Arte and Thirteen/WNET New York. It will be broadcast on PBS by Thirteen/WNET, New York's
performing arts series GREAT PERFORMANCES.
GREAT PERFORMANCES is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts,
public television viewers and PBS.
Corporate funding is provided by Ernst & Young.
Supernumeraries:
John Brown
Brian Copperstein
Joe Giammarco
Jeff Kohler
Scott Sanford
Louis Schilling
Michael Schoenig
Matthew Vierling