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
Sugar Mama
Sugar Daddy
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 January 11 is sponsored by the San Francisco Opera Guild, East Bay Chapter
The performance of January 17 is sponsored by Bank of America
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
Supernumeraries:
Cray Bauxmont-Flynn
John Brown
Todd Calvin
Brian Copperstein
Jeff Kohler
Scott Sanford
Louis Schilling
Michael Schoenig