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The Merry Widow
Based On

Henri Meilhac's comedy "L'attaché d'ambassade"

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1981-1982
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Sound Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Baron Mirko Zeta, Pontevedrian ambassador in Paris
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
Pritschitsch, Pontevedrian consul
Praskowia, his wife
Bogdanowitsch, Pontevedrian military attaché
Silviane, his wife
Njegus, an embassy secretary
Anna Glawari, the merry widow
Danilo Danilowitch, first secretary to Baron Zeta
Maître d'hôtel at Maxim's
Solo Dancer(s)

Show Dates

Broadcast

10/24/1981 delayed broadcast.

Time and Place

The early 1900s, Paris

Scenes

Act I -- The Embassy of Pontevedro in Paris
Act II -- The garden of Anna Glawari's mansion
Act III -- Maxim's

Media

Legacy Commission

with new dialogue by Mr. Mansouri

Notes

10/24/1981 delayed radio broadcast -- 11 a.m. 

English version by Christopher Hassall, incorporating additional material arranged by Richard Bonynge and Lotfi Mansouri
with new dialogue by Mr. Mansouri

Production from the Canadian Opera Company

Linda Meyer and Vane Vest appear through the courtesy of the San Francisco Ballet, Lew Christensen and Michael Smuin, Directors

CORPS DE BALLET
Peggy Davis
Anne Elizabeth Egan
Carolyn Houser
Marti Kennedy
Kathryn Roszak
Katherine Warner

Peter Childers
Greg Gibble
William Sanner Ramsdell
Pete J. Shoemaker
John Sullivan
Charlie West

SUPERNUMERARIES
Joan Bacharach
Dorothy Baune
Barbara Clifford
Renée DeJarnatt
Diane Graham
Leisha Hartman
Mary Joyce
Leslie Landberg
Jan Moody
Holly Morrison
Barbara Norton
Marianne Petroni
Miriam Preece
Katherine Prongos
Nathalie Rubens
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Nikki Scofield
Sally Scott
Susie Scott
Stella Tatro
Claudia Waugh
Janet Weil
Susan Weiss

Andrew Alder
Sky Bamford
Steve Bauman
Mike Boehm
Allyn Butcher
Thomas Carlisle
Rudy Cook
Tom Curran
Chas Dargis
Hilbert Duperrior
Allan Ellis
Manoel Feliciano
Robert Flax
Mickey Frettoloso
Lyn Gardella
Dennis Goza
Louis Handler
Colin Harvey
Joe Hay
Philippe Henry
Michelangelo Hernandez
Gary Hill
Mark Huelsmann
Richard Hughes
Donald Jack
Stephen Jacobs
John Janonis
Dean Jones
Julius Karoblis
Ted Langlais
Geoffrey Leland
Gregory Marks
Berri McBride
Larry Millner
Gary Morgret
Paul Newman
Mark Nichol
Tim Perez
Raul Piccardo
Michael Pitkin
Jason Porter
Joel Posner
Gerald Ragan
Paul Ricks
Robert Schmidt
John Schultz
Ronald Sickman
Rick Skarolid
Ken Speirs
Nathaniel Stookey
Barry Tucker
Robert Turner
Joe Willis
Arthur Zigas