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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

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Die Meistersinger
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1986-1987
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Chorus Preparation
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Eva, Pogner's daughter
Magdalene, Eva's companion
Walther von Stolzing, Franconian Knight
David, apprentice to Hans Sachs
Konrad Nachtigall, tinsmith
Augustin Moser, tailor
Hans Schwarz, stocking-weaver
Sixtus Beckmesser, town clerk
Veit Pogner, goldsmith
Kunz Vogelgesang, furrier
Hermann Ortel, soap-maker
Fritz Kothner, baker
Ulrich Eisslinger, Grocer
Hans Foltz, coppersmith
Balthazar Zorn, pewterer
Hans Sachs, shoemaker
Night Watchman

Show Dates

Time and Place

16th-century Nürnberg

Scenes

Act I -- St. Catherine's church
Act II -- A street with the homes of Sachs and Pogner
Act III, Scene 1 -- The workshop of Hans Sachs
Scene 2 -- The festival site

Media

Acknowledgements

The revival of "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" is made possible through
the generosity of Mr. & Mrs. Alfred S. Wilsey.

This production was originally made possible by the Robert Watt Miller Memorial Fund.

Supertitles underwritten by a deeply appreciated gift from Frank Tack.

Notes

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

GIRLS CHORUS
Amy Allen
Pauline Chew
Mira Dittmer
Mary Dolson
Amy Harris
Heidi Hernandez
Jojo Ito
Andrea Massey
Abigail Ramsden
Mirabai Weismehl

BOYS CHORUS
Brendan Bosch
Adam Brown
Conal Byrne
Brian Clark
Richard Harper
Ross Jensen
Genghis Mendoza
Dan Raznick
Jeff Rice
Benjamin Rudiak-Gould
Joel Ryan
Caen Thomason-Redus

DANCERS
Jill Albertson
Marina Hotchkiss
Robin Peluso
Debra Rose
Kathryn Roszak
Katherine Warner

Bobby Aames
Peter Childers
Jon Konetski
Gregory Lara
Alfredo Marenco
Daniel Ray

SUPERNUMERARIES (listed for the entire season)
Gertraud Albert
Hetty Alvarez
Susan Anderson
Pat Angell
Karen Bailey
Joyce Barnett
Dorothy Baune
Irene Bechtel
Janet Birnie
Phyllis Blair
Layeh Bock
Katherine Brazaitis
Lorna Bridges
Dorothy C. Brown
Barbara Bruser
Madeline Chase
Phoebe Ciaffi
Annette Clark
Huguette Combs
Renée DeJarnatt
Carol Dunlap
Carolyn Ekstedt
Linda L. Hargrove-Teets
Jennifer Hayasaka
Pamela E. Hughes
Joan Imbeau
Pierrette Jeanmonod
Esther Jennings
Mary Joyce
Candace Kahn
Valerie Klingenberg
Michelle Priest Kotschnig
Joan Kwansa
Hedy Anita Langford
Francesca Leo
Betty MacDonald
Sandra Marsh
Donna L. Martin
Patrizia R. Medicina
Edith Modie
Alta Moody
Liska Janelle Moody
Thelma Morris
Holly Morrison
Janet Morse
Gabrielle Motarjemi
Ellen Nelson
Claire Nice
Marta Osterloh
Dorothy Papo
Virginia M. Persson
Nancy Petrisko
Marianne Petroni
Miriam Preece
Camille Reich
Julia Reisz
Gwen Reynolds
Francesca Roveda
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Suzanne Scott
Burgess Shiu
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Karen Topp
Marcia Tusting
Sally Warren
Elisabeth Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Susan Wendt-Bogear
Ann Williamson
Layrel Ann Winzler

Andrew Vincent Alder
Zoltan Andahazy
Gene Angell
Richard Ares
Sky Bamford
Victor Banis
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Mark Bathke
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Douglas Beardslee
Donald Bechtel
Vincent Brooks
Bruce Brown
William Burns
Richard Campbell
Tom Carlisle
Roy Castellini
Gene Cikota
Stewart Clark
Derek Claudius
David Clover
William Colligan
Rudy Cook
Burton Covel
Roger Davidson
Daniel DeJarnatt
Alan Dettmering
Dick Duker
David Duncan
Hilbert Duperroir
Kermit duVal
Bill Easley
Pedro Echeandia
David Elkind
Rick Emmons
Peter Felleman
Peter Fodor
Joel Fort
Ted Foster
Kurt Frank
Raymond C. Franke
Mickey Frettoloso
Phillip Gibson