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The Dead City
Based On

Georges Rodenbach's novel "Bruges-la-Morte"

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2008-2009
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Original production
Director
Production Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Wig and Makeup Designer
Production Super Captain

Cast

Brigitta
Marie/Marietta
Juliette
Lucienne
Victorin
Count Albert
Gaston
Paul's Double

Show Dates

Broadcast

2/1/2009 delayed broadcast, KDFC; 8/29/2009 WFMT.

Time and Place

Bruges, Belgium at the end of the nineteenth century

Scenes

Act I
Act II
INTERMISSION
Act III

Media

Sponsors

The performance of September 23rd is given in honor of Diane B. Wilsey

Acknowledgements

The production is made possible, in part, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund

Notes

2/1/2009 delayed broadcast, KDFC; 8/29/2009 WFMT.

Co-production of Vienna State Opera and the 2004 Salzburg Festival

Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors LLC,
sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Schott Music, publisher and copyright owner.

The libretto was written by the composer and his father, Julius Korngold.
They settled on the name of "Paul Schott" because it reflected the main
opera character's name and the name of their music publisher.