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Ring; The Valkyrie
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1984-1985
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Set and costume designer
Lighting Designer and Special Effects
Projections
Sound Designer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant to Maestro Edo De Waart
Assistant to Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Supertitles (6/9,15)

Cast

Sieglinde
Siegmund
Hunding
Wotan
Brünnhilde
Gerhilde
Ortlinde
Helmwige
Schwertleite
Waltraute
Siegrune
Rossweisse
Grimgerde

Show Dates

Broadcast

07/13/1985, Delayed radio broadcast.

Telecast

06/04/1985, was closed-circuit telecast/simulcast to Davies Hall.

Time and Place

Early Civilization

Scenes

Act I -- Hunding's house
Act II, Scene 1 -- Wotan's fortress
Scene 2 -- Barren landscape
Act III -- Valkyrie island

Media

Sponsors

Funding for Supertitles provided through generous grants from ComputerLand Corporation and the Millard Family Foundation

Acknowledgements

The production of the "Ring" has been made possible by the BankAmerica Foundation, the Carol Buck Sells Foundation, the L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, and an anonymous friend of the San Francisco Opera.

Notes

1985 Summer Season

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by the San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

The performance of Tuesday, June 4, was the subject of a closed-circuit telecast/simulcast to Davies Hall

There was a delayed radio broadcast on July 13

SUPERNUMERARIES (selected from the following list)
Zoltan Andahazy
Richard Ares
Steve Bauman
Bruce Brown
Richard Campbell
Roy Castellini
David Clover
Bill Colligan
Rudy Cook
Tom Curran
Daniel DeJarnatt
Robert Donnelly
David Duncan
Hilbert Duperroir
Kermit DuVal
David Elkind
Christopher Essley
Peter Felleman
Mickey Frettoloso
Eugenio Gamez
Albert Goodwyn
Paul Grosvenor
Ryan Habeler
Mark Hedley
William Higgins
Mark Huelsmann
John Janonis
Dean Johnson
William Joyce
Julius Karoblis
Patrick Kelson
David Larson
Bob Leonard
Berri McBride
Arnold McGilbray
Matt Miller
John Moore
Roberto Moreiras
Daniel Moya
Paul Newman
Richard Pallowick
David Peters
Jim Robinson
Jim Sizemore
Ray Souza
Jonathan Spieler
Don Studebaker
Alvin Taylor
Paul Vuksich
Rick Weil