Die Zauberflöte

The Magic Flute

Composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Librettists

Emanuel Schikaneder

and

Karl Ludwig Gieseke

Based On

the play by Antonio García Gutiérrez

Company

San Francisco Opera Association

Location

San Francisco, CA

Venue

War Memorial Opera House

Season

1950

Language

English

Creative/Crew

Conductor

Paul Breisach

Stage Director(s)

William Wymetal

Chorus Director

Kurt Herbert Adler

Technical Director

Armando Agnini

Settings designed by

Armando Agnini

Eugene Dunkel

Cast

Sarastro, High Priest of Isis

Dezso Ernster

Tamino, an Egyptian Prince

Charles Kullman

Papageno, a bird catcher

John Brownlee

Queen of the Night

Sari Barabas

Pamina, her daughter

Uta Graf(10/11)

Dorothy Warenskjold(10/13)

Monostatos, a Moor, servant of Sarastro

Hubert Norville

Papagena

Geraldine Williams

First Lady

Barbara Lauppe

Second Lad

Yvonne Chauveau

Third Lady

Claramae Turner

First Youth

Jo Ann O'Connell

Second Youth

Bettie Sanderson

Third Youth

Eileen Baldwin

Speaker

Yi-Kwei Sze

First Priest

John Ford

Second Priest

James Schwabacher

First Man in Armor

Caesar Curzi

Second Man in Armor

Desire Ligeti

First Slave

Colin Harvey

Second Slave

William Bond

Third Slave

Allan Louw

Show Dates

Wed, Oct 11 1950, 8pm

Fri, Oct 13 1950, 8pm

Time and Place

Sbout Time of Rameses I; Memphis, Egypt

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- A Rocky Landscape

Scene 2 -- A Room in Sarastro's Castle

Scene 3 -- Before the Three Temples

Scene 4 -- Grove Outside the Temple

Act II, Scene 1 -- A Palm Grove

Scene 2 -- Courtyard of the Temple

Scene 3 -- A Garden

Scene 4 -- A Short Hallway

Act III, Scene 1 -- Same as Scene 4, Act I

Scene 2 -- Palm Garden with Tree

Scene 3 -- Rocky Caves

Scene 4 -- Temple of the Sun

Media

SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1950_14_compressed.pdf (7.02 MB)

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin

California Masonic Centennial Performance It was given in celebration of the 1850 founding of the Grand Lodge of California.

Settings painted by Eugene Dunkel and constructed in the Studios of the San Francisco Opera Association

ACKNOWLEDGMENT We again acknowledge with grateful appreciation the generously donated use of the Emporium auditorium and facilities for chorus rehearsals this year which meant both a great convenience and a substantial saving to the Opera Company.

We also desire to express our deep gratitude to Miss Alice Hager for her splendid gift of French period furniture. SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION