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

1987-1988

Language

German

Creative/Crew

Conductor

Friedemann Layer

Production

John Cox

Designer

David Hockney

Lighting Designer

Thomas J. Munn

Sound Designer

Roger Gans

Chorus Director

Ian Robertson

Musical Preparation

John Fiore

Kathryn Cathcart

Mark Haffner

Prompter

Jonathan Khuner

Assistant Stage Director(s)

Paula Williams

Supertitles

Christopher Bergen

Stage Manager(s)

Jerry Sherk

Cast

First Lady

Deborah Voigt

Second Lad

Kathryn Cowdrick

Third Lady

Judith Christin

Tamino

Francisco Araiza

Papageno

David Malis

Queen of the Night

Luciana Serra

First Spirit

Conal Byrne(9/19,22,25)

Pauline Chew(9/30;10/6,8,11)

Second Spirit

Jeffrey Rice(9/19,22,25)

Jocelyn Enriquez(9/30;10/6,8,11)

Third Spirit

Caen Thomason-Redus(9/19,22,25)

Irma De los Santos(9/30;10/6,8,11)

First Slave

Raymond Murcell

Second Slave

William Tredway

Third Slave

Gerald Johnson

Monostatos

Frank Kelley

Pamina

Etelka Csavlek

Speaker

Thomas Stewart

Sarastro

Kevin Langan

Priest

Douglas Wunsch

Papagena

Cheryl Parrish

First Armored Man

James King(9/19,22,25)

Daniel Harper(9/30;10/6,8,11)

Second Armored Man

David Pittsinger

Show Dates

Sat, Sep 19 1987, 8pm

Tue, Sep 22 1987, 8pm

Fri, Sep 25 1987, 8pm

Wed, Sep 30 1987, 7:30pm

Tue, Oct 6 1987, 8pm

Thu, Oct 8 1987, 8pm

Sun, Oct 11 1987, 2pm

Time and Place

(not specified)

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- A rocky place

Scene 2 -- A room in Sarastro's castle

Scene 3 -- Outside Sarastro's castle

INTERMISSION

Act II, Scene 1 -- A palm grove

Scene 2 -- An entrance to the temple

Scene 3 -- A garden

Scene 4 -- The grand hall of the temple

Scene 5 -- A vault in the temple

Scene 6 -- A garden

Scene 7 -- An entrance to the temple

Scene 8 -- A garden

Scene 9 -- An entrance to the temple

Scene 10 -- The Temple of the Sun

Media

Acknowledgements

San Francisco Opera gratefully acknowledges the generous gift from Bernard and Barbro Osher to underwrite
this new production, originally created for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Teatro alla Scala, Milan.

Supertitles provided by a generous and most appreciated gift from William and Eloise Rollnick.

Notes

Edited for the New Mozart Edition by Gernot Gruber and Alfred Orel

Scenery and costumes owned by San Francisco Opera

Additional animal costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop and Skyana Puppets and Costumes

SUPERNUMERARIES (first group of operas)
Madeline Chase
Renée DeJarnatt
Robin Hodgkin
Nancy Petrisko
Burgess Shiu
Susan Weiss

Andrew Alder
Zoltan Andahazy
Bruce Brown
Don Correira
Kermit du Val
Mickey Frettoloso
Albert Goodwyn
Joe Hay
Gregory Lawrance
John Lohr
Matthew Miller
Ian Mishkin
Barry Nielsen
Michael Pesavento
Harrison Pierce
Michael Schoenig
Bill Tillman
Michael Venera