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Based On

a centuries-old Spanish legend about a libertine as told by playwright Tirso de Molina in his 1630 play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1984-1985
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production devised and directed by
Original design by
Lighting design and scenic supervision
Sound Designer
Chorus Director
Recitative accompaniment
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Choreographic Assistance

Cast

Leporello
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni
The Commendatore
Don Ottavio
Donna Elvira
Masetto

Show Dates

Time and Place

Seville in the middle of the seventeenth century

Scenes

The opera will be performed with one intermission

Media

Sponsors

The costumes for this production were made possible, in part, by a grant from the Callison Foundation

Acknowledgements

The original production was made possible in 1974 by a generous and much-appreciated gift from the late James D. Robertson

The revival of this production was made possible, in part, by a generous gift from Mrs. Marian M. Miller

Notes

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop and Malabar, Ltd.

CORPS DE BALLET
Diane Cassou
Peggy Davis
Anne Foote
Carolyn Houser
Debra Rose
Katherine Warner

Andrew Birkhoff
Eugene Bordallo
Peter Childers
Gregory Gonzales
Jay Johanni
Gregory Lara
Ian Leffler
Karstyn McCoy
Dennis McDonald
John Norris

SUPERNUMERARIES (selected from the following list)
Traudi Albert
Hetty Alvarez
Susan Anderson
Pat Angell
Joyce Barnett
Nora Brandstadter
Katherine Brazaitis
Lorna Bridges
Dorothy Brown
Barbara Bruser
Huguette Combs
Renée DeJarnatt
Carol Dunlap
Pat DuVal
Carolyn Ekstedt
Jennifer Heglar
Mary Kay Henderson
Nina Izotoff
Mary Joyce
Candace Kahn
Barbara Konkle
Gabrielle Massey
Jan Moody
Claire Nice
Dorothy Papo
Nancy Petrisko
Miriam Preece
Louise Russo
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Sally Warren
Lisa Waters
Carolyn Waugh

Peter Anderegg
Gene Angell
Richard Ares
Sky Bamford
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Mark Bathke
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Bruce Brown
Bill Burns
Mark Cabrinha
Richard Campbell
Tom Carlisle
Stewart Clark
David Clover
Rudy Cook
Burton Covel
Don Crawford
Tom Curran
Charles Dargis
Roger Davidson
Martin Doyle
Brandon Duisenberg
Toby Duisenberg
Kermit DuVal
Bill Easley
David Elkind
Rick Emmons
Peter Felleman
Kurt Frank
Mickey Frettoloso
Peter Garadis
Phil Gibson
Rex Golightly
Albert Goodwyn
Ward Greunke
John Grimes
Paul Grosvenor
George Gunias
Roger Heglar
Philippe Henry
Bill Higgins
Willard Holden
Steve Jacobs
John Janonis
Chris Judge
Julius Karoblis
Joe Kelley
Mike Kurtz
Jay Lanahan
Ralph Ludascher
Gerard Marquis
Don Martin
Ramon Martinez
Berri McBride
Rod McCoy
Richard McGeary
Arnold McGilbray
Stephen Mette
Allen Miller
Matt Miller
Larry Millner
Steve Moawad
John Moore
Roberto Moreiras
Paul Newman
Jeff Nuno
Richard Pallowick
Malcolm Parkman
Michael Pitkin
Bill Randol
Paul Ricks
Jeff Sarasson
Kevin Scarlata
Robert Schmidt
Steve Schneider
Chris Sheffield
Geoff Skidmore
Ray Souza
Jonathan Spieler
Gary Sprague
Jerry Steimle
Robert Stock
Don Studebaker
Tom Taffel
Allen Tusting
John Varvarousis
Paul Vuksich
Brett Weil
Rick Weil
Gary Wendt-Bogear
Patrick Weyers
Joe Willis