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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
1995-1996
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Recitative accompaniment
Donald Runnicles(harpsichord)
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Fight Consultant
Supertitles

Cast

Leporello
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni
Samuel Ramey(11/14,18,20)
William Shimell(11/24,28;12/1,3,7)
The Commendatore
Don Ottavio
John Mark Ainsley(11/14,18,20,24,28)
Stanford Olsen(12/1,3,7)
Donna Elvira
Zerlina
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 performance of November 14th is designated in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Du Bain's membership in the Triple Gold Circle

The performance of November 18th is designated in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Read's membership in the Triple Gold Circle

The performance of November 20th is sponsored by Powersoft Corporation

The performance of November 23rd is sponsored by the Hendrickson family in honor of the Supernumeraries and in memory of Joseph Scott Hendrickson

The performance of November 28th is sponsored by British Airways

The performance of December 1st is designated in honor of Andrew J. Belotti's generous gift to San Francisco Opera's Pooled Income Fund

The performance of December 3rd is sponsored by Autodesk

The performance of December 3rd is designated in honor of the Triple Gold Circle membership of Annette Campbell-White and Ruediger Naumann-Etienne

Acknowledgements

New Production This production is made possible, in part, by generous gifts from Mr. George M. Bowles and the Estate of Edith Bentley Bailey Cook.

Notes

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios
Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

SUPERNUMERARIES

Regina Bustillos
Mary Hanni
Susan Mead
Valentina Simi
Ceci Valente
Laurel Winzler

Jordan Berner
Douglas Ceffalo
Nigel Delaney
Eddy Gordillo
Joseph Kinyon
Steve Lavezzoli
Thomas Newman
Barry Nielsen
Louis Schilling
Jim Shea
Michael Strickland
Mario Tarabini
Thane Thomas