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Il dissoluto punito (The Libertine Punished)
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
2016-2017
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Director
Projections and Scenic Adaptations
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Original Set Designer
Chorus Director
Fight Director
Assistant Conductor
Prompter
Fortepiano Continuo
Musical Preparation
Supertitles
Assistant Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Head of Wig and Makeup

Cast

Leporello
Erwin Schrott(06/04, 06/08, 06/11, 06/13, 06/16, 06/21)
Erik Anstine(06/24, 06/30)
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni
The Commendatore
Donna Elvira
Zerlina
Masetto

Show Dates

Telecast

10/1/2017 delayed broadcast, KDFC.

Time and Place

TIME AND PLACE: Mid-seventeenth-century Seville

Scenes

Act I
Intermission
Act II

Media

Sponsors

This production is made possible, in part, by John A. & Cynthia Fry Gunn.

This production is made possible, in part, by Joseph E. Padula.

Additional support is provided by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem through the Great Interpreters of Italian Opera Fund, and through the Emerging Stars Fund for Ms. Shafer's and Mr. Sumuel's appearances.

Ms. Martínez's, Mr. D'Arcangelo's, and Mr. Schrott's appearances are made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund from Joan and David Traitel.

Additional support is provided by Affiliate Sponsors: Jerome L. and Thao N. Dodson; Lisa Erdberg and Dennis Gibbons; and Chandra and Michael Rudd.

Legacy Commission

Sung in Italian with English supertitles

Notes

10/1/2017 delayed broadcast, KDFC.

The June 30th performance was live simulcast to AT&T Park to a crowd of 23,000.

San Francisco Opera production

Peasants, servants, porters, maids

SUPER NUMERARIES: Ahlem Baccouche, Tatiana Bookbinder, Lorna Cain, Steve Carp, Matthew Erikson, Joe Friedman, Albert Kovera, Lynn Meinhardt, Liz Pasha, Pablo Sanfrancisco, Carlos Suarez, Miles Walls, Laurel Winzler, Paul Zemlin