Don Quixote Composer Jules Massenet Librettist Henri Cain Based On the play by Jacques Le Lorrain, based on Cervantes Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1990-1991 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Julius Rudel Production Charles Roubaud Lighting Designer Joan Arhelger Choreographer Victoria Morgan Chorus Director Ian Robertson Musical Preparation Philip Eisenberg Susan Miller Hult Christopher Larkin Susanna Lemberskaya Ernest Fredric Knell Svetlana Gorzhevskaya Kathryn Cathcart Prompter Philip Eisenberg Assistant Stage Director(s) Sandra Bernhard Assistant to Mr. Roubaud Bernard Monforte Supertitles Christopher Bergen Stage Manager(s) Jamie Call Cast Pedro Mary Mills Garcias Kathryn Cowdrick Rodriguez Kip Wilborn Juan Dennis Petersen Dulcinée's Friend Michael Lipsky Dulcinée Katherine Ciesinski Don Quichotte Samuel Ramey Sancho Pança Michel Trempont Bandit Chief Dale Travis First Bandit Gerald Johnson Second Bandit Daniel Pociernicki First Servant Richard Brown Second Servant Cameron Henley Show Dates Thu, Oct 11 1990, 8pm Sun, Oct 14 1990, 2pm Thu, Oct 18 1990, 7:30pm Sat, Oct 20 1990, 8pm Tue, Oct 23 1990, 8pm Fri, Oct 26 1990, 8pm Time and Place Seventeenth-century Spain Scenes Act I -- The poor quarter of a Spanish town INTERMISSION Act II -- In the countryside at dawn Act III -- The bandits' camp INTERMISSION Act IV -- The poor quarter Act V -- In the countryside at night Media Image Chorus, Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Typical street scene in a poor quarter of a sixteenth-century Spanish town Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera Image Samuel Ramey (Don Quichotte), Michel Trempont (Sancho Pança), Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Don Quichotte (Samuel Ramey) and his faithful companion, Sancho Pança (Michel Trempont) Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera Image Samuel Ramey (Don Quichotte), Chorus, Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Samuel Ramey as the title character, Don Quichotte Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera Image Samuel Ramey (Don Quichotte), Katherine Ciesinski (Dulcinée), Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Samuel Ramey as Don Quichotte; Katherine Ciesinski as Dulcinée Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera Image Samuel Ramey (Don Quichotte), Katherine Ciesinski (Dulcinée), Chorus, Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Samuel Ramey's Don Quichotte and Katherine Ciesinski's Dulcinée are seen against the background of members of the San Francisco Opera Chorus Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera Image Katherine Ciesinski (Dulcinée), Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Katherine Ciesinski as Dulcinée Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera Image Michel Trempont (Sancho Pança), Samuel Ramey (Don Quichotte), Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Sancho Pança (Michel Trempont) is assisting his terminally ill master Don Quichotte (Samuel Ramey) Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera Acknowledgements This presentation of "Don Quichotte" is made possible, in part, by a generous gift from Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Tilton Notes Production and sets from the Lyric Opera of ChicagoCostumes from Opéra de MarseillesDANCERSNora HeiberMarina HotchkissCarolyn HouserSummer RhatiganDebra RoseKathryn RoszakKatherine WarnerLee BellGregory DawsonDanny FurlongAntonio LopezWinthrop MarcinakMichael ParraChristopher RankinSUPERNUMERARIES (for second group of three operas) Supernumeraries Sabrina Adler Traude Albert Patricia Angell Elayne Ashman Irene Bechtel Phyllis Blair Madeline Chase Kay Cheatham Annette Clark Huguette Combs Darcy Fink Karen Goodwyn Lisa Gordon Diane Graham Leah Hall Joan Imbeau Esther Jennings Valerie Klingenberg Andrea Kohlruss Jan Moody Dorothy Papo Ann Paras Nancy Petrisko Ellen Sanchez Stella Tatro Beverly Terry Kimberly Thompson Marcia Tusting Linda Unemori Cecilia Valente Susan Weiss Susan Wendt-Bogear Suzannah Yeh Bob Acker Roman Adler David Altman Eugene Angell Stephen Bartlett-Ré Franklin Bauer Steve Bauman Donald Bechtel Rich Bechtel Austin Bergin Michael Berkowitz Brian Busta Thomas Carlisle Paul Cheatham Stewart Clark Rudy Cook Doug Couture Copley Crosby Richard Dobbins Pedro Echeandia Ted Foster Eugenio Gámez John Gilbert Richard Goldman Albert Goodwyn Terry Gordon Sean Greene William Higgins Willard Holden Mark Huelsmann Steve Jacobs John Janonis Eric Janovsky Clint Jennings Frank Jorgensen Michael Josephson William Joyce Ron Kakiki Keith Kamrath William Klaproth Nick Koras Andrew Korniej Oren McEwen Bob McKibben Daniel Melia Ed Meyers Jim Miller Ian Mishkin Paul Newman Chris Noll Mike Padilla Richard Pallowick Christopher Patnoe Michael Pesavento David Plotz John Plotz Michael Plotz Tom Purcell David Ransom Bill Roehl Paul Schoenkopf Donald Share Jim Shea John Shea Geoff Skidmore Jonathan Spieler Robert Stroman Jarrett Sullivan Tom Taffel Alvin Taylor Allen Tusting Jim Warner Tony Welch Richard Weil Gary Wendt-Bogear Si Wheaton Joseph Willis Arthur Zigas
Image Chorus, Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Typical street scene in a poor quarter of a sixteenth-century Spanish town Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera
Image Samuel Ramey (Don Quichotte), Michel Trempont (Sancho Pança), Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Don Quichotte (Samuel Ramey) and his faithful companion, Sancho Pança (Michel Trempont) Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera
Image Samuel Ramey (Don Quichotte), Chorus, Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Samuel Ramey as the title character, Don Quichotte Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera
Image Samuel Ramey (Don Quichotte), Katherine Ciesinski (Dulcinée), Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Samuel Ramey as Don Quichotte; Katherine Ciesinski as Dulcinée Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera
Image Samuel Ramey (Don Quichotte), Katherine Ciesinski (Dulcinée), Chorus, Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Samuel Ramey's Don Quichotte and Katherine Ciesinski's Dulcinée are seen against the background of members of the San Francisco Opera Chorus Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera
Image Katherine Ciesinski (Dulcinée), Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Katherine Ciesinski as Dulcinée Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera
Image Michel Trempont (Sancho Pança), Samuel Ramey (Don Quichotte), Don Quichotte, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1990-91. Photographer: Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera. Sancho Pança (Michel Trempont) is assisting his terminally ill master Don Quichotte (Samuel Ramey) Credit Larry Merkle/San Francisco Opera