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Based On

the play by Eugene O'Neill

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1933
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Master

Cast

Brutus Jones
Henry Smithers, a cockney trader
Old Native Woman
Congo Witch Doctor
Pullman Porter

Show Dates

Time and Place

The present, an island in the West Indies

Scenes

In the Palace of the Emperor; In the Forest; nightfall, night, and dawn

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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Part II of a double bill, with "The Secret of Suzanne"

Opera in one act, a prologue, an interlude, and six episodes

Male chorus: Members of the Coleridge Taylor Choral Club of San Francisco.
Their participation is sponsored by the Booker T. Washington Community Service Center.


The singers are:

First tenors
Charles Crawford
Alden McClelland
Ollie McClelland
William Morgan
John Nelson
Chauncey Long
James Robinson

Second tenors
Harold Braan
David Derrick
Walter Cavanugh
Robert Flippen
Paul Greene
Robert Harris
Alfred Hunter
Irving Meyers
Clifford Morris
Klein Wilson
Wesoneal Winston
Clifford Wysinger

Baritones
Barry Baines
Leo Durant
Wendell Clark
Godfrey Halsell
Clement Hunter
Alvin Nurse
Carlos McLean
Clifford Payne
Clarence Sands
Jay Malone

Basses
Homer Alfred
W. W. Barber
Richard Clark
Joseph Gier
Jean Hubbard
A. H. James
George Watkins, Jr.