USA Staged Premiere Composer Gioachino Rossini Librettist Andrea Leone Tottola Based On the drama "Andromaque" by Jean Baptiste Racine Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1991-1992 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Patrick Summers Staged by Sandra Bernhard Lighting Designer Jennifer Norris Chorus Director Ian Robertson Musical Preparation Philip Eisenberg Robert Morrison Peter Grunberg Prompter Philip Eisenberg Assistant Stage Director(s) Paula Williams Supertitles Steven White Cast Andromaca Kathleen Kuhlmann Fenicio Jeffrey Wells Attalo Euro Nava Cefisa Yanyu Guo Cleone Man-Hua Gao Ermione Anna Caterina Antonacci Pirro Hong-Shen Li Oreste Jorge Lopez-Yañez Pilade Craig Estep Show Dates Fri, Jun 26 1992, 8pm Sun, Jun 28 1992, 2pm Time and Place Buthrote, capital of Epirus, after the Trojan War Scenes THERE WILL BE ONE INTERMISSION Notes US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE First American staging at SF Opera; presented earlier in the US in concert. First performance: Naples, 1819. ------------------ 1992 Summer SeasonPart of the 1992 "Celebration of Rossini"Matthew Epstein, Artistic Consultant