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Librettist
Based On

works by William Shakespeare

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1985-1986
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Stage Director(s)
Robin Thompson(11/25, 30)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant(s) to Mr. Ponnelle
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Paul Moor(11/25, 30)
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Sir John Falstaff
Bardolfo
Pistola
Host of the Garter Inn
Robin, page to Falstaff
Mistress Quickly
Dr. Caius
Mistress Meg Page
Mistress Alice Ford
Nannetta
Fenton
Ford
Mr. Page

Show Dates

Broadcast

Archival broadcast, November 21, 1987 -- locally on KKHI; also on WFMT Chicago.

Time and Place

Windsor, England, on the banks of the Thames, during the reign of Henry IV

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The taproom at the Garter Inn
Scene 2 -- The garden of Ford's house
Act II, Scene 1 -- The taproom of the Garter Inn
Scene 2 -- A room in Ford's house
Act III, Scene 1 -- Outside the Garter Inn
Scene 2 -- Herne's Oak in Windsor Forest

Media

Sponsors

Supertitles underwritten through a generous grant from American Express via the San Francisco Opera Guild

Acknowledgements

Produced in cooperation with the opera companies of Chicago and Houston. This production is based on that originally mounted at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1976, sponsored by the Fred Kobler Trust and the Corbett Foundation of Cincinnati, Ohio. The San Francisco presentation of this production is made possible through a generous grant from the L.J. Skaggs & Mary C. Skaggs Foundation.

Notes

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

11/21/1987, Archival broadcast -- locally on KKHI; also on KQED and WFMT Chicago.  Intermission interviews:  #1 Musical highlights of Falstaff: Sir John Pritchard (guest), #2 Pilar Lorengar & Terry McEwen (guests).  (Two years later, Mr. McEwen selected a number of operas from various seasons for broadcasts, including Falstaff.)


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Roger Davidson
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