The Good Soldier Schweik

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Composer
Robert Kurka
Librettist
Lewis Allan
Based On

the novel by Jaroslav Hasek

Company
Spring Opera Theater
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
Palace of Fine Arts Theater
Season
1980-1981
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
David Agler
Stage Director and Choreographer
Rhoda Levine
Scenic and Costume Designer
Robert Israel
Lighting Designer
Bill Gorgensen
Chorus Director
Ernest Fredric Knell
Musical Preparation
Susanna Lemberskaya
Stage Manager(s)
Sharon Woodriff

Cast

Schweik
Jonathan Green
Master of Ceremonies, Voditchka, Sgt. Vanek
Grover Zucker
Bretschneider, 1st Psychiatrist, Chaplain, A Soldier
Ronald Raines
Sergeant, Mr. Wendler
Jeff Carney
Pavelic, General von Schwarzburg, Mr. Kakonyi, A Soldier
John Del Carlo
2nd Psychiatrist, Army Doctor, Lt. Lukash
Ronald Hedlund
Police Officer, 3rd Psychiatrist. 3rd Malingerer, Col. Kraus von Zillergut, A Peasant, A Soldier
Thomas Hammons
Mrs. Müller, Katy Wendler, Mrs. Kakonyi
Elaine Snyder
Baroness von Botzenheim, Mrs. Pavelic, A Peasant
Stephanie Friedman
Bretschneider's Assistant
Ed Holmes
Fox, a Dog
Joseph Jon Riggs
Mime
Michael Hennessy
Ed Holmes
Douglas Leach
Andrew Letchworth
Joseph Jon Riggs
1st Prisoner, 1st Malingerer
Dale Emde
2nd Prisoner, 2nd Malingerer
John Walters
3rd Prisoner
Kenneth Rafanan
4th Prisoner, 4th Malingerer
Jim Meyer
Newsboy
William Tredway
Consumptive
Lee Woodriff
Guard
Michael Bloch
Karl Saarni

Show Dates

Time and Place

The Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1914

Scenes

Act I, Scene I -- Schweik's Flat
Act I, Scene 2 -- "The Flagon" -- a Tavern
Act I, Scene 3 -- Police Headquarters
Act I, Scene 4 -- A Prison Cell
Act I, Scene 5 -- Another Room in Police Headquarters
Act I, Scene 6 -- The Insane Asylum
Act I, Scene 7 -- (a) Schweik's Flat; (b) A Busy Avenue
Act II, Scene 1 -- The Camp Infirmary
Act II, Scene 2 -- (a) The Camp Chapel; (b) The Camp Recreation Room
Act II, Scene 3 -- Lt. Lukash's Flat
Act II, Scene 4 -- Intertior of the Prague-Budejovice Express Train
Act II, Scene 5 -- A Private Room in St. Stephen's Cross Café
Act II, Scene 6 -- (a) Soprony Street; (b) The Red Lamb Tavern; (c) Soprony Street
Act II, Scene 7 -- (a) A Dugout at the Front; (b) The Front

Media

Notes

"Western Spring Opera 1980" Orchestrations completed by Hershy Kay