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Ring; Twilight of the Gods
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1984-1985
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Set and costume designer
Lighting Designer and Special Effects
Projections
Sound Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant to Maestro Edo De Waart
Assistant to Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Supertitles (6/13,19)

Cast

First Norn
Second Norn
Third Norn
Brünnhilde
Siegfried
Gunther
Waltraute
Alberich
Woglinde
Wellgunde
Flosshilde

Show Dates

Broadcast

07/27/1985, Delayed radio broadcast.

Simulcast

06/08/1985, was closed-circuit telecast/simulcast to Davies Hall.

Time and Place

Late Civilization

Scenes

Prologue, Part 1 -- Terrace of the gods
Prologue, Part 2 -- Valkyrie island
Act I, Scene 1 -- The hall of the Gibichungs
Scene 2 -- Valkyrie island
Act II -- Outside the hall of the Gibichungs
Act III, Scene 1 -- A rocky slope on the banks of the Rhine
Scene 2 -- Outside the hall of the Gibichungs

Media

Sponsors

Funding for Supertitles provided through generous grants from ComputerLand Corporation and the Millard Family Foundation.

Acknowledgements

The production of the "Ring" has been made possible by the BankAmerica Foundation, the Carol Buck Sells Foundation, the L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, and an anonymous friend of the San Francisco Opera.

Notes

1985 Summer Season

The performance of Saturday, June 8, was the subject of a closed-circuit telecast/simulcast to Davies Hall.

There was a delayed radio broadcast on July 27

Eva Marton and René Kollo were perforning their respective roles for the first time in their careers; consequently, they were both performing in a complete "Ring" for the first time.

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by the San Francisco Opera Costume Shop and Jean Lamprell

Gibichung eagles made possible by a gift from Modesto Lanzone

SUPERNUMERARIES
Gertraud Albert
Susan Anderson
Karen Bailey
Joyce Barnett
Dorothy Baune
Irene Bechtel
Janet Birnie
Phyllis Blair
Dottie Brown
Phoebe Ciaffi
Annette Clark
Huguette Combs
Renée DeJarnatt
Pat DuVal
Linda Hardgrove-Teets
Jennifer Heglar
Mary Kay Henderson
Nina Izotoff
Loisann Jakovitz
Pierrette Jeanmonod
Carol Ann Mauro
Patricia Medicina
Jan Moody
Holly Morrison
Dorothy Papo
Nancy Petrisko
Julia Reisz
Burgess Shiu
Beverly Terry
Karen Topp
Kathie Warinski
Lisa Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Susan Wendt-Bogear
Ann Williamson
Laurel Ann Winzler

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Richard Ares
Steve Bauman
Bruce Brown
Richard Campbell
Roy Castellini
David Clover
Bill Colligan
Rudy Cook
Tom Curran
Daniel DeJarnatt
Robert Donnelly
David Duncan
Hilbert Duperroir
Kermit DuVal
David Elkind
Christopher Essley
Peter Felleman
Mickey Frettoloso
Eugenio Gamez
Albert Goodwyn
Paul Grosvenor
Ryan Habeler
Mark Hedley
William Higgins
Mark Huelsmann
John Janonis
Dean Johnson
William Joyce
Julius Karoblis
Patrick Kelson
David Larson
Bob Leonard
Berri McBride
Arnold McGilbray
Matt Miller
John Moore
Roberto Moreiras
Daniel Moya
Paul Newman
Richard Pallowick
David Peters
Jim Robinson
Jim Sizemore
Ray Souza
Jonathan Spieler
Don Studebaker
Alvin Taylor
Paul Vuksich
Rick Weil