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Hansel and Gretel
Librettist
Based On

the original fairytale by the Brothers Grimm

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2002-2003
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Donald Runnicles(01/11, 14, 16, 18)
Production
Stage Director and Original Choreographer
Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Production supervisor
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Hansel, her brother
Gertrude, their mother
Peter, a broom-maker, their father
Sandman/Dew Fairy
Witch

Show Dates

Time and Place

(not specified)

Scenes

Act I -- The broom-maker's house
Act II -- In the forest
INTERMISSION
Act III -- The gingerbread house

Media

Acknowledgements

Company Sponsor Mrs. Edmund W. Littlefield is proud to sponsor this production

Original production made possible by generous gifts from The Vance Family Foundation, with additional funding from BP America, Inc. Educational activities associated with this production are sponsored, in part, by generous support from the Koret Foundation.

Notes

English translation by David Pountney

Production co-owned by the Welsh National Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago

ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS

Children's Choruses
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Susan McMane, Artistic Director
Elizabeth Avakian, Chorus School Director
Jennie Angle
Savannah Austin
Alice Che
Joscelyn-Anne Daguna
Therese Gould
Claire Huysentruyt
Amanda Irion
Beth-Anne Johnson
Elena Moreno
Megan Potmesil
Brooke Powell
Genoa Starrs
Kelly Stout
Adrianna Sung
Maayan Voss de Bettancourt

San Francisco Boys Chorus
Ian Robertson, Artistic Director
Alex Benet
Michael Bennett
Keith Berquist
Nickolas Bonney
Mickey Boxell
Gregory Camargo
Ben Campbell
Reed Campbell
Joey Chung
Gavin Davenport
Trevor Doherty
Simon Ehrlich
Nathaniel Farber
Harlan Hays
Matthew Huff
Teall Lane-Riccardi
Bernard Lee
Nathan Lozano
Connor Lyons
Kriztian Mabalot
Daniel Marasigan
Nicholas Massa
Elliott Pennington
Peter Quinn
Noah Riccardi
Michael Schooley
Nicholas Shen
Dale Smith
Sam Strelkoff
Terence Turks
Oliver Wang
Gar Yeung
Kevin Yu
Justin Yuan
Galen Yun

Supernumeraries
Elaine Adamson
Kay Cheatham
Fredricka Fleming
Brenda Jones
Lisa Lorea
Lynn Meinhardt
Anna Stulz
Kimberly Thompson
Mimi Timberlake

Jim Bowes
Roderick Chow
Marcel Delgado
Tim Doud
Eddie Gordillo
Franklin Harris
Sherman Lee
Simon Elliott LehBohn
Albert Malkin
Frank Masson
Scott Sanford
Frank Sommers