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Based On

"Idomenée" by Antoine Danchet

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

Creative/Crew

Conductor and harpsichord continuo
Production
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Cello continuo
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Elettra
Arbace
Idomeneo
Two Cretan maidens
High Priest of Neptune
The Voice of the oracle

Show Dates

Time and Place

Crete, after the Trojan War

Scenes

THERE WILL BE TWO INTERMISSIONS

Media

Acknowledgements

San Francisco Opera gratefully acknowledges a generous grant from the L.J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation for partial underwriting of this production

Supertitles provided by a generous and most appreciated gift from William and Eloise Rollnick.

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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All database information regarding performances that followed the
October 17th Loma Prieta earthquake is correct, but here is a summation:

Idomeneo, October 17 – cancelled
Otello, October 20 – Moved to Masonic Auditorium
Aida, October 21 – Moved to Masonic Auditorium
Idomeneo, October 22 – Moved to Masonic Auditorium


This performance was given in "modified concert form," i.e. in costume and makeup,
with some props and lights, but without supernumeraries and dancers.

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

Organ provided courtesy of Baldwin Piano & Organ Center, Santa Clara

San Francisco Girls Chorus
Elizabeth Appling, Director
Michelle Clair
Jessica Dunlap
Cathleen Ellis
Nina Fallon
Amy Frey
Rachel Goldsmith
Sita Griffith
Elizabeth Hanauer
Natasha Hoehn
Mihoko Ito
Silvie Jensen
Sasha Johnson
Bayta Maring
Megan McNamara
Claire Mills
Kristin Oei
Amy Perez
Maria Pilson
Eufemia Plimpton
Sabrina Raust
Kimberly Sargent
Dana Shaps
Erin Smyth
Carrie Spring
Teresa Swendsen
Marinda Thomas
Blamoh Twegbe
Elizabeth Warren
Isis Yearwood

San Francisco Boys Chorus
Philip Hahn, Director
David Alderman
Kevin Angstenberger
Edgar Chen
Michael Davis
Joseph Fanvu
Mark Forte
Iain Fry
Bellos Hadjivassiliou
Matthew Hammond
Scott Kronmiller
David Lee
James Locke
Nathaniel Morse
Norman Moy
James Muiter
Grael Norton
Christopher Olson
Gian Patel
Joseph Penrod
Pul Ryan
Cole Thomason-Redus
Kevin Traugott

DANCERS
Elizabeth Cooper
Nora Heiber
Marina Hotchkiss
Carolyn Houser
Debra Rose
Laurie Skophammer
Katherine Warner

Gregory Dawson
Michael Denham
Danny Furlong
Geoffrey Hipps
Steve Kirby
Winthrop Marcirak
Thomas Segal

SUPERNUMERARIES (second group of three operas)

Traudi Albert
Pat Angell
Elayne Ashman
Phyllis Blair
Dorothy Brown
Regina Bustillos
Sue Cammack
Madeline Chase
Kay Cheatham
Phoebe Ciaffi
Huguette Combes
Jamie Daniels
Renée DeJarnatt
Ann Fitzgerald
Debra Girard
Karen Topp Goodwyn
Diane Graham
Joan Imbeau
Candace Kahn
Valarie Klingenberg
Andrea Kohlruss
Dorothy Papo
Ann Paras
Stephanie Salter
Ellen Sanchez
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Sally Warren
Carolyn Waugh
Marianne Welmers
Susan Wendt-Bogear
Laurel Winzler

Bob Acker
Joseph Alietti
David Altman
Gene Angell
Phillip Barber
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Steve Bauman
Jeff Beaudoin
Don Bechtel
Austin Bergin
Mike Berkowitz
John Bleyle
John Boldrick
Vincent Brooks
Al Carter
Peter Chrisler
Stewart Clark
David Clover
David Cook 
Rudy Cook 
Copley Crosby 
Gil Deane 
Gary Demyen 
Kermit Duval 
Lawrence Ewing 
Rodney Felix 
Peter Felleman 
Tom Ferguson 
Joe Fiorentino 
John Gilbert 
Tom Giuliano 
Albert Goodwyn 
Karl Grimm 
Bill Higgins 
Willard Holden 
Eric Janovsky 
Cecil Johnson 
Mitch Johnson 
Frank Jorgensen 
Joe Kelley 
Andrew Korniej 
Dan Kyte 
Greg Lawrance 
Neil Larson 
Mike Lee 
Timothy Locke 
Peter Loubal 
Nelson Luesse 
Oscar Manzanares 
Ray Mark 
Dennis Markunas 
Robert McKibbon 
Ed Meyers 
Dan Melia 
Jim Miller 
Matt Miller 
Edward Milhausen
Ian Mishkin 
Brent Mitchell 
Bob Nathanson 
Noah Nelson 
Barry Nielsen 
Anthony O'Brien 
Gerald O'Dwyer 
Eric Oliver 
Dick Pallowick 
Les Partridge 
Christopher Patnoe 
Jay Perlman 
Mike Pesavento 
Scott Petry 
John Plotz 
Kirk Poole 
Karl Przibram 
Tom Purcell 
Paul Price 
Steve Rades 
Paul Ricks 
Norm Robins 
Bill Roehl 
David Rohrer 
Steven Rosen 
Paul Salemme 
Steve Scales 
Louis Schilling 
Don Share 
Jim Shea 
John Shea 
Chris Sheffield
Ray Shimada 
Wolfram Siede 
Steve Siegelman 
Michael Silva 
Geoff Skidmore 
Rod Smith
Ray Souza 
Jon Spieler 
Larry Stites 
Bob Stroman 
Scott Swanson 
Alvin Taylor 
Bill Tillman 
Richard Vagts 
Eric Vink 
Jack Walker 
Terry Washburn 
Jim Warner 
Alex Weibezahn 
Gary Wendt-Bogear 
Rick Weil 
Silsa Wheaton 
Bruce Woodward 

BOYS 

Robert Azevedo 
Ryan Baird 
Andy Bruvry 
Paul Cheatham 
Ivan Cooper 
Matt Dalton 
Danny Deixler 
J.P. Eby 
Kyle Glankler 
Nicholas Nackley 
Sean Peisert 
Zack Smith 
Etan Zaitsu