The Dance of the Heartless Ladies Composer Claudio Monteverdi Librettist Ottavio Rinuccini Company Spring Opera Theater Location San Francisco, CA Venue Curran Theatre Season 1981-1982 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor and harpsichord Willie Anthony Waters Stage Director(s) Gerald Freedman Set and costume designer Lawrence Casey Lighting Designer Joan Sullivan Choreographic Assistant to the Director Marika Sakellariou Historical Dance Consultant Carol Téten Assisted by Thomas Hillyard Stage Manager(s) Gretchen Mueller Cast Amore (Cupid) Amy Sharp Venere (Venus) Janice Felty Plutone (Pluto) Gregory Stapp Una dell'Ingrate (A Heartless Lady) Diane Barclay Ombre d'Inferno (Infernal Spirits) Helen Centner Mary Fox Patrick Neve Timothy Noble Coro dell'Ingrate (Heartless Ladies) Helen Centner Mary Fox Phyllis Hunter Gail MacGowan Dancer(s) Peggy Davis Anne Elizabeth Egan Marika Sakellariou Marty Sohl Daniel G. Albert Robert Boniske Thomas Hillyard Michael Jerome Pete J. Shoemaker Show Dates Fri, Mar 6 1981, 8am Sun, Mar 8 1981, 2pm Thu, Mar 12 1981, 8pm Sat, Mar 14 1981, 8pm Time and Place 1608, Court of Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua Media Image Gregory Stapp (Pluto), Dancers, Il Ballo delle Ingrate, Claudio Monteverdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1981-82. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Set Design Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Amy Sharp (Cupid), Janice Felty (Venus), Il Ballo delle Ingrate, Claudio Monteverdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1981-82. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Amy Sharp (Cupid) and Janice Felty (Venus) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Gregory Stapp (Pluto), Ensemble, Il Ballo delle Ingrate, Claudio Monteverdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1981-82. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Gregory Stapp (Pluto, center) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Janice Felty (Venus), Il Ballo delle Ingrate, Claudio Monteverdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1981-82. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Janice Felty (Venus) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Helen Centner, Mary Fox, Phyllis Hunter, Gail MacGowan (The Heartless Ladies), Il Ballo delle Ingrate, Claudio Monteverdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1981-82. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. The Heartless Ladies (not in order) included Helen Centner, Mary Fox, Phyllis Hunter, and Gail MacGowan Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Notes Part I of a double bill, with "The Cry of Clytaemnestra" Edited and realized with an English translation by Denis Stevens Orchestra: Zaven Melikian, 1st violin Adolf Bruk, 2nd violin Rolf Persinger, viola David Kadarauch, cello S. Charles Siano, string bass
Image Gregory Stapp (Pluto), Dancers, Il Ballo delle Ingrate, Claudio Monteverdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1981-82. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Set Design Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Amy Sharp (Cupid), Janice Felty (Venus), Il Ballo delle Ingrate, Claudio Monteverdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1981-82. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Amy Sharp (Cupid) and Janice Felty (Venus) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Gregory Stapp (Pluto), Ensemble, Il Ballo delle Ingrate, Claudio Monteverdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1981-82. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Gregory Stapp (Pluto, center) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Janice Felty (Venus), Il Ballo delle Ingrate, Claudio Monteverdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1981-82. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Janice Felty (Venus) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Helen Centner, Mary Fox, Phyllis Hunter, Gail MacGowan (The Heartless Ladies), Il Ballo delle Ingrate, Claudio Monteverdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1981-82. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. The Heartless Ladies (not in order) included Helen Centner, Mary Fox, Phyllis Hunter, and Gail MacGowan Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera