Il Trovatore

Composer

Giuseppe Verdi

Librettists

Salvadore Cammarano

and

Leone Emanuele Bardare

Based On

the play by Antonio García Gutiérrez

Company

San Francisco Opera Association

Location

San Francisco, CA

Venue

War Memorial Opera House

Season

1971

Language

Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor

Carlo Felice Cillario

Production

Paul Hager

Assisted by

Jacques Karpo

Designer

Wolfram Skalicki

Davis L. West

Costumers

Goldstein & Co.

Chorus Director

Francesco Prestia

Musical Preparation

Monroe Kanouse

Cast

Ferrando

Richard Mundt(10/23,26)

Raymond Michalski(10/29; 11/3)

Ara Berberian(11/13, 25, 28)

Inez

Donna Petersen(10/23,26,29;11/3)

Gwendolyn Jones(11/13, 25, 28)

Leonora

Leontyne Price(10/23,26,29;11/3)

Ljiljana Molnar-Talajic(11/13, 25, 28)

Count di Luna

Raymond Wolansky(10/23,26,29;11/3,13)

Louis Quilico(11/25,28)

Manrico

James King(10/23,29;11/3,13)

Plácido Domingo(10/26)

James McCracken(11/25, 28)

Azucena

Margarita Lilova(10/23,26,29;11/3)

Irene Dalis(11/13, 25, 28)

Old Gypsy

Eugene Lawrence

Ruiz

Joe Pinedo

Show Dates

Sat, Oct 23 1971, 8pm

Tue, Oct 26 1971, 8pm

Fri, Oct 29 1971, 8pm

Wed, Nov 3 1971, 8pm

Sat, Nov 13 1971, 8pm

Thu, Nov 25 1971, 8pm

Sun, Nov 28 1971, 2pm

Broadcast

Fri, Oct 29 1971, 8am

10/29/1971, broadcast KKHI.

Time and Place

Fifteenth-century Spain

Scenes

Act I, Scenes 1 and 2: The Duel

Scenes 3 and 4: The Gypsy

INTERMISSION

Act II, Scenes 1 and 2: The Gypsy's Son

Scenes 3 and 4: The Execution

Media

SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1971_12_compressed.pdf (17.09 MB)

Notes

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

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10/29/1971, broadcast KKHI. Intermission taped features: Intermission #1 , Bill Agee (guest).

The performance of November 25 was a "Special Thanksgiving Day Performance."