USA Staged Premiere
Joan of Arc at the Stake
Composer
Librettist
Based On
text by Paul Claudel
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1954
Language
English
Commission
English translation by Dennis Arundell
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Stage Designs by
Settings painted by
G.K.P. Projection System by
Choreography pantomime by
Cast
Joan of Arc (actor)
Friar Dominic (actor)
Porcus
Virgin
St. Margaret
St. Catherine
First Herald (spoken)
Second Herald
Third Herald
Cleric
Judge
Monk
Voice in the Prologue
First Voice
Second Voice
Child
The Ass (actor)
Duke of Bedford (spoken)
John of Luxemburg (dancer)
Reynold of Chartres (dancer)
William of Flavy (dancer)
Grinder Trusty (dancer)
Mother of Barrels (spoken)
Young Peasant
Old Peasant
Perrot (Boy -- spoken)
First Jailer
Second Jailer
Show Dates
Time and Place
(not specified)
Scenes
PROLOGUE
Scene 1 -- The voices of heaven
Scene 2 -- The book
Scene 3 -- The voices of the earth
Scene 5 -- Joan delivered to the beasts
Scene 6 -- The kings, or the invention of the card game
Scene 7 -- Catherine and Margaret
Scene 8 -- The King who goes to Rheims
Scene 9 -- The sword of Joan
Scene 10 -- Trimazo
Scene 11 -- Joan of Arc in the flames
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1954_06_compressed.pdf
(8.12 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE
First American staging at SF Opera; presented earlier in the US in concert.
First performance: Basel, 1938.
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Part II of a double bill, with "Il Tabarro"
San Francisco Boys Chorus