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Based On

a play by Gabriela Preissová

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1986-1987
Language
Czech

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Chorus Preparation
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles

Cast

Jenufa, Kostelnicka's stepdaughter
Grandmother Buryja, housekeeper and owner of the mill
Laca Klemen, grandmother Buryja's stepgrandson and Steva Buryja's half brother
Jano, a young shepherd, son of the old shepherdess
Foreman at the mill
Steva Buryja, grandmother Buryja's grandson and Laca Klemen's half brother
Kostelnicka Buryja, widow, grandmother Buryja's daughter-in-law and Jenufa's stepmother
Barena, Servant Girl at the mill
Old shepherdess
Mayor of the Village
Mayor's wife
Karolka, their daughter
Aunt (of Kostelnicka)

Show Dates

Broadcast

10/11/1987 archival broadcast, locally on KKHI; also on KQED and WFMT. 

Time and Place

Late 19th-century Moravia

Scenes

Act I -- At the Buryja mill
Act II -- A room in Kostelnicka's house, six months later
Act III -- A room in Kostelnicka's house, two months later

Media

Acknowledgements

The revival of this production is made possible by a generous gift from Bernard and Barbro Osher.

Supertitles underwritten by a generous grant from Chevron U.S.A.

Notes

10/11/1987 archival broadcast, locally on KKHI; also on KQED and WFMT. Intermission interviews: . #1 Musical highlights of Jenufa, Sir John Pritchard (guest), #2 Leonie Rysanek, her husband Elu Gausmann (guests). (A year later, Mr. McEwen selected a number of operas from various seasons for broadcasts, including Jenufa.)

For proper diacritical marks, please consult printed program

Czech transliteration for San Francisco Opera by Yveta Synek Graff

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

SUPERNUMERARIES (listed for the entire season)
Gertraud Albert
Hetty Alvarez
Susan Anderson
Pat Angell
Karen Bailey
Joyce Barnett
Dorothy Baune
Irene Bechtel
Janet Birnie
Phyllis Blair
Layeh Bock
Katherine Brazaitis
Lorna Bridges
Dorothy C. Brown
Barbara Bruser
Madeline Chase
Phoebe Ciaffi
Annette Clark
Huguette Combs
Renée DeJarnatt
Carol Dunlap
Carolyn Ekstedt
Linda L. Hargrove-Teets
Jennifer Hayasaka
Pamela E. Hughes
Joan Imbeau
Pierrette Jeanmonod
Esther Jennings
Mary Joyce
Candace Kahn
Valerie Klingenberg
Michelle Priest Kotschnig
Joan Kwansa
Hedy Anita Langford
Francesca Leo
Betty MacDonald
Sandra Marsh
Donna L. Martin
Patrizia R. Medicina
Edith Modie
Alta Moody
Liska Janelle Moody
Thelma Morris
Holly Morrison
Janet Morse
Gabrielle Motarjemi
Ellen Nelson
Claire Nice
Marta Osterloh
Dorothy Papo
Virginia M. Persson
Nancy Petrisko
Marianne Petroni
Miriam Preece
Camille Reich
Julia Reisz
Gwen Reynolds
Francesca Roveda
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Suzanne Scott
Burgess Shiu
Stella Tatro
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Karen Topp
Marcia Tusting
Sally Warren
Elisabeth Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Susan Wendt-Bogear
Ann Williamson
Layrel Ann Winzler

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Donald Bechtel
Vincent Brooks
Bruce Brown
William Burns
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Tom Carlisle
Roy Castellini
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Raymond C. Franke
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Kent Harvey
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