Composer
Librettist
Based On
the play "Angelo, Tyran de Padoue" by Victor Hugo
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1947
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Choreographer
Chorus Director
Cast
La Gioconda, a ballad singer
Stella Roman(9/30)
Regina Resnik(10/16)
La Cieca, her blind mother
Alvise, a leader of the Inquisition
Laura Adorno, his wife
Enzo Grimaldo, a Genoese noble
Barnaba, a spy of the Inquisition
Zuane, a boatman
Norman Benson(9/30)
Patrick McVey(10/16)
Cantor
Patrick McVey(9/30)
Norman Benson(10/16)
Isepo, a public letter-writer
Pilot
Monk
Show Dates
Time and Place
Venice
Scenes
Act I -- Courtyard of Ducal Palace
Act II -- Lagoon near City -- Night
Act III, Scene 1 -- Room in Palace of Alvise
Scene 2 -- Great Hall in the Ca d'Oro
Act IV -- A Ruined Palace on an Island near Venice
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1947_06_compressed.pdf
(7.47 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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Sets painted by Eugene Dunkel and constructed in the Studios of the San Francisco Opera Association