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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
1983-1984
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

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

Cast

La Gioconda
Montserrat Caballé(11/11,15,20,24)
Maria Slatinaru(11/27,30;12/3)
La Cieca
Enzo Grimaldo
Laura Adorno
Alvise Badoero
Steersman
Street Singer
Prima ballerina
Cavalier
Court Jester

Show Dates

Broadcast

Archival broadcast, November 14, 1987 -- locally on KKHI; also on KQED and WFMT Chicago.

Time and Place

17th-century Venice

Scenes

Act I -- Piazzetta of San Marco
Act II -- Aboard the Dalmatian ship Hecate
Act III, Scene 1 -- A room in Alvise's palace
Scene 2 -- A great hall in the Cà d'Oro
Act IV -- A ruined palace on the island of Giudecca

Media

Acknowledgements

This production was made possible through the generosity of a friend of the San Francisco Opera and a gift from the San Francisco Opera Guild

Notes

Archival broadcast, November 14, 1987 -- locally on KKHI; also on KQED and WFMT Chicago.  Intermission interviews: #1 Musical highlights of La Gioconda, Sir John Pritchard (guest), #2 Arrigo Boito, Barry Hyams (guest), #3 "Donna non vidi mai" contest results, Clifford Cranna,(guest). (Several years later, Mr. McEwen selected a number of operas from various seasons for broadcasts, including La Gioconda.)

Baldwin organ provided courtesy of Baldwin Piano and Organ Center, Santa Clara, California

San Francisco Boys Chorus
William Ballard, Director
Holger Besch
Duncan Campbell
Devan Cross
Michael Curphey
Jacob Donham
Francis Freenor
Daniel Handler
Federico Hewson
Daniel Jackowitz
John David Lanigan
John Lucero
Nathaniel Lunt
Andrew Mak
Eric Marty
Mark McDonald
Michael Molina
David Parvin
John Pennebaker
Hiram Piskitel
Jeffrey Pulley
Daniel Saffer
Geary Sellers
Thomas Shephard
Kelsey Siegel
George Somers
John Taber
Ying-Huang Thai Low
Owen Thomas
Lyndon Ubana
Robert West
Stanford White
Jeffery Williams
Samuel Yen

CORPS DE BALLET
Johanna Baer
Lisa Brodsky
Peggy David
Liz Douglass
Anne Elizabeth Egan
Devra Gregory
Carolyn Houser
Amy Laszlo
Loren Marcinkowski
Sarah Gale Oppenheimer
Page Perry
Kathryn Roszak
Susan Stewart
Elaine Wadsworth
Katherine Warner

Peter Childers
William Dunn
Gregory Gonzales
Tom Hillyard
Gregory Lara
Karstyn McCoy
Dennis McDonald
John Norris
John Schoenberger
Edward Staver
John Sullivan
Edward Dubell

SUPERNUMERARIES
Hester Alvarez
Patricia Angell
Karen Bailey
Joyce Barnett
Katherine Brazaitis
Lorna Bridges
Dottie Brown
Renée DeJarnatt
Carol Dunlap
Carolyn Ekstedt
Esther Erford
Jane M. Gitschier
Roberta Heath
Jennifer Heglar
Mary Kay Henderson
Susan Holzkamp
Joan Imbeau
Nina Izotoff
Loisann Jakovitz
Christie Kohler
Barbara Konkle
Joan Kwansa
Francesca Leo
Holly Morrison
Marta Ann Osterloh
Dorothy Papo
Miriam Preece
Julia Reisz
Gwen Reynolds
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Dorothy Schimke
Sally Scott
Susan Scott
Donna Shanklin
Valentina Simi
Robin Stewart
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Karen Topp
Lisa Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Gretchen Weber
Jain Weidner
Susan Weiss
Lillian Williams

Andrew Alder
Gene Angell
Richard Ares
Sky Bamford
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Mark Bathke
Steve Bauman
Douglas Beardslee
Rick Brandon
William Burns
Tom Carlisle
Roy Castellini
Stewart Clark
David Clover
William Colligan
Rudy Cook
Burton Covel
Don Crawford
Tom Curran
Daniel DeJarnatt
Hilbert Duperroir
Rick Emmons
Robert Esformes
Jay Esser
Robert Falterman
Peter Felleman
George Freiday
Mickey Frettoloso
Philip Gibson
Rex Golightly
Albe