Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Francesco Maria Piave Based On the play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1973 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Tito Capobianco Designer Toni Businger Costumes executed by Goldstein & Co. Chorus Director Byron Dean Ryan Musical Preparation Calvin Simmons Miss Sills's costumes by Grace Costumes, Inc., New York Cast Violetta Valéry Beverly Sills Flora Ariel Bybee Marquis d'Obigny Steven Kimbrough Baron Douphol Daniel Sullivan Doctor Grenvil Philip Steele Gastone James Atherton Alfredo Germont Wieslaw Ochman Annina Donna Petersen Giuseppe Gary Burgess Elder Germont Gian Piero Mastromei(11/2) Guillermo Sarabia(11/7,20,22,25) Norman Mittelmann(11/10) Messenger John Miller Majordomo Robert Klang Spanish dancer Rosa Montoya Nemesio Paredes Show Dates Fri, Nov 2 1973, 8pm Wed, Nov 7 1973, 8pm Sat, Nov 10 1973, 8pm Tue, Nov 20 1973, 8pm Thu, Nov 22 1973, 8pm Sun, Nov 25 1973, 2pm Broadcast Fri, Nov 2 1973, 7am 11/2/1973, live broadcast, KKHI. Time and Place Paris and environs in the mid-nineenth century Scenes Act I -- Violetta's house Act II -- A villa near Paris Act III -- Flora's house Act IV -- Violetta's house Media Image Beverly Sills (Violetta), Ensemble, La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Beverly Sills (Violetta) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Beverly Sills (Violetta), Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Beverly Sills (Violetta) and Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Gian Piero Mastromei (Giorgio), Beverly Sills (Violetta), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Gian Piero Mastromei (Giorgio) and Beverly Sills (Violetta) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Beverly Sills (Violetta), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Beverly Sills (Violetta) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo), Beverly Sills (Violetta), Donna Petersen (Annina), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo) and Beverly Sills (Violetta) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Gian Piero Mastromei (Giorgio), Donna Petersen (Annina), Beverly Sills (Violetta), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Gian Piero Mastromei (Giorgio) and Beverly Sills (Violetta) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Acknowledgements The production of "La Traviata" was made possible in part through a donation from the Charles E. Merrill Trust in 1969 Notes 11/2/1973, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission interviews, #1 Nancy Adler (guest), #2 Beverly Sills (guest), #3 Roundtable, WOT, Jacquelyn Benson, Ariel Bybee, Philip Booth, Timothy Nolen (guests).
Image Beverly Sills (Violetta), Ensemble, La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Beverly Sills (Violetta) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Beverly Sills (Violetta), Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Beverly Sills (Violetta) and Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Gian Piero Mastromei (Giorgio), Beverly Sills (Violetta), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Gian Piero Mastromei (Giorgio) and Beverly Sills (Violetta) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Beverly Sills (Violetta), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Beverly Sills (Violetta) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo), Beverly Sills (Violetta), Donna Petersen (Annina), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Wieslaw Ochman (Alfredo) and Beverly Sills (Violetta) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Gian Piero Mastromei (Giorgio), Donna Petersen (Annina), Beverly Sills (Violetta), La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Gian Piero Mastromei (Giorgio) and Beverly Sills (Violetta) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera