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Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1988-1989
Language
French

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Sound Designer
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Don Diego
Don Pedro
Grand Inquisitor
Don Alvar
Vasco da Gama
Sélika
Nélusko
First Sailor
Second Sailor
High Priest of Brahma

Show Dates

Time and Place

Early 16th century; Portugal and India

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The council chamber of the King of Portugal in Lisbon
Scene 2 -- The inquisitional dungeon in Lisbon
INTERMISSION
Act II -- Aboard Don Pedro's ship at sea
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- The temple of Brahma
Scene 2 -- Sélika's garden
Scene 3 -- A promontory overlooking the sea

Media

Acknowledgements

San Francisco Opera gratefully acknowledges the generous gift from the Sells Foundation
to underwrite the 1988 presentation of "L'Africaine."

Supertitles provided by a generous and most appreciated gift from William and Eloise Rollnick.

Notes

Scenery and costumes owned by San Francisco Opera

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop, CTG Costume Shop, Los Angeles, and Grace Costumes, Ltd., New York

The performances of September 21, 24 and 27 were taped for a telecast, with augmented lighting,

Opening night flowers: Foyer and box level lobby -- designed by Bloomer's, courtesy of Antonio's Antiques, San Francisco. Boxes and horseshoe -- by Robert Evans, Florist, and the San Francisco Opera Guild.

DANCERS (first group of three operas)

Jill Albertson
Nora Heiber
Marina Hotchkiss
Carolyn Houser
Marilyn Miller
Debra Rose
Kathryn Roszak
Ursula Sapien

Bobby Aames
Gregory Dawson
Frank Dellapolla
Geoffrey Hipps
Daniel Ray
Richard Redlefsen
Keith Scheaffer
Ryan Brooke Taylor

SUPERNUMERARIES (first group of three operas)

Susan Anderson
Phoebe Ciaffi
Renée DeJarnatt
Beverly Terry
Carolyn Waugh
Sally Warren
Susan Weiss

Philip Barber
Stephen Bartlett-Re
John Bogan
Bruce Brown
David Clover
Rudy Cook
Don Correira
Robert Corrick
Copley Crosby
Roger Davidson
Kermit Duval
Pedro Echeandia
Mickey Frettoloso
Eugenio Gamez
Tom Giuliano
Albert Goodwyn
Bill Higgins
Mark Huelsman
John Janonis
Joseph Kelley
Michael Kossman
Ken Korpi
Dan Kyte
Greg Lawrance
Tim McDonald
Oren McEwen
Arnold McGilbray
Matt Miller
Ian Mishkin
John Moore
Davis Musser
Paul Newman
Barry Nielsen
Tom Purcell
Steve Rades
Bill Randol
Steven Rosen
Chris Sheffield
Steve Siegelman
Jonathan Spieler
Max Subervi
Alvin Taylor
Steven Thorne
Allen Tusting
Michael Temlin
Alex Weibezahn
Tony Welch
Bruce Woodward