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USA Premiere
Based On

the play by Michel de Ghelderode

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2004-2005
Language
English
Commission

English translation by Geoffrey Skelton

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Michael Boder(10/29)
Alexander Rumpf(11/5, 9, 13, 18, 21)
Stage Director(s)
Production Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Sound Designer
Musical Preparation
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Piet the Pot
Amando
Nekrotzar
Mescalina
Astradamors
Venus/Gepopo
Prince Go-Go
White Politician
Black Politician
Quartet Member
Dvora Djoraev(10/29; 11/9,18)
Carole Schaffer(10/29; 11/9,18)
Chad Millar(10/29; 11/9,18)
Norman De Vol(10/29; 11/9,18)
Mitzie Weiner(11/5, 13, 21)
Claire Kelm(11/5, 13, 21)
Sigmund Seigel(11/5, 13, 21)
Richard Walker(11/5, 13, 21)
Ruffiack
Schobiack
Schabernack
Violinist

Show Dates

Time and Place

Breughelland, in the near future

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- A street
Scene 2 -- The observatory
Act II, Scene 1 -- The palace
Act II, Scene 2 -- A street

Media

Acknowledgements

This presentation is made possible, in part, by Reid and Peggy Dennis and John and Cynthia Fry Gunn. This project is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts

Legacy Commission

English translation by Geoffrey Skelton

Notes

US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE

First performance: Stockholm, 1978.

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The opera is performed in the revised version (1996).