William Shakespeare's "King Lear"
English translation by Desmond Clayton
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant(s) to Mr. Ponnelle
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Special Technical Supervision
Cast
Lear
King of France
Duke of Albany
Duke of Cornwall
Earl of Kent
Earl of Gloucester
Edgar, son of Gloucester
Edmund, bastard son of Gloucester
Goneril, daughter of Lear
Regan, daughter of Lear
Cordelia, daughter of Lear
Fool
Servant
Knight
Show Dates
Broadcast
9/26/1981, delayed broadcast, KQED and NPR.
Time and Place
Britain in ancient times
Scenes
Media
Acknowledgements
This production of "Lear" was made possible by generous and deeply appreciated grants from the Carol Buck Sells Foundation and the San Francisco Opera Guild
Legacy Commission
English translation by Desmond Clayton
Notes
US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE
First performance: Munich, 1978
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9/26/1981, delayed broadcast, KQED and NPR. Intermission interviews: #1 discussion of Lear, Aribert Reimann (guest, composer), Claus Henneberg (guest, librettist), Gerd Albrecht (guest, conductor); #2 discussion of Lear, Aribert Reimann, Claus Henneberg, and Gerd Albrecht.
Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios
Principals' costumes executed by
Günter Berger, Silvia Strahammer
Bavarian State Opera, Munich
Wigs executed by
Rudolf Herbert, Richard Stead
SUPERNUMERARIES (selected from the following list)
Gertraud Albert
Susan Anderson
Patricia Angell
Devi Baptiste
Irene Bechtel
Phyllis Blair
Nora Brandstadter
Katherine Brazaitis
Dorothy C. Brown
Barbara Bruser
Madeline Chase
Phoebe Ciaffi
Huguette Combs
Renée DeJarnatt
Courtney Fowler
Linda Hardgrove-Teets
Jeanne Harvey
Jennifer Heglar
Alianna Jaqua
Esther Jennings
Mary Joyce
Jackie Kaagen
Candace Kahn
Francesca Leo
Betty MacDonald
Patricia Medicina
Edith Modie
Jacquelynn Modl-Inglese
Liska Janelle Moody
Suzette Morales
Thelma Morris
Holly Morrison
Janet Morse
Gabrielle Motarjemi
Dorothy Papo
Nancy Petrisko
Miriam Preece
Camille Reich
Francesca Roveda
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Burgess Shiu
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Sally Warren
Lisa Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Susan Wendt-Bogear
Zoltan Andahazy
Gene Angell
Richard Ares
Aaron Baca
James Baca
Nathan Baca
Sean Baca
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Todd Beauchamp
Don Bechtel
Noah Berry
Jonah Blechman
Ryan Boyd
Brandon
Bruce Brown
Vincent Brooks
Richard Campbell
Tom Carlisle
Roy Castellini
Gene Cikota
Stewart Clark
David Clover
Rudy Cook
Burton Covel
Jared Danielson
Roger Davidson
Daniel DeJarnatt
Alan Dettmering
Marc Dettmering
Scott Dettmering
Robert Donnelly
Kermit DuVal
William Easley
David Elkind
Rick Emmons
Joel Fort
Kurt Neal Frank
Mickey Frettoloso
Peter Garadis
Tom Garadis
Phillip Gibson
Albert Goodwyn
Benjamin Haas
Louis Handler
Steve Harper
Kent Harvey
Joe Hay
Philippe Henry
William Higgins
Paul Hofmann
Mark Huelsmann
Donavan Hughes
John Janonis
Clinton Jennings
Paul Johansson
Richard Jones
William Joyce
Chris Judge
Julius Karoblis
Joe Kelley
Patrick Kelson
Elliot Koppel
Ken Korpi
Mike Kurtz
George LaLumiere
Aaron Locey
Lance Locey
Ross Malsbary
Donald Martin
Ramon Martinez
Eugene Masciarelli
Berri McBride
Richard McGeary
Matt Miller
Lawrence Millner
John H. Moore
John L. Moore
Edwin Morse
Malcolm Mosher
Daniel Moya
Chris Noll
Robert Peel
David Peters
Peter Phinney
Harrison Pierce
Michael Pitkin
Thaddeus Przybranowski
Ian Reddoch
Alex Reich
Marc Reich
Paul Ricks
Ken Schlobohm
Chris Sheffield
Arthur B. Simon
Jim Sizemore
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