The Spanish Hour Composer Maurice Ravel Librettist Franc-Nohain Based On the novel by Franc-Nohain Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1945 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Set Designer(s) Armando Agnini Cast Torquemada, aged owner of a clock shop Alessio De Paolis Concepción, his young wife Licia Albanese Gonzalve, her lover John Garris Don Inigo Gomez, a banker Salvatore Baccaloni Ramiro, a muleteer Mack Harrell Show Dates Tue, Oct 23 1945, 8pm Time and Place Eighteenth Century; Toledo Media Image L'Heure Espagnole, Maurice Ravel. San Francisco Opera, 1945. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Mack Harrell (Ramiro) Credit Strohmeyer Image L'Heure Espagnole, Maurice Ravel. San Francisco Opera, 1945. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Don Inigo Gomez) Credit Strohmeyer Image L'Heure Espagnole, Maurice Ravel. San Francisco Opera, 1945. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Don Inigo Gomez) Credit Strohmeyer Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1945_09_compressed.pdf (7.92 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part I of a double bill, with "Salome" Settings of "L'Heure Espagnole" designed by Armando Agnini and constructed in the studios of the San Francisco Opera Association
Image L'Heure Espagnole, Maurice Ravel. San Francisco Opera, 1945. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Mack Harrell (Ramiro) Credit Strohmeyer
Image L'Heure Espagnole, Maurice Ravel. San Francisco Opera, 1945. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Don Inigo Gomez) Credit Strohmeyer
Image L'Heure Espagnole, Maurice Ravel. San Francisco Opera, 1945. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Don Inigo Gomez) Credit Strohmeyer