Coronation of Poppea
Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1975
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Lighting Designer
Costumes by
Sound Design
Cast
Ottone
Soldier
Poppea
Nerone
Arnalta
Ottavia
Drusilla
Seneca
Valletto
Pallade
Liberto
Damigella
Lucano
Amor
Littore
Show Dates
Broadcast
9/19/1975, live broadcast, KKHI.
Time and Place
Rome, 64 A.D.
Scenes
Act I, Scene 1 -- Before Poppea's house
Scene 2 -- In Poppea's house
Scene 3 -- Ottavia's chamber in Nerone's palace
Scene 4 -- In Poppea's house
Scene 5 -- Before Poppea's house
Scene 6 -- A garden
Scene 7 -- Seneca's court
INTERMISSION
Act II, Scene 1 -- Nerone's palace
Scene 2 -- Ottavia's chamber in Nerone's palace
Scene 3 -- Street
Scene 4 -- Poppea's bedroom
Scene 5 -- Street
Scene 6 -- Ottavia's chamber in Nerone's palace
Scene 7 -- Street
Scene 8 -- Nerone's palace -- The coronation
Media
Legacy Commission
Realized by Raymond Leppard
Notes
9/19/1975, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission interview: Remarks, Kurt Herbert Adler (guest), interview with Raymond Leppard by James Schwabacher (guests).
New production
(Randall Behr was listed with his earlier name: BARE)
Baroque organ courtesy of CITY COLLEGE, SAN FRANCISCO
John West, Builder
Regal Organ from
RUDOLPH F ZAHL
Harpsichord from
N. LYNN BERCOVITZ
BJARNE DAHL