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Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1978
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Entire production designed by
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Costumes built by

Cast

King's Herald
Heinrich der Vogler, German King
Friedrich von Telramund
Ortrud
Elsa von Brabant
Lohengrin
William Neill(11/11,14,22)
Duke Gottfried von Brabant

Show Dates

Broadcast

10/13/1978, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR.

Time and Place

Antwerp, during the first half of the tenth century

Scenes

Act I -- On the banks of the river Scheldt
Act II, Scene 1 -- Courtyard of the palace
Scene 2 -- In front of the church
Act III, Scene 1 -- Bridal chamber of the palace
Scene 2 -- On the banks of the river Scheldt

Media

Acknowledgements

New production of "Lohengrin" made possible through a gift from a friend of the San Francisco Opera

Notes

10/13/1978, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR. Intermission interview: Olivia Stapp, Ellen Shade and Ruth Welting (guests)

Laser effects
Harvey Warnke with equipment supplied by
Spectra-Physics, David Wright, engineer

Organ by Baldwin

Additional choristers from the San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Louis Magor, director

San Francisco Boys Chorus
William Ballard, Director
John Aalberg
Stephen Abramowitz
Sean Barry
Matthew Brauer
Mark Burford
Michael Burke
Jeffrey Cox
Timothy Cox
David Devine
Laramie Crocker
John Dougery
George Fernandez
Robyn Fladen-Kamm
David Flores
Christopher Frey
Lionel Godolphin
Peter Hicks
Philip Hommes
Christopher Kula
Benjamin Lewis
Douglas Lynn
Christopher Metcalf
Daniel Potasz
Liam Riordan
David Roberts
Eric Savant
Richard Treadwell
Christopher Tucker
Eric Van Genderen