Composer Gustave Charpentier Librettist Gustave Charpentier Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1947 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Paul Breisach Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Designer Armando Agnini Eugene Dunkel Cast Louise Dorothy Kirsten Her Mother Claramae Turner Her Father Ezio Pinza Julien, a poet Raoul Jobin Irma Lois Hartzell Camille Mary Jane Gray Gertrude Beta Popper Apprentice Martina Zubiri Elise Eleanor Coryell Blanche Delphia Phillips Suzanne Kathleen Lawlor Forewoman Elma Heitman Marguérite Beverly Campbell Madeleine Thora Harper Street Sweeper Mary Jean Turnbull(10/3) Thelma Votipka(10/19) Newspaper Girl Esther Hessling Young Ragpicker Eileen Baldwin Milkwoman Eileen Browne Coal Picker Mary Jane Spry Street Arab Martina Zubiri Birdfood Vendor Dora Bish Artichoke Vendor Thelma Votipka Watercress Vendor Beta Popper Chair Mender Beta Popper Noctambulist Alessio De Paolis King of the Fools Alessio De Paolis Rag Picker Virgilio Lazzari Junk Man Desire Ligeti Song Writer George Cehanovsky First Philosopher Walter Olitzki Second Philosopher Benjamin Martin Painter Floyd Davis Sculptor Patrick McVey Poet Erich Lawrence Student Allen Schmidling First Policeman Colin Harvey Second Policeman Max Lorenzini Old Clothes Man George Tallone Carrot Vendor Kayton Nesbitt Rag Vendor George Cehanovsky Green Pea Vendor Galliano Daneluz Dancer(s) Judith Nathanson Show Dates Fri, Oct 3 1947, 8pm Sun, Oct 19 1947, 2pm Time and Place About 1900; Paris Scenes Act I -- Home of Louise in Tenement Act II, Scene 1 -- Street in Montmartre District Scene 2 -- A Dressmaking Shop Act III -- Cottage and Terrace atop Montmartre Act IV -- Same as Act I Media Image Louise, Gustave Charpentier. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Kirsten (Louise), Chorus Credit Strohmeyer Image Louise, Gustave Charpentier. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Kirsten (Louise), Chorus Credit Strohmeyer Image Louise, Gustave Charpentier. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Raoul Jobin (Julien), Dorothy Kirsten (Louise) Credit Strohmeyer Image Louise, Gustave Charpentier. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Kirsten (Louise), Ezio Pinza (Father), Claramae Turner (Mother) Credit Strohmeyer Image Louise, Gustave Charpentier. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Credit Strohmeyer Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1947_08_compressed.pdf (8.7 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Settings painted by Eugene Dunkel and constructed in the Studios of the San Francisco Opera Association
Image Louise, Gustave Charpentier. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Kirsten (Louise), Chorus Credit Strohmeyer
Image Louise, Gustave Charpentier. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Kirsten (Louise), Chorus Credit Strohmeyer
Image Louise, Gustave Charpentier. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Raoul Jobin (Julien), Dorothy Kirsten (Louise) Credit Strohmeyer
Image Louise, Gustave Charpentier. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Kirsten (Louise), Ezio Pinza (Father), Claramae Turner (Mother) Credit Strohmeyer
Image Louise, Gustave Charpentier. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Credit Strohmeyer