Lucia di Lammermoor

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Composer
Gaetano Donizetti
Librettist
Salvadore Cammarano
Based On

the novel "The Bride of Lammermoor" by Sir Walter Scott

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1999-2000
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Richard Bonynge
Production
Sandra Bernhard
Set Designer(s)
Gerard Howland
Costume Designer(s)
Carl Toms
Original Lighting Designer
Thomas J. Munn
Lighting Designer
Robert Hill
Chorus Director
Ian Robertson
Musical Preparation
Bryndon Hassman
William Hobbs
William Lacey
Robert Wood
Prompter
Sara Jobin
Supertitles
Christopher Bergen
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Kristine McIntyre
Stage Manager(s)
Theresa Ganley
Fight Consultant
Larry Henderson

Cast

Normanno (Norman, huntsman, a retainer of Enrico)
Todd Geer
Enrico Ashton (Henry, Master of Lammermoor, Lucia's brother)
Anthony Michaels-Moore
Christopher Robertson(10/23,26,30; 11/ 3,6)
Raimondo Bidebent (Raymond, Calvinist chaplain and Lucia's tutor)
Reinhard Hagen
Sorin Coliban(10/26,30)
John Relyea(10/23, 11/ 3,6)
Lucia
Tracy Dahl(10/12,15,17,21,23,26;11/6)
Ruth Ann Swenson(10/24,29;11/3)
Noelle Richardson(10/30)
Alisa (Alice, her companion)
Elena Bocharova
Edgardo (Edgar, Master of Ravenswood)
Ramón Vargas
Tito Beltrán(10/23,26,30; 11/6)
Arturo (Lord Arthur Bucklaw, Lucia's bridegroom)
Norman Shankle

Show Dates

Time and Place

Late 17th-century Scotland

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The grounds of Ravenswood Castle
Scene 2 -- The park at Ravenswood Castle
Act II, Scene 1 -- Enrico's chambers
Scene 2 -- The Great Hall of Lammermoor Castle
Act III, Scene 1 -- The castle tower ar Ravenswood
Scene 2 -- The Great Hall at Lammermoor
Scene 3 -- The Ravenswood cemetery

Media

Sponsors

The performance of October 12th is sponsored by The Chase Manhattan Private Bank.

The performance of October 12th is designated in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hewlett's membership in the Triple Diamond Circle.

The performance of October 12th is designated in honor of Leslie and George Hume's membership in the Triple Platinum Circle.

The performance of October 12th is designated in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Du Bain's membership in the Triple Gold Circle.

The performance of October 12th is designated in honor of Mr. George M. Bowles's Platinum Circle membership.

The performance of October 17th is sponsored by American Airlines.

The performance of October 24th is sponsored by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation.

The performance of October 30th is sponsored by UBS AG Private Banking.

The performance of November 6th is designated in honor of Michael A. Harrison and Susan Graham Harrison's membership in the Triple Platinum Circle.

Acknowledgements

This production is made possible, in part, by the generous support of the "Friends of Lucia."

Notes

Scenery, props, costumes and wigs constructed in the San Francisco Opera workshops

Supernumeraries
Marina Hotchkiss
Lauren Sliter
Samantha Spiegel

Marcus Ceniceros
Keith Clausen
Gavin Davenport
Gregory Dawson
Danny Furlong
Eddy Gordillo
Bradly Hamilton
Michael Harvey
Michael Kruzich
Bruce McNaughton
Oliver Pollard
Louis Schilling
Jim Shields
Ralph Stevenson
Stanley Strosser
Benjamin Twichell
Edwin Yan