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Composer
Librettist
Based On

works by Frank Wedekind

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1989-1990
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant to Mr. Schneider-Siemssen
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Animal Trainer
Painter
Dr. Schön
Alwa, son of Dr. Schön, a playwright
Dr. Goll
Schigolch
Prince
Wardrobe Mistress
Theater Manager
Countess Geschwitz
Acrobat
Schoolboy
Manservant
Banker
Journalist
Groom
Arts Patroness
Marquis
A 15-year-old Girl
Her Mother
Police Officer
The Professor
Black Man
Jack the Ripper

Show Dates

Time and Place

Late 19th-century Europe

Scenes

PROLOGUE -- A circus
Act I (Germany), Scene 1 -- The Painter's studio
Scene 2 -- The drawing room of the Painter's house
Scene 3 -- A theater dressing room
INTERMISSION
Act II (Germany), Scene 1 -- Dr. Schön's drawing room
Scene 2 -- Dr. Schön's drawing room, some time later
INTERMISSION
Act III (France, England), Scene 1 -- Lulu and Alwa's house in Paris
Scene 2 -- A London attic

Media

Acknowledgements

San Francisco Opera gratefully acknowledges a generous grant from the
Paul L. & Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation to underwrite this production.

Supertitles for "Lulu" provided by a generous and most appreciated gift from William and Eloise Rollnick.

Notes

Edited and orchestrated by Friedrich Cerha

New Production

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop and by Fred Mlejnek

FILM CREDITS:
Graphic background -- Dietmar Solt
Wardrobe -- Hanni Solt
Lighting -- John Fenzl
Camera -- Didi Rossek
Video technician -- Dariusz Lisiecki
Management and makeup -- Roswitha Seysser
Direction -- Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Production -- Matthias Praml
Vienna Videofilm 1989

SUPERNUMERARIES (first group of three operas)

Susan Anderson
Letitia Bartlett
Dorothy Brown
Jamie Daniels
Renée DeJarnatt
Sara Felder
Ann Fitzgerald
Debra Girard
Candace Kahn
Nancy Levidow
Holly Morrison
Dorothy Papo
Sally Warren
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Laurel Winzler

Joseph Alietti
David Altman
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Steve Bauman
John Bogan
David Clover
Kermit Duval
Lawrence Ewing
Peter Felleman
John Gilbert
Tom Giuliano
Albert Goodwyn
Terry Gordon
Bill Higgins
Mark Huelsman
Ron Kakiki
Keith Kamrath
Dan Kyte
Greg Lawrance
Oscar Manzanares
Oren McEwen
Matt Miller
Ian Mishkin
Paul Newman
Barry Nielsen
Chris Noll
Bob Palmer
Christopher Patnoe
Paul Salemme
Louis Schilling
Chris Sheffield
Wolfram Siede
Steve Siegelman
Gary Sprague
Max Subervi
Alex Weibezahn
Ned Van Alstyne
Alex Vicens