Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettists Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei Based On the play by William Shakespeare Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1967 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Giuseppe Patanè Stage Director(s) Louis Erlo Designer Leo Kerz Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Thomas Andrew Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Macbeth Chester Ludgin Banquo Thomas O'Leary Lady Macbeth Grace Bumbry Fleance Michael Dean Macduff Daniele Barioni Malcolm L. D. Clements Lady Macbeth's Attendant Carol Kirkpatrick Murderer Allan Monk Macbeth's Servant Winther Andersen First Apparition Rod McWherter Second Apparition Sheila Marks Third Apparition Erik Lindstedt Physician John Beauchamp Solo Dancer(s) Sandra Balestracci David Coll Barbara Begany Diana Marks Joan de Vere Show Dates Fri, Oct 6 1967, 8pm Wed, Oct 11 1967, 8pm Tue, Oct 17 1967, 8pm Time and Place Eleventh century Scotland Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- A deserted place Scene 2 -- Macbeth's castle Act II, Scene 1 -- A room in the castle Scene 2 -- A park far from the castle Scene 3 -- A banquet room in the castle INTERMISSION Act III, Scene 1 -- A dark cavern Scene 2 -- A lonely region on the Scottish-English border Scene 3 -- A room in Macbeth's castle, dissolving into the battlefield Media Image Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Hank Kranzler/San Francisco Opera. Grace Bumry (Lady Macbeth) Credit Hank Kranzler Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1967_07_compressed.pdf (14.68 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Hank Kranzler/San Francisco Opera. Grace Bumry (Lady Macbeth) Credit Hank Kranzler