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Based On

the play by William Shakespeare

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1986-1987
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Assistant to Mr. Pizzi and Movement Coordinator
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Chorus Director
Chorus Preparation
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Fight Director
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Lady Macbeth
Macbeth, general of Duncan's Army
Banquo, General of Duncan's Army
Malcolm, son of Duncan
Macduff, a Scottish nobleman
Duncan, King of Scotland
Fleance, son of Banquo
Lady-in-waiting
Servant
Assassin
First Apparition
Second Apparition
Third Apparition
Herald

Show Dates

Broadcast

Archival broadcast, November 7, 1987 -- locally on KKHI; also on WFMT Chicago.

Time and Place

11th-century Scotland

Scenes

THERE WILL BE TWO INTERMISSIONS

Media

Acknowledgements

The San Francisco Opera gratefully acknowledges the generous grant from the L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation to underwrite this new production.

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

Notes

New Production

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

A year later, Mr. McEwen selected a number of operas from various seasons for broadcasts, including Macbeth, which aired as an archival broadcast on
November 7, 1987 -- locally on KKHI; also on WFMT Chicago.

MIMES

Three Witches:
Lester Horton
John McKenzie
Michael Ryab

Witches, Kings, English and Scottish soldiers:
Alf Adams
John Bachelder
J.R. Beardsley
Bryan Chalfant
Brian Crawley
Greg Dychitan
Ken Korpi
Howard Kremen
Richard Lane
Richard Light
Raub McKim
Loren Nordlund
David Sandler
Norm Skaggs
Christopher Soderlund
Tony St. Martin
Robert Wendell

GIRLS CHORUS
Amy Allen
Pauline Chew
Mira Dittmer
Mary Dolson
Amy Harris
Heidi Hernandez
Jojo Ito
Andrea Massey
Abigail Ramsden
Mirabai Weismehl

BOYS CHORUS
Brendan Bosch
Adam Brown
Conal Byrne
Brian Clark
Richard Harper
Ross Jensen
Genghis Mendoza
Dan Raznick
Jeff Rice
Benjamin Rudiak-Gould
Joel Ryan
Caen Thomason-Redus

SUPERNUMERARIES (listed for the entire season)
Gertraud Albert
Hetty Alvarez
Susan Anderson
Pat Angell
Karen Bailey
Joyce Barnett
Dorothy Baune
Irene Bechtel
Janet Birnie
Phyllis Blair
Layeh Bock
Katherine Brazaitis
Lorna Bridges
Dorothy C. Brown
Barbara Bruser
Madeline Chase
Phoebe Ciaffi
Annette Clark
Huguette Combs
Renée DeJarnatt
Carol Dunlap
Carolyn Ekstedt
Linda L. Hargrove-Teets
Jennifer Hayasaka
Pamela E. Hughes
Joan Imbeau
Pierrette Jeanmonod
Esther Jennings
Mary Joyce
Candace Kahn
Valerie Klingenberg
Michelle Priest Kotschnig
Joan Kwansa
Hedy Anita Langford
Francesca Leo
Betty MacDonald
Sandra Marsh
Donna L. Martin
Patrizia R. Medicina
Edith Modie
Alta Moody
Liska Janelle Moody
Thelma Morris
Holly Morrison
Janet Morse
Gabrielle Motarjemi
Ellen Nelson
Claire Nice
Marta Osterloh
Dorothy Papo
Virginia M. Persson
Nancy Petrisko
Marianne Petroni
Miriam Preece
Camille Reich
Julia Reisz
Gwen Reynolds
Francesca Roveda
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Suzanne Scott
Burgess Shiu
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Karen Topp
Marcia Tusting
Sally Warren
Elisabeth Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Susan Wendt-Bogear
Ann Williamson
Layrel Ann Winzler

Andrew Vincent Alder
Zoltan Andahazy
Gene Angell
Richard Ares
Sky Bamford
Victor Banis
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Mark Bathke
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Douglas Beardslee
Donald Bechtel
Vincent Brooks