Macbeth

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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
1994-1995
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Donald Runnicles
Stage Director(s)
Lotfi Mansouri
Designer
Gerard Howland
Costume Designer(s)
Pier Luigi Pizzi
Lighting Designer
Michael Whitfield
Chorus Director
Ian Robertson
Musical Preparation
Robert Morrison
Valery Ryvkin
Masahiro Sato
Prompter
Jonathan Khuner
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Laurie Feldman
Paula Suozzi
Stage Manager(s)
Theresa Ganley
Fight Director
Michael Cawelti
Supertitles
Joseph De Rugeriis

Cast

Macbeth, general of Duncan's Army
James Morris
Banquo, General of Duncan's Army
Robert Lloyd
Lady Macbeth
Gwyneth Jones
Servant
Eduardo del Campo
Macduff, a Scottish nobleman
Hong-Shen Li
Malcolm, son of Duncan
Stephen Guggenheim
Duncan, King of Scotland
Dean Johnson
Fleance, son of Banquo
Tyler McAfee
Lady-in-waiting
Claudia Waite
Andrea Baker(9/16,20,24)
Assassin
William Pickersgill
First Apparition
Valery Portnov
Second Apparition
Brandon Sherman
Third Apparition
Sabrina Adler(9/9.16,24;10/2)
Emily Ryan(9/13,20,29)
Doctor
Chester Patton

Show Dates

Time and Place

11th-century Scotland

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- A barren heath
Act I, Scene 2 -- A hall in Macbeth's castle
INTERMISSION
Act II, Scene 1 -- A room in the castle
Act II, Scene 2 -- A park near the castle
Act II, Scene 3 -- The banquet hall
INTERMISSION
Act III -- The witches' cave
Act IV, Scene 1 -- The Scottish-English border
Act IV, Scene 2 -- Macbeth's castle
Act IV, Scene 3 -- A battlefield

Media

Sponsors

The performance of September 9th is sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland, San Francisco

The performance of September 13th is sponsored by Fireman's Fund

The performance of September 16th is sponsored by Pacific Gas & Electric

The performance of September 20th is sponsored by Pillsbury Madison & Sutro

Acknowledgements

New Production

This production is made possible by generous gifts from San Francisco Opera Guild and anonymous friends of San Francisco Opera

Supertitles provided by a generous gift from Pacific Gas & Electric

Notes

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios
Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

SUPERNUMERARIES

Bob Acker
Jean-Charles Bellour
Jim Bowes
Mark Burstein
Joe Castrovinci
Dana Coffin
Joshua Contreras
Nikolaje De Vrsac
Doug Del Paggio
Joe Dial
Mark Fons
Ted Foster
Mark Huelsmann
Todd Jones
Bill Klaproth
Ken Korpi
Greg Lawrance
James Lesko
Oscar Manzanares
Matt Miller
Anthony Nugent
Javier A. Peregrino
Mike Pesavento
Will Sanderson
Jim Shea
Ray Souza
Don Stoddard
Michael Strickland
John Wong