Marilyn Horne and Friends

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A celebration of Marilyn Horne
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1999-2000

Creative/Crew

Cast

Mezzo-soprano
Marilyn Horne
Catherine Cook
Sonia Ganassi
Frederica von Stade
Elena Bocharova(current Adler Fellow)
Soprano
Renée Fleming
Ruth Ann Swenson
Benita Valente
Carol Vaness
Tenor
Joseph Frank
Jerry Hadley
Todd Geer(current Adler Fellow)
Norman Shankle(current Adler Fellow)
Baritone
Christopher Robertson
Alfredo Daza(current Adler Fellow)
Armando Gama(current Adler Fellow)
James Westman(current Adler Fellow)
Bass
Samuel Ramey
John Relyea
John Ames(current Adler Fellow)
Special appearance by
Joan Sutherland

Show Dates

Acknowledgements

PRESENTING SPONSOR Bank of America PERFORMANCE SPONSORS The Donnell Family -- Bernard and Barbro Osher -- Edna and Hal Parichan -- Joan and David Traitel Dr. A. Jess Shenson Delia Fleischhacker Ehrlich -- Dr. and Mrs. Craig Henderson -- Leslie and George Hume -- Howard and Gretchen Leach -- Lotfi and Midge Mansouri -- Mary and Patric Powell -- Mrs. Paul L. Wattis

Notes

Narration script by Matthew Gurewitsch with additional material by Kip Cranna 

P R O G R A M 

Rossini, L'Italiana in Algeri -- Overture San Francisco Opera Orchestra 

Handel, Orlando -- "Amor è qual vento" Ruth Ann Swenson 

Handel, Rinaldo -- "Lascia ch'io pianga" Benita Valente Rossini, L'Italiana in Algeri -- "O che muso" Marilyn Horne Samuel Ramey 

Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia -- "Una voce poco fa" Frederica von Stade 

Rossini, Semiramide -- "Serbami ognor" Renée Fleming Marilyn Horne 

Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia -- "Fredda ed immobile" Frederica von Stade Catherine Cook Norman Shankle James Westman John Relyea John Ames Todd Geer Alfredo Gaza Armando Gama 

INTERMISSION 

Verdi, Falstaff -- "Reverenza!" Marilyn Horne Christopher Robertson Joseph Frank John Relyea 

Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila -- "Printemps qui commence" 

Elena Bocharova Foster -- "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" Marilyn Horne Olga Rakitchenkov, harp 

Gershwin, Porgy and Bess -- "Summertime" Renée Fleming Thomas, Mignon -- "Elle ne croyait pas" Jerry Hadley 

Rossini, La Cenerentola -- "Nacqui all'affanno…Non più mesta" Sonia Ganassi 

Berlin, Call Me Madam -- "You're just in love" Marilyn Horne Jerry Hadley 

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Video credits: "Carmen Jones" -- Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox "The Carol Burnett Show" -- Courtesy of Whacko, Inc. "The Ghosts of Versailles" -- Metropolitan Opera Association; DG "Orlando Furioso" -- San Francisco Op