Marouf Composer Henri Rabaud Librettist Lucien Nepoty Based On the Arabian Nights' tale of The Cobblers of Cairo Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Civic Auditorium Season 1931 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Incidental Dance by Ernest Belcher, Corps de Ballet Cast Princess Saamcheddine Yvonne Gall Mârouf, the cobbler Mario Chamlee Fattoumah, Mârouf's kill-joy wife Eva Atkinson Sultan, father of the Princess Louis D'Angelo Vizier Eugenio Sandrini Ali, a friend of Mârouf Millo Picco The Fellah Marek Windheim Ahmad, the pastryman Louis D'Angelo The Kadi Tudor Williams First Merchant Marek Windheim Second Merchant Tudor Williams Donkey Driver Ludovico Oliviero Sea Captain Ludovico Oliviero First Muezzin Ludovico Oliviero Second Muezzin Georges Simondet First Policeman Alexandre Julian Second Policeman John Radic Show Dates Thu, Sep 10 1931, 8pm Time and Place Cairo Scenes Act I -- A poor cobbler's booth, in Cairo Act II -- The Market of Khaitan Act III -- The Sultan's Palace Act IV -- The Harem Act V -- A Plain near Khaitan Media Image Mârouf, Henri Rabaud. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Act III Chorus Credit Morton Image Mârouf, Henri Rabaud. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Credit Morton Image Mârouf, Henri Rabaud. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis D'Angelo (The Sultan) Credit Morton Image Mârouf, Henri Rabaud. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Mario Chamlee (Midrouf) Credit Morton Image Mârouf, Henri Rabaud. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Stage Set Act IV Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1931_08_compressed.pdf (8.3 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Season opener.
Image Mârouf, Henri Rabaud. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Act III Chorus Credit Morton
Image Mârouf, Henri Rabaud. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Credit Morton
Image Mârouf, Henri Rabaud. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis D'Angelo (The Sultan) Credit Morton
Image Mârouf, Henri Rabaud. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Mario Chamlee (Midrouf) Credit Morton
Image Mârouf, Henri Rabaud. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Stage Set Act IV Credit Morton