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Medea
Based On

Euripides' tragedy of Medea and Pierre Corneille's play Médée

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Berkeley, CA
Venue
Hearst Greek Theatre
Season
1958
Language
Italian
Commission

Italian translation by Carlo Zangarini

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Stage setting by
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Costumers

Cast

Creon, King of Corinth
Glauce, his daughter
Medea, his wife
Neris, handmaiden to Medea
Captain of the Guard
First handmaiden
Second handmaiden
First Child
Second Child

Show Dates

Time and Place

Legendary; Corinth

Scenes

Act I -- The Royal Palace of Creon
Act II -- In front of the Temple of Hera
Act III -- A temple near Creon's palace

Acknowledgements

In Celebration of the Inauguration of PRESIDENT CLARK KERR

Legacy Commission

Italian translation by Carlo Zangarini

Notes

Presented by The Committee on Drama, Lectures and Music
and
The William Randolph Hears Foundation
University of California, Berkeley

Corps de ballet

Major intermission after Act I