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Mephistopheles
Librettist
Based On

the epic drama Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2013-2014
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Revival Director
Designer
Lighting Designer
Based on the lighting design by
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Dance Master
Assistant Conductor
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Wig and Makeup Designer
Projection Image Developer

Cast

Mefistofele
Faust
Antonio Nagore(9/17 - see notes)
Wagner
Margherita
Marta
Elena
Marina Harris(9/14, 17, 20, 29)
Pantalis

Show Dates

Scenes

PROLOGUE: In Heaven
ACT I: Scene 1: Easter Sunday
Scene 2: The Pact
INTERMISSION
ACT II: Scene 1: The Garden
Scene 2: Walpurgis Night
ACT III: The Death of Margherita
INTERMISSION
ACT IV: Classical Walpurgis Night
EPILOGUE: The Death of Faust

Media

Sponsors

Company Sponsors John A. & Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production.

This production is made possible, in part, by Opening Weekend Grand Sponsor Diane B. Wilsey, the Thomas Tilton Production Fund, and Thomas F. & Barbara A. Wolfe.

Major support for this production is also provided by the Great Interpreters of Italian Opera Fund established by Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem.

Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata.

Mr. Abdrazakov’s, Ms. Racette’s, and Mr. Vargas’s appearances are made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan & David Traitel.

Additional support for this production is provided by Affiliate Sponsors Robert & Laura Cory.

Notes

Production co-owned by San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera

A complete list of the members from the San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC) and the San Francisco Boys Chorus (SFBC) appearing in this production is as follows. They are led by Lisa Bielawa, Artistic Director, and Elizabeth Avakian, Chorus School Director, SFGC; and Ian Robertson, Artistic Director, and Margaret Nomura Clark, Associate Artistic Director, SFBC.

CHILDREN’S CHORUS
Gabryl Adarne
Michael Bahk
Vincenzo Calcagno
Audrey Chandler
Ethan Chen
Sarah Cheung
Emma Dean
Lucy Dunn
Justin Folan
Samantha Friedman
Charlotte Hall
Charlotte He
Kathleen Isaza
Ronan Kelley
Allegra Kelly
Michael Liu
Arman Marchiel
Carmen Miller
Daniel Mitchell
Eleanor Murphy-Weise
Samia Nelson
Sarah Ng
Kevin Reidy
Caroline Sloan
Baxter Spark
Adam Teich
Evan Tiapula
Etienne Valdez
Gabriella Vulakh
Ethan Yan

SUPERNUMERARIES
Philippe Arbeit
Gracie Bernacki
Christine Boulanger
Jim Bowes
Mark Burstein
Janet Calmels
Sarah Campbell
Steve Carp
James Crow
Maria Dulmage
Bob Ericson
Joseph Giammarco
Miguel Gutierrez-Ranzi
Mike Harvey
Kevin Johnson
Keith King
Dalyte Kodzis
Don Langley
Steve Lavezzoli
Helen Lew
Charles Lewis
Charlie Lichtman
Mary Corey March
Evelyn Martinez
Frank Masson
Teresa McGill
Andy Melomet
Scott Pearson
Bruce Powell
Leo Pribble
Patricia Rodriguez
Paul Romito
Larry Severino
Valentina Simi
Mare Skipper
Michael Strickland
Stanley Strosser
Carlos Suarez
Kimberly Thompson
Christopher Tom
Emmanuel Uren
Irving Wiltshire
Laurel Winzler
Rob Wonder
Frank Zepeda

At the performance of September 17, Ramón Vargas experienced an allergic reaction during the first intermission and lost his voice. He mimed the role on stage for the remainder of the performance while Antonio Nagore sang in costume on stage (down stage right).