Composer Ambroise Thomas Librettists Michel Carré and Jules Barbier Based On Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister" Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1934 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimini Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Choreographer Adolph Bolm Cast Mignon, a girl stolen by Gypsies Lucrezia Bori Philine, an actress Emily Hardy Wilhelm, a student Dino Borgioli Lothario, an Italian nobleman Ezio Pinza Frederick, a young nobleman Elinor Marlo Laerte, an actor Marek Windheim Giarno, a Gypsy Louis D'Angelo Dancer(s) Eccleston Moran Betty Scoble Abbott Dimitri Romanoff Show Dates Fri, Dec 7 1934, 8pm Time and Place Late 18th Century; Germany and Italy Scenes Act I -- Courtyard of a German Inn Act II, Scene 1 -- A Boudoir in Tieffenbach Castle Act II, Scene 2 -- The Gardens of the Castle Act III -- Count Lothario's Castle in Italy Media Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Mignon) Credit Morton Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dino Borgioli (Wilhelm), Lucrezia Bori (Mignon) Credit Morton Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Elinor Marlo (Frederick) Credit Morton Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Elsa Milbrath (Chorister) Credit Morton Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dino Borgioli (Wilhelm), Louis d’Angelo (Giarno), Ezio Pinza (Lothario) Credit Morton Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Philine) Credit Morton Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Mignon), Ezio Pinza (Lothario) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1934_07_compressed.pdf (3.19 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Mignon) Credit Morton
Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dino Borgioli (Wilhelm), Lucrezia Bori (Mignon) Credit Morton
Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Elinor Marlo (Frederick) Credit Morton
Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Elsa Milbrath (Chorister) Credit Morton
Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dino Borgioli (Wilhelm), Louis d’Angelo (Giarno), Ezio Pinza (Lothario) Credit Morton
Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Philine) Credit Morton
Image Mignon, Ambroise Thomas. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Mignon), Ezio Pinza (Lothario) Credit Morton