Norma

Composer

Vincenzo Bellini

Librettist

Felice Romani

Based On

a play by Louis Alexandre Soumet

Company

San Francisco Opera Association

Location

San Francisco, CA

Venue

War Memorial Opera House

Season

1975

Language

Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor

Carlo Felice Cillario

Production

Tito Capobianco

Sets and costumes designed by

José Luciano Varona

Associate Set Designer

George Scheffler

Chorus Director

Robert Jones

Musical Preparation

Thomas Fulton

Lighting Designer

Robert Brand

Costumes executed by

Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Oroveso

Clifford Grant

Pollione

Robleto Merolla

Flavio

Gary Burgess

Norma

Rita Hunter(10/11,14,19)

Cristina Deutekom(10/22,25,31)

Adalgisa

Tatiana Troyanos

Clotilde

Janice Felty

Norma's Child

Lea Watkins

Kathleen Szabo

Show Dates

Sat, Oct 11 1975, 8pm

Tue, Oct 14 1975, 8pm

Sun, Oct 19 1975, 2pm

Wed, Oct 22 1975, 8pm

Sat, Oct 25 1975, 1:30pm

Fri, Oct 31 1975, 8pm

Broadcast

Fri, Oct 31 1975, 7am

10/31/1975, live broadcast, KKHI.

Time and Place

50 B.C., Gaul, during the Roman occupation

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- Sacred forest of the Druids

Scene 2 -- Outside Norma's secret dwelling

Act II -- Inside the dwelling

Act III -- Sacred forest of the Druids

Media

Acknowledgements

This production of "Norma" was made possible, in 1972, by a generous and deeply appreciated gift from James D. Robertson.

Notes

10/31/1975, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission interviews: #1 Tatiana Troyanos by Terry McEwen (guests), #2 interview Cristina Deutekom (guest).

San Francisco Opera presents its 2,000th performance on Tuesday evening, October 14, 1975