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Based On

an adaptation, anonymously, from Carlo Sigismondo Capece’s "L’Orlando ovvero La gelosa pazzia, and in part on the epic "Orlando Furioso" by Lodovico Ariosto

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1985-1986
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Harpsichord continuo
Cello continuo
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Zoroastro, a magician and philosopher
Orlando, a hero
Dorinda, a shepherdess
Angelica, Queen of Cathay, in love with Medoro
Medoro, in love with Angelica

Show Dates

Time and Place

(not specified)

Scenes

THERE WILL BE TWO INTERMISSIONS

Media

Sponsors

Supertitles underwritten through a generous grant from American Express via the San Francisco Opera Guild

Acknowledgements

Produced in cooperation with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and made possible, in part, by gifts from the following:
Anonymous, in honor of Bernard and Barbro Osher
Mrs. Paul L. Wattis
Mr. and Mrs. Gorham B. Knowles, in memory of Richard K. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Wilsey

Legacy Commission

Edition by CHARLES MACKERRAS and JULIAN SMITH

Notes

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by
San Francisco Opera Costume Shop
Jean Lamprell
Fred Mlejnek

CORPS DE BALLET
Hally Bellah
Diane Casou
Peggy Davis
Anne Foote
Suzanne Gallo
Marina Hotchkiss
Carolyn Houser
Robin Peluso
Debra Rose
Kathryn Roszak
Ursula B. Sapien
Dorothee Vandewalle
Katherine Warner

Bobby Aames
Tony Cirella
Gregory Taylor
Kyle Tucker

SUPERNUMERARIES (selected from the following list)
Gertraud Albert
Susan Anderson
Patricia Angell
Devi Baptiste
Irene Bechtel
Phyllis Blair
Nora Brandstadter
Katherine Brazaitis
Dorothy C. Brown
Barbara Bruser
Madeline Chase
Phoebe Ciaffi
Huguette Combs
Renée DeJarnatt
Courtney Fowler
Linda Hardgrove-Teets
Jeanne Harvey
Jennifer Heglar
Alianna Jaqua
Esther Jennings
Mary Joyce
Jackie Kaagen
Candace Kahn
Francesca Leo
Betty MacDonald
Patricia Medicina
Edith Modie
Jacquelynn Modl-Inglese
Liska Janelle Moody
Suzette Morales
Thelma Morris
Holly Morrison
Janet Morse
Gabrielle Motarjemi
Dorothy Papo
Nancy Petrisko
Miriam Preece
Camille Reich
Francesca Roveda
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Burgess Shiu
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Sally Warren
Lisa Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Susan Wendt-Bogear

Zoltan Andahazy
Gene Angell
Richard Ares
Aaron Baca
James Baca
Nathan Baca
Sean Baca
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Todd Beauchamp
Don Bechtel
Noah Berry
Jonah Blechman
Ryan Boyd
Brandon
Bruce Brown
Vincent Brooks
Richard Campbell
Tom Carlisle
Roy Castellini
Gene Cikota
Stewart Clark
David Clover
Rudy Cook
Burton Covel
Jared Danielson
Roger Davidson
Daniel DeJarnatt
Alan Dettmering
Marc Dettmering
Scott Dettmering
Robert Donnelly
Kermit DuVal
William Easley
David Elkind
Rick Emmons
Joel Fort
Kurt Neal Frank
Mickey Frettoloso
Peter Garadis
Tom Garadis
Phillip Gibson
Albert Goodwyn
Benjamin Haas
Louis Handler
Steve Harper
Kent Harvey
Joe Hay
Philippe Henry
William Higgins
Paul Hofmann
Mark Huelsmann
Donavan Hughes
John Janonis
Clinton Jennings
Paul Johansson
Richard Jones
William Joyce
Chris Judge
Julius Karoblis
Joe Kelley
Patrick Kelson
Elliot Koppel
Ken Korpi
Mike Kurtz
George LaLumiere
Aaron Locey
Lance Locey
Ross Malsbary
Donald Martin
Ramon Martinez
Eugene Masciarelli
Berri McBride
Richard McGeary
Matt Miller
Lawrence Millner
John H. Moore
John L. Moore
Edwin Morse
Malcolm Mosher
Daniel Moya
Chris Noll