The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 2003-2004 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Marco Armiliato Original production Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Set and costume designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Stage Director(s) Vera Lúcia Calábria Lighting Designer Thomas J. Munn Sound Designer Roger Gans Chorus Director Ian Robertson Musical Preparation John Churchwell Carol Isaac Ernest Fredric Knell Sara Jobin Supertitles Paul Moor Assistant Stage Director(s) Mark Streshinsky Stage Manager(s) Hally Albers Fight Choreographer Jonathan Rider Cast Tonio Anthony Michaels-Moore Canio Jon Fredric West Nedda Catherine Naglestad Kristin Clayton(10/8,11) Beppe Felipe Rojas First Farmhand Jere Torkelsen Second Farmhand David Kekuewa Silvio James Westman Pantomime Kelly Toomey Laura Neustedter Billy Conti Show Dates Fri, Sep 19 2003, 8pm Tue, Sep 23 2003, 7:30pm Sat, Sep 27 2003, 8pm Thu, Oct 2 2003, 7:30pm Sun, Oct 5 2003, 2pm Wed, Oct 8 2003, 7:30pm Sat, Oct 11 2003, 2pm Fri, Oct 17 2003, 8pm Time and Place Near Montalto in Calabria on the Feast of the Assumption (August 15), about 1930. Media Image Jon Fredric West (Canio), Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 2003-04. Photographer: Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera. Jon Fredric West as Canio Credit Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera Image James Westman (Silvio), Catherine Naglestad (Nedda), Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 2003-04. Photographer: Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera. Catherine Naglestad as Nedda; James Westman as Silvio Credit Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera Image Anthony Michaels-Moore (Tonio), Catherine Naglestad (Nedda), Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 2003-04. Photographer: Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera. Anthony Michaels-Moore as Tonio; Catherine Naglestad as Nedda Credit Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera Image Catherine Naglestad (Nedda), Jon Frederic West (Canio), Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 2003-04. Photographer: Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera. In the play, Catherine Naglestad is Columbine; Jon Fredric West is Pagliaccio Credit Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera Image Jon Frederic West (Canio), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Tonio), Ensemble, Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 2003-04. Photographer: Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera. Arrival of the troupe of comedians Credit Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera Acknowledgements These productions are made possible, in part, by Mrs. Edmund W. Littlefield Legacy Commission Part II of a double bill, with "Cavalleria Rusticana" Notes Production owned by San Francisco Opera Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Studios Costumes executed by Günter Berger, Director, and Sylvia Strahammer, Costume Department, Bavarian State Opera SUPERNUMERARY -- Tom Carlisle
Image Jon Fredric West (Canio), Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 2003-04. Photographer: Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera. Jon Fredric West as Canio Credit Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera
Image James Westman (Silvio), Catherine Naglestad (Nedda), Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 2003-04. Photographer: Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera. Catherine Naglestad as Nedda; James Westman as Silvio Credit Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera
Image Anthony Michaels-Moore (Tonio), Catherine Naglestad (Nedda), Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 2003-04. Photographer: Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera. Anthony Michaels-Moore as Tonio; Catherine Naglestad as Nedda Credit Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera
Image Catherine Naglestad (Nedda), Jon Frederic West (Canio), Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 2003-04. Photographer: Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera. In the play, Catherine Naglestad is Columbine; Jon Fredric West is Pagliaccio Credit Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera
Image Jon Frederic West (Canio), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Tonio), Ensemble, Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 2003-04. Photographer: Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera. Arrival of the troupe of comedians Credit Ken Friedman/San Francisco Opera