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Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1988-1989
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Sound Designer
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Gurnemanz
First Knight of the Grail
Second Knight of the Grail
Second Esquire
Fourth Esquire
Third Esquire
First Esquire
Amfortas
Parsifal
Titurel
Klingsor
First Flower Maiden
Second Flower Maiden
Third Flower Maiden
Fourth Flower Maiden
Fifth Flower Maiden
Sixth Flower Maiden

Show Dates

Time and Place

Legendary

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- A forest
Scene 2 -- The Temple of the Grail
Act II, Scene 1 -- Klingsor's kingdom
Scene 2 -- The magic garden
Act III, Scene 1 -- A forest
Scene 2 -- The Temple of the Grail

Media

Acknowledgements

This production is made possible by a generous gift from a friend of the San Francisco Opera.

Supertitles provided by a generous and most appreciated gift from William and Eloise Rollnick.

Notes

New Production

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios
Fiberglass by William Kreysler & Assoc., Inc.

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop and Peter Braunreuther, West Germany

Shoes by Gamba Timestep, London

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
Gregg Tallman, Musical Director

San Francisco Girls Chorus
Elizabeth Appling, Director
Amy Allen
Caren Anderson
Kimberly Baldwin
Jennie Bemersderfer
Elizabeth Boman
Sarita Cannon
Mira Dittmer
Jessica Dunlap
Cathleen Ellis
Gretchen Ernster
Nina Fallon
Jean-Maria Fanvu
Gabriella Fracchia
Amy Frey
Amber Giambona
Amy Gigounas
Karla Haeberle
Melissa Hardenbrook
Heidi Hernandez
Jennifer Ho
Natasha Hoehn
Sylvie Jensen
Shannon Kuhns
Radha Kindler
Rebecca Kohr
Elena Krasnovsky
Marina Lenhardt
Bayta Maring
Christy Martin
Claire Mills
Mary Neuman
Jocelyn Newman
Tracy Owen
Heidi Perez
Maria Pilson
Eufemia Plimpton
Lea Purcell
Miriam Ritter
Erin Smyth
Kara Sopko
Sarah Spearing
Teresa Swendsen
Jessica Taylor
Aisha Thomas
Marinda Thomas
Blamoh Twegbe
Elizabeth Warren
Isis Yearwood

San Francisco Boys Chorus
Philip Hahn, Director
Benjamin Bordador
Bernard Bowen
Weldon Cheung
Graham Clarke
Jason Cortez
Francisco Dias
Joseph Fanvu
Michel Gulick
Ryle Hetzel
Ryan Holder
David Hu
Marc Hutchinson
Gene Jackson
Nikolas Kavayiotidis
Scott Kronmiller
Jared Mariconi
Colin Nicholas
Grael Norton
Christopher Pagnotta
Joseph Palarca
Joseph Penrod
Gabriel Pinkerton
Erick Robertson
Kenneth Songco
Toby Stewart
Michael Stith
Neil Sugay
Stephen Sugay
Peter Tebault
John Wheeler-Rappe
Brett Wilson

DANCERS

Jill Albertson
Nora Heiber
Marina Hotchkiss
Carolyn Houser
Marilyn Miller
Debra Rose
Kathryn Roszak
Ursula Sapien

Bobby Aames
Gregory Dawson
Frank Dellapolla
Geoffrey Hipps
Daniel Ray
Richard Redlefsen
Keith Scheaffer
Ryan Brooke Taylor

SUPERNUMERARIES (second group of three operas)

Susan Anderson
Phyllis Blair
Phoebe Ciaffi
Renée DeJarnatt
Carolyn Ekstedt
Candace Kahn
Holly Morrison
Louise Russo
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Karen Topp
Sally Warren
Lisa Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Laurel Winzler

Stephen Bartlett-Re
Frank Bauer
Steve Bauman
Rick Campbell
Bryan Chalfant
David Clover
Copley Crosby
Gary Demyen
Kermit Duval
Pedro Echeandia
Mickey Frettoloso
Eugenio Gamez
James Geier
Phil Gibson
Tom Giuliano
Albert Goodwyn
Bill Higgins
Willard H