Pelléas et Mélisande

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Pelleas and Melisande
Composer
Claude Debussy
Librettist
Maurice Maeterlinck
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1997-1998
Language
French

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Donald Runnicles
Production
Colin Graham
Designer
Thierry Bosquet
Lighting Designer
Thomas J. Munn
Chorus Director
Ian Robertson
Musical Preparation
Adelle Eslinger
Bryndon Hassman
Joyce Fieldsend
Susan Webb
Ernest Fredric Knell
Philip Eisenberg
Prompter
Philip Eisenberg
Supertitles
Christopher Bergen
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Sandra Bernhard
Roy Rallo
Stage Manager(s)
Jerry Sherk

Cast

Golaud, grandson of Arkel
Willard White
Mélisande
Frederica von Stade
Geneviève, mother of Pelléas and Golaud
Nadine Denize
Arkel, King of Allemonde
Robert Lloyd
Pelléas, grandson of Arkel
Simon Keenlyside
Yniold, Golaud's son from a previous marriage
Michael Denos
Voice of a Shepherd
Mel Ulrich
Doctor
John Relyea

Show Dates

Time and Place

The legendary kingdom of Allemonde

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The forest
Act I, Scene 2 -- The palace
Act I, Scene 3 -- Outside the palace
Act II, Scene 1 -- A well in the park
Act II, Scene 2 -- Golaud's bedroom
Act II, Scene 3 -- Outside a cave
Act III, Scene 1 -- A tower in the palace
Act III, Scene 2 -- The palace vaults
Act III, Scene 3 -- The seashore
Act III, Scene 4 -- The tower
INTERMISSION
Act IV, Scene 1 -- A room in the palace
Act IV, Scene 2 -- The well
Act V -- Mélisande's bedroom

Media

Sponsors

The performance of November 11th is designated in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Du Bain's membership in the Triple Gold Circle.

The performance of November 14th is sponsored by Booz Allen & Hamilton.

Acknowledgements

This production is sponsored, in part, by a generous gift from Mr. and Mrs. Reid W. Dennis.

Notes

New Production

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios
Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

Supernumeraries