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The Queen of Spades
Based On

the novella by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1975
Language
Russian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Director
Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Lighting Designer
Costumes
Sound Design
Russian Language Coaching by

Cast

Chekalinsky
Gherman
Count Tomsky
Prince Yeletsky
Countess
Paulina
Governess
Masha
Master of Ceremonies
Daphnis
Plutus
Chaplitsky
Narumoff

Show Dates

Broadcast

10/24/1975, live broadcast, KKHI. 

Time and Place

The 1830s; St. Petersburg

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- A city park
Scene 2 -- Lisa's parlor
INTERMISSION
Act II, Scene 1 -- A ball
Scene 2 -- The bedroom of the Countess
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- Gherman's barracks
Scene 2 -- A canal on the river Neva
Scene 3 -- In the ganbling club

Media

Notes

10/24/1975, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission interviews: #1 Regina Resnik (guest), #2 interview with Michael Hadjimishev by Fred Krock (guests).

Girls Chorus from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department

San Francisco Boys Chorus
William Ballard, Music Director
Donald E. Osborne, Assistant Music Director
Joellen Piskitl, Accompanist
Erik Brudos
Peter Chamberlin
Laramie Crocker
Peter Curran
Douglas Doppelt
John Doxey
James Dreer
George Fernandez
Brian Gordon
Zachary Griffin
Steven Heffelfinger
Matthew Hethcoat
Eric Jewell
Ethan Kaplan
Martin Kovach
Robert Kruzner
Martin LaPlaca
Mark Louden
Richard Morrison
Christopher Nomura
Scott Palmer
Mark Paxson
Todd Perry
Damir Priskich
Peter Reilly
Marco Remedios
Timothy Salaver
Jeffrey Silver
John Smalley
Dan Tadmor
Brian Toolajian
Clement Ulrichs
Jonathan Yuen

Corps de Ballet
Laura Brown
Regina West Brown
Judanna Lynn
Marilyn Mather
Juliana Sakowsky
Katherine Warner
Deirdre Wilson

Ric E. Abel
Dudley Brooks
Michael S. Gleason
John Sullivan
Edward J. White