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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
1982-1983
Language
Russian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Set and costume designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Sound Designer
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Russian Language Preparation and Transliteration
Russian Language Coaching by
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Chekalinsky
Gherman
Count Tomsky
Prince Yeletsky
Countess
Governess
Master of Ceremonies
Plutus
Catherine the Great
Chaplitsky
Narumoff

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/12/1982 live broadcast, KQED and NPR. Repeated 11/13/1982.

Time and Place

Late 18th century; St. Petersburg

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The summer garden
Scene 2 -- Lisa's room
Act II, Scene 1 -- Imperial palace ballroom
Scene 2 -- The bedroom of the Countess
Act III, Scene 1 -- Gherman's quarters in the barracks
Scene 2 -- The winter palace on the banks of the Neva river
Scene 3 -- A private gambling salon

Media

Notes

11/12/1982 live broadcast, KQED and NPR. Repeated 11/13/1982.  Intermission interviews: #1 Influence of Alexander Pushkin: Barry Hyams (guest), #2 Regina Resnik & Christopher Hunt (guests).

New production

San Francisco Boys Chorus
William Ballard, Director
Kevin Barry
Brian Butler
Jesse Carr
Adam Colety
Mark Colety
Jonathan Couchman
Devan Cross
James Datri
Justin Dudley
Patrick Egry
Micah Freedman
Francis Freenor
Sebastian Frey
Cornelius Garretson
George Graham
Daniel Handler
Jonathan Harris
Frederico Hewson
David Hughes
Matthew Hurwitz
Gary Jones
David Koenig
John David Lanigan
Christopher Lev
Eric Marty
Mark McDonald
Peter McKean
David Parvin
John Pennebaker
Hiram Piskitel
Daniel Potasz
Geary Sellers
Aaron Shapiro
Matthew Simpson
George Somers
Bruce Teng
Scott Thomson
Mark Tilley
Lyndon Libana
Sammie Yen

San Francisco Girls Chorus
Elizabeth Appling, Director
Rebecca Coolidge
Rebecca Fink
Samantha Graff
Christine Kohlstedt
Tanna Thompson
Robin Rosenzweig

CORPS DE BALLET
Peggy Davis
Anne Elizabeth Egan
Sarah Gale
Carolyn Houser
Kathryn Roszak
Marika Sakellariou
Dana Sapiro
Katherine Warner

Peter Childers
Michael Rios
Pete J. Shoemaker
John Sullivan
Jim Tryforos
Jim Voisine
Charlie West
Byrd White

SUPERNUMERARIES
Gertraud Albert
Nora Brandstadter
Katherine Brazaitis
Dorothy C. Brown
Anette Clark
Janet Dahlsten
Mary Joyce
Candace Kahn
Francesca Leo
Donna Martin
Holly Morrison
Virginia Persson
Kathy Prongos
Sally Scott

Gene Angell
Sky Bamford
Steve Bauman
Frank K. Beeson II
Bill Caldwell
Tom Carlisle
David Clover
Rudy Cook
Tom Curran
Chas Dargis
Julio Dorjgoni
Kermit DuVal
Richard Emmons
Peter Felleman
Steve Finkle
Mickey Frettoloso
Phillip Gibson
Rex Golightly
Albert Goodwyn
Dennis Goza
Gary Hill
Mark Huelsmann
Richard Hughes
Dean Jones
Julius Karoblis
Joe Kelly
John Kovacs
Roger Marquardt
Berri McBride
Rodney McCoy
Tompers McMahon
Lawrence Millner
Neil Nevesny
Michael Piccini
Michael Pitkin
Paul Ricks
Kevin Scarlata
Bob Schmidt
Chris Sheffield
James Sizemore
Kent Speirs
Jerry Steimle
Robert Tilton
Ken Wagovich
Rick Weil