Composer Dominick Argento Librettist John Donahue Based On the book A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson Company Spring Opera Theater Location San Francisco, CA Venue Curran Theatre Season 1973 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Philip Brunelle Stage Director(s) H. Wesley Balk Designer Jon Barkla Lighting Designer Robert A. Buckley Cast Lady With a Hand Mirror Catherine Malfitano Lady With a Cake Box Barbara Brandt Foreign Singer Janis Hardy Old Luggage Man Yale Marshall Mr. Owen Vern Sutton Shoe Salesman Barry Busse Man with a Cornet Case William Dansby First Puppet Jane Warsaw Second Puppet Christopher Henry Violinist Michael Sand Show Dates Tue, Feb 27 1973, 8pm Fri, Mar 2 1973, 8pm Sun, Mar 4 1973, 2pm Time and Place 1914; a railroad station in Morocco Acknowledgements The production of the Minnesota Opera Company is made possible by a grant from the National Opera Institute, Roger L. Stevens, President. Notes Spring Opera Theater Minnesota Opera Company production