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Knyaz Igor
Based On

a 12th-century Russian epic "Song of the Army of Prince Igor"; and after a scenario by Stasov

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
Civic Auditorium
Season
1996-1997
Language
Russian

Creative/Crew

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

Cast

Igor Svyatoslavich, Prince of Seversk
Galitsky, Prince of Galich, brother of Princess Yaroslavna
Vladimir Igorevich, Igor's son by his first marriage
Musicians: Skula
Musicians: Yeroshka
Yaroslavna, Igor's second wife
Yaroslavna's Nurse
Konchakovna, daughter of Khan Konchak
Ovlur, a Christian Polovtsian
Konchak, Polovtsian Khan

Show Dates

Time and Place

The Russian city of Putivl; a Polovtsian encampment on the Russian Steppes

Scenes

PART I
PROLOGUE A public square in the city of Putivl, Russia
Scene 1 The court of Prince Vladimir Galitsky
Scene 2 Yaroslavna's quarters in Igor's palace
Scene 3 The city walls of Putivl
PARTII
Scene 1 -- A Polovtsian encampment
Scene 2 -- The city walls of Putivl

Media

Sponsors

The performance of September 6th is designated in honor of Mr. And Mrs. John M. Bryan's membership in the Triple Gold Circle

The performance of September 18th is sponsored by Sun Microsystems

Notes

Opera completed by Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov and Glazunov

New production

Season opener

Gerard Howland, Civic Auditorium Project Designer

We would like to extend our thanks to the following companies and individuals for their contribution to the realization of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium setup:
Ashby Lumber
Jack Bogan, AIA
E.G. Hirsch & Associates (Carmen)
Holsinger, Inc.
Motion Developmen Industries
The Obie Company
SGA Production Staging
Stage Rigging, Inc.
Strand Lighting
Vari-Lite
Wenger Corporation
Ewart A. Wetherill, AIA

San Francisco Convention Facilities
Department of Public Works
Department of Parking and Traffic
Office of the City Administrator

ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS

DANCERS
Dalyn Chew
Nora Heiber
Brigid Hoag
Jennifer Jaffe
Amy London
Rika Onizuka
Laura Tombosky

Gregory Amato
Lee Bell
Osmani Garcia
Jon Konetski
Michael Kruzich
Noe Serrano
Charles Torres

CHILDREN DANCERS
French Clements
Dustin Di Giulio
James Gotesky
Sayre Lafin
Chavin Muñiz
Cole Staben
Colby Vasquez
Ariel Vitale
Vladimir Vlad

CHILDREN'S CHORUSES
San Francisco Boys Chorus -- Laura Kakis, Director
Ragazzi, the Peninsula Boys Chorus -- Joyce Keil, Director
Costars -- Wanda Sherman, Director

Nathan Calixto
Eugene Campanile
Erik Carlson
Jonathan Chin
Victor Chu
Ian Crawford
Jason Delodovici
Erik Dorey
Chris Evans
Michael Francisco
Jesse Glick
Damian Hites
Laszlo Hites
Ryan Kellett
Stephen Kimura
Dylan Lucas
Jeff Power
Gianmarco Puglisi
Edwin Rhodes
Niall Roberts
Brian Rose
Peter Sherman
Joseph St. Marie
Benjamin Wilson