Composer
Librettists
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1999-2000
Language
English
Sung Language
English
Supertitles
English
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Harpsichord accompaniment
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant to John Cox
Cast
Tom Rakewell
Anne Trulove
Trulove
Nick Shadow
Mother Goose
Baba the Turk
Zheng Cao(6/29)
Sellem
Auction Bidders
Keeper of the Madhouse
Show Dates
Time and Place
18th-century England
Scenes
Act I, Scene 1 -- The garden of Trulove's country house
Scene 2 -- Mother Goose's brothel in London
Scene 3 -- Trulove's garden
Act II, Scene 1 -- A room in Tom's house in London
Scene 2 -- The street in front of Tom's house
Scene 3 -- Tom's room
Act III, Scene 1 -- Tom's room
Scene 2 -- A graveyard
Scene 3 -- Bedlam -- the madhouse
Media
Sponsors
The performance of June 20th is designated in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Eschbach's membership in the Triple Gold Circle.
The performance of June 23rd is sponsored by Arthur Andersen.
Acknowledgements
This production was originally made possible by a gift from the L.J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation.
Notes
Scenery and costumes owned by San Francisco Opera; production originally created for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop and by Teatro alla Scala
Props and wigs constructed in the San Francisco Opera workshops