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Rigoletto I

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Based On

the play "Le Roi s'amuse" by Victor Hugo

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1997-1998
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Duke of Mantua
Martin Thompson(9/13,16,20,26)
Tito Beltrán(10/5, 7)
Countess Ceprano
Count Ceprano
Rigoletto
Monterone
Sparafucile
Giovanna
Usher
Maddalena

Show Dates

Time and Place

16th century; Mantua and vicinity

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The Duke's palace
Act I, Scene 2 -- A street
INTERMISSION
Act II -- A room in the ducal palace
INTERMISSION
Act III -- Sparafucile's inn

Media

Sponsors

The performance of September 13th is designated in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Gianluca Rattazzi's membership in the Triple Gold Circle.

The performance of September 20th is sponsored by Pacific Music Enterprises LLC/Tadao and Yoshiko Terajima.

The performance of September 26th is sponsored by Spuntino.

The performance of October 1st is sponsored by Morgan Stanley & Company.

The performance of October 7th is designated in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hewlett's membership in the Triple Gold Circle.

Acknowledgements

This production is sponsored, in part, by Lexus, and an anonymous donor in memory of Billy McCarty.

Notes

New production

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios
Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

Supernumeraries
Susan Anderson
Katherine Brazaitis
Renée DeJarnatt
Amy Glaze
Andrea Kohlruss
Lisa Lorea
Raven Lee Meadows
Jennifer Minore
Anna Stulz
Niloufar Talebi
Kimberly Thompson
Sally Warren
Laurel Winzler

Richard Bayne
Emiliano Benevides
Keith Clausen
Gary Cramer
Eddy Gordillo
Albert Malkin
Ron Mann
Jason Mayo
Luis Paz
Oliver Pollard
David Robinson
Louis Schilling
Dan Wilson

Supernumeraries