the play "Le Roi s'amuse" by Victor Hugo
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographic Assistance
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Costumes executed by
Cast
Rigoletto
Gilda
Duke of Mantua
Borsa
Countess Ceprano
Marullo
Ceprano
Monterone
Sparafucile
Maddalena
Giovanna
Page
Usher
Show Dates
Broadcast
9/19/1981, delayed broadcast, KQED and NPR.
Time and Place
Sixteenth century, Mantua and vicinity
Scenes
Media
Acknowledgements
This production of "Rigoletto" was made possible by a generous and deeply appreciated gift from James D. Robertson
Notes
9/19/1981, delayed broadcast, KQED and NPR. Intermission interviews: #1 Political and social climate of Verdi's opera, William Weaver (guest), #2, Reflections on Opera, singers, Kurt Herbert Adler (guest).
Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios
SUPERNUMERARIES
Vicky Bauman
Dorothy Baune
Dottie Brown
Barbara Clifford
Janet Dahlsten
Betty Davis
Diane Graham
Leslie Landberg
Francesca Leo
Holly Morrison
Katherine Prongos
Karen Topp
Laurel Travesaro
Carolyn Waugh
Paul Allerton
Gene Angell
Jack Barnich
Steve Bauman
Richard Bechtold
Peter Bray
Robert Chase
Rudy Cook
Don Crawford
Tom Curran
Chas Dargis
Alex Demac
Julio Dorigoni
Hilbert Duperroir
Mickey Frettoloso
Joe Hay
Gary Hill
Mark Huelsmann
Donald Jack
Steve Jacobs
Julius Karoblis
Joseph Kelley
Ted Langlais
Gary Lea
Russell Lombard
Roger Marquardt
Wendell Maunula
Barry McBride
Lawrence Millner
Roberto Moreiras
Gary Morgret
Neil Nevesny
Paul Newman
Michael Pitkin
Paul Price
Paul Ricks
Chris Sheffield
Robert Schmidt
Ronald Sickman
Kent Speirs
Paul Sullivan
Marshall Tuttle