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Romeo and Juliet
Based On

the drama by William Shakespeare

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1987-1988
Language
French

Creative/Crew

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

Cast

Tybalt, nephew to Capulet
Paris, Juliette's suitor
Capulet, a Veronese nobleman
Lady Capulet
Juliet, daughter of Capulet
Montague, a Veronese nobleman
Romeo, son to Montague
Alfredo Kraus(11/14,17,20)
John David De Haan(11/24,29;12/4)
Mercutio, friend of Romeo
Benvolio, friend of Roméo
Gertrude, Juliette's nurse
Gregorio, servant to Capulet
Friar Laurence
Stephano, page of Roméo
Duke of Verona

Show Dates

Time and Place

14th century; Verona, Italy

Scenes

PROLOGUE -- The tomb of the Capulets
Act I, Scene 1 -- A ballroom in the Capulet house
Scene 2 -- Juliette's garden
INTERMISSION
Act II, Scene 1 -- Friar Laurence's cell
Scene 2 -- A street
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- Juliette's chamber
Scene 2 -- The tomb

Media

Acknowledgements

The 1987 presentation of "Roméo et Juliette" is made possible by a generous gift
from Mr. & Mrs. Alfred S. Wilsey.

Supertitles provided by a generous and most appreciated gift from William and Eloise Rollnick.

Notes

This production is owned by the Metropolitan Opera

Miss Swenson's costumes executed by Dale Wibben

GIRLS CHORUS
Caren Anderson
Jennie Bemesderfer
Mira Dittmer
Gretchen Ernster
Andrea Massey
Abigail Ramsden

BOYS CHORUS
Trevor Bjorklund
Aram Bloom
Brendan Bosch
John Bradley
Aaron Burke
Conal Byrne
Jen Chang
Brian Clark
Cameron Crisman
Michael Dobson
Richard Harper
Brian Hiefield
Ross Jensen
Adam Lipski
David Liu
Gabriel Pinkerton
Daniel Raznick
Jeffrey Rice
Benjamin Rudiak-Gould
Paul Ryan
Benjamin Salsbury
Colin Trevorrow
Kalei Wenner

DANCERS
Peggy Davis
Carolyn Houser
Leda Meredith
Robin Peluso
Debra Rose
Kathryn Roszak
Katherine Warner

Bobby Aames
Rockne Boger
Cucley Brooks
Peter Childers
John Ferrare
Daniel Ray
John Vardakastanis

SUPERNUMERARIES
Susan Anderson
Katherine Brazaitis
Madeline Chase
Phoebe Ciaffi
Renée DeJarnatt
Robin Hodgkin
Valerie Klingenberg
Holly Morrison
Nancy Petrisko
Burgess Shiu
Carolyn Waugh
Sally Warren
Susan Weiss
Laurel Winzler

Peter Alfano
Richard Ares
Victor Banis
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Bob Belt
Brett Bennett
John Bogan
Bruce Brown
Rick Campbell
Stewart Clark
David Clover
Don Correira
Roger Davidson
Terry DeMoss
Timothy Dials
Kermit DuVal
David Elkind
Peter Felleman
Kenneth Fox
Mickey Frettoloso
Eugenio Gamez
Phil Gibson
John Gilbert
Kyle Glenn
Richard Goldman
Albert Goodwyn
Bill Higgins
Mark Huelsmann
Joseph Kelley
Michael Kossman
David Larson
Gregory Lawrance
Martin Lewis
William Martin
Oren McEwen
Matthew Miller
Ian Mishkin
Paul Newman
Barry Nielsen
Chris Noll
Richard Pallowick
Michael Pesavento
David Peters
Tom Purcell
Steve Rades
Bill Randol
Paul Ricks
Steve Rosen
Michael Schoenig
Steve Siegelman
Art Simon
Ray Souza
Jim Stranberg
Max Subervi
Scott Swanson
Alvin Taylor
Allen Tusting
Alex Weibezahn
Rick Weil
Gary Wendt-Bogear
Joe Willis
Bruce Woodward