USA Premiere Composer Kurt Weill Librettist Ivan Goll Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1968 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Gunther Schuller Staged and choreographed by Alan Johnson Projections Wolfram Skalicki Chorus Stefan Minde Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Ballet/Dejanira Charlene Mehl Ballet, a Man John Sullivan Henry Kersh Lemuel Borden Zack Thompson Singer: Dejanira Carol Todd Singer: A man Stephen Janzen Ara Berberian Alan Crofoot Clifford Grant Soprano voice Sheila Marks Tenor voice Vahan Khanzadian Show Dates Sat, Oct 5 1968, 8pm Tue, Oct 8 1968, 8pm Sun, Oct 13 1968, 2pm Time and Place (not specified) Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1968_10_compressed.pdf (17.2 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE First performance: Berlin, 1927. --------------------- Lyric dance drama version by Gunther Schuller Part I of a triple bill, with "Erwartung" and "Christopher Columbus" Major intermission after "Erwartung"