USA Staged Premiere
Saint Francis of Assisi
Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2002-2003
Language
French
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Dramaturg
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompters
Prompter
Ondes Martenot
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant to the Dramaturg
Cast
L'Ange (The Angel)
Saint François (Saint Francis)
Le Lépreux (The Leper)
Frère Léon (Brother Leo)
Frère Massée (Brother Masseo)
Frère Bernard (Brother Bernard)
Frère Bernard
Alfred Reiter(10/13)
Frère Elie (Brother Elias)
Frère Sylvestre (Brother Sylvester)
Frère Rufin (Brother Rufus)
Show Dates
Time and Place
(not specified)
Scenes
Act I, Scene 1 -- The Cross
Act I, Scene 2 -- Lauds
Act I, Scene 3 -- The Kissing of the Leper
Act II, Scene 4 -- The Journeying Angel
Act II, Scene 5 -- The Angel-Musician
Act II, Scene 6 -- The Sermon to the Birds
Act III, Scene 7 -- The Stigmata
Act III, Scene 8 -- Death and New Life
Media
Sponsors
The performance of October 17th is sponsored by Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.
Acknowledgements
This production is made possible, in part, by generous gifts from Jane Bernstein and Robert Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Reid W. Dennis
Video effects made possible through the generous support of Moshe Barkat and Modern VideoFilm
Notes
US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE
First American staging at SF Opera; presented earlier in the US in concert.
First performance: Paris, 1983.
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Scenery, props, costumes and wigs constructed in the San Francisco Opera workshops.