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Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1985-1986

Creative/Crew

(see notes)

Cast

(see notes)

Show Dates

Acknowledgements

A benefit for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, the Shanti Project and the AIDS Program of Hospice of San Francisco

Notes

SAN FRANCISCO ARTS FOR LIFE presented by Mayor Dianne Feinstein San Francisco Opera San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Symphony The Millard Family Foundation The Ledler Foundation San Francisco Examiner 

PROGRAM 

Glinka, Ruslan and Lyudmila -- Overture Richard Buckley, conductor 

Wagner, Tannhäuser -- Dich teure Halle Maria Slatinaru Andrew Meltzer, conductor 

Verdi, Ernani -- Infelice! E tuo credevi James Morris San Francisco Opera Men's Chorus Richard Buckley, conductor 

Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance -- Poor Wandering One Valerie Masterson San Francisco Opera Women's Chorus Charles Mackerras, conductor 

Verdi, Il Trovatore -- Di quella pira Franco Bonisolli San Francisco Opera Men's Chorus Charles Mackerras, conductor 

Bizet, Carmen -- Quintet Susan Quittmeyer Evelyn de la Rosa Kathryn Cowdrick Joseph Frank David Malis Richard Bradshaw, conductor 

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde -- Liebestod Linda Kelm Andrew Meltzer, conductor 

Ginastera, Canción al Arbol del Olvido Alfredo Kraus Philip Eisenberg, piano 

Quintero, Morucha Alfredo Kraus Philip Eisenberg, piano 

Puccini, Gianni Schicchi -- O mio babbino caro Renata Scotto Richard Buckley, conductor 

Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov -- Coronation Scene John Macurdy San Francisco Opera Chorus Members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus Richard Bradshaw, conductor 

INTERMISSION 

Weill, Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite from The Threepenny Opera for Wind Orchestra) Overture Ballad of the Murderous Deeds of Mack the Knife Ballad of Easy Living Tango-Ballad Cannon Song Threepenny Finale Members of the San Francisco Symphony Steven André Dibner, conductor 

J. Strauss, Jr., Die Fledermaus -- Trio, O goodness me Nikki Li Hartliep Cheryl Parrish David Malis Richard Bradshaw, conductor 

Bizet, Les Pêcheurs de Perles -- Au fond du temple saint Walter MacNeil Stephen Dickson Richard Buckley, conductor 

Catalani, La Wally -- Ebben? Ne andrò lontana Pilar Lorengar Andrew Meltzer, conductor 

Sousa, Stars and Stripes -- Pas de deux (Adapted and orchestrated by Hershy Kay) Choreography by George Balanchine Staged by Francia Russell Cost