Composer
Librettists
Based On
the Bhagavad-Gita
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1988-1989
Language
Sanskrit
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Lighting Designer
Assistant Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer/Assistant Director
Musical Preparation
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Cast
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Prince Arjuna
Lord Krishna
Miss Schlesen
Mrs. Naidoo
Kasturbai
Mr. Kallenbach
Parsi Rustomji
Mrs. Alexander
Dancer(s)
Show Dates
Time and Place
1893-1914; South Africa
Scenes
Act I (Tolstoy), Scene 1 -- The Kuru Field of Justice
Scene 2 -- Tolstoy Farm (1910)
Scene 3 -- The Vow (1906)
INTERMISSION
Act II (Tagore), Scene 1 -- Confrontation and Rescue (1896)
Scene 2 -- "Indian Opinion" (1906)
Scene 3 -- Protest (1908)
INTERMISSION
Act III (King) -- Newcastle March (1913)
Media
Acknowledgements
San Francisco Opera gratefully acknowledges the generous gift from
Ann and Tully Friedman to underwrite this production.
Notes
1989 Summer season
Vocal text by Constance De Jong
DANCERS -- OBERLIN DANCE COMPANY
Anna Mae Chesney
Julie Kanter
Lizanne McAdams
Catherine Nelson
Lisa Wallgren
Gregory Castillian
Michael J. Denham
Francis Everette
Arturo Fernandez
Ney Fonseca
Jeffrey Freedman
Karim Karim
Scott Meyers
Charles Trapolin
SUPERNUMERARIES
Matt Miller -- Leo Tolstoy
Manoj Kumar Sen -- Rabindranath Tagore
Tony McIntosh -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Danny Deixler
Kyle Glankler
Sharon Papo
Bina Zaitsu