Sister Angelica Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettist Giovacchino Forzano Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1935 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Cast Sister Angelica Helen Gahagan The Princess, her Aunt Margaret O'Dea Abbess Jean Hartman Sister Monitor Eva Gruninger The Sister of the Novices Catherine Steed Sister Genoveva Anna Young Two Converts Du Blois Ferguson Georgette Schiller Two Novices Irene Fremont Olga Callahan Solo Sister Fannetta Gionas Helen Nostrom Willaine Auer Gertrude Gerdau Madilyn Williams-Ankele Edith Wishart Walther Madelaine Lanz Geraldine Watt Show Dates Mon, Dec 2 1935, 8pm Time and Place Seventeenth Century; An Italian Convent Media Image Suor Angelica, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Suor Angelica, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Helen Gehagan (Suor Angelica), Margaret O’Dea (Princess) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Suor Angelica, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Helen Gehagan (Suor Angelica) Credit Morton Image Suor Angelica, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Helen Gehagan (Suor Angelica) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1935_11_compressed.pdf (5.36 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part I of a double bill, with "Le Coq d'Or"
Image Suor Angelica, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Suor Angelica, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Helen Gehagan (Suor Angelica), Margaret O’Dea (Princess) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Suor Angelica, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Helen Gehagan (Suor Angelica) Credit Morton
Image Suor Angelica, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Helen Gehagan (Suor Angelica) Credit Morton