Un Ballo in Maschera

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A Masked Ball
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist
Antonio Somma
Based On

a libretto by Eugene Scribe for Daniel Auber's opera Gustave III, ou Le Bal masque

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1982-1983
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Kurt Herbert Adler
Production
Sonja Frisell
Set and costume designer
John Conklin
Lighting Designer
Thomas J. Munn
Chorus Director
Richard Bradshaw
Choreographer
Rael Lamb
Musical Preparation
Kathryn Cathcart
Philip Eisenberg
James Johnson
Terry Lusk
Prompter
Philip Eisenberg
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Sheila Gruson
Stage Manager(s)
Jerry Sherk

Cast

Count Horn (Samuele)
Kevin Langan
Count Ribbing (Tommaso)
Gregory Stapp
Oscar
Kathleen Battle
Gustavus III (Riccardo)
Luciano Pavarotti(9/10)
Vasile Moldoveanu
Ermanno Mauro(9/27)
Count Anckarström (Renato)
Silvano Carroli
Pablo Elvira(9/22,25,27)
Judge
Jeffrey Thomas
Madame Arvidson (Ulrica)
Ruza Baldani
Christian (Silvano)
Thomas Woodman
Amelia's servant
Peter Kazaras
Amelia
Montserrat Caballé
Rebecca Cook(9/22,25,27)

Show Dates

Broadcast

9/10/1982 live broadcast, KQED and NPR. Repeated 9/11/1982.

Time and Place

1792 in Stockholm, Sweden

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- Levee in the king's bedroom
Scene 2 -- Madame Arvidson's house on the waterfront
Act II, Scene 1 -- A lonely spot on the seashore
Scene 2 -- Count Anckarström's study
Act III, Scene 1 -- The king's box at the opera
Scene 2 -- Inside the Stockholm opera house

Media

Acknowledgements

This production was made possible by a very generous gift from a friend of the San Francisco Opera

Notes

9/10/1982 live broadcast, KQED and NPR. Repeated 9/11/1982. Intermission interviews: #1: Audio profile: stage director, Sonja Frisell (guest), #2 Maestro in Shanghai: Kurt Herbert Adler (guest).

Opening Night flowers courtesy of John Tallerino Designs.
Plants courtesy of Green Valley Rental.

CORPS DE BALLET
Peggy Davis
Anne Elizabeth Egan
Sarah Gale
Carolyn Houser
Kathryn Roszak
Dana Sapiro
Katherine Warner

Peter Childers
Michael Rios
Pete J. Shoemaker
John Sullivan
Jim Tryforos
Jim Voisine
Charlie West
Byrd White

SUPERNUMERARIES
Gertrude Albert
Patricia Angell
Joan Bacharach
Dorothy C. Brown
Janet Dahlsten
Renée DeJarnatt
Jennifer Hegler
Mary Kay Henderson
Susan Holzkamp
Nina Izotoff
Mary Joyce
Candace Kahn
Betty MacDonald
Donna Martin
Liska Janelle Moody
Holly Morrison
Kathy Prongos
Louise Russo
Sally Scott
Karen Topp
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss

Gene Angell
Douglas Beardslee
Fred K. Beeson II
William Burns
Mark Cabrinha
Roy Castellini
David Clover
Don Correira
Don Crawford
Tom Curran
Chas Dargis
John Dorjgoni
Martin Doyle
Richard Emmons
Richard Esckilsen
Robert Esformes
Peter Felleman
Robert Flax
Mickey Frettoloso
Matt Garadis
Peter Garadis
Tommy Garadis
Phillip Gibson
Cliff Gold
Rex Golightly
Greg Greunke
Michael Grinnage
Gary Hill
Mark Huelsmann
John R. Janonis
Clinton Jennings
Dean Jones
William Joyce
Julius Karoblis
John Kovacs
Ralph Ludascher
Tompers McMahon
Lawrence Millner
Steve Moawad
Ralph Murphy
Paul Ricks
Kevin Scarlata
James Sizemore
Rick Skarolid
Jonathan Speiler
Kent Speirs
Robert Tilton