Skip to main content

Un Ballo in Maschera

Return to Previous Page

A Masked Ball
Librettist
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
1985-1986
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Count Horn (Samuele)
Count Ribbing (Tommaso)
Oscar
Gustavo III (Riccardo)
Count Anckarström (Renato)
Madame Arvidson (Ulrica)
Christian (Silvano)
Amelia's servant
Amelia Anckarström

Show Dates

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This production was originally made possible through a gift from a friend of the San Francisco Opera

The revival of this production is made possible through the generosity of Bernard and Barbro Osher

Notes

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

CORPS DE BALLET
Hally Bellah
Peggy Davis
Anne Foote
Carolyn Houser
Robin Peluso
Debra Rose
Kathryn Roszak
Katherine Warner

Bobby Aames
Malcolm Anderson
Tony Cirella
Daniel Ray
Gregory Taylor
Peter Tedeschi
Kyle Tucker
John Vardakastanis

SUPERNUMERARIES (selected from the following list)
Gertraud Albert
Susan Anderson
Patricia Angell
Devi Baptiste
Irene Bechtel
Phyllis Blair
Nora Brandstadter
Katherine Brazaitis
Dorothy C. Brown
Barbara Bruser
Madeline Chase
Phoebe Ciaffi
Huguette Combs
Renée DeJarnatt
Courtney Fowler
Linda Hardgrove-Teets
Jeanne Harvey
Jennifer Heglar
Alianna Jaqua
Esther Jennings
Mary Joyce
Jackie Kaagen
Candace Kahn
Francesca Leo
Betty MacDonald
Patricia Medicina
Edith Modie
Jacquelynn Modl-Inglese
Liska Janelle Moody
Suzette Morales
Thelma Morris
Holly Morrison
Janet Morse
Gabrielle Motarjemi
Dorothy Papo
Nancy Petrisko
Miriam Preece
Camille Reich
Francesca Roveda
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Burgess Shiu
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Sally Warren
Lisa Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Susan Wendt-Bogear

Zoltan Andahazy
Gene Angell
Richard Ares
Aaron Baca
James Baca
Nathan Baca
Sean Baca
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Todd Beauchamp
Don Bechtel
Noah Berry
Jonah Blechman
Ryan Boyd
Brandon
Bruce Brown
Vincent Brooks
Richard Campbell
Tom Carlisle
Roy Castellini
Gene Cikota
Stewart Clark
David Clover
Rudy Cook
Burton Covel
Jared Danielson
Roger Davidson
Daniel DeJarnatt
Alan Dettmering
Marc Dettmering
Scott Dettmering
Robert Donnelly
Kermit DuVal
William Easley
David Elkind
Rick Emmons
Joel Fort
Kurt Neal Frank
Mickey Frettoloso
Peter Garadis
Tom Garadis
Phillip Gibson
Albert Goodwyn
Benjamin Haas
Louis Handler
Steve Harper
Kent Harvey
Joe Hay
Philippe Henry
William Higgins
Paul Hofmann
Mark Huelsmann
Donavan Hughes
John Janonis
Clinton Jennings
Paul Johansson
Richard Jones
William Joyce
Chris Judge
Julius Karoblis
Joe Kelley
Patrick Kelson
Elliot Koppel
Ken Korpi
Mike Kurtz
George LaLumiere
Aaron Locey
Lance Locey
Ross Malsbary
Donald Martin
Ramon Martinez
Eugene Masciarelli
Berri McBride
Richard McGeary
Matt Miller
Lawrence Millner
John H. Moore
John L. Moore
Edwin Morse
Malcolm Mosher
Daniel Moya
Chris Noll
Robert Peel
David Peters
Peter Phinney
Harrison