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The Makropulos Case
Based On

the play by Karel Čapek

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1993-1994
Language
Czech

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Assistant to Maestro Mackerras
Musical Preparation
Czech transliteration for San Francisco Opera
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Supertitles

Cast

Vitek, a clerk
Albert Gregor
Kristina, Vitek's daughter
Dr. Kolenaty, a lawyer
Emilia Marty
Baron Jaroslav Prus
Cleaning Woman
Stagehand
Janek, Prus's son
Count Hauk-Sendorf, an aged aristocrat
Chambermaid

Show Dates

Time and Place

Early 20th-century Prague

Scenes

Act I -- The office of Dr. Kolenaty
Act II -- The stage of a theater
Act III -- Emilia Marty's hotel room

Media

Sponsors

The performance of October 22nd is sponsored by Meyer Sound Laboratories.

The performance of October 27th is designated in honor of Mr. and Mrs. David M. Chamberlain's membership in the Triple Gold Circle,

Acknowledgements

This production is made possible by generous grants from the Carol Franc Buck Foundation and the Bernard Osher Foundation.

Notes

The database has no extended international characters, so you have to imagine all the haceks on E, C and S. For correct diacriticals, please consult program books.


Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes from the Canadian Opera Company

SUPERNUMERARIES

David J. Clark
David Clover
David Dahlstrand
Ted Foster
James Lesko
Matt Miller
Oliver Pollard