Composer
Librettists
Based On
Goethe's Die Leiden des jungen Werthers
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1953
Language
French
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Setting designed by
Settings painted by
Cast
Werther
Charlotte, daughter of the Bailiff
Sophie
Albert
The Bailiff
Schmidt
Johann
Brühlmann
Kätchen
Fritz (child)
Max (child)
Hans (child)
Karl (child)
Gretel, a child
Clara (child)
Show Dates
Time and Place
In the Vicinity of Frankfort, Germany, 1772
Scenes
Act I -- House of the Bailiff
Act II -- Street in the Village of Wetzlar
Act III, Scene 1 -- In the House of Albert
Scene 2 -- Werther's Study
Notes
The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting
Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. The entire 1953 season
was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."
Boys selected from San Francisco Boys Chorus
The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.