Werther

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Composer
Jules Massenet
Librettists
Edouard Blau

and

Paul Milliet

and

Henry Grémont (aka Georges Hartmann)
Based On

Goethe's Die Leiden des jungen Werthers

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1953
Language
French

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Tullio Serafin
Stage Director(s)
Armando Agnini
Setting designed by
Armando Agnini
Settings painted by
Eugene Dunkel

Cast

Werther
Cesare Valletti
Charlotte, daughter of the Bailiff
Giulietta Simionato
Sophie
Dorothy Warenskjold
Albert
John Lombardi
The Bailiff
Lorenzo Alvary
Schmidt
Caesar Curzi
Johann
George Cehanovsky
Brühlmann
Winther Andersen
Kätchen
Ruth Roehr
Fritz (child)
Donald Saxon
Max (child)
Robert Rosenblatt
Hans (child)
Stephen Hatch
Karl (child)
James Ursino
Gretel, a child
Harriet Meier
Clara (child)
Suzanne Tejerian

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

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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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