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Based On

Goethe's Die Leiden des jungen Werthers

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1975
Language
French

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Musical Preparation
Lighting Designer
Costumes executed by

Cast

The Bailiff
Hans (child)
Gretel, a child
Jane Gefter(10/25; 11/2,15)
Nina Kent(10/28; 11/7)
Karl (child)
Clara (child)
Jennifer Heyneman(10/25; 11/2,15)
Suky Patton(10/28; 11/7)
Max (child)
Fritz (child)
Johann
Schmidt
Sophie
Werther
Charlotte
Brühlmann

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/7/1975, live broadcast, KKHI. 

Time and Place

178_,(sic) in the vicinity of Frankfurt, Germany

Scenes

Act I -- In front of the house of the Bailiff
INTERMISSION
Act II -- A street in the village of Wetzlar
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- In the house of Albert
Scene 2 -- Werther's study

Media

Notes

11/7/1975, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission interviews 10/2/2019 #1  Massenet, Goethe and Werther, James Schwabacher,  Lotfi Mansouri and Gary Schmidgall (guests), #2 Music of Massenet: 'Reflections" Text by Larry Stein.

This new production of "Werther" has been built in the San Francisco Opera Scenic Shops for joint use by the San Francisco, Seattle and Portland opera companies.

San Francisco Boys Chorus
William Ballard, Director
Erik Brudos
Peter Chamberlin
Laramie Crocker
Peter Curran
Douglas Doppelt
John Doxey
James Dreer
George Fernandez
Brian Gordon
Zachary Griffin
Steven Heffelfinger
Matthew Hethcoat
Eric Jewell
Ethan Kaplan
Martin Kovach
Robert Kruzner
Martin LaPlaca
Mark Louden
Richard Morrison
Christopher Nomura
Scott Palmer
Mark Paxson
Todd Perry
Damir Priskich
Peter Reilly
Marco Remedios
Timothy Salaver
Jeffrey Silver
John Smalley
Dan Tadmor
Brian Toolajian
Clement Ulrichs
Jonathan Yuen

Corps de Ballet
Laura Brown
Regina West Brown
Judanna Lynn
Marilyn Mather
Juliana Sakowsky
Katherine Warner
Deirdre Wilson

Ric E. Abel
Dudley Brooks
Michael S. Gleason
John Sullivan
Edward J. White