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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
1978
Language
French

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Lighting Designer
Prompter
Musical Preparation
Costumes executed by

Cast

The Bailiff
Hans (child)
Gretel, a child
Karl (child)
Clara (child)
Max (child)
Fritz (child)
Johann
Schmidt
Werther
Charlotte
Brühlmann
Kätchen
Albert

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/3/1978, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR.

Time and Place

In the vicinity of Frankfurt, Germany, in the 1780s

Scenes

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

Media

Notes

11/3/1978, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR. Intermission interviews: #1 Antonio de Almeida (guest), #2 Maria Ewing and Jose Carreras (guests).

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