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Composer
Librettist
Based On

drama by Georg Büchner

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1981-1982
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Assisted by
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Costumes by

Cast

Wozzeck
Captain
Andrès
Marie
Margret
Marie's Child
Drum Major
First Apprentice
Second Apprentice
Stage Pianist

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/14/1981 delayed radio broadcast.

Time and Place

Late 19th century; a town in Germany

Scenes

"WOZZECK" IS PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION
Act I, Scene 1 -- The Captain's room
Scene 2 -- Marshland
Scene 3 -- Marie's hut
Scene 4 -- The Doctor's examination room
Scene 5 -- Street outside Marie's hut
Act II, Scene 1 -- Marie's hut
Scene 2 -- Street outside the barracks
Scene 3 -- Street outside Marie's hut
Scene 4 -- A beer garden
Scene 5 -- The barracks
Act III, Scene 1 -- Marie's hut
Scene 2 -- Marshland
Scene 3 -- A cavern
Scene 4 -- Marshland
Scene 5 -- Street

Media

Legacy Commission

Translation by Eric Blackall and Vida Harford

Notes

11/14/1981 delayed radio broadcast, 11 a.m.

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

PROGRAM NOTE: The scenes are connected by musical interludes. It is requested that applause be reserved until the end of the performance.

San Francisco Boys Chorus
William Ballard, Director
Paul Bemesderfer
Brian Butler
Adam Colety
Jonathan Couchman
Brian Darby
James Datri
John Datri
Geoffrey Dunn
Patrick Egry
Michael Folk
Timothy Genis
George Graham
Kenyan Hopkins
Gary Jones
David Kersnar
Christopher Lev
Ian Luce
David Martin
Eric Marty
Peter McKean
Torin Newsome
Daniel Potasz
Aaron Shapiro
Carl Smith
William Weber

San Francisco Girls Chorus
Elizabeth Appling, Director
Elizabeth Ashton
Deidre Atkinson
Malieka Bundy
Anne Coriston
Teresa Davis
Sharon D'Cunha
Samantha Graff
Karla Haeberle
Martha Hicks
Julia Hunt
Ann Huppert
Anna Marie Jegers
Alissa Kingsbury
Rachel Lopez
Jennifer Marshall
Kristin McCarthy
Stefanie Naifeh
Amy Sharp

SUPERNUMERARIES
Joan Bacharach
Dorothy Baune
Barbara Clifford
Renée DeJarnatt
Diane Graham
Leisha Hartman
Mary Joyce
Leslie Landberg
Jan Moody
Holly Morrison
Barbara Norton
Marianne Petroni
Miriam Preece
Katherine Prongos
Nathalie Rubens
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Nikki Scofield
Sally Scott
Susie Scott
Stella Tatro
Claudia Waugh
Janet Weil
Susan Weiss

Andrew Alder
Sky Bamford
Steve Bauman
Mike Boehm
Allyn Butcher
Thomas Carlisle
Rudy Cook
Tom Curran
Chas Dargis
Hilbert Duperrior
Allan Ellis
Manoel Feliciano
Robert Flax
Mickey Frettoloso
Lyn Gardella
Dennis Goza
Louis Handler
Colin Harvey
Joe Hay
Philippe Henry
Michelangelo Hernandez
Gary Hill
Mark Huelsmann
Richard Hughes
Donald Jack
Stephen Jacobs
John Janonis
Dean Jones
Julius Karoblis
Ted Langlais
Geoffrey Leland
Gregory Marks
Berri McBride
Larry Millner
Gary Morgret
Paul Newman
Mark Nichol
Tim Perez
Raul Piccardo
Michael Pitkin
Jason Porter
Joel Posner
Gerald Ragan
Paul Ricks
Robert Schmidt
John Schultz
Ronald Sickman
Rick Skarolid
Ken Speirs
Nathaniel Stookey
Barry Tucker
Robert Turner
Joe Willis
Arthur Zigas