Wozzeck

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Composer
Alban Berg
Librettist
Alban Berg
Based On

drama by Georg Büchner

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1990-1991
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Friedemann Layer
Production
Lotfi Mansouri
Designer
Michael Levine
Lighting Designer
Michael Whitfield
Sound Designer
Roger Gans
Chorus Director
Ian Robertson
Musical Preparation
Philip Eisenberg
David Triestram
Robert Morrison
Jonathan Khuner
Christopher Larkin
Prompter
Jonathan Khuner
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Peter McClintock
Special assistant to Mr. Mansouri
Cynthia Wood
Supertitles
Christopher Bergen
Stage Manager(s)
Gretchen Mueller

Cast

Wozzeck, a soldier
Allan Monk
Drum Major
Warren Ellsworth
Andres, a soldier
John David De Haan
Captain
Stuart Kale
Doctor
Siegfried Vogel
Fool
Joseph Frank
Marie
Judith Forst
Margret, a friend of Marie
Emily Golden
First Workman
Dale Travis
Second Workman
Victor Ledbetter
Marie's Child
Jonathan Jones-Cole
Darren Mayer(Sept. 23, 29)
Stage Pianist
Philip Eisenberg

Show Dates

Time and Place

The 1920s; a town in Germany

Scenes

PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION
Act I, Scene 1 -- The Captain's Room
Scene 2 -- A Field near the Town
Scene 3 -- Marie's Room
Scene 4 -- The Doctor's Office
Scene 5 -- The Street outside Marie's House
Act II, Scene 1 -- Marie's Room
Scene 2 -- A street
Scene 3 -- The Street outside Marie's House
Scene 4 -- A Tavern
Scene 5 -- The Barracks
Act III, Scene 1 -- Marie's Room
Scene 2 -- A Pond in the Forest
Scene 3 -- A Tavern
Scene 4 -- The Pond
Scene 5 -- A Street

Media

Acknowledgements

San Francisco Opera gratefully acknowledges a generous gift from the
Paul L. and Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation to underwrite this production

Notes

"Wozzeck" is a co-production of the San Francisco Opera and the Canadian Opera Company

Because of a strike action, the performances of September 8, 14 and 18 were cancelled. The performance of September 21 was added.

Scenery constructed by the Canadian Opera Company

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

San Francisco Girls Chorus
Elizabeth Appling, Director

Sabrina Adler
Hannah Appel
Jean-Marie Fanvu
Rachel Goldsmith
Elizabeth Hanauer
Rachel Herbert
Chesi Ho
Misuzu Ito
Silvie Jensen
Michele Kennedy
Vanessa Langer
Francesca Lavezzo
Vicki Leung
Joyce Lin
Bayta Maring
Lee Menzies
Elaine Minton
Marguerite Mugge
Heather Mundy
Kristen Oei
Valeria Paik
Amy Perez
Eufemia Plimpton
Emily Ryan
Sara Schipani
Dana Shaps
Erin Smyth
Monique Tascoe-Burris
Jessica Taylor
Aisha Thomas

San Francisco Boys Chorus
Elizabeth Waterbury, Associate Conductor

Nicholas Allen
Brian Bort
Niels Bradshaw
Ben Brunetti
Jordan Davis
Jeremy Faust
Mark Forte
Iain Fry
Keri Grant
Bellos Hadjivassiliou
Seth Harris
James Locke
Tyler McAfee
Aaron McAuliffe
Norman Moy
Gian Patel
Paul Ryan
David Samas
Brandon Sherman
Cole Thomason-Redus
Kevin Traugott
Josh Trevorrow
Dax Valdes

SUPERNUMERARIES (for first group of three operas)

Susan Anderson
Katherina Brazaitis
Dottie Brown
Phoebe Ciaffi
Renée DeJarnatt
Debra Girard
Candace Kahn
Stephanie Salter
Mary Simon
Carolyn Waugh
Laurel Winzler

Ted Alves
David Black
Al Carter
David Clover
Nicholas Doxey
Rick Gydesen
Joe Kelley
Dan Kyte
Greg Lawrance
Matt Miller
Karl Morgan
Paul Ricks
Steven Rosen
Louis Schilling
Richard Vagts
Alexander Weibezahn