Opera in one act by Based on the play by German translation by Hedwig Lachmann (Sung in German with English supertitles)

Conductor Nicola Luisotti CAST (in order of appearance) Director and Choreographer Seán Curran * Consulting Director and Dramaturg Narraboth Garrett Sorenson * James Robinson A page Elizabeth DeShong * Production Designer Bruno Schwengl First solider Andrew Funk * Lighting Designer Second soldier Bojan Kneževiċ Christopher Maravich Dance Master A Cappadocian Kenneth Kellogg † Lawrence Pech Jokanaan Greer Grimsley Fight Choreographer Jonathan Rider Salome Nadja Michael * Assistant Conductor A slave Renée Tatum † Giuseppe Finzi Herod Kim Begley Musical Preparation John Parr, Bryndon Hassman, Irina Mishura William Hobbs Prompter Five Jews Beau Gibson * Jonathan Khuner Robert MacNeil Supertitles Christopher Bergen Matthew O’Neill Assistant Stage Director Corey Bix* Rory Collins * Stage Manager Jeremy Milner * Rachel Henneberry First Nazarene Julien Robbins Costume Supervisor Christopher Verdosci Second Nazarene Austin Kness † Wig and Makeup Designer Executioner Broc Johnson * Gerd Mairandres Servants, soldiers, guests, handmaidens Production Super Captain Steven Carp *San Francisco Opera debut †Current Adler Fellow Co-production with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Opéra de Montréal First performance: PLACE: Herod’s palace in Judea Dresden, December 9, 1905 First San Francisco Opera performance: September 12, 1930

SUNDAY , OCTOBER 18, 2009 AT 2 PM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 AT 7:30 PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 8 PM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 8 PM Latecomers will not be seated during the performance after the lights have dimmed. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 AT 8 PM The use of cameras, cellular phones, and any kind of recording equipment is strictly forbidden. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 2 PM The performance will last approximately one hour, forty-five minutes, without intermission.