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SEATTLE PRESENTS TRISTAN UNO ISOLDE

MUSIC AND BY RICHARD

Production Sponsor: Kreielsheimer Endowment Fund THIS PRODUCTION OF TRISTAN UNO ISOLDE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF PERRY LORENZO

Premiere: , Konigliches Hof- und National Theater, June 10, 1865 Premiere: March 18, 1981 Performed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall: July 31, August 4,7,12, 15m, 18, and 21, 2010 In German with English captions. Evening performances begin at 6:30 p.m. Matinee begins at 2:00 p.m. Latecomers will not be seated during the music. Act I: 79 minutes. Intermission: 30 minutes. Act II: 64 minutes, Intermission: 27 minutes. Act III: 71 minutes.

Speight Jenkins. General Director Asher Fisch • Principal Guest Conductor

Conductor Asher Fisch Stage Director Peter Kazaras Set and Costume Designer Robert Israel Lighting Designer Duane Schuler Hair and Makeup Designer Joyce Degenfelder English Captions Jonath~n Dean

Cast (in order of vocal appearance) Sailor/Shepherd Simeon Esper Isolde Annalena Persson t* Brangiine Kurwenal Greer Grimsley Tristan '€'Ii'f16fi For6jg"4 AVA JIVJ Melot Jason Collins King Marke Steersman Barry Johnson

Assistant Conductor Philip A. Kelsey Assistant Director Jeffrey Buchman Chorusmaster Beth Kirchhoff Musical Preparation Philip A. Kelsey, David McDade, Jay Rozendaal Associate Lighting Designer Connie Yun Stage Manager Yasmine Kiss

t Seattle Opera debut * U.S. debut

Inspiration for this production derived in part from the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. To read the story, visit seattleopera.orgltristan and click on Director's Notes.

Clifton Forbis's performances are made possible by generous financial support from the James and Sherry Raisbeck Lead Singers' Fund.

Greer Grimsley's performances are made possible by generous financial support from Jonathan and Patricia Caves.

Holztrompete courtesy of the Joe and Joella Utley Brass Instrument Collection at the National Music Museum, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion.

Costumes executed by Seattle Opera. English captions by Jonathan Dean © Seattle Opera 2010.

Opera presentation and production © Seattle Opera 2010. Copying of any performance by camera, audio, or video recording equipment, and by any other copying device, and any other use of such copying devices during the performances is prohibited.

Seattle Opera's 2010/11 season is sponsored by Performances of are made possible in part by generous grants from 4Culture; ArtsFund; C. E. Stuart Charitable Trust; National Endowment for the Arts; Nes~olm Family Foundation; PONCHO; the James and Sherry Raisbeck Lead Singers' Microsoft' Fund; Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affair'S; Washington State Arts Commission.

The Cast , (in order of vocal appearfjnce)

Das Rheingold Woglinde Julianrie Gearhart Wellgunde Michele Losier Flosshilde JennifEjr Hines Alberich Richarlrt Paul Fink Fricka Stepha~ie Blythe Wotan Greer Grimsley Freia Marie Piette Fasolt Andre~ Silvestrellit Fafner Daniel',Sumegi Froh Jason Collins Donner Gordon Hawkins Loge Kobie van Rensburgt Mime Dennis Petersent Erda Maria $treijffertt Das Rheingo/d runs from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. with no intermission.

Die WalkOre Siegmund Stuart Skeltont Sieglinde Margar,-et Jane Wray Hunding AndreC1 Silvestrelli Wotan Greer Grimsley BrOnnhilde Fricka Gerhilde Miriam Murphyt Helmwige Sally Wolf Waltraute Luretta Bybee Schwertleite Jennifer Hines Ortlinde Marie Piette Siegrune Sarah Heltzel Grimgerde Michele Losier Rossweisse Maria Streijffert Die Wa/kilre runs from 6:00 to 10:35 p.m., including two intermissions.

Siegfried Mime Denni~ Petersen Stig Andersent The Bear JC Casiano The Wanderer Greer Grimsley Alberich Richard Paul Fink Fafner Daniel Sumegi Forest Bird Julianne Gearhart Erda Maria ptreijffert Brunnhilde Janice Baird Horn Call Mark Robbins Siegfried runs from 6:00 to 11 :00 p.m., in~luding two intermissions.

G6tterdammerufjg First Norn Luretta Bybee Second Norn Stephanie Blythe Third Norn Margaret Jane Wray Brunnhilde Janice; Baird Siegfried Stig Andersen Gunther Gordon Hawkins Hagen Daniel'Sumegi Gutrune Marie piette Waltraute Steph~nie Blythe Alberich Richa~d Paul Fink Woglinde JUlianpe Gearhart Wellgunde Michele Losier Flosshilde Jennif~r Hines Gotterdammerung runs from 6:00 to 11:20 p.rri., including two intermissions. tSeattie Opera debut The 2008-09 Season

The 152nd Metropolitan Opera performance of

Richard Wagner's

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IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE

Woglinde Fafner Lisette Oropesa* John Tomlinson Wellgunde Froh Kate lindsey* Garrett Sorenson* Flosshilde Donner Tamara Mumford* Charles Taylor* Alberich Loge Richard Paul Fink Kim Begley

Fricka Mime Yvonne Naef Dennis Petersen

Wotan Erda James Morris Wendy White This performance Freia is being broadcast * live on Metropolitan Opera Radio on Fasolt SIRIUS channel 78 Rene Pape and XM channel 79.

Thursday, April 23, 2009, 8:00-10:3Spm The Opera

The 449th Metropolitan Opera performance of

Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

Conductor

IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE

A Sailor's Voice King Marke Tony Stevenson

Isolde A Shepherd Mark Schowalter

Brangane A Steersman Margaret':J..e VVray James Courtney K~~~ It-k d~ English horn solo Tristan Pedro R. Diaz

Melot Deborah Voigt's Stephen Gaertner performance is underwritten by the Annenberg Principal Artist Fund.

Friday, March 2B, 200B, 7:00-11:55pm J,\OPERA Placido Domingo, General Director • Kent Nagancl, Music Director Edgar Baitzel, Artistic Director • Elizabeth Kennedy, Jffministrative Director presents 1 RICHARD WAGNER : PARSIFAU Libretto by the composer 1

Cast (in order ofvocal appearance)

CONDUCTOR Placido Domingo The running time is Kent Nagano approximately four hours GumemaT!? Matti Salminen DIRECTION, SCENIC DESIGN, and twenty-five minutes, LIGHTING DESIGN which includes two twenty­ Amfortas minute internlissions.

STACE DIRECTOR Kundry Linda Watson Nicola Panzer Used by arrangement with Klingsor Hartmut Welker European American Music SET DESIGNER Distributors LLC, sale U. S. Stephanie Engeln James Creswell and Canadian agent for LIGHTING DESIGNER Vale Rideout Schott Musik International. AJ. Weissbard Second Knight Dean Elzinga Supertitles written by CONCERTMASTER Christopher Bergen; Stuart Canin First Esquire SarahJ ane McMa~on cued by Linda Zoolalian. LOS ANGELES OPERA Second Esquire Patricia Risley CHORUS MASTER Pre-performance lectures William Vendice Third Esquire David Robinson by Michael Hackett. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, LOS ANGELES CHILDREN'S CHORUS Fourth Esquire Peter Nathan Foltz Pre-performance lectures Anne Tomlinson ~ are generously sponsored by A Voice Margaret Thomp~on the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera Original co-production of the Flower Maidens Abbie Furmansk~ and League of Los Angeles. Jessica Swink ! Houston Grand Opera. ~ Additional set construction by Patricia Risley RA. Reed Productions, Inc., Martina Riiping Portland, Oregon. Additional SarahJane McM~on I 1 costumes by Los Angeles Opera Margaret Thomp~on Costume Shop. Wigs constructed by the Los Angeles Opera Wig DepartInent. Artists subject to change. j .( New production made possible by a gene1pus gift from The Eli and Edythe L. Broad F1undation.

j Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. Members of ~he audience who leave during the perfonnance will not be shown back into the theater until the next intennission. The use of cameras an4 recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all beepers, watch alarms and cellular phones.Your use of a ticket acknowledges yourlwillingness to appear in photographs taken in public areas of the Music Center and releases the Center and its lessees and others from ~ability resulting from use of such photographs. Any microphones on stage are for recording purposes only; they ~re not used for amplification. ~

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Amfortas Titurel Walter Fink Gurnemanz Franz-josefSelig Parsifal 'Ibrst;en Kerl Klingsor Wolfgang Bankl Kundry Erster Knappe Florina Hinsul1 Zweiter Knappe Mihaela Ungureanu Dritter Knappe Walter Pauritsch VierterKnappe Peter]elosits Erster Gralsritter ]obnNuzzo Zweiter Gralsritter MarcusPelz Blumenmadchen: 1. Gruppe IngridKaiserfeld Ildiko &limondi Stella Grigorian 2. Gruppe AnatEfraty Tatiana Lisnie Mihaela Ungureanu Stimme von oben Mihaela Ungureanu

• Stipendiatin des Centrums 's 1999 Ring Festival is made possible, in part, by the support ofthe Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, and Mr. & Mrs. Franklin P. Jolmson, Jr. Additional major support is provided by the Chevron Corporation, Mr. & Mrs. Reid W Dennis, Mr. & Mrs. Charlton H. Buckley, Mr. & Mrs. Reuben W Hills III, Mrs. Paul L. Wattis, and two anonymous friends ofSan Francisco Opera. Music drama in one act by RICHARD WAGNER Text by the composer Das Rheingold (in German) - Prologue CAST Conductor (in order ofappearance) Michael Boder (6120) Original Production by "WOglinde Suzanne Ramo* Wellgunde Elizabeth Bishop Stage Director Andrei Serban Flosshilde Elena Bocharova*t Original Production Designs by John Conklin Alberich Revised Set Designs by Peter Sidhom** (6120) John Coyne* Fricka Marjana Lipovsek by Revised Costume Designs Elena Zaremba (6/20) Bob Ringwood** Lighting Designer and Special Effects "WOtan James Morris Thomas]. Mwm Jeffrey Wells (6120) Projections Ron Scherl, Tom Janus Freia Nicolle Foland Sound Designer Reinhard Hagen Roger Gans Fasolt Musical Preparation Fafner Adelle Eslinger, Bryndon Hassman Robert Morrison, David Syrus* Froh James Cornelison Susan Webb, William Lacey Mark Baker (6/20) Peter Grunberg, Eric Weimer Marilyn Barnett Donner Jeffrey Wells Prompter David Okerlund (6120) Jonathan Khuner Loge Thomas Sunnegardh Supertitles Jerry Sherk, Mime Gary Rideout Assistant Stage Directors Laurie Henley, Erda Elena Zaremba Paula VVilliams, Ellen Rabiner (6120) Brad Dalton Ballet Master Lawrence Pech Nibelungs, giants Stage Manager Theresa Ganley **US. opera debut *San Francisco Opera debut t1999-2000 Adler Fellow Scenery constructed in San Francisco San Francisco Opera's 1999 Ring Festival is dedicated to the memory ofthe Opera Scenic Studios late Terence A. McEwen, Company general director from 1982 to 1988. Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop Scene 1: The river Rhine First performance: Scene 2: Terrace ofthe gods Munich, September 22, 1869 Scene 3: Nibelheim Scene 4: Terrace ofthe gods First San Francisco Opera performance: November 1,1935 PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9AT 7:00 TUESDAY, JUNE 15 AT 7:00 Latecomers will not be seated during the peiformance after the lights have dimmed. SUNDAY,JUNE 20 AT 2:00 The use ofcameras, cellular phones and any kind ofrec01'ding equipment is strictly firbidden. FRIDAY, JUNE 25 AT 7:00 / The performance will last approximately two hours and thirty-five minutes.

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA 1 999 ~fNG FE5TIVAL PERFORMING ARTS 2.1 San Francisco Opera's 1999 Ring Festival is made possible, in part, by the support ofthe Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Presentation ofDie TiValku1"e is made possible by the support ofMr. & Mrs. Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. Additional major support is provided by the Chevron Corporation, Mr. & Mrs. Reid W Dennis, Mr. & Mrs. Charlton H. Buc14ey, Mr. & Mrs. Reuben W Hills ill, Mrs. Paul L. Wattis, and two anonymous friends ofSan Francisco Opera. Music drama in three acts by RICHARD WAGNER Text by the composer Die Walkiire (in German) Conductor Donald Runnicles Der Ring des Nibelungen - Part I Michael Boder (6/23) Original Production by CAST Nikolaus Lehnhoff (in order of appearance) Stage Directw Andrei Serban Sieglinde Deborah Voigt Original Production Siegmund Mark Baker Designs by Wolfgang Schmidt (6/27) John Conklin Hunding Reinhard Hagen Revised Set Designs by John Coyne VVotan J ames Morris Revised Costume Designs by Alan Held (6/23) Bob Ringwood Briinnhilde Lighting Designer and Frances Ginzer (6/23) Special Effects ThomasJ. Munn Fricka Marjana Lipovsek Projections Elena Zaremba (6/23) Ron Scherl, Tom Janus Onlinde Nicolle Foland Sound Designer Roger Gans Schwertleite Ellen Rabiner* Musical Preparation TValtraute Alexandra Hughes Bryndon Hassman, Eric Weimer G£7hilde Kristine Ciesinski* Robert Morrison Helmwige Claudia Waite Marilyn Barnett Susan Webb, Peter Grunberg Siegrtme Elizabeth Bishop \Villiam Lacey, Jonathan Khuner Grimgerde Kathryn Cowdrick Prompter Jonathan Khuner Rossweisse Catherine Cook Supertitles Hunding's men Jerry Sherk Francesca Zanlbello *San Francisco Opera debut Assistant Stage Directors Zoe Pappas Brad Dalton Stage Manager San Francisco Opera's 1999 Ring Festival is dedicated to the memory ofthe late Jerry Sherk Terence A. McEwen, Company general director from 1982 to 1988. Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios Costunles executed by San ACT I Hunding's dwelling Francisco Opera Costunle Shop INTERMISSION First performance: ACT II Scene 1 Inside Valhalla Munich, June 26, 1870 Scene 2 A clearing in the forest First San Francisco Opera INTERMISSION performance: November 4, 1935 ACTID A remote mountaintop

THURSDAY, JUNE 10 AT 7:00 SATURDAY, JUNE 19 AT 7:00 Latecomers will not be seated during tlJe pe10rmance after the lights have dimmed. WEDNESDAY,]UNE 23 AT 7:00 The use ofcameras, cellulm' phones and any kind ofrecording equipment is strictly forbidden. SUNDAY, JUNE 27 AT 6:00 './ The performance will last approximately four hours and thirty-five minutes.

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA 1999 RING FESTIVAL PERFORMING ARTS 21 San Francisco Opera's 1999 Ring Festival is made possible, in part, by the support ofthe Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, and Mr. & Mrs. Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.

~. Additional major support is provided by the Chevron Corporation, Mr. & Mrs. Reid W Dennis, Mr. & Mrs. Charlton H. Buckley, Mr. & Mrs. Reuben W Hills ill, Mrs. Paul L. Wattis, and two anonymous friends ofSan Francisco Opera.

Music drama in three acts by RICHARD WAGNER Text by the composer Siegfried (in German) Conductor Donald Runnicles Der Ring des Nibelungen - Part II Michael Boder (6/26) Original P1'oduction by CAST Nikolaus Lehnhoff (in order of appearance) Stage DiTectoT Andrei Serban Mime Gary Rideout Original Production Designs by Siegfried V/olfgaflg Schmidt John Conklin George Gray* (6/26) Re-uised Set Designs by John Coyne The TiVanderel' (I17otan) James Morris Revised Costume Designs by Alan Held (6/26) Bob Ringwood Ligbting Designer and Special Effects Alberich Tom Fox ThomasJ. Munn Peter Sidhom (6/26)

.----.. PTojections Ron Scherl, TomJanus Pafner Eric Halfvarson Sound DesigneT Roger Gans Porest Bird Suzanne Ramo Musical PTeparation Robert Morrison Erda Elena Zaremba Marilyn Barnett David Syrus Briinnhilde Jane Eaglen Eric Weimer Susan Webb Frances Ginzer (6/26) Peter Grunberg VVilliam Lacey Philip Eisenberg *San Francisco Opera debut PTompteT Philip Eisenberg Supe-rtitles San Francisco Opera's 1999 Ring Festival is dedicated to the memory of the Jerry Sherk late Terence A. McEwen, Company general director trom 1982 to 1988. Francesca Zambello Assistant Stage DiTeetors Gina Lapinski Kristine McIntyre ACTr Mime's dwelling Stage Manager INTERMISSION Theresa Ganley Scenery constructed in ACTrr Outside Fafner's cave San Francisco Opera Scenic Smdios Cosmmes executed by INTERMISSION San Francisco Opera Cosmme Shop First performance: ACTm Scene 1 A barren field , August 16, 1876 Scene 2 A remote mountaintop First San Francisco Opera performance: November 6,1935 SUNDAY, JUNE 13 AT 1:00 TUESDAY,JUNE 22 AT 6:30 Latecomen will not be seated dUl'ing tbe petfomtance afteT the ligbts bave dimmed. SATURDAY, JUNE 26 AT 6:30 / Tbe use ofcameras, cellular pbones and any kind ofrecording equipment is strictly fOrbidden. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 AT 6:30 '. Tbe peifornzance will last approximately four bOU1'S and fifty minutes.

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA 1999 RING FESTIVAL PERFORMING ARTS 21 This production, originally from Grand Theatre de Geneve and owned by San Francisco Opera, is sponsored, in part, by generous gifts from The Bernard Osher Foundation, the L.J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, Lorna Talb~t, and the Estate of Siegfried Puknat.

Opera in one act by RICHARD WAGNER Text by the composer Der Fliegende Hollander (in German)

Conductor Michael Boder** Original Production CAST and Set Designer (in order of appearance) Pierre Strosser* Stage Director Stephen Taylor** Daland Franz Hawlata Costume Designer Victor von Halem (10/21, 25) Patrice Cauchetier* The Steersman Raymond Very Original Lighting Design Joel Hourbeigt* The Dutchman James Morris Lighting Realized by Christian Pinaud* Mary Josepha Gayer Sound Designer Senta Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet RogerGans Erik G6sta Winbergh Chorus Director .~ Ian Robertson Sailors, villagers Musical Preparation Marilyn Barnett* Susanna Lemberskaya **United States opera debut *San Francisco Opera debut Peter Grunberg Ian Robertson Ernest Fredric Knell Kathleen Kelly Prompter Kathleen Kelly Supertitles Part I The coast of Norway Christopher Bergen Part II A room in Daland's house Assistant Stage Directors Part III The coast near Daland's house GiniOl Lapinski Kristine McIntyre Stage Manager Theresa Ganley

First performance: , January 2,1843

First San Francisco Opera performance: October 5,1954

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 AT 8:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT 8:00 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 AT 7:~~ SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12 AT 2:00 V Latecomers will not be seated during the performance after the lights have dimmed. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 8:00 The use of cameras, cellular phones and any kind of recording equipment is strictly forbidden. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 AT 8:00 The performance will last approximately two and one-half hours without intermission. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 AT 7:30 2:1. :1.997-98 Season New Production Opera in three acts by RICHARD WAGNER Text by the composer (in German) Conductor CAST Donald Runnicles (in order of appearance) Production Laurie Feldman The King's Herald David Okerlundt Set Designer Zack Brown Heinrich der Vogler Jan-Hendrik Rootering Costume Designer Friedrich von Telramund Tom Fox Peter J. Hall Ortrud Lighting Designer Thomas J. Munn Elsa von Brabant Sound Designer Lohengrin Ben Heppner Roger Gans Chris Merritt (10/6, 12) Chorus Director Ian Robertson Nobles of Brabant Benoit Boutet Stuart Skeltont Musical Preparation John Autryt Adelle Eslinger John Relyeat Susanna Lemberskaya Peter Grunberg Gottfried von Brabant John Melis Kathleen Kelly /-- Joyce Fieldsend Saxon and Brabantian nobles, bridesmaids, pages, attendants Ernest Fredric Knell Supertitles Christopher Bergen t1996 Adler Fellow Assistant Stage Directors Zoe Pappas Paula Williams Stage Manager TIME AND PLACE: Early 10th-century Theresa Ganley ACT I Fight Consultant On the banks of the river ScheIdt Larry Henderson Scenery constructed in INTERMISSION San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios ACT II Scene 1 The courtyard of the palace Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Scene 2 The front of the church Costume Shop INTERMISSION First performance: , August 28, 1850 ACT III First San Francisco Opera Scene 1 The bridal chamber of the palace performance: Scene 2 On the banks of the river ScheIdt September 14, 1931

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 AT 7:00 Latecomers will not be seated during the performance after the lights have dimmed. ,_ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 AT 7:00 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT 7:00 The use of cameras, cellular phones SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 AT 1:00 f and any kind of recording equipment is strictly forbidden. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9AT 7:00 The performance will last approximately four and one-half hours. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 AT 7:00

1996-97 Season 17 LOS ANGELES MUSIC CENTER OPERA Peter Hemmings, General Director

Saturday, September 9,1995, at 7:30 pm Tuesday, September 12, 1995, at 7:30 pm.\,/' Friday, September 15, 1995, at 7:30 pm Monday, September 18, 1995, at 7:30 pm Thursday, September 21, 1995, at 7:30 pm Sunday, September 24, 1995, at 1 pm 1. A. Opera Orchestra & Chorus Wednesday, September 27,1995, at 7:30 pm Musical Preparation: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion William Lumpkin, Brent McMunn, New Co-Production with I Mark Robson • Houston Grand Opera and ; Assistant Director: j Christopher Harlan I Assistant ChoreographerI Casting Consultant for Dancers: The Flying Dutchma~ Tony Selzniek Supertitles: David Anglin

Richard Wagner Pre-performance speaker: Christopher Hailey

Opera in Three Acts First performance: Music and Libretto by Royal Saxon Court Theatre, Dresden, January 2,1843. Richard Wagner First U.S. performance: Philadelphia (in Italian), Conductor Asher Fisch November 8, 1876. Director Julie Taymor Set Designer George Tsypin These are the first performances by L.A. Opera. Costume Designer Constance Hoffman Lighting Designer PaulPyant There will be no intermissions. The Choreographer Daniel Ezralow performance will last approximately Chorus Master William Vendice 2 hours, 24 minutes.

Set construction and painting by CAST RA. Reed Productions, Inc. Portland, (in order of vocal appearance) Oregon. Projections by Personal Creations, Marc Rosenthal, Producer. Daland Louis Lebherz 1..-­ Flying by Branam Enterprises. Wigs The Steersman Greg Feddedy, by the L.A. Opera Wig Department. The Dutchman Franz Grundheber Costumes constructed by Los Angeles Music Center Opera Mary Suzanna Guzman Costume Shop. Spindle Ladies Senta Ealynn Voss k-­ constructed by San Francisco Opera Erik Frederic Kalt \~ Costume Shop. Principal Millinery and Bonnets by HARRY HATZ. Ladies' Boat Hats by EuroCo.

Latecomers will be seated at the dis­ cretion of the management. The use Funded by a generous grant from ! of cameras and recording equipment The Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation ! is strictly prohibited. Please turn off l all alarms and watches.

P-16 New Production This production is made possible by a generous gift from Mr. and Mrs. Evert B. Person Opera in three acts by RICHARD WAGNER Text by the composer ( version)

Conductor Tannhatlser Donald Runnicles (in German) Production Lotfi Mansouri Designer Gerard Howland CAST (in order of appearance) Costume Designer Walter Mahoney Venus Catherine Keen Tannhiiuser Wolfgang Schmidt* Lighting Designer Thomas J. Munn ;Shepherd James Locke Landgraf Hermann Victor von Halem* Chorus Director Walther von der Vogelweide Stephen Guggenheim Ian Robertson Biterolf Daniel Sumegit Choreographer Heinrich der Schreiber Gary Rideout Michael Smuin Reinmar von Zweter Scott Wilde Musical Preparation Jorma Hynninen Joyce Fieldsend Elisabeth Deborah Voigt Robert Morrison Pages Pamela Dillard, Dallas lane, ,.-,,>, delle Eslinger .thleen Kelly Sue Ellen Scheppke, Shelley Seitz Peter Grunberg * San Francisco Opera debut Philip Eisenberg t 1994 Adler Fellow Prompter Ballet soloists: Philip Eisenberg Evelyn Cisne~os (Courtesy of San Francisco Ballet) Assistant Stage Director McU-io Alonzo, Charles Torres Sandra Bernhard Corps de Ballet Stage Manager Theresa Ganley TIME AND PLACE Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios ACT I Scene 1 Venusberg Scene 2 A mountain valley in spring Costumes executed by INTERMISSION San Francisco Opera Costume Shop ACT II The Hall of Song First performance: INTERMISSION Dresden, October 19, 1845 Paris, March 13, 1861 ACT III Amountain valley in autumn First San Francisco Opera performance September 23, 1930 Supertitles by Christopher Bergen, San Francisco Opera. Supertitles for Tannhiiuser are made possible by an anonymous donor. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 AT 7:30 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 AT 7:30 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 7:30 Latecomers will not be seated during the performance after the lights have dimmed. .-""-~ JNDAY, OCTOBER 23 AT 1:30 ~nd -::DNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 AT 7:30 The use of cameras, cellular phones any kind of recording equipment is strictly forbidden. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 AT 7:30 The performan~ will las! approximately four hours. WEDNESDAY} NOVEMBER 2 AT 7~30

1994 Season 25 92e REPRESENTATION SAMEDI 4 JUILLET 1981 A21H

ADMINISTRATEUR GENERAL BERNARD LEFORT LE VAISSEAU FANTOME (DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER)

OPERA ROMANTIQUE EN TROIS AC;FES PAROLES ET MUSIQUE DE RICHARD WAGNER

DIRECTION MUSICALE: MISE EN SCENE: JEAN-CLAUDERIBER DECORS ET COSTUMES: PIER-LUIGI PIZZI DECORS ET COSTUMES DE L'OPERA DE GENEVE

DISTRIBUTION

LE HOLLANDAIS ERIK SENTA LE PILOTE NORBERT ORTH DALAND PETER MEVEN MARY ANNA RINGART

CHEF DES CHOEURS JEAN LAFORGE

ASSISTANT POUR LA MISE EN SCENE BERNARD HABERMEYER

CHEFS DE CHANT SIMONE BLANC - DOMINIQUE MY