San Francisco War Memorial 2002-2003 Page 1 of 2 Assn. Opera House

Ariadne auf Naxos (in German)

Opera in two acts by Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Conductor CAST Jun Märkl The Music Teacher Theodore Baerg Production The Major-domo Frank Hoffmann John Cox A lackey Brad Alexander Designer An officer Brian Anderson Robert Perdziola The Composer Claudia Mahnke Lighting Designer The Tenor (Bacchus) Thomas Moser Duane Schuler A Wigmaker Hugh Russell Musical Preparation Zerbinetta Laura Claycomb* John Churchwell The Prima Donna (Ariadne) Deborah Voigt Carol Isaac The Ballet Master Jonathan Green Philip Kuttner Naiade Saundra DeAthos John Parr Joyce Fieldsend Dryade Jane Gilbert Peter Grunberg Echo Kristin Clayton Prompter Arlecchino Daniel Belcher Jonathan Khuner Truffaldino John Ames Supertitles Scaramuccio Kevin Conners Philip Kuttner Brighella Greg Fedderly Assistant Stage Director Kathleen Smith Sam Helfrich *Role debut †U.S. opera debut Stage Manager PLACE AND TIME: Late 17th-century Vienna Barbara Donner

Monday, September 9 2002, at 8:00 PM PROLOGUE: A small private theater attached to the palace of a major sponsor Thursday, September 12 2002, at 7:30 PM THE OPERA: On the Greek island of Naxos Saturday, September 14 2002, at 8:00 PM Saturday, September 21 2002, at 8:00 PM Thursday, September 26 2002, at 8:00 PM Sunday, September 29 2002, at 2:00 PM San Francisco War Memorial 2002-2003 Ariadne auf Naxos Page 2 of 2 Opera Assn. Opera House

Sponsors: The performance of September 12th is sponsored by Guild/East Bay Chapter

Notes: Production owned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago made possible, in part, by a generous gift from an anonymous donor.

SUPERNUMERARIES

Andrea Kohlruss Kimberly Thompson

Trey Alonso John Brown Joe Giammarco Charlie Lichtman Oliver Pollard Louis Schilling Don Stoddard