San Francisco War Memorial 2012-2013 Lohengrin Page 1 of 2 Opera Assn. Opera House

Lohengrin (in German)

Opera in three acts by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner

Conductor CAST Nicola Luisotti The King's Herald Brian Mulligan* Director King Heinrich der Vogler Kristinn Sigmundsson Daniel Slater Friedrich von Telramund Gerd Grochowski Production designer Ortrud Petra Lang Robert Innes Hopkins Elsa von Brabant Camilla Nylund Lighting Designer Lohengrin Brandon Jovanovich* Simon Mills Nobles of Brabant Nathaniel Peake Chorus Director Robert Watson Ian Robertson Joo Won Kang Movement Director Ryan Kuster Leah Hausman Gottfried von Brabant Dylan Zorn Fight Director Ivan Kiryakin Jonathan Rider *Role debut †U.S. opera debut Assistant conductor Steven Moore PLACE AND TIME: Musical Preparation John Churchwell Jonathan Kelly Curt Pajer Giuseppe Finzi Dennis Doubin Fabrizio Corona Prompter Jonathan Khuner Supertitles Philip Kuttner Assistant Director Roy Rallo Michelle Magaldi Stage Manager Rachel Henneberry Costume supervisor Christopher Verdosci

Saturday, October 20 2012, at 7:00 PM ACT I Wednesday, October 24 2012, at 7:00 PM - INTERMISSION - Sunday, October 28 2012, at 1:00 PM ACT II Wednesday, October 31 2012, at 7:00 PM - INTERMISSION - Saturday, November 3 2012, at 7:00 PM ACT III Tuesday, November 6 2012, at 7:00 PM Friday, November 9 2012, at 7:00 PM San Francisco War Memorial 2012-2013 Lohengrin Page 2 of 2 Opera Assn. Opera House

Sponsors: This production is made possible, in part, by The Bernard Osher endowment Fund. Nicola Luisotti’s appearance made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, Chairs, Amici di Nicola of Camerata. Additional support for this production provided by Affiliate Sponsors Betty and Jack Schafer.

Notes: A co-production of Houston Grand Opera and Grand Théâtre de Genève

In this production, Gottfried appears in the prelude of the opera as well as at the very end of Act III, and the role is portrayed by two different children in each performance: Dylan Zorn (Act I) and Ivan Kiryakin (Act III). California’s child labor laws state that a child can only rehearse or perform for a maximum of three hours on a school day. Since the production is four hours, 20 minutes, we have divided the duties required of the role.

ONSTAGE HERALD TRUMPETS David Burkhart Scott Macomber John Freeman Jeffrey Lewandowski

SUPERNUMERARIES Dieter Bluhm James Crow Joe Friedman Mike Harvey Larry Severino Valentina Simi Ruby Smith Carlos Suarez Mary Vogt