Mefistofele Cast Synopsis_Synopsis 8/27/13 11:02 AM Page 2
Conductor Opera in four acts by Arrigo Boito Nicola Luisotti Libretto by the composer, after the epic drama Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Production Robert Carsen Revival Director MEFISTOFELE Laurie Feldman MEPHISTOPHELES Designer Michael Levine (Sung in Italian with English supertitles) Lighting Designer Gary Marder* CAST based on lighting design by (in order of appearance) Duane Schuler Mefistofele Ildar Abdrazakov Chorus Director Faust Ramón Vargas Ian Robertson Wagner Chuanyue Wang*† Choreographer Alphonse Poulin Adam Luke Lazzaro* Dance Master Eve Brook Broughton Lawrence Pech Margherita Patricia Racette Assistant Conductor Marta Erin Johnson† Giuseppe Finzi Elena Patricia Racette Musical Preparation Marina Harris† (9/14, 17, 29) John Churchwell Bryndon Hassman Pantalis Renée Rapier† Jonathan Kelly Nereo Chuanyue Wang*† Joseph Marcheso Celestial choir, cherubim; townspeople; witches, warlocks; people of Greece Fabrizio Corona Raymond Fabrizio Corps de ballet Prompter *San Francisco Opera debut †Current Adler Fellow Dennis Doubin Supertitles PROLOGUE Philip Kuttner In Heaven Assistant Stage Directors Roy Rallo ACT I Shawna Lucey Scene 1: Easter Sunday Scene 2: The Pact Stage Manager Darin Burnett —INTERMISSION— Costume Supervisor Jai Alltizer ACT II Wig and Makeup Designer Scene 1: The Garden Gerd Mairandres Scene 2: Walpurgis Night Projection Image Developer S. Katy Tucker ACT III The Death of Margherita
Production co-owned by San Francisco —INTERMISSION— Opera and the Metropolitan Opera ACT IV Classical Walpurgis Night FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 AT 8 PM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 AT 7:30 PM EPILOGUE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AT 8 PM The Death of Faust TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 AT 7:30 PM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 AT 8 PM Latecomers will not be seated during the performance after the lights have dimmed. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 AT 8 PM The use of cameras, cellular phones and any kind of recording equipment is strictly forbidden. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 AT 2 PM PLEASE TURN OFF AND REFRAIN FROM USING ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 AT 7:30 PM The performance will last approximately three hours, fifteen minutes.
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