San Francisco War Memorial 1989 Page 1 of 2 Assn. Opera House Summer

San Francisco Opera gratefully acknowledges the generous gift from Ann and Tully Friedman to underwrite this production. Satyagraha (in Sanskrit)

Opera in three acts by Libretto by Philip Glass and Constance De Jong Based on the Bhagavad-Gita

Conductor CAST Bruce Ferden Mohandas Karamchand Douglas Perry Production Prince Arjuna LeRoy Villanueva* David Pountney Lord Krishna Dale Travis* Stage director Miss Schlesen Claudia Cummings* Harry Silverstein Mrs. Naidoo Ann Panagulias* Designer Kasturbai Catherine Keen* Robert Israel Mr. Kallenbach Victor Ledbetter* Lighting Designer Parsi Rustomji Philip Skinner* Mrs. Alexander Emily Manhart* Assistant Lighting Designer Dancers Oberlin Dance Company Claudia Gallagher Chorus Director *Role debut †U.S. opera debut Ian Robertson PLACE AND TIME: 1893-1914; South Africa Choreographer/Assistant Director Clare West Musical Preparation Susan Miller Mark Haffner Jonathan Khuner Assistant Stage Director Paula Williams Stage Manager Jerry Sherk

Saturday, June 3 1989, at 8:00 PM Act I (Tolstoy), Scene 1 -- The Kuru Field of Justice Monday, June 5 1989, at 8:00 PM Scene 2 -- (1910) Wednesday, June 7 1989, at 8:00 PM Scene 3 -- The Vow (1906) Friday, June 9 1989, at 8:00 PM INTERMISSION Sunday, June 11 1989, at 2:00 PM Act II (Tagore), Scene 1 -- Confrontation and Rescue (1896) Scene 2 -- "" (1906) Scene 3 -- Protest (1908) INTERMISSION Act III (King) -- Newcastle March (1913) San Francisco War Memorial 1989 Satyagraha Page 2 of 2 Opera Assn. Opera House Summer

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Notes: Vocal text by Constance De Jong

DANCERS -- OBERLIN DANCE COMPANY

Anna Mae Chesney Julie Kanter Lizanne McAdams Catherine Nelson Lisa Wallgren

Gregory Castillian Michael J. Denham Francis Everette Arturo Fernandez Ney Fonseca Jeffrey Freedman Karim Karim Scott Meyers Charles Trapolin

SUPERNUMERARIES

Matt Miller -- Manoj Kumar Sen -- Tony McIntosh -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Danny Deixler Kyle Glankler Sharon Papo Bina Zaitsu