Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Antonio Somma Based on a libretto by Eugene Scribe for Daniel Auber’s opera Gustave III, ou Le Bal masqué UN BALLO IN MASCHERA A MASKED BALL (Sung in Italian with English supertitles)

Conductor CAST Nicola Luisotti (in order of appearance) Director Jose Maria Condemi Count Horn (Sam) Christian Van Horn Costume Designer Count Ribbing (Tom) Scott Conner* John Conklin Oscar Heidi Stober Lighting Designer Gustavus III, King of Sweden (Riccardo) Ramón Vargas Gary Marder Count Anckarström (Renato) Thomas Hampson Chorus Director Chief Magistrate A.J. Glueckert† Ian Robertson Madame Arvidson (Ulrica) Dolora Zajick Choreographer Lawrence Pech Christian (Silvano) Efraín Solís† Assistant Conductors Amelia’s Servant Christopher Jackson Giuseppe Finzi Amelia Anckarström Julianna Di Giacomo* Vito Lombardi Courtiers, chiefs of staff, deputies, conspirators, inhabitants of the port area Musical Preparation Corps de ballet Bryndon Hassman Tamara Sanikidze *San Francisco Opera debut †Current Adler Fellow John Churchwell Jonathan Khuner TIME AND PLACE: 1792 in Stockholm, Sweden Fabrizio Corona Prompter ACT I Dennis Doubin SCENE 1: Levee in the king’s bedroom Supertitles SCENE 2: Madame Arvidson’s house on the waterfront Philip Kuttner —INTERMISSION— Assistant Stage Directors E. Reed Fisher ACT II Morgan Robinson A lonely field Stage Manager Rachel C. Henneberry —INTERMISSION—

Costume Supervisor ACT III Jai Alltizer SCENE 1: Count Anckarström’s study Wig & Makeup Designer SCENE 2: The king’s box at the opera Jeanna Parham SCENE 3: Inside the Stockholm opera house San Francisco Opera production OCTOBER 2014 The performance will last approximately three hours.