San Francisco War Memorial 2009-2010Die Walküre The Valkyrie Page 1 of 2 Opera Assn. Opera House
The Ring of the Nibelung is made possible, in part, by the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation, Roberta and David Elliott, Kristina Flanagan, Mary and Nicholas Graves, John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn, The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund, Betty and Jack Shafer, two anonymous sponsors, and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Die Walküre (in German)
Opera in three acts by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen -- Part I
Conductor CAST Donald Runnicles Sieglinde Eva-Maria Westbroek Director Siegmund Christopher Ventris Francesca Zambello Hunding Raymond Aceto Set designer Wotan Mark Delavan Michael Yeargan Brünnhilde Nina Stemme* Costume Designer Fricka Janina Baechle Catherine Zuber Gerhilde Wendy Bryn Harmer Lighting Designer Helmwige Tamara Wapinsky Mark McCullough Waltraute Daveda Karanas Projection Designer Schwertleite Suzanne Hendrix Jan Hartley Ortlinde Molly Fillmore Projection Associate Siegrune Maya Lahyani S. Katy Tucker Grimgerde Pamela Dillard Choreographer Rossweisse Priti Gandhi Lawrence Pech . Musical Preparation Adelle Eslinger *Role debut †U.S. opera debut Paul Harris PLACE AND TIME: (not specified) Bryndon Hassman John Parr Dennis Doubin Assistant conductor Eric Weimer Prompter Jonathan Khuner Associate Director Christian Räth Assistant Director Sarah Meyers Morgan Robinson Stage Manager Rachel C. Henneberry Costume supervisor Christopher Verdosci Wig and Makeup Designer Gerd Mairandres Production Super Captain Paul Szczesiul
Thursday, June 10 2010, at 7:00 PM Act I Sunday, June 13 2010, at 1:00 PM Intermission Saturday, June 19 2010, at 7:00 PM Act II Tuesday, June 22 2010, at 7:00 PM Intermission Friday, June 25 2010, at 7:00 PM Act III Wednesday, June 30 2010, at 7:00 PM San Francisco War Memorial 2009-2010Die Walküre The Valkyrie Page 2 of 2 Opera Assn. Opera House
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Notes: Co-production with Washington National Opera
SUPERNUMERARIES
Jim Baaden Roderick Chow Joseph Giammarco Paul Goetz Robert Hoyer Doug Spradlin Christopher Smith Paul Szczesiul Craig Chapler Weldon Frank Zepeda Paul Ziller