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CONCERT – SAN FRANCISCO

War Memorial Opera House

19† November 1978

The Anniversary Gala

Celebration of the Gold & Silver Jubilees of

Kurt Hebert Adler

Masters of Ceremonies

Dorothy Kirsten, Regina Resnik, Lotfi Mansouri, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sir Geraint Evans, Terry McEwen, Walter Slezak

Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer Overture

Silvio Varviso conductor

Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Prize Song

Spas Wenkoff tenor
Silvio Varviso conductor

Charpentier Louise Depuis le jour

Dorothy Kirsten soprano
John Pritchard conductor

Mozart Così fan tutte In uomini, in soldati

Graziella Sciutti soprano
John Pritchard conductor

Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro Aprite un po' quegli occhi

Cesare Siepi bass
John Pritchard conductor

Leoncavallo Pagliacci Vesti la giubba

James McCracken tenor
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera Morrò, ma prima in grazia

Lucine Amara soprano
Janos Ferencsik conductor

Giordano Andrea Chénier Nemico della patria

Louis Quilico baritone
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor

Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel Childrens' prayer

San Francisco Boys Chorus
Calvin Simmons conductor

Monteverdi L'Incoronazione di Poppea Pur ti miro

Carol Vaness soprano
Barry McCauley tenor
John Pritchard conductor

Verdi Ernani Ernani, Ernani involami

Leona Mitchell soprano
Calvin Simmons conductor

Gruber, Mei' Muatterl war a' Wienerin

Walter Berry bass-baritone
Janos Ferencsik conductor

Verdi Macbeth Vieni, t'affretta!

Gwyneth Jones soprano
Richard Bradshaw conductor

Verdi Nabucco Va, pensiero sull'ali dorate
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Richard Bradshaw conductor

Verdi Nabucco Del futuro nel buio discerno

Giorgio Tozzi baritone
Richard Bradshaw conductor

Brodiceanu, Pe sub flori ma leganai

Brodiceanu, S'a dus cucul de p' 'aici
Ileana Cotrubas soprano
Philip Eisenberg piano

Mussorgsky, Song of the flea

Nicola Rossi-Lemeni bass
Calvin Simmons conductor

Leoncavallo Pagliacci Silvio, a quest'ora

Mary Costa soprano
Allan Monk baritone
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor

Donizetti Al dolce guidami.... Coppia iniqua Anna Bolena

Leyla Gencer soprano

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor

Anonymous, A new work
Regina Resnik mezzo-soprano
Calvin Simmons conductor

Giordano Fedora Amor ti vieta

Giacomo Aragall tenor
Calvin Simmons conductor

Lehár Giuditta Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss

Leonie Rysanek soprano
Janos Ferencsik conductor

Verdi Rigoletto Cortigiani, vil razza dannata

Ingvar Wixell baritone
Silvio Varviso conductor

Strauss Die Aegyptische Helena Zweite Brautnacht

Leontyne Price soprano
Janos Ferencsik conductor

Verdi Aida Finale, Triumphal Scene

Gwyneth Jones soprano, Irene Dalis mezzo-soprano, James McCracken tenor,
Chester Ludgin baritone, Giorgio Tozzi bass, Alexander Malta bass
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor

Not listed in the program were "honoured guests" who did not perform, but were introduced on stage: Licia Albanese, Lorenzo Alvary, Frances Bible, Heinz Blankenburg, Inge Borkh, Sona Cervena, Irene Dalis, Howard Fried, Colin Harvey, Hans Hotter, Frederick Jagel, Raymond Manton, Donna Petersen, Florence Quartararo, Stella Roman, Bidú Sayão, Giulietta Simionato, Blanche Thebom, Claramae Turner, Ramon Vinay

In the audience were: San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, Roger L. Stevens, Chairman of the Kennedy Centre, Livingston Biddle, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts

† Recording date

Photo © IRA NOWINSKI, San Francisco

LETTER TO LEYLA GENCER REGARDING CONCERT

29.08.1978

LETTER TO LEYLA GENCER REGARDING CONCERT

15.11.1978

LETTER TO LEYLA GENCER REGARDING CONCERT

06.12.1978

A TELEGRAM TO LEYLA GENCER REGARDING CONCERT

06.12.1978

OPERA MAGAZINE

1978 June

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1978.06.10

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER

1978.07.02

THE PENINSULA TIMES TRIBUNE

1978.07.02

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1978.10.30

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER

1978.10.30

PITTSBURGH POST

1978.11.12

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER

1978.11.12

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1978.11.17

THE PENINSULA TIMES TRIBUNE

1978.11.20

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1978.11.21

THE PENINSULA TIMES TRIBUNE

1978.12.12

Recording Excerpts

1978.11.19 Donizetti Al dolce guidami Coppia iniqua Anna Bolena [TV Presentation]

1978.11.19 Donizetti Al dolce guidami Coppia iniqua Anna Bolena [Radio Presentation]

TURANDOT

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Opera three acts in Italian

Libretto: Adami & Simoni based on Gozzi’s fable

Premièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 25 April 1926

05 November 1957

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Chorus Master: Gianni Lazzari
Stage director: Carlo Piccinato
Choreographer: William Christensen
Costumes: Goldstein & Co.
Stage director and setting: Harry Horner

Princess Turandot Princess of China LEONIE RYSANEK soprano
The Emperor Altoum Emperor of China HOWARD FRIED tenor
Timur dethroned Tartar king NICOLA MOSCONA bass
Prince Calaf his son, the unknown prince EUGENE TOBIN tenor
Liù a young slave LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Ping grand chancellor HEINZ BLAKENBURG baritone
Pang general purveyor VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
Pong chief cook CESARE CURZI tenor
A Mandarin CARL PALANGI baritone
First Lady-in-waiting YVONNE CADWALLADER
Second Lady-in-waiting DONNA PETERSEN
Prince of Persia JULIEN HERRIN
Voice of Prince of Persia DALE MALONE

Time: Antiquity

Place: Beijing, China

Photos © MARIA JEANETTE, San Francisco

LOS ANGELES EVENING CITIZEN NEWS

1957.10.04

OPERA NEWS

1957.10.14

LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.11.05

LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.11.06

PRESS-TELEGRAM

1957.11.07

INDEPENDENT

1957.11.07

LOS ANGELES TIMES

1957.11.07

MUSICAL AMERICA

1957.12.01

MESSA DA REQUIEM

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Premièr

Chiesa di San Marco, Milano

22 May 1874

12, 15 August 1964

Teatro Municipal, Rio De Janeiro

II. FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MUSICA E DANÇA

Orquestra e Coro Do Teatro Municipal

Francesco Molinari Pradelli conductor

Norberto Mola chorus master

Leyla Gencer soprano

Adriana Lazzarini mezzo-soprano

Flaviano Labo tenor
Cesare Siepi bass

C A N C E L L E D

Gencer signed a contract for Otello with del Monaco for five performances. Unfortunately, after having a traffic accident, del Monaco cancelled his participation. As Gencer had a contract, Teatro Municipal drop Otello and offered her three performances of La Traviata and two concert perrformances of Verdi's Requiem. Gencer performed first two Traviatas but then she cancelled her last Traviata performances as well as Requiem concerts due to her illness.