LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Duma’s play La Dame aux Camélias
Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice – 6 March 1853

06 October 1957

Memorial Theater, Sacramento

Conductor: Glauco Curiel

Chorus master: Gianni Lazzarini

Stage director: Paul Hager

Scene and costumes: Goldstein & Co.
Choreographer: William Christensen

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta GIANNI RAIMONDI tenor

Giorgio Germont his father ROBERT MERRILL baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo MURRAY KENIG baritone
Marchese d’Obigny HARVE PRESNELL bass
Dr. Grenvil CARL PALANGI bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta WILLIAM L. BOOTH tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend JAN MCART mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid KATHERINE HILGENBERG soprano
Messenger WINTHER ANDERSEN tenor
Majordomo MAX LORENZINI baritone
Solo dancers SALLY BAILET, DIRK CARTER, ROCKY DREW

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

THE SACRAMENTO BEE                                         

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THE SACRAMENTO UNION                                     

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THE SACRAMENTO BEE                                

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PONY EXPRESS                                            

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THE SACRAMENTO BEE                                

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THE RIVER NEWS HERALD                             

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THE FOLSOM TELEGRAF                                             

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SAN JUAN RECORD                                       

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THE SACRAMENTO BEE                                

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THE SACRAMENTO UNION                            

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THE SACRAMENTO BEE                                

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THE SACRAMENTO UNION                            

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THE SACRAMENTO BEE                          

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THE SACRAMENTO UNION                            

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OPERA NEWS                                         

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LA GIOCONDA       

Amilcare Ponchielli (1934 - 1886)  

Opera in four acts in Italian

Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Premièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 8 April 1876

24 September 1967                                    

Memorial Theater, Sacramento

Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè

Chorus master: Vincenzo Giannini

Stage director: Lotfi Mansouri

Designer: Eugene B. Dunkel
Costumes: Golstein & Co.
Choreographer: Thomas Andrew

La Gioconda a ballad singer LEYLA GENCER soprano

La Cieca her blind mother MAUREEN FORRESTER mezzo-soprano
Alvise Badoero one of the heads of the State Inquisitions ARA BERBERIAN bass
Laura his wife GRACE BUMBRY mezzo-soprano
Enzo Grimaldo RENATO CIONI tenor
Barnaba a spy of the Inquisition CHESTER LUDGIN baritone
Zuane a boat man ALLAN MONK bass
Isepo a public letter-writer L. D. CLEMENTS tenor
A monk CLIFFORD GRANT
A steersman RICHARD STYLES
First singer JOHN BEAUCHAMP
Second singer WILLIAN BOOTH
A voice JONATHAN HUIE – EUGENE LAWRENCE

Solo dancers

SANDRA BALESTRACCI
DAVID COLL
DIANA MARKS
JOAN DE VERE

Time: Seventeenth Century

Place: Venice

THE SACRAMENTO BEE

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THE MODESTO BEE

1967.08.27

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1967.09.12

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OROVILLE MERCURY REGISTER

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THE SACRAMENTO BEE

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