Die Fledermaus 1959
The spirit of fin de siècle Vienna…
…concocted into a delicious froth by the “Waltz King”.
Synopsis
Act I
From the street outside the Eisenstein residence, drifts the voice of Alfred as he serenades his old flame, Rosalinda, Eisenstein’s wife. The maid, Adele, who has received an invitation to a masked ball, asks Rosalinda for an evening off, pretending that she is needed by an ailing aunt. Rosalinda, who has heard Alfred’s serenade, is much too preoccupied to pay attention to Adele. Eisenstein and his
lawyer, Dr. Blind, now come in from a session at court during which Eisenstein has received a jail sentence for having struck a policeman. Dr. Falke turns up with a suggestion that Eisenstein postpone his imprisonment for a few hours in order to attend Prince Orlovsky’s ball, unknown to his wife. Rosalinda and Adele bid farewell to Eisenstein who goes off to jail in full dress. He is hardly out of the house when Alfred returns with his protestations of undying love. The tête-a-tête is interrupted by the jail warden, Frank, who mistakes Alfred for Eisenstein. Rosalinda persuades Alfred to take her husband’s place and he is led off to jail.
Act II
The party at Prince Orlovsky’s is in full swing. The Prince welcomes his guests and exhorts them to drink and enjoy themselves. Adele, dressed in one of Rosalinda’s gowns, is recognized by Eisenstein who has arrived with Dr. Falke, and who is introduced as the Marquis Renard. Frank, the prison warden, also arrives as a guest. Eisenstein does not recognize his own wife when she enters disguised as a Hungarian countess. She excites his curiosity and he tries to flirt with her but only succeeds in losing his watch. As the entertainment and the drinking progress, Eisenstein suddenly realizes that it is time to leave for prison and the act ends as he and Frank help each other through the door.
Act III
Frosch, the jailer, is amusing himself by drinking. Frank, quite inebriated himself, arrives from the party and tries to get some sleep but is awakened by Frosch who insists on giving his daily report. Adele, looking for financial support from Frank whom she had met at the party, arrives to demonstrate to him her skill as an actress. Eisenstein arrives to begin his prison sentence and is amused to discover that Frank is the prison warden. Rosalinda hurries to the jail to rescue Alfred and is fooled when Eisenstein disguises himself as a lawyer. Although Eisenstein is enraged when he learns that Alfred has flirted with his wife, she counters by displaying the watch which she had taken from him at the ball. Falke explains that he engineered the entire situation as “The Revenge of the Bat” and all hurt feelings are restored.
Artists
Saramae Endich
Soprano
Rosalinda
Saramae Endich
Hometown: Steubenville, OH
SFO Debut:
Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, 1958
Past Seasons:
Countess Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro, 1967
Lady, Cardillac, 1967
Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, 1963
Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, 1962
The Virgin, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1962
Constanze, Abduction from the Seraglio, 1959
Rosalinda, Die Fledermaus, 1959
Mistress Alice Ford, Falstaff, 1958
Peter Binder
Baritone
Eisenstein
Peter Binder
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
SFO Debut:
Prince Yamadori, Madame Butterfly, 1957
Past Seasons:
Dandini, Cinderella, 1960
Germont, La traviata, 1960 (July 20 – 30)
Giuseppe Palmiere, The Gondoliers, 1960
Figaro, The Barber of Seville, 1959 (July 22 – 24)
Prince Yamadori, Madame Butterfly, 1959
Rochford, Anna Bolena, 1959
Eisenstein, Die Fledermaus, 1959
Dandini, Cinderella, 1958
Ford, Falstaff, 1958
Guglielmo, Così fan tutte, 1958
Harlequin, Ariadne auf Naxos, 1957
Joash, The Tower, 1957
Figaro, The Barber of Seville, 1957
Guglielmo, Così fan tutte, 1957
Regina Sarfaty
Mezzo-soprano
Prince Orlofsky (June 24 - July 3)
Regina Sarfaty
Hometown: Rochester, NY
SFO Debut:
Suzuki, Madame Butterfly, 1957
Past Seasons:
Agave, The Bassarids, 1968
Carmen, Carmen, 1967 (July 1 – 15)
Carmen, Carmen, 1961
Regina Giddens, Regina, 1959 (August 8)
Suzuki, Madame Butterfly, 1959 (July 8 – 17)
Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus, 1959 (June 24 – July 3)
Jane Seymour, Anna Bolena, 1959
Nelly, Wuthering Heights, 1958
Mistress Meg Page, Falstaff, 1958
Dorabella, Così, fan tutte, 1958
Clairon, Capriccio, 1958
Tabitha, The Tower, 1957
Baba the Turk, The Rake’s Progress, 1957
Berta, The Barber of Seville, 1957
Dryad, Ariadne auf Naxos, 1957
Elaine Bonazzi
Mezzo-soprano
Prince Orlofsky (August 7 - 18)
Elaine Bonazzi
SFO Debut:
Mrs. Linton, Wuthering Heights, 1958
Past Seasons:
Mrs. Peachum, The Beggar’s Opera, 1992
Herodias, Salome, 1976
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1976 (August 12 – 18)
Old Woman, Yerma, 1971
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1971
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1971
Herodias, Salome, 1967
Baba the Turk, The Rake’s Progress, 1966
Countess Geschwitz, Lulu, 1964
La Chatte\ La tasse Chinoise\ La Libellule, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Zita, Gianni Schicci, 1964
Carmen, Carmen, 1964 (July 18 – 25)
Countess Geschwitz, Lulu, 1963
La Chatte\ La tasse Chinoise\ La Libellule, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Death, Le Rossignol, 1963
St. Catherine, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963
Herodias, Salome, 1962
Baba the Turk, The Rake’s Progress, 1962
Mother, Mavra, 1962
Death, Le Rossignol, 1962
Mrs. Pick, News of the Day, 1961
Baba the Turk, The Rake’s Progress, 1960
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1960
Duchess of Plaza-Toro, The Gondoliers, 1960
Zita, Gianni Schicci, 1960
Thisbe, Cinderella, 1960
Regina Giddens, Regina, 1959 (July 29 – 31)
Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus, 1959 (August 7 – 18)
Smeaton, Anna Bolena, 1959
Thisbe, Cinderella, 1958
Charles Anthony
Tenor
Alfred (June 24 - July 3)
Charles Anthony
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
SFO Debut:
Alfred, Die Fledermaus, 1959 (June 24 – July 3)
Past Seasons:
Rodolfo, La bohėme, 1961
Pinkerton, Madame Butterfly, 1959 (July 8 – 17)
Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville, 1959 (July 22 – 24)
Nico Castel
Tenor
Alfred (August 7 - 18)
Nico Castel
Hometown: Lisbon, Portugal
SFO Debut:
Fenton, Falstaff, 1958
Past Seasons:
John Styx, Orpheus in the Underworld, 1985
Don Curzio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1985
John Styx, Orpheus in the Underworld, 1983
A Notary, Don Pasquale, 1983
First Jew, Salome, 1967
Don Basilio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1967
Alfred, Die Fledermaus, 1959 (August 7 – 18)
Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville, 1959 (August 1 – 17)
Pedrillo, Abduction from the Seraglio, 1959
An Italian Tenor, Capriccio, 1958
Joseph, Wuthering Heights, 1958
Mildred Allen
Soprano
Adele (June 24 - July 3)
Mildred Allen
Hometown: Mississippi
SFO Debut:
Madame Butterfly, Madame Butterfly, 1957 (August 22 – 28)
Past Seasons:
Mimi, La bohème, 1967 (July 29 – August 26)
Micaela, Carmen, 1967
Madame Butterfly, Madame Butterfly, 1965
Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
Costanza, The Stag King, 1965
Zerlina, Don Giovanni, 1963
Madame Butterfly, Madame Butterfly, 1963
St. Margaret, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963
La Chauve-Souris/La Princesse, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro, 1960
Anne, The Rake’s Progress, 1960
Madame Butterfly, Madame Butterfly, 1959
Adele, Die Fledermaus, 1959 (June 24 – July 3)
Alexandra Giddens, Regina, 1959
Mimi, La bohème, 1958
Despina, Così fan tutte, 1958
Nanetta, Falstaff, 1958
Isabella, Wuthering Heights, 1958
Reri Grist
Soprano
Adele (August 7 - 18)
Reri Grist
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Blonde, Abduction from the Seraglio, 1959
Past Seasons:
Adele, Die Fledermaus, 1959 (August 7 – 18)
Rolf Sander
Tenor
Dr. Blind
Rolf Sander
Hometown: Frankfurt, Germany
SFO Debut:
Bardolf, Falstaff, 1958
Past Seasons:
Valzacchi, Der Rosenkavalier, 1961
Alcindoro, La bohėme, 1961
Basilio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1961
Shepherd, Oedipus Rex, 1961
Gherardo, Gianni Schicchi, 1960
Basilio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1960
Shepherd, Oedipus Rex, 1960
Spoletta, Tosca, 1960
Lord Harvey, Anna Bolena, 1959
Fiorello, The Barber of Seville, 1959
Dr. Blind, Die Fledermaus, 1959
Goro, Madame Butterfly, 1959
Monsieur Taupe, Capriccio, 1958
Robert Trehy
Baritone
Dr. Falke
Robert Trehy
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Marcello/ Schaunard, La bohėme, 1958
Past Seasons:
Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro, 1961
Marcello, La bohėme, 1961
Horace Tabor, The Ballad of Baby Doe, 1961
Luiz, The Gondoliers, 1960 (June 22 – July 1)
Duke of Plaza-Toro, The Gondoliers, 1960 (July 16 – August 19)
Germont, La traviata, 1960 (June 29 – July 8)
Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro, 1960
Dr. Falke, Die Fledermaus, 1959
Sharpless, Madame Butterfly, 1959 (July 25 – August 12)
Figaro, The Barber of Seville, 1959 (August 1 – 17)
Oscar Hubbard, Regina, 1959
The Count, Capriccio, 1958
Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights, 1958
Robert Rue
Baritone
Frank
Robert Rue
Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
SFO Debut:
Sharpless, Madame Butterfly, 1957
Past Seasons:
Frank, Die Fledermaus, 1959
Sharpless, Madame Butterfly, 1959 (July 8 – 17)
Ben Hubbard, Regina, 1959
Olivier, Capriccio, 1958
Sir John Falstaff, Falstaff, 1958
Marcello, La bohėme, 1958
Music Master, Ariadne auf Naxos, 1957
Fiorello, The Barber of Seville, 1957
Nick Shadow, The Rake’s Progress, 1957
Reuel, The Tower, 1957
Roy Lazarus
Bass
Frosch
Roy Lazarus
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
SFO Debut:
Frosch, Die Fledermaus, 1959
Past Seasons:
Selim Pasha, Abduction from the Seraglio, 1959
Bonze, Madame Butterfly, 1959
Horace Giddens, Regina, 1959
Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville, 1959
John Crosby
Conductor
John Crosby
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Madame Butterfly, 1957
Past Seasons:
La traviata, 2002
The Egyptian Helen, 2001
Elektra, 2000
Countess Maritza, 1999
Ariadne auf Naxos, 1999
Madame Butterfly, 1998
Salome, 1998
La traviata, 1997
Arabella, 1997
Madame Butterfly, 1996
Daphne, 1996
Countess Maritza, 1995
Salome, 1995
Tosca, 1994 (July 1 – 15)
Intermezzo, 1994
La bohème, 1993 (July 2 – 16)
Capriccio, 1993
Die Fledermaus, 1992
Der Rosenkavalier, 1992
La traviata, 1991 (June 28 – July 6)
Die schweigsame Frau, 1991
La bohème, 1990
Ariadne auf Naxos, 1990
La traviata, 1989 (June 30 – July 12)
Der Rosenkavalier, 1989
Die Fledermaus, 1988
Feuersnot, 1988
Friedenstag, 1988
Madame Butterfly, 1987
Die schweigsame Frau, 1987
Die Fledermaus, 1986
The Egyptian Helen, 1986
Orpheus in the Underworld, 1985
Die Liebe der Danae, 1985
A Florentine Tragedy, 1984
Violanta, 1984
Intermezzo, 1984
Orpheus in the Underworld, 1983
Arabella, 1983
Die Fledermaus, 1982
Die Liebe der Danae, 1982
La bohème, 1981
Daphne, 1981
La traviata, 1980
Elektra, 1980
The Grand Duchesse of Gerolstein, 1979
Lucia di Lammermoor, 1979
Salome, 1979
Tosca, 1978
Salome, 1978
The Italian Straw Hat, 1977
Fedora, 1977
La traviata, 1976
Salome, 1976
Carmen, 1975
La bohème, 1974
The Grand Duchesse of Gerolstein, 1974
La bohème, 1973
The Merry Widow, 1973
The Grand Duchesse of Gerolstein, 1972
Madame Butterfly, 1972
Salome, 1972
Don Carlo, 1971
The Grand Duchesse of Gerolstein, 1971
La traviata, 1970
Anna Bolena, 1970
Tosca, 1969
Salome, 1969
Madame Butterfly, 1968
La traviata, 1968
Der Rosenkavalier, 1968
Carmen, 1967
La bohème, 1967
Tosca, 1966
Capriccio, 1966
Rigoletto, 1966
La traviata, 1965
Madame Butterfly, 1965
Arabella, 1965
Rigoletto, 1964
Daphne, 1964
La bohème, 1964 (August 22 & 28)
Die Fledermaus, 1963
Madame Butterfly, 1963
Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Salome, 1962
Oedipus Rex, 1962 (and Director)
Perséphone, 1962
Tosca, 1962
Der Rosenkavalier, 1961
La bohème, 1961
The Gondoliers, 1960
Tosca, 1960
Die Fledermaus, 1959
Madame Butterfly, 1959
La bohème, 1958
Wuthering Heights, 1958
Capriccio, 1958
George Mully
Director
George Mully
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Die Fledermaus, 1959
Past Seasons:
Madame Butterfly, 1959
Patton Campbell
Costume Designer
Production Designer
Patton Campbell
Hometown: Omaha, NE
SFO Debut:
Madame Butterfly, 1957 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
Past Seasons:
Tosca, 1969
Così fan tutte, 1969
Der Rosenkavalier, 1968
The Barber of Seville, 1967
The Rake’s Progress, 1966
The Barber of Seville, 1965
Così fan tutte, 1962 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
La bohème, 1961
The Rake’s Progress, 1960
Cinderella, 1960
Regina, 1959
The Barber of Seville, 1959
Abduction From the Seraglio, 1959 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
Madame Butterfly, 1959 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
Anna Bolena, 1959 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
Die Fledermaus, 1959 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
Capriccio, 1958 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
Cinderella, 1958 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
Wuthering Heights, 1958 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
Falstaff, 1958 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
Così fan tutte, 1958 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
La bohème, 1958 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Ariadne auf Naxos, 1957 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
The Tower, 1957 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
La serva padrona, 1957 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
The Barber of Seville, 1957 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
The Rake’s Progress, 1957 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
Così fan tutte, 1957 (Scenic, Costume & Lighting Designer)
Margaret Hillis
Chorus Master
Margaret Hillis
Hometown: Kokomo, IN
SFO Debut:
Chorus Master, Die Fledermaus, 1959
Past Seasons:
Conductor, Regina, 1959
Chorus Master, Anna Bolena, 1959
Chorus Master, Madame Butterfly, 1959
Chorus Master, Abduction from the Seraglio, 1959
Chorus Master, The Barber of Seville, 1959
Die Fledermaus 1959
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