Le Rossignol 1969
Based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen…
…a nasty Chinese Emperor is reduced to tears and made kind by a small grey bird.
(presented as a double-bill with Help! Help! The Globolinks)
Synopsis
Scene I
By the seaside, a fisherman sits waiting to hear the Nightingale who delights him every night with her song. The Emperor’s cook arrives, with courtiers of the Emperor of China, in search of the Nightingale. When she appears, they offer her a formal invitation to sing for the Emperor at court. Although she will miss her forest, the Nightingale obeys the Emperor’s request, going off to the palace in a procession headed by the cook.
Scene II
The palace of the Emperor is ablaze with lanterns decorated with little flowers. The cook, now Chief-High-Cook, describes to the court the little bird whose singing makes everyone weep. The Emperor arrives, announced by the Chamberlain, and the Nightingale begins to sing. So charmed is the monarch that he offers the bird the Order of the Golden Slipper, but the Nightingale sings only to give pleasure, and refuses the honor. Just then, three envoys from Japan offer the Emperor a mechanical nightingale and as the mechanical song begins, the real nightingale flies away. Insulted that she has flown away, the Emperor banishes her forever.
Scene III
Sometime later, the Emperor is gravely ill. Death sits at the foot of the bed holding the imperial crown and sceptre, and ghosts of the Emperor’s good and bad deeds surround him. The Emperor calls for music and the banished Nightingale answers the call. Even Death is conquered by the loveliness of the song, and when the courtiers arrive, instead of finding the Emperor dead, they find him risen from his bed. As the lyric tale ends, the fisherman bids that all acknowledge, in the song of the Nightingale, the voice of heaven.
Artists
Jeanette Scovatti
Soprano
The Nightingale
Jeanette Scovatti
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Gianetta, The Gondoliers, 1960
Past Seasons:
Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute, 1969
Nightingale, Le Rossignol, 1969
Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor, 1965
Gilda, Rigoletto, 1964
Nightingale, Le Rossignol, 1962
Clorinda, Cinderella, 1960
Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi, 1960
Stuart Burrows
Tenor
The Fisherman
Stuart Burrows
Hometown: Cilfynydd, Wales, United Kingdom
SFO Debut:
Tamino, The Magic Flute, 1968
Past Seasons:
Camille de Rosillon, The Merry Widow, 1973
Fisherman, Le Rossignol, 1973
Tamino, The Magic Flute, 1969
Fisherman, Le Rossignol, 1969
Alfredo, La traviata, 1968 (July 13 – August 22)
Nemorino, The Elixir of Love, 1968 (August 17 – 23)
Doris Yarick
Soprano
The Cook
Doris Yarick
SFO Debut:
Baby Doe, The Ballad of Baby Doe, 1961
Past Seasons:
The Cook, Le Rossignol, 1969
Pamina, The Magic Flute, 1969
Despina, Così fan tutte, 1969
Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro, 1967
Mimi, La bohème, 1967(July 5 – 22)
Daughter of Cardillac, Cardillac, 1967
Anne, The Rake’s Progress, 1966
Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
L’Enfant, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Mimi, La bohème, 1964
Sophie, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Anne, The Rake’s Progress, 1962
Parasha, Mavra, 1962
St. Margaret, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1962
Despina, Così fan tutte, 1962
Musetta, La bohème, 1961
Micaela, Carmen, 1961
Ray Hickman
Bass
The Chamberlain
Ray Hickman
Hometown: Massachusetts
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1968, 1969
Past Seasons:
Angelotti, Tosca, 1969
Second Armored Man, The Magic Flute, 1969
Chamberlain, Le Rossignol, 1969
Second Soldier, Salome, 1969
Mannoury, The Devils of Loudun, 1969
Commissioner, Madame Butterfly, 1968 (August 15 – 31)
Marquis d’Obigny, La traviata, 1968
Lackey, Der Rosenkavalier, 1968
James Morris
Bass-baritone
The Bonze
James Morris
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
SFO Debut:
Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville, 1981 (July 4 – August 13)
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1969
Past Seasons:
Doctor, Vanessa, 2016
Dutchman, The Flying Dutchman, 1988
Nick Shadow, The Rake’s Progress, 1981
Jailor, Tosca, 1969
First Soldier, Salome, 1969
The Bonze, Le Rossignol, 1969
Father Ambrose, The Devils of Loudun, 1969
Peter Harrower
bass
Emperor of China
Peter Harrower
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
SFO Debut:
Frank, Die Fledermaus, 1963
Past Seasons:
Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte, 1969
Emperor of China, Le Rossignol, 1969
Sarastro, The Magic Flute, 1969
First Nazarene, Salome, 1969
Sarastro, The Magic Flute, 1968
Police Commissioner, Der Rosenkavalier, 1968
Cadmus, The Bassarids, 1968
Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville, 1967
Zuniga, Carmen, 1967
First Nazarene, Salome, 1967
La Roche, Capriccio, 1966
Alidoro, Cinderella, 1966
Commendatore, Don Giovanni, 1966
Count Waldner, Arabella, 1965
Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville, 1965
Raimondo, Lucia di Lammermoor, 1965
Advertising Editor/Doctor, The Nose, 1965
Zuniga, Carmen, 1964
Master Amantio, Gianni Schicchi, 1964
Animal Trainer, Lulu, 1964
Sparafucile, Rigoletto, 1964
Police Commissioner, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Commendatore, Don Giovanni, 1963
Chamberlain, Le Rossignol, 1963
Animal Trainer, Lulu, 1963
Sidney Johnson
Tenor
1st Japanese Envoy
Sidney Johnson
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Fisherman, Le Rossignol, 1970 (July 4 – 10)
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1968, 1969
Past Seasons:
Count di Lerma, Don Carlo, 1971
First Priest, The Magic Flute, 1971 (July 10 – August 4 & 26)
Tamino, The Magic Flute, 1971 (August 13)
Steersman, The Flying Dutchman, 1971
Hervey, Anna Bolena, 1970
First Armored Man, The Magic Flute, 1969
1st Japanese Envoy, Le Rossignol, 1969
Paul Rohrbaugh
Bass
2nd Japanese Envoy
Paul Rohrbaugh
Hometown: Ohio
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1968, 1969
Past Seasons:
2nd Japanese Envoy, Le Rossignol, 1969
Commissioner, La traviata, 1968
Richard Roytek
Tenor
3rd Japanese Envoy
Richard Roytek
Hometown: Massachusetts
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1969, 1970
Past Seasons:
3rd Japanese Envoy, Le Rossignol, 1970
Don Curzio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1970
3rd Japanese Envoy, Le Rossignol, 1969
Third Jew, Salome, 1969
Eve Gentry
Dancer
The Mechanical Nightingale
Eve Gentry
Hometown: San Bernardino, CA
SFO Debut:
Mechanical Nightingale/Choreography, Le Rossignol, 1969
Past Seasons:
Mechanical Nightingale, Le Rossignol, 1970
Jean Kraft
Mezzo-soprano
Death
Jean Kraft
Hometown: Menasha, WI
SFO Debut:
Adelaide von Waldner, Arabella, 1965
Past Seasons:
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1987
Housekeeper, Die schweigsame Frau, 1987
Third Lady, The Magic Flute, 1986
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1985
Juno, The Tempest, 1985
Third Lady, The Magic Flute, 1984
Notary’s Wife, Intermezzo, 1984
May/Madwoman 4, We Come to the River, 1984
Berta, The Barber of Seville, 1981
Miss Pick, News of the Day, 1981
Madame Larina, Eugene Onegin, 1980
Herodias, Salome, 1979
Mistress Meg Page, Falstaff, 1977
Geneviève, Pelléas et Mélisande, 1977
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1976 (July 10 – 23; August 21 -24)
Mistress Meg Page, Falstaff, 1975
Third Lady, The Magic Flute, 1974
Countess Geschwitz, Lulu, 1974
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1973
Kate Julian, Owen Wingrave, 1973
Suzuki, Madame Butterfly, 1972
Herodias, Salome, 1972
Miss Newkirk, Help! Help! The Globolinks, 1970
Flora, La traviata, 1970
Death, Le Rossignol, 1970
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1970
Mother Goose, The Rake’s Progress, 1970
Miss Newkirk, Help! Help! The Globolinks, 1969
Death, Le Rossignol, 1969
Third Lady, The Magic Flute, 1969
Herodias, Salome, 1969
Ninon, The Devils of Loudun, 1969
Annina, Der Rosenkavalier, 1968
Gianetta, The Elixir of Love, 1968
Flora, La traviata, 1968
Third Lady, The Magic Flute, 1968
Thisbe, Cinderella, 1966
Prioress, Dialogues of the Carmelites, 1966
Mother Goose, The Rake’s Progress, 1966
Margret, Wozzeck, 1966
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
Robert Baustian
Conductor
Robert Baustian
Hometown: Storm Lake, IA
SFO Debut:
The Barber of Seville, 1957
Past Seasons:
Die Jakobsleiter, 1980
Pelléas et Mélisande, 1977
The Marriage of Figaro, 1976
The Cunning Little Vixen, 1975
Così fan tutte, 1975 (July 30)
La vida breve, 1975
L’Enfant et les sortilèges, 1975
The Magic Flute, 1974
Le Rossignol, 1973
L’Enfant et les sortilèges, 1973
The Marriage of Figaro, 1973
Pelléas et Mélisande, 1972
The Marriage of Figaro, 1971
The Magic Flute, 1971
The Marriage of Figaro, 1970
Le Rossignol, 1970
Le Rossignol, 1969
The Magic Flute, 1969
Die Jakobsleiter, 1968
Perséphone, 1968
The Elixir of Love, 1968
The Magic Flute, 1968
The Marriage of Figaro, 1967
Boulevard Solitude, 1967
The Barber of Seville, 1967
Dialogues of the Carmelites, 1966
Don Giovanni, 1966
Cinderella, 1966
The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
The Stag King, 1965
Lucia di Lammermoor, 1965
The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
L’Enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
L’Enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963
Don Giovanni, 1963
Mavra, 1962
Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1962
La traviata, 1962
Così fan tutte, 1962
The Marriage of Figaro, 1961
The Ballad of Baby Doe, 1961
The Marriage of Figaro, 1960
Cinderella, 1960
The Barber of Seville, 1959
Abduction from the Seraglio, 1959
Cinderella, 1958
Falstaff, 1958
Così fan tutte, 1958
The Tower, 1957
Bliss Hebert
Director
Bliss Hebert
Hometown: Faust, NY
SFO Debut:
The Rake’s Progress, 1957
Past Seasons:
L’incoronazione di Poppea, 1986
Orpheus in the Underworld, 1985
The Tempest, 1985
Violanta, 1984
A Florentine Tragedy, 1984
Orpheus in the Underworld, 1983
Mignon, 1982
The Rake’s Progress, 1981
Erwartung, 1980
Von Heute auf Morgen, 1980
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1979
Salome, 1979
Salome, 1978
Pelléas and Mélisande, 1977
The Marriage of Figaro, 1976
Salome, 1976
Carmen, 1975
La vida breve, 1975
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1975
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1974
The Magic Flute, 1974
Le Rossignol, 1973
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1973
The Marriage of Figaro, 1973
The Merry Widow, 1973
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1972
Pelléas and Mélisande, 1972
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1971
The Magic Flute, 1971
The Marriage of Figaro, 1971
Le Rossignol, 1970
The Marriage of Figaro, 1970
The Rake’s Progress, 1970
Le Rossignol, 1969
The Magic Flute, 1969
The Magic Flute, 1968
Boulevard Solitude, 1967
Don Giovanni, 1966
The Rake’s Progress, 1966
The Stag King, 1965
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Rigoletto, 1964
Le Rossignol, 1963
Le Rossignol, 1962
The Rake’s Progress, 1962
The Rake’s Progress, 1960
Tosca, 1960
Abduction from the Seraglio, 1959
Regina, 1959
Falstaff, 1958
Willa Kim
Costume Designer
Scenic Designer
Willa Kim
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
SFO Debut:
The Stag King, 1965
Past Seasons:
Turandot, 2005
The Magic Flute, 1984
The Magic Flute, 1974
Le Rossignol, 1973 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
The Magic Flute, 1971
Le Rossignol, 1970 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Help! Help! The Globolinks, 1970 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Le Rossignol, 1969 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Help! Help! The Globolinks, 1969 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
The Magic Flute, 1969
The Magic Flute, 1968
Georg Schreiber
Lighting Designer
Georg Schreiber
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
SFO Debut:
Rigoletto, 1964
Past Seasons:
The Mother of Us All, 1976
Salome, 1976
L’Egisto, 1976
The Marriage of Figaro, 1976
La traviata, 1976
The Cunning Little Vixen, 1975
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1975
La vida breve, 1975
Così fan tutte, 1975
Falstaff, 1975
Carmen, 1975
L’Egisto, 1974
Lulu, 1974
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1975
The Magic Flute, 1974
La bohème, 1974
Owen Wingrave, 1973
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1973
Le Rossignol, 1973
The Merry Widow, 1973
The Marriage of Figaro, 1973
La bohème, 1973
Salome, 1972
Pelléas et Mélisande, 1972
Madame Butterfly, 1972
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1972
Yerma, 1971
The Flying Dutchman, 1971
The Marriage of Figaro, 1971
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1971
The Magic Flute, 1971
Don Carlo, 1971
Opera, 1970
The Rake’s Progress, 1970
Anna Bolena, 1970
The Marriage of Figaro, 1970
Le Rossignol, 1970
Help! Help! The Globolinks, 1970
La traviata, 1970
The Devils of Loudun, 1969
Le Rossignol, 1969
Help! Help! The Globolinks, 1969
The Magic Flute, 1969
Così fan tutte, 1969
Salome, 1969
Perséphone, 1968
Die Jakobsleiter, 1968
The Bassarids, 1968
The Elixir of Love, 1968
La traviata, 1968
The Magic Flute, 1968
Madame Butterfly, 1968
Salome, 1967
The Marriage of Figaro, 1967
Boulevard Solitude, 1967
Cardillac, 1967
Carmen, 1967
The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
The Nose, 1965
The Stag King, 1965
Arabella, 1965
Lucia di Lammermoor, 1965
Madame Butterfly, 1965
The Barber of Seville, 1965
La traviata, 1965
Lulu, 1964
La bohème, 1964
Daphne, 1964
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Gianni Schicchi, 1964
Carmen, 1964
The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
Hugh Johnson
Chorus Master
Hugh Johnson
SFO Debut:
La traviata, 1970
Past Seasons:
Le Rossignol, 1970
Help! Help! The Globolinks, 1970 (Conductor)
The Marriage of Figaro, 1970
Anna Bolena, 1970
The Rake’s Progress, 1970
Opera, 1970
Tosca, 1969
Così fan tutte, 1969
The Magic Flute, 1969
Le Rossignol, 1969
Help! Help! The Globolinks, 1969
The Devils of Loudun, 1969
Le Rossignol 1969
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