The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken 1993
Intrigues abound…
…in Weill’s first opera buffa during the photo shoot of the young Tsar. Delight in the Tsar’s capricious pursuit of the fashionable photographer Angèle (really a revolutionary in disguise), who escapes his advances with a seductive Tango.
(presented as a double bill with The Protagonist)
Synopsis
Synopsis
This production is set in Paris of the 1920s. Paris in the chic and hectic twenties. The Tsar is visiting. Terrorists take over the studio of Angèle, a fashionable lady photographer, and lure in the Tsar to have his portrait taken. The Tsar is tired of the trappings of his position, its public exposure, the attempts on his life and the ever-present secret police. He wants to enjoy Paris in privacy, as a common man might – and perhaps enjoy a liaison with a chic Parisienne. So he agrees to have his photograph taken provided it be a portrait of the man and not the public functionary. It must be a private affair.
Is he aware that the luscious (false) Angèle means to assassinate him? The political act is played out as an intense personal confrontation, an intimate drama of perverse attraction, dark eroticism, unspoken fear, and nail-biting suspense.
Artists
David Malis
Baritone
The Tsar
David Malis
Hometown: Winter Haven, FL
SFO Debut:
Barber, Die schweigsame Frau, 1991
Past Seasons:
Marcello, La bohème, 1993
Tsar, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Angelina Réaux
Soprano
The False Angèle
Angelina Réaux
Hometown: Houston, TX
SFO Debut:
False Angèle, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1984
Past Seasons:
Therese, Intermezzo, 1984
Whore 1/Madwoman 6, We Come to the River, 1984
Julia Anne Wolf
Mezzo-soprano
The Boy
Julia Anne Wolf
Hometown: Maryland
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1992, 1993
Past Seasons:
The Boy, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
A Widow, Der Rosenkavalier, 1992
Madrigalist, The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1992
Bradley Martin Diamond
Tenor
The Assistant
Bradley Martin Diamond
Hometown: Texas
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1992, 1993
Past Seasons:
The Assistant, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Kathryn Gamberoni
Soprano
Angèle
Kathryn Gamberoni
Hometown: Butler, PA
SFO Debut:
Cupidon, Orpheus in the Underworld, 1985
Past Seasons:
Papagena, The Magic Flute, 1993
Angèle, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Satirino, La Calisto, 1989
Little Moon/ An Actor, A Night at the Chinese Opera, 1989
Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro, 1987
Damigella, L’incoronazione di Poppea, 1986
Louise, The English Cat, 1985
David Rampy
Tenor
The Leader
David Rampy
Hometown: Wichita, KS
SFO Debut:
Kreon, Oedipus, 1991
Past Seasons:
First Armored Man, The Magic Flute, 1993
Italian Tenor, Capriccio, 1993
Major Domo, The Protagonist, 1993
Leader, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Julia Bentley
Mezzo-soprano
The False Boy
Julia Bentley
Hometown: Ohio
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1992, 1993
Past Seasons:
The False Boy, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Darren Keith Woods
Tenor
The False Assistant
Darren Keith Woods
Hometown: Falfurrias, TX
SFO Debut:
Blind, Die Fledermaus, 1988
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1982, 1983
Past Seasons:
Don Curzio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1995
Joe, La fanciulla del West, 1995
Second Jew, Salome, 1995
Monsieur Taupe, Capriccio, 1993
False Assistant, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Blind, Die Fledermaus, 1992
Animal Vendor, Der Rosenkavalier, 1992
Don Curzio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1991
Joe, La fanciulla del West, 1991
Gastone, La traviata, 1989
Animal Vendor, Der Rosenkavalier, 1989
Schedel, The Black Mask, 1988
Tulbeck, Feuersnot, 1988
Don Curzio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1982
Wilbur Pauley
Baritone
The Tsar's Equerry
Wilbur Pauley
Hometown: Beaver, PA
SFO Debut:
Speaker, The Magic Flute, 1993
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1981, 1984
Past Seasons:
Pistola, Falstaff, 2008
Alcindoro, La bohème, 2007
Jupiter, Platée, 2007
Stefano, The Tempest, 2006
Hobson, Peter Grimes, 2005
Ajax II, Le belle Hélène, 2003
The Lawyer, Intermezzo, 2003
Pistola, Falstaff, 2001
Truffaldino, Ariadne auf Naxos, 1999
K.S. Liebenberg, Countess Maritza, 1999
First Player, The Protagonist, 1993
Equerry, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
NCO/Grey-haired Minister, We Come to the River, 1984
Second Priest, The Magic Flute, 1984 (August 4 – 23)
Alcindoro, La bohème, 1981
Captain of the Guard, The Barber of Seville, 1981
Fourth Shepherd, Daphne, 1981
Marriage License Clerk, News of the Day, 1981
Matthew Chellis
Tenor
Conspirator
Matthew Chellis
Hometown: New York
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1993
Past Seasons:
Conspirator, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Jamie Offenbach
Bass-baritone
Conspirator
Jamie Offenbach
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
SFO Debut:
Commissioner, Madame Butterfly, 1998 (July 3 – August 11)
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1992, 1993, 1994
Past Seasons:
Fifth Jew, Salome, 1998
Dean of Medicine/Policeman, A Dream Play, 1998
Angelotti, Tosca, 1994
A Lawyer, Intermezzo, 1994
Custom-house Officer, La bohème, 1993
Second Priest, The Magic Flute, 1993
Conspirator, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Servant/Coachman, Der Rosenkavalier, 1992
Gregory Schmidt
Tenor
Conspirator
Gregory Schmidt
Hometown: Wisconsin
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1993, 1995
Past Seasons:
Third Jew, Salome, 1995
Conspirator, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Tim Smith
Baritone
Conspirator
Tim Smith
Hometown: California
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1993
Past Seasons:
Servant, Capriccio, 1993
Conspirator, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Nathan Wight
Baritone
Conspirator
Nathan Wight
Hometown: Texas
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1993
Past Seasons:
Servant, Capriccio, 1993
Conspirator, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Michael Chioldi
Baritone
Detective
Michael Chioldi
Hometown: Pennsylvania
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1992, 1993
Past Seasons:
The Second Player, The Protagonist, 1993
Detective, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Gerald Seminatore
Tenor
Detective
Gerald Seminatore
Hometown: Massachusetts
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1992, 1993
Past Seasons:
Servant, Capriccio, 1993
Detective, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
William Gorton
Tenor
Officer
William Gorton
Hometown: California
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1993
Past Seasons:
Officer, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Craig Montgomery
Tenor
Officer
Craig Montgomery
Hometown: Ohio
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1992, 1993
Past Seasons:
Servant, Capriccio, 1993
Officer, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Lackey/Waiter, Der Rosenkavalier, 1992
Marcus Silvanus Nance
Bass-baritone
Officer
Marcus Silvanus Nance
Hometown: Illinois
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1993
Past Seasons:
Officer, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
George Manahan
Conductor
George Manahan
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
SFO Debut:
Von Heute auf Morgen, 1980
Previous Seasons:
The Last Savage, 2011
Emmeline, 1996
The Marriage of Figaro, 1995
Modern Painters, 1995
Tosca, 1994 (July 22 – August 27)
Blond Eckbert, 1994
The Magic Flute, 1993
The Protagonist, 1993
The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Don Giovanni, 1992
The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1992
The Marriage of Figaro, 1991 (August 10 – 23)
Oedipus, 1991
A Night at the Chinese Opera, 1989
The Black Mask, 1988
The Marriage of Figaro, 1987
The Magic Flute, 1986
The English Cat, 1985
The Magic Flute, 1984
The Barber of Seville, 1981 Chorus Master; (Conductor, August 22 – 27)
The Rake’s Progress, 1981 Chorus Master; (Conductor, July 29)
La bohème, 1981 (Chorus Master)
Daphne, 1981 (Chorus Master)
News of the Day, 1981 (Chorus Master)
La traviata, 1980 (Chorus Master)
The Magic Flute, 1980 (Chorus Master)
Eugene Onegin, 1980 (Chorus Master)
Elektra, 1980 (Chorus Master)
Die Jakobsleiter, 1980 (Chorus Master)
Jonathan Eaton
Director
Jonathan Eaton
Hometown: Morogoro, Tanzania
SFO Debut:
The Protagonist/The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Robert Perdziola
Costume Designer
Robert Perdziola
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
2026 Season:
The Magic Flute
SFO Debut:
The Nose, 1987 (Scenic and Costume Designer)
Past Seasons:
La traviata, 2002
The Marriage of Figaro, 2000 (Scenic and Costume Designer)
La traviata, 1997
Arabella, 1997
The Marriage of Figaro, 1995 (Scenic and Costume Designer)
La bohème, 1993 (Scenic and Costume Designer)
The Protagonist, 1993 (Scenic and Costume Designer)
The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993 (Scenic and Costume Designer)
The Marriage of Figaro, 1991 (Scenic and Costume Designer)
La traviata, 1991
La bohème, 1990 (Scenic and Costume Designer)
La traviata, 1989
La Calisto, 1989 (Scenic and Costume Designer)
Craig Miller
Lighting Designer
Craig Miller
Hometown: Hugoton, KS
SFO Debut:
The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1979
Past Seasons:
Don Giovanni, 1996
La fanciulla del West, 1995
La bohème, 1993
The Magic Flute, 1993
Capriccio, 1993
The Protagonist, 1993
The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Die Fledermaus, 1992
Don Giovanni, 1992
The Beggar’s Opera, 1992
Der Rosenkavalier, 1992
The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1992
La traviata, 1991
The Marriage of Figaro, 1991
La fanciulla de West, 1991
Oedipus, 1991
La bohème, 1990
Così fan tutte, 1990
Orfeo ed Euridice, 1990
Ariadne auf Naxos, 1990
Judith, 1990
La traviata, 1989
La Calisto, 1989
Der Rosenkavalier, 1989
A Night at the Chinese Opera, 1989
Die Fledermaus, 1988
Così fan tutte, 1988
Feuersnot, 1988
Friedenstag, 1988
The Black Mask, 1988
Madame Butterfly, 1987
The Marriage of Figaro, 1988
Ariodante, 1988
Die schweigsame Frau, 1987
The Nose, 1987
Die Fledermaus, 1986
The Magic Flute, 1986
The Egyptian Helen, 1986
The King Goes Forth to France,1986
The Marriage of Figaro, 1985
The English Cat, 1985
The Tempest, 1985
A Florentine Tragedy, 1984
Violanta, 1984
The Magic Flute, 1984
Intermezzo, 1984
We Come to the River, 1984
Orpheus in the Underworld, 1983
Don Pasquale, 1983
Arabella, 1983
L’Orione, 1983
The Turn of the Screw, 1983
Die Fledermaus, 1982
The Marriage of Figaro, 1982
Die Liebe der Danae, 1982
The Confidence Man, 1982
La bohème, 1981
Daphne, 1981
The Rake’s Progress, 1981
News of the Day, 1981
La traviata, 1980
The Magic Flute, 1980
Erwartung, 1980
Von Heute auf Morgan, 1980
Elektra, 1980
Lucia di Lammermoor, 1979
The Magic Flute, 1979
Lulu, 1979
Salome, 1979
Daniel Pelzig
Choreographer
Daniel Pelzig
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Capriccio, 1993
Past Seasons:
Countess Maritza, 1999
Ariadne auf Naxos, 1999
Countess Maritza, 1995
La fanciulla del West, 1995
Salome, 1995
Modern Painters, 1995
The Protagonist, 1993
The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 1993
Gary Wedow
Chorus Master
Gary Wedow
Hometown: La Porte, IN
SFO Debut:
1983 Season
Past Seasons:
1998 Season
1997 Season
1996 Season
1995 Season
1994 Season
1993 Season
1992 Season
1991 Season
1990 Season
1989 Season
1988 Season
1987 Season
1986 Season
1985 Season
1984 Season
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