Playwrights: Various
General Director: Irene Dalis
Musical Director: David Rohrbaugh
Costumes: Julie Ward, April Peterson
Academic Year: 1977-1978https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1970s/1101/thumbnail.jp

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San Jose State UniversitySJSU ScholarWorksProductions 1970-1979 Theatre ProductionsFall 12-2-1977Opera Comes Alive! (1977)San Jose State University, Theatre ArtsFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1970sPart of the Theatre and Performance Studies CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Theatre Productions at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion inProductions 1970-1979 by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact scholarworks@sjsu.edu.Recommended CitationSan Jose State University, Theatre Arts, "Opera Comes Alive! (1977)" (1977). Productions 1970-1979. 102.http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1970s/102P R 0 D U C T I 0 N S T A F F PRoDUCTION CooRDINAToR/ LIGHTING DESIGN/ STAGE MANAGER: AccoMPANIST: REHEARSAL AccoMPANIST: CHORUS DIRECTOR: CosTUMEs: MAKE-UP: PROPERTIES: PUBLICITY: STAGE CREW: SET CONSTRUCTION: * PERFORMANCE ON DECEMBER 2 + PERFORMANCE ON DECEMBER 3 JERRY LYNK HELEN K. OMSTEAD MARILYN ADORADOR DEBORAH CASEY JULIE WARD CHEAD) APRIL PETERSON SUZANNE LYNK (HEAD) CATHY N ITZ APRIL PETERSON (HEAD) VICTORIA BARTON ANGELA CASTELLERO SUSAN ENDELMAN CHRIS MARQUIS CHEAD) VICTORIA BARTON ROBERT BATEMAN DEBORAH CASEY ED HALBACH BILL GOLDEEN STEVE PLACKE JOHN DESCHANT STUDIO THEATRE DECEMBER 2 & 3 7:30 P.M. 9te-ne (j})a/i.}- GENERAL DIRECTOR ~IJtL.-. Q})atJid &/o/t~t6aU!Jh- MUS I CAL DIRECTOR SUOR ANGELICA Music BY GIACOMO PUCCINI LIBRETTO BY GIOVACCHINO FORZANO by a~~a~geme~t w~th BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP., Safe U. S. age~t 6o~ G. RICORVI & Co., M~fa~, pubf~6he~ a~d copy~~ght ow~e~. PRINCIPESSA & SUOR ANGELICA SCENE - THE CLOISTER OF A CONVENT NEAR SIENA IN THE 17TH CENTURY, SISTER ANGELICA: THE PRINCESS THE ABBESS A NuN CHARACTERS: SYNOPSIS: CAROLE SCHNITTMAN WALDA BRADLEY DEBRA RYE TINA DRAPER GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924) SET OUT IN 1908 TO COMPOSE THREE ONE-ACT OPERAS IN THE FORM OF A TRIPTYCH (TRITTICO), A RENAISSANCE ART FORM IN WHICH THREE RELATED THEMES ARE RELATED IN THREE CONNECTED PANELS. THE OPERAS, "lL TABARRO", "SUOR ANGELICA", AND "GIANNI SCHICCHI" PREMIERED TOGETHER AS "lL TRITTICO" AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, DECEMBER OF 1918, AND WAS ONE OF THE COMPOSER's GREATEST SUCCESSES, SINCE THEN, ONLY "SCHICCHI" HAS BEEN REVIVED REGULARLY BY OPERA HOUSES WORLD WIDE, YET "SUOR ANGELICA" WAS THE COMPOSER's FAVORITE OF ALL HIS OPERAS, "SUOR ANGELICA" IS SET IN A 17TH CENTURY TUSCAN CONVENT, ANGELICA, HAVING BEEN SENT TO THE CONVENT BY HER FAMILY FOR BRINGING DISGRACE UPON THE CLAN BY BEARING A CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK, IS WAITING WORD FROM HER FAMILY, AFTER SEVEN YEARS, HER AUNT, THE PRINCESS, ARRIVES, DESIRING ANGELICA'S SIGNATURE ON A DOCUMENT AGREEING TO THE DIVISION OF THE INHERITANCE AND THE MARRIAGE OF HER YOUNGER SISTER, ANGELICA INQUIRES ABOUT HER SON, "Two YEARS AGO HE DIED, NOTHING WAS LEFT UNDONE TO SAVE HIM", ANSWERS HER AUNT, UNABLE TO BEAR ANY MORE, ANGELICA FALLS TO THE GROUND "SENZA MAMMA, 0 BIMBO, TU SEI MORTO!" - "WITHOUT A MOTHER, MY BABY, YOU DIED!" the OLD MAID and the THIEF Music AND LIBERTTO BY GIAN-CARLO MENOTTI Miss ToDD LAETITIA by a~~a n g em e nt wlth BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING Co ., pub tl6h e ~ and c o py~lg ht o wn e~ ScENE 1: IN Miss ToDD's PARLOR CHARACTERS: MISS PINKERTON MARY ENMAN PATRICIA NEILSON* STEPHANIE NoRwooD+ PATRICE SPANN* SUZANNE LYNK+ LANCE PHILLIPS BoB SYNOPSIS: GIAN-CARLO MENOTTI's ONE-ACT COMIC OPERA. SUBTITLED "A VIRTUOUS WOMAN MAKES A THIEF OF AN HONEST MAN". ORIGINALLY WAS WRITTEN FOR THE RADIO. AND PREMIERED IN APRIL OF 1939 OVER THE NBC NETWORK. THE WORK RECEIVED IT'S FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1949. THE OPERA IS ABOUT AN OLD WOMAN WHO RESORTS TO THIEVERY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT A BEGGAR SHE HAS TAKEN IN. IT OPENS WITH MISS PINK-ERTON COMING FOR HER WEEKLY VISIT WITH MISS ToDD. BOTH WOMEN ARE OLD MAIDS WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN WRECKED BY THE UNFAITHFULNESS OF MEN, AND HAVE VOWED NEVER TO FORGINE THEM. THERE IS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. AND THE MAID, LAETITIA. ANNOUNCES THAT THERE IS A MAN AT THE DOOR. MISS TODD GETS RID OF MISS PINKERTON. BUT THE MAN IS ONLY A BEGGAR. SHE THEN DECIDES TO BE KIND TO HIM. ALLOWS HIM TO STAY. AND TREATS HIM LIKE A KING, Der ROSEN KAVA Ll E R Music BY RICHARD STRAUSS LIBRETTO BY HUGO VON HOFFMANSTHAL by a~~a~geme~t w~th BOOSEY a~d HAWKES, I~c., New Yo~k. publ~6he~ a~d copy~~ght ow~e~ ACT III - FINAL TRIO AND DUET- VIENNESE INN 18TH CENTURY MARSCHALL! N SOPHIE 0CTAVIAN CHARACTERS: SYNOPSIS: ALETA MALICK HELEN CENTNER SuE LoDATo* CHRISTINE DIAz+ AFTER RICHARD STRAUSS' (1864-1949) PSYCHO-ANALYTICAL DRAMAS, "SALOME" AND "ELEKTRA", STRAUSS COLLABORATED WITH HIS LIBRETTIST, HUGO VON HOFFMANSTHAL (1874-1929), TO WRITE A COMEDY ALONG THE LINES OF MOZART's "LE NOZZE DI FIGARO", THEIR COLLABORATION RESULTED IN "DER ROSENKAVALIER", WHICH WAS PREMIERED IN 1911 AND HAS REMAINED STRAUSS' GREATEST SUCCESS. THE ROMANTIC COMEDY, WHICH CENTERS AROUND VIENNESE LIFE IN THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, DEALS WITH: THE PRINCESS VON WERDENBERG, A WOMAN IN HER THIRTIES KNOWN AS THE MARSCHALLIN; 0CTAVIAN, HER YOUNG LOVER OF ABOUT SEVENTEEN, THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL 'TROUSER ROLESJ SOPHIE, A GIRL OF FOURTEEN, BETROTHED TO; BARON 0CHS, COUSIN OF THE MARSCHALLIN, THE AGING MARSCHALLIN TELLS 0CTAVIAN THAT, "SOMEDAY, A YOUNG WOMAN SHALL COME, AND YOU SHALL FORGET ME", IN A MATTER OF DAYS, THE YOUNG MAN MEETS AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH SOPHIE, THE TWO THEN PLOT TO FREE HER FROM BARON 0CHS. THE MARSCHALLIN THEN MAJESTIC-ALLY ENTERS, AND GUESSING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE, SENDS THE BARON AWAY FROM VIENNA, AND UNITES THE YOUNG LOVERS. 0CTAVIAN IS TORN BETWEEN THE MATURE WOMAN AND THE YOUNG GIRL, BUT THE MARSCHALLIN, GRIEVED THAT SHE MUST GIVE UP HER YOUNG LOVER SO SOON, WAVES CONTENT WITH 0CTAVIAN'S HAPPINESS, I N T E R M I S S I 0 N SUSANNAH Music AND LIBRETTO BY CARLISLE FLOYD by a~~a~geme~t w~th BOOSEY a~d HAWKES, I~c., New Yo~k, publ~6he~ a~d copy~~ght ow~e~ SCENE Two: IN FRONT OF THE POLK FARMHOUSE SusANNAH SAM LITTLE BAT CHARACTERS: SYNOPSIS: ALETA MALIcK NoRMAN DEVoL DANIEL SIMPSON SUSANNAH, PREMIERED IN 1955, IS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL OPERA BY THE AMERICAN COMPOSER, CARLISLE FLOYD. A FOLK TRAGEDY, IT IS SET IN THE PRIMITIVE TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN REGION OF NEW HOPE VALLEY. A CLASSIC CONFRONTATION BETWEEN FUNDAMENTALIST RELIGION AND THE UNFETTERED FREE SPIRIT IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE DESTRUCTIVE PREJUDICE AND ENVY OF THE CHURCH ELDERS, SUSANNAH, RAISED BY A LOVING BUT DRUNKEN BROTHER, IS EVENTUALLY DESTROYED THROUGH THE FEARS AND MISGUIDED LOYALTY OF LITTLE BAT, THE RETARDED SON OF ONE OF THE ELDERS, BEAUTY AND INNOCENCE ARE SACRIFICED TO MAINTAIN A NARROW BEL! EF I La TRAVIATA Music BY GIUSEPPE VERDI LIBRETTO BY FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE ACT III -THE BEDROOM OF VIOLETTA, PARIS 1830's VIOLETTA ANN INA ALFREDO GERMONT DocTOR CHORUS CHARACTERS: SYNOPSIS: MARY LINDUSKA* HELEN CENTNER+ JULIE CHAFIN* DIANE STABLES+ NoRMAN DEVOL RONALD WILLIAMS WILLIAM GOLDEEN* EDWARD HALBACH+ ENTIRE CoMPANY LA TRAVIATA (THE FRAIL ONE), TAKING PLACE IN THE PARIS OF ABOUT 1935, CONCERNS THE COURTESEN VIOLETTA VALERY AND HER ROMANCE WITH THE YOUNG ALFREDO GERMONT, IN THE FINAL SCENE, THE LOVERS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED. VIOLETTA IS DYING OF TUBERCULOSIS, AND IS AWAITING THE RETURN OF ALFREDO FROM A DUEL WITH THE BARON DOUPHAL, ALFREDO SOON ARRIVES, BUT IT IS TOO LATE. VIOLETTA CRYING THAT SHE FEELS LIFE RETURNING DIES IN HER LOVERS ARMS, TRAVIATA IS GIUSEPPE VERDI'S (1813-1901) TWENTIETH OP~RA OF TWENTY-EIGHT COMPLETE STAGE WORKS, THE LIBRETTO, BY FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE, IS BASED ON THE PLAY "LA DAME AUX CAMEL!AS" BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS, AND WAS FIRST PERFORMED IN VENICE, MARCH 6, 1853. THOUGH NOT WELL RECEIVED AT IT's PREMIERE, LA TRAVIATA HAS RISEN TO BE ONE OF VERDI'S GREATEST, AND MOST LOVED OPERAS, GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO: KEN DORST, THEATRE ARTS, FOR DIRECTING 11 SUSANNAH 11 AND 11 THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF 11 • DONAMARIE REEDS, THEATRE ARTS, FOR SET DESIGN, SPECIAL THANKS TO: LYRIC OPERA THEATRE CosTUME RENTAL, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY MUSIC DEPARTMENT FOR COSTUMES, OuR LADY OF MERCY CONVENT, BURLINGAME FOR NUNS HABITS, OPAL BUTLER FOR COSTUME ALTERATIONS, RICHARD STEAD FOR WIGS AND MAKE-UP CONSULTATION, ALMADEN PHARMACY FOR MAKE-UP, ALLIED DRAPERY SERVICE, YARDSTICK FABRICS, AND A, WILHELM FOR DONATED FABRICS, AN ANONYMOUS DoNOR FOR LUMBER. DR. EDWIN DuNNING, SAN JosE STATE VocAL DEPARTMENT. JEANNE GARSON, SAN JosE STATE VoCAL DEPARTMENT, STEINWAY PIANO. 

Opera Comes Alive! (1977)

San Jose State University

San Jose State University
SJSU ScholarWorks
Productions 1970-1979 Theatre Productions
Fall 12-2-1977
Opera Comes Alive! (1977)
San Jose State University, Theatre Arts
Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1970s
Part of the Theatre and Performance Studies Commons
This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Theatre Productions at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in
Productions 1970-1979 by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact scholarworks@sjsu.edu.
Recommended Citation
San Jose State University, Theatre Arts, "Opera Comes Alive! (1977)" (1977). Productions 1970-1979. 102.
http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1970s/102
P R 0 D U C T I 0 N S T A F F 
PRoDUCTION CooRDINAToR/ LIGHTING DESIGN/ 
STAGE MANAGER: 
AccoMPANIST: 
REHEARSAL AccoMPANIST: 
CHORUS DIRECTOR: 
CosTUMEs: 
MAKE-UP: 
PROPERTIES: 
PUBLICITY: 
STAGE CREW: 
SET CONSTRUCTION: 
* PERFORMANCE ON DECEMBER 2 
+ PERFORMANCE ON DECEMBER 3 
JERRY LYNK 
HELEN K. OMSTEAD 
MARILYN ADORADOR 
DEBORAH CASEY 
JULIE WARD CHEAD) 
APRIL PETERSON 
SUZANNE LYNK (HEAD) 
CATHY N ITZ 
APRIL PETERSON (HEAD) 
VICTORIA BARTON 
ANGELA CASTELLERO 
SUSAN ENDELMAN 
CHRIS MARQUIS CHEAD) 
VICTORIA BARTON 
ROBERT BATEMAN 
DEBORAH CASEY 
ED HALBACH 
BILL GOLDEEN 
STEVE PLACKE 
JOHN DESCHANT 
STUDIO THEATRE 
DECEMBER 2 & 3 
7:30 P.M. 
9te-ne (j})a/i.}- GENERAL DIRECTOR 
~IJtL.-. Q})atJid &/o/t~t6aU!Jh- MUS I CAL 
DIRECTOR 
SUOR ANGELICA 
Music BY GIACOMO PUCCINI 
LIBRETTO BY GIOVACCHINO FORZANO 
by a~~a~geme~t w~th 
BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING CORP., 
Safe U. S. age~t 6o~ G. RICORVI & Co., M~fa~, 
pubf~6he~ a~d copy~~ght ow~e~. 
PRINCIPESSA & SUOR ANGELICA SCENE - THE CLOISTER OF A CONVENT NEAR 
SIENA IN THE 17TH CENTURY, 
SISTER ANGELICA: 
THE PRINCESS 
THE ABBESS 
A NuN 
CHARACTERS: 
SYNOPSIS: 
CAROLE SCHNITTMAN 
WALDA BRADLEY 
DEBRA RYE 
TINA DRAPER 
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924) SET OUT IN 1908 TO COMPOSE THREE ONE-
ACT OPERAS IN THE FORM OF A TRIPTYCH (TRITTICO), A RENAISSANCE ART 
FORM IN WHICH THREE RELATED THEMES ARE RELATED IN THREE CONNECTED 
PANELS. THE OPERAS, "lL TABARRO", "SUOR ANGELICA", AND "GIANNI 
SCHICCHI" PREMIERED TOGETHER AS "lL TRITTICO" AT THE METROPOLITAN 
OPERA, DECEMBER OF 1918, AND WAS ONE OF THE COMPOSER's GREATEST 
SUCCESSES, SINCE THEN, ONLY "SCHICCHI" HAS BEEN REVIVED REGULARLY BY 
OPERA HOUSES WORLD WIDE, YET "SUOR ANGELICA" WAS THE COMPOSER's 
FAVORITE OF ALL HIS OPERAS, 
"SUOR ANGELICA" IS SET IN A 17TH CENTURY TUSCAN CONVENT, 
ANGELICA, HAVING BEEN SENT TO THE CONVENT BY HER FAMILY FOR BRINGING 
DISGRACE UPON THE CLAN BY BEARING A CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK, IS WAITING 
WORD FROM HER FAMILY, AFTER SEVEN YEARS, HER AUNT, THE PRINCESS, 
ARRIVES, DESIRING ANGELICA'S SIGNATURE ON A DOCUMENT AGREEING TO THE 
DIVISION OF THE INHERITANCE AND THE MARRIAGE OF HER YOUNGER SISTER, 
ANGELICA INQUIRES ABOUT HER SON, "Two YEARS AGO HE DIED, NOTHING 
WAS LEFT UNDONE TO SAVE HIM", ANSWERS HER AUNT, UNABLE TO BEAR ANY 
MORE, ANGELICA FALLS TO THE GROUND "SENZA MAMMA, 0 BIMBO, TU SEI 
MORTO!" - "WITHOUT A MOTHER, MY BABY, YOU DIED!" 
the OLD MAID and the THIEF 
Music AND LIBERTTO BY GIAN-CARLO MENOTTI 
Miss ToDD 
LAETITIA 
by a~~a n g em e nt wlth 
BELWIN-MILLS PUBLISHING Co ., 
pub tl6h e ~ and c o py~lg ht o wn e~ 
ScENE 1: IN Miss ToDD's PARLOR 
CHARACTERS: 
MISS PINKERTON 
MARY ENMAN 
PATRICIA NEILSON* 
STEPHANIE NoRwooD+ 
PATRICE SPANN* 
SUZANNE LYNK+ 
LANCE PHILLIPS BoB 
SYNOPSIS: 
GIAN-CARLO MENOTTI's ONE-ACT COMIC OPERA. SUBTITLED "A VIRTUOUS 
WOMAN MAKES A THIEF OF AN HONEST MAN". ORIGINALLY WAS WRITTEN FOR THE 
RADIO. AND PREMIERED IN APRIL OF 1939 OVER THE NBC NETWORK. THE WORK 
RECEIVED IT'S FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1949. 
THE OPERA IS ABOUT AN OLD WOMAN WHO RESORTS TO THIEVERY IN 
ORDER TO SUPPORT A BEGGAR SHE HAS TAKEN IN. IT OPENS WITH MISS PINK-
ERTON COMING FOR HER WEEKLY VISIT WITH MISS ToDD. BOTH WOMEN ARE 
OLD MAIDS WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN WRECKED BY THE UNFAITHFULNESS OF MEN, 
AND HAVE VOWED NEVER TO FORGINE THEM. THERE IS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. 
AND THE MAID, LAETITIA. ANNOUNCES THAT THERE IS A MAN AT THE DOOR. 
MISS TODD GETS RID OF MISS PINKERTON. BUT THE MAN IS ONLY A BEGGAR. 
SHE THEN DECIDES TO BE KIND TO HIM. ALLOWS HIM TO STAY. AND TREATS 
HIM LIKE A KING, 
Der ROSEN KAVA Ll E R 
Music BY RICHARD STRAUSS 
LIBRETTO BY HUGO VON HOFFMANSTHAL 
by a~~a~geme~t w~th 
BOOSEY a~d HAWKES, I~c., New Yo~k. 
publ~6he~ a~d copy~~ght ow~e~ 
ACT III - FINAL TRIO AND DUET- VIENNESE INN 
18TH CENTURY 
MARSCHALL! N 
SOPHIE 
0CTAVIAN 
CHARACTERS: 
SYNOPSIS: 
ALETA MALICK 
HELEN CENTNER 
SuE LoDATo* 
CHRISTINE DIAz+ 
AFTER RICHARD STRAUSS' (1864-1949) PSYCHO-ANALYTICAL DRAMAS, 
"SALOME" AND "ELEKTRA", STRAUSS COLLABORATED WITH HIS LIBRETTIST, 
HUGO VON HOFFMANSTHAL (1874-1929), TO WRITE A COMEDY ALONG THE LINES 
OF MOZART's "LE NOZZE DI FIGARO", THEIR COLLABORATION RESULTED IN 
"DER ROSENKAVALIER", WHICH WAS PREMIERED IN 1911 AND HAS REMAINED 
STRAUSS' GREATEST SUCCESS. 
THE ROMANTIC COMEDY, WHICH CENTERS AROUND VIENNESE LIFE IN 
THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, DEALS WITH: THE PRINCESS VON WERDENBERG, 
A WOMAN IN HER THIRTIES KNOWN AS THE MARSCHALLIN; 0CTAVIAN, HER 
YOUNG LOVER OF ABOUT SEVENTEEN, THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL 'TROUSER ROLESJ 
SOPHIE, A GIRL OF FOURTEEN, BETROTHED TO; BARON 0CHS, COUSIN OF THE 
MARSCHALLIN, THE AGING MARSCHALLIN TELLS 0CTAVIAN THAT, "SOMEDAY, 
A YOUNG WOMAN SHALL COME, AND YOU SHALL FORGET ME", IN A MATTER OF 
DAYS, THE YOUNG MAN MEETS AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH SOPHIE, THE TWO 
THEN PLOT TO FREE HER FROM BARON 0CHS. THE MARSCHALLIN THEN MAJESTIC-
ALLY ENTERS, AND GUESSING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 
THE YOUNG PEOPLE, SENDS THE BARON AWAY FROM VIENNA, AND UNITES THE 
YOUNG LOVERS. 0CTAVIAN IS TORN BETWEEN THE MATURE WOMAN AND THE 
YOUNG GIRL, BUT THE MARSCHALLIN, GRIEVED THAT SHE MUST GIVE UP HER 
YOUNG LOVER SO SOON, WAVES CONTENT WITH 0CTAVIAN'S HAPPINESS, 
I N T E R M I S S I 0 N 
SUSANNAH 
Music AND LIBRETTO BY CARLISLE FLOYD 
by a~~a~geme~t w~th 
BOOSEY a~d HAWKES, I~c., New Yo~k, 
publ~6he~ a~d copy~~ght ow~e~ 
SCENE Two: IN FRONT OF THE POLK FARMHOUSE 
SusANNAH 
SAM 
LITTLE BAT 
CHARACTERS: 
SYNOPSIS: 
ALETA MALIcK 
NoRMAN DEVoL 
DANIEL SIMPSON 
SUSANNAH, PREMIERED IN 1955, IS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL OPERA 
BY THE AMERICAN COMPOSER, CARLISLE FLOYD. A FOLK TRAGEDY, IT IS 
SET IN THE PRIMITIVE TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN REGION OF NEW HOPE VALLEY. 
A CLASSIC CONFRONTATION BETWEEN FUNDAMENTALIST RELIGION AND THE 
UNFETTERED FREE SPIRIT IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE DESTRUCTIVE PREJUDICE 
AND ENVY OF THE CHURCH ELDERS, SUSANNAH, RAISED BY A LOVING BUT 
DRUNKEN BROTHER, IS EVENTUALLY DESTROYED THROUGH THE FEARS AND 
MISGUIDED LOYALTY OF LITTLE BAT, THE RETARDED SON OF ONE OF THE 
ELDERS, BEAUTY AND INNOCENCE ARE SACRIFICED TO MAINTAIN A NARROW 
BEL! EF I 
La TRAVIATA 
Music BY GIUSEPPE VERDI 
LIBRETTO BY FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE 
ACT III -THE BEDROOM OF VIOLETTA, PARIS 
1830's 
VIOLETTA 
ANN INA 
ALFREDO 
GERMONT 
DocTOR 
CHORUS 
CHARACTERS: 
SYNOPSIS: 
MARY LINDUSKA* 
HELEN CENTNER+ 
JULIE CHAFIN* 
DIANE STABLES+ 
NoRMAN DEVOL 
RONALD WILLIAMS 
WILLIAM GOLDEEN* 
EDWARD HALBACH+ 
ENTIRE CoMPANY 
LA TRAVIATA (THE FRAIL ONE), TAKING PLACE IN THE PARIS OF 
ABOUT 1935, CONCERNS THE COURTESEN VIOLETTA VALERY AND HER ROMANCE 
WITH THE YOUNG ALFREDO GERMONT, IN THE FINAL SCENE, THE LOVERS 
HAVE BEEN SEPARATED. VIOLETTA IS DYING OF TUBERCULOSIS, AND IS 
AWAITING THE RETURN OF ALFREDO FROM A DUEL WITH THE BARON DOUPHAL, 
ALFREDO SOON ARRIVES, BUT IT IS TOO LATE. VIOLETTA CRYING THAT SHE 
FEELS LIFE RETURNING DIES IN HER LOVERS ARMS, 
TRAVIATA IS GIUSEPPE VERDI'S (1813-1901) TWENTIETH OP~RA 
OF TWENTY-EIGHT COMPLETE STAGE WORKS, THE LIBRETTO, BY FRANCESCO 
MARIA PIAVE, IS BASED ON THE PLAY "LA DAME AUX CAMEL!AS" BY ALEXANDRE 
DUMAS, AND WAS FIRST PERFORMED IN VENICE, MARCH 6, 1853. THOUGH NOT 
WELL RECEIVED AT IT's PREMIERE, LA TRAVIATA HAS RISEN TO BE ONE OF 
VERDI'S GREATEST, AND MOST LOVED OPERAS, 
GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO: 
KEN DORST, THEATRE ARTS, FOR DIRECTING 11 SUSANNAH 11 AND 
11 THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF 11 • 
DONAMARIE REEDS, THEATRE ARTS, FOR SET DESIGN, 
SPECIAL THANKS TO: 
LYRIC OPERA THEATRE CosTUME RENTAL, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 
MUSIC DEPARTMENT FOR COSTUMES, 
OuR LADY OF MERCY CONVENT, BURLINGAME FOR NUNS HABITS, 
OPAL BUTLER FOR COSTUME ALTERATIONS, 
RICHARD STEAD FOR WIGS AND MAKE-UP CONSULTATION, 
ALMADEN PHARMACY FOR MAKE-UP, 
ALLIED DRAPERY SERVICE, YARDSTICK FABRICS, AND A, WILHELM FOR 
DONATED FABRICS, 
AN ANONYMOUS DoNOR FOR LUMBER. 
DR. EDWIN DuNNING, SAN JosE STATE VocAL DEPARTMENT. 
JEANNE GARSON, SAN JosE STATE VoCAL DEPARTMENT, 
STEINWAY PIANO. 


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