San Francisco Opera 2006-2007
Cast
Production - Florida Grand Opera/ Slide Show
Gustav III sung by Marcus Haddock -tenor
Amelia sung by Deborah Voigt - soprano
Anckerström sung by Ambrogio Maestri* - baritone
Oscar (pants) sung by Anna Christy - soprano
Ulrica sung by Tichina Vaughn* - mezzo-soprano
Conductor - Marco Armiliato
Director - Gina Lapinski
Set Design - Zack Brown
Costume Design - John Conklin
Lighting - Marie Barrett*
Horn, Count sung by Jeremy Galyon - bass
Ribbing, Count sung by Joshua Bloom - baritone
Judge sung by Daniel Harper - tenor
Amelia's Servent sung by Colby Roberts - tenor
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Un Ballo in Maschera
Giuseppe Verdi
Christian sung by Eugen Brancovenu - baritone
Chorus Director - Ian Robertson
Choreographer - Lawrence Pech
San Francisco Opera Debut and American Opera Debut
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Happily, the Gockley choice of production designer, Zach Brown, is the antithesis of "Eurotrash" or "Brit Pop".  His elegant and intelligent presentations of the standard repertoire grace many of the stages of the major American opera companies.
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Opera Warhorses
John Conklin's Ballo
Costumes-SFO 1999 Production
The above information is from the SFO January 11, 2006 Press Release .

The SFO Website has an altered listing :

PRODUCTION
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Stage Director: Gina Lapinski
Production Designer: Zack Brown
Lighting Designer: Marie Barrett
Choreographer: Lawrence Pech

John Conklin is not listed as Costume Designer and Zack Brown is Now Production Designer, not Just Set Designer.
Libretto by Antonio Somma
Approximate Running Time: 2 hours, 50 minutes
Sung in Italian with English Supertitles
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Fri-September 8 (7 pm) A, Wed-13 (7:30 pm) D-F, Sun-17 (2 pm) M-O,
Wed-September-20 (7:30 pm) R-S, Sat-23 (8 pm) J-L,
Tue-September 26 (7:30 pm)X-Z-LEADING LADIES VERDI-PUCCINI-,
Fri-September 29 (8 pm) G-H
S.F. ARTS CALENDAR -A.C.T./ S.F.SYMPHONY/ S.F.BALLET/ S.F.OPERA
The Opera / Plot, Audio,/Ology
SFO PERFORMANCE BY DAY-DATE-SERIES
director: Gina Lapinski
photo: Terrence McCarthy
Miami Herald Reviews of 2005 Production
"This weekend's elegant production of Giuseppe Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera is Florida Grand Opera at its grandest so far. Not only were sets and costumes magnificent as usual." (2005 as directed by Sandra Bernhard)
Preview Lectures 2006-07/ Speaker:Julian Budden/ Date:September 6, 2006
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