10/26/13 – Louisa Miller – 1:00pm
San Francisco Opera
LOUISA MILLER by GIUSEPPE VERDI
Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, Based on Schiller’s play “Kabale und Liebe”
A special archive broadcast of the 1974 production of Luisa Miller, starring Luciano Pavarotti and Katia Ricciarelli.
Sung in Italian
CAST/CREW
Laura – Gwendolyn Jones
Miller – Louis Quilico
Luisa – Katia Ricciarelli
Rodolfo – Luciano Pavarotti*
Wurm – Dieter Weller †
Count Walter – Giorgio Tozzi
Federica – Huguette Tourangeau
A Peasant – Joseph Frank
Conductor – Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Stage director – Beppe de Tomasi
Sets designed – Gianfranco Padovani
Costumes designed – Ferruccio Villagrossi
Chorus Director – Byron Dean Ryan
Lighting Designer – Robert Brand
Musical Preparation – Bliss Johnston
Sets executed – Ercole Sormani, Milan
Costumes executed – Casa d’Arte Fiore, Milan
* Role Debut, †US debut
Photo Credit: Carolyn Mason Jones