Kurt Herbert Adler Gala

The San Francisco Opera Association
in conjunction with
The San Francisco Opera Guild
presents
THE ANNIVERSARY GALA
In celebration of the Gold and Silver Jubilees of Kurt Herbert Adler
Masters of Ceremonies:
Dorothy Kirsten
Regina Resnik
Lotfi Mansouri
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Sir Geraint Evans
Terry McEwen
Walter Slezak
Wagner, Der Fliegende Holländer -- Overture
Silvio Varviso, conductor
Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg -- Prize Song
Spas Wenkoff
Silvio Varviso, conductor
Charpentier, Louise -- Depuis le jour
Dorothy Kirsten
John Pritchard, conductor
Mozart, Così fan tutte -- In uomini, in soldati
Graziella Sciutti
John Pritchard, conductor
Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro -- Aprite un po' quegli occhi
Cesare Siepi
John Pritchard, conductor
Leoncavallo, Pagliacci -- Vesti la giubba
James McCracken
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor
Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera -- Morrò, ma prima in grazia
Lucine Amara
Janos Ferencsik, conductor
Giordano, Andrea Chénier -- Nemico della patria
Louis Quilico
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor
Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel -- Childrens' prayer
San Francisco Boys Chorus
Calvin Simmons, conductor
Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea -- Pur ti miro
Carol Vaness
Barry McCauley
John Pritchard, conductor
Verdi, Ernani -- Ernani, involami
Leona Mitchell
Calvin Simmons, conductor
Gruber, Mei' Muatterl war a' Wienerin
Walter Berry
Janos Ferencsik, conductor
Verdi, Macbeth -- Vieni, t'affretta!
Gwyneth Jones
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor
INTERMISSION
Verdi, Nabucco -- Va, pensiero sull'ali dorate
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Richard Bradshaw, conductor
Verdi, Nabucco -- Del futuro nel buio discerno
Giorgio Tozzi
Richard Bradshaw, conductor
Brodiceanu, Pe sub flori ma leganai
Brodiceanu, S'a dus cucul de p' 'aici
Ileana Cotrubas
Philip Eisenberg, piano
Mussorgsky, Song of the flea
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Calvin Simmons, conductor
Leoncavallo, Pagliacci -- Silvio, a quest'ora
Mary Costa
Allan Monk
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Donizetti, Anna Bolena -- Al dolce guidami castel natio
Leyla Gencer
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor
Anonymous, A new work
Regina Resnik
Calvin Simmons, conductor
Giordano, Fedora -- Amor ti vieta
Giacomo Aragall
Calvin Simmons, conductor
Lehár, Giuditta -- Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss
Leonie Rysanek
Janos Ferencsik, conductor
Verdi, Rigoletto -- Cortigiani, vil razza dannata
Ingvar Wixell
Silvio Varviso, conductor
Strauss, Die Aegyptische Helena -- Zweite Brautnacht
Leontyne Price
Janos Ferencsik, conductor
Verdi, Aida -- Finale, Triumphal Scene
Gwyneth Jones
Irene Dalis
James McCracken
Chester Ludgin
Giorgio Tozzi
Alexander Malta
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor
Not listed in the program were "honored guests" who did not perform, but were
introduced on stage:
Licia Albanese
Lorenzo Alvary
Frances Bible
Heinz Blankenburg
Inge Borkh
Sona Cervena
Irene Dalis
Howard Fried
Colin Harvey
Hans Hotter
Frederick Jagel
Raymond Manton
Donna Petersen
Florence Quartararo
Stella Roman
Bidú Sayão
Giulietta Simionato
Blanche Thebom
Claramae Turner
Ramon Vinay