27^th Annual Season

San Francisco Opera Association

Gaetano Merola General Director

Paul Posz, Manager

War Memorial Opera House

September 20 to October 23

1949

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION

OFFICERS

Kenneth Monteagle, President Mrs. Stanley Powell, Vice-President

Arthur Merrill Brown, Jr., Vice-President Charles R. Blyth, Vice-President

George T. Cameron, Treasurer Paul Posz, Secretary

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

George Washington Baker, Jr. Charles R. Blyth Arthur Merrill Brown, Jr. Starr Bruce George T. Cameron

William W. Crocker Mortimer Fleishhacker Marco F. Hellman Robert Watt Miller

Kenneth Monteagle John Francis Neylan Mrs. Stanley Powell Mrs. Henry Potter Russell Nion R. Tucker

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Arthur Frahm Eric Rahn Ticket Sales

Gaetano Merola, General Director Paul Posz, Manager Phyllis Amati, Season Tickets

Evelyn Crockett Clade Von Besser Office Secretaries

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

George Washington Baker, Jr. P. A. Bergerot Charles R. Blyth J. Brendan Brady H. Sewall Bradley Arthur Merrill Brown, Jr. Starr Bruce Guido Caglieri Mrs. George T. Cameron George T. Cameron Charles A. Christin William W. Crocker George E. Crothers Mrs. Frank P. Deering Miss Mary C. Dunham Sidney M. Ehrman Mrs. William M. Fitzhugh

Mortimer Fleishhacker Randolph Hale Reuben B. Hale Mrs. Lawrence W. Harris J. Emmet Hayden Timothy Healy Marco F. Hellman Edward D. Keil Charles H. Kendrick Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland Lewis A. Lapham Mrs. Stine Leis Mrs. Donald Mac Leod Lewis M. E. Lombardi William Gladstone Merchant Mrs. C. O. G. Miller

Robert Watt Miller Kenneth Monteagle Guido Musto Mrs. John Francis Neylan John Francis Neylan Ralph H. Phelps Mrs. Stanley Powell Stanley Powell Mrs. Leon Richardson Mrs. Henry Potter Russell A. Sbarboro Mrs. M. C. Sloss Ralph J. A. Stern Mrs. Sigmund Stern Nion R. Tucker Randolph C. Walker Whitney Warren

WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE

(Owned and operated by the City and County of San Francisco through the Board

of Trustees of the War Memorial.)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Wilbur A. Henderson, President

Sidney M. Ehrman, Vice-President

Ben Baggenstos Frank A. Flynn Melvin I. Hertz

Dan S. Hewitt Milton W. Kletter

Guido J. Musto Richard H. Newhall Ralph J. A. Stern

Edward Sharkey, Managing Director of the War Memorial

E. Lawrence George, Secretary to the Board of Trustees

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA COMPANY

SEASON 1949

CONDUCTORS

Kurt Herbert Adler Paul Breisach

Fausto Cleva Karl Kritz

Gaetano Merola William Steinberg

MUSICAL STAFF

Glauco Curiel, Antonio Dell'Orefice Dora Di Tano Karl Kritz Walter Taussig Assistant Conductors Kurt Herbert Adler Chorus Director and Musical Secretary

Willam Christensen Choreographer and Ballet Master Madi Bacon Director Boys Chorus Naoum Blinder Concert Master

Boris Blinder Principal Cellist Julius Haug Orchesta Manager Alma Haug Librarian

STAGE DIRECTION

Armando Agnini, Stage Director

Etienne Barone, Stage Manager

ARTISTS

Licia Albanese, Soprano Salvatore Baccaloni, Bass Eileen Baldwin, Soprano Rose Bampton, Soprano Elisabetta Barbato, Soprano Jussi Bjoerling, Tenor George Cehanovsky, Baritone Leslie Chabay, Tenor Yvonne Chauveau, Soprano Caesar Curzi, Tenor Alessio De Paolis, Tenor Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano Herta Glaz, Contralto Uta Graf, Soprano Paul Guenter, Bass Lois Hartzell, Soprano Colin Harvey, Baritone

Winifred Heidt, Soprano Ralph Herbert, Baritone Herbert Janssen, Baritone Raoul Jobin, Tenor Valerie Lagorio, Contralto Desire Ligeti, Bass Max Lorenzini, Baritone Patrick McVey, Baritone Enzo Mascherini, Baritone Nicola Moscona, Bass Robin Nelson, Bass Jarmila Novotna, Soprano Alice Ostrowski, Soprano Jan Peerce, Tenor Arthur Peters, Tenor Florence Quartararo, Soprano Richard Sharretts, Baritone

Mary Jane Spry, Soprano Set Svanholm, Tenor Mihaly Szekely, Bass Ferruccio Tagliavini, Tenor Italo Tajo, Bass Pia Tassinari, Soprano Blanche Thebom, Contralto Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Demy Trevor, Bass Claramae Turner, Contralto Francesco Valentino, Baritone Ramon Vinay, Tenor Donna Walker, Contralto Virginia Wilcox, Soprano Dorothy Warenskjold, Soprano Robert Weede, Baritone Martina Zubiri, Soprano

CHORAL ENSEMBLE

MISSES

Carmen Andreatta Eileen Baldwin Josephine Barbano Eileen Browne Bianca Bruni Jean Burlingham Rose Cardinale Helen F. Carey Eleanor Coryell Helen Glover Mary Jane Gray

Aurora Gutierrez Irene Halicki Thora Harper Orthella Hughes Leona Hurd Beverly Keaton Sybil Louise Knapp Valeria Lagorio Peggy Lawford Greta Nelson Jo O'Connell

Elizabeth Pharris Bettie Sanderson Winifred K. Schamp Mary Jane Spry Joyce Stephens Destal Thornbury Dorothy Throndson Donna Walker Joan Welton Virginia Wilcox Martina Zubiri

MESSRS.

Evaristo Alibertini Anthony Alonzo Anthony Balestriere Fred O. Beardsley Edward Bosco Louis Braunstein Willis Burroughs Nicholas Cresci Caesar Curzi Galliano Daneluz Floyd Davis Amerigo Del Grande Rudolph Donati

Joseph Giammanco Willard Alan Greiner Paul Guenter Colin Harvey Edson B. Hoel Frederick Hutchinson George D. Jensen Boyd Lewis Frank Lohmeier Max Lorenzini Augusto Lourenzo Patrick McVey Alexander M. Murray

Robin Nelson Arthur L. Peters Attilio C. Rossi Paul Schagen Allen Schmidling Charles Segale Milton W. Smith Andrew M. Sneddon Howard Solve Austin Thomson Demy Trevor Edwin Vannucci

BOYS CHORUS

Donald Baumann Floyd Burdette Patrick Castro Bruce Chesse Cecil DeLoach Michael Donahue Robert Efford Peter Farrelley Paul Graves Everett Hintze

Jeffrey Holm Dale Johnson Michael Kersnar Henry Kornfeld Louis Losado Kenneth Malucelli Donald Malvestiti William Markel Kenneth Metzger Philip Metzger

Richard Miratti James Moody Carl Nehm Edwin Pearce Dennis Pitts Ronald Radetice Garry Smith Jim Webster Michael Zeller

BALLET

Soloists

Celena Cummings Joan Vickers

Geraldine Vasquez Rosalie Prosch

Roland Vasquez Jimmy Hicks

MISSES Sally Bailey Ann Crowell Carolyn George Nancy Johnson Patricia Johnston Ludmilla Liashenko Margaret Lloyds Janice Mitoff Judy Nathanson Dolores Richardson Janet Sassoon Sylvia Williams

AUXILIARY Bonny Bell Susan Devencenzi Betty Koerber Mary Alice Kubes Arlend Le Crone Mariane Peterson Jeanne Reyes Sharon Shore

MESSRS. Ray Barallobre Alton Basuino Walter Burgess Leo Duggan Jim Grey Mauricio Rios Vernon Wendrof

PRODUCTION

Eugene B. Dunkel, Scenic Artist

Earl McGuire, Master Carpenter John T. Heavey, Master of Properties

A. L. Mitchell, Master Electrician

FOR WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE

R. G. Wakeman, Master Carpenter

Edward J. Zettel, Master Electrician

Wallace Fletter, Master of Properties

COSTUMES MADE FOR SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION
BY STIVANELLO AND CULCASI, NEW YORK

Alexander Agnini, Wardrobe Master

Inez Dodson Hall, Wardrobe Mistress Sue McGowan, Hairdresser

Everett Mason, Makeup Artist

PROGRAM

PISANI PRINTING & PUBLISHING COMPANY, Publisher, Designers and Printers

OPERA BOX HOLDERS

Season 1949

A Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Merola B Mr. and Mrs. Karl C. Weber Mrs. Crescent Porter Hale C Mrs. Sigmund Stern D Mrs. Frrank P. Deering Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sutro, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R. Gwin Follis E Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Petersen Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lane Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds Lyman Mr. and Mrs. Parker S. Maddux F Mr. and Mrs. Donald MacLeod Lewis G Mrs. Samuel Knight Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Belcher Mrs. Selby McCreery H Mr. and Mrs. C. O. G. Miller Mr. and Mrs. F. W. McNear

J Mrs. I. W. Hellman K Mr. and Mrs. George T. Cameron Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Monteagle L Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Grace Mr. and Mrs. Nion R. Tucker M Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker N Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Blyth Mrs. Richard S. McCreery O Mrs. Henry Potter Russell Mr. W. W. Crocker P Mrs. George Edwin Bennett Mr. and Mrs. E. Geoffrey Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. James Bodrero Q Mr. and Mrs. Sidney M. Ehrman R Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dale King

S Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland Judge and Mrs. M. C. Sloss T Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Loran Johnston Mrs. William Cavalier U Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Harney V Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale W Mrs. Epps J. Miller Mrs. Edward M. Rolkin X Mr. and Mrs. J. E. French Y Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Hale, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Whitman Z Mr. and Mrs. John Barnard Bailey Mr. and Mrs. John B. Cella Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Petri Mr. and Mrs. Burton B. Turner

GUARANTOR MEMBERS of the SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION
1949

Mrs. Elizabeth Abbott Mrs. L. C. Abbott Mr. and Mrs. C. Robert Adams Mr. and Mrs. C. Edgar Adams Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Adams N. Harris Ades Bertram E. Alanson Mrs. Agnes Aldrich Mrs. Annette Alexander Constance H. Alexander Mrs. Wallace M. Alexander Dr. and Mrs. R. Emmet Allen Lucy H. Allyne Mr. and Mrs. Jose M. Alonso T. E. Ambrose Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Bacon Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bailey Elsa M. Baker Mrs. William Paul Baker A. R. Baldwin The Baldwin Piano Co. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Banker Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Barbash Dr. and Mrs. Otto Barkan Mrs. John Thomas Barnett J. F. Barrett Mrs. Edward F. Barron Evelyn H. Barron Irving Bartel Mr. and Mrs. Dominic A. Bazzanella Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Beall Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Bechtel Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Belcher Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Belgrano Mr. and Mrs. David Benioff Mr. and Mrs. Dudley G. Bennett Mrs. George E. Bennett Mrs. Walter H. Bentley Avram Bercovich Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bercut Al Bernard Dr. and Mrs. Elbridge J. Best Dr. and Mrs. Tholow Binkley Newton Bissinger Mrs. R. D. Black Mr. and Mrs. Norman K. Blanchard W. Harry Blatchly Mrs. Naoum Blinder Louis Bloch Edward J. Bloom Jean Blum Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Blyth Mrs. Walter W. Boardman Leon Bocqueraz Mr. and Mrs. James Bodrero Mrs. Robert C. Bolton Merle Boomhower Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bowman Louise A. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Bradshaw Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Brauns G. Temple Bridgman Mrs. William Ellery Briggs Mrs. John F. Brooke Mrs. Julia Fox Brooke George W. Brooks Arthur Brown, Jr. Arthur M. Brown, Jr. Herbert M. Brown James A. Brown Mrs. Louis C. Brown Ralph Brown Walter D. Brown Starr Bruce Frank E. Buck Dr. Leonard W. Buck Thomas Buck Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Buckley, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. F. Neil Buckely Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Burmister Mrs. Felix Butte John R. Cahill Dr. William Otis Callaway Mr. and Mrs. George T. Cameron Lillian Campbell Mrs. Lewis G. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Craig Carrier Dr. William A. Carroll Dorothy M. Carson Thelma D. Carson Howard A. Carver Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Cassidy Mrs. William Cavalier Augustine Cazenave Mr. and Mrs. John B. Cella Mrs. Selah Chamberlain Selah Chamberlain, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert M. Chandler Mr. and Mrs. R. Chatfield-Taylor Dr. and Mrs. Garnett Cheney Dr. and Mrs. Lee S. Cherney Mrs. Drew Chidester Mrs. W. F. Chipman Charles A. Christin Antone Cincotta Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Citron Mrs. Baylies V. Clark S. G. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Clarke Donald W. Cleary Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Clement Lindsey W. Cochran Mr. and Mrs. John Philip Coghlan, Sr. Mrs. Betty Cohn Mr. and Mrs. George D. Cohn Mrs. Max M. Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Coldwell Mr. and Mrs. Colbert Coldwell Persis H. Coleman H. D. Collier Alton H. Collins Mrs. Jesse C. Colman Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Coney Mary R. Conlin Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Cordes John Foster Corlett Alan H. Critcher Arthur S. Crites William W. Crocker George E. Crothers Thomas B. Crowley Dr. and Mrs. Leon Cuenin Mr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Cumberpatch Mrs. Chester Dahl Mr. and Mrs. Ture Dahlstrom Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Dale Countess Lillian R. Dandini Mr. and Mrs. George S. Daniels Arnaldo D'Anneo Archie Darbasian Forrest B. Davidson Ralph K. Davies Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Davis Florence E. Dean Mrs. Frank De Benedetti Mr. and Mrs. Edward Debs Mrs. Frank P. Deering Mrs. Georges de Latour Mrs. Arthur de Lorimier Mr. and Mrs. L. Demartini Mr. and Mrs. Walter de Martini Frank H. Denman Charles E. Denton Mr. and Mrs. Richard Detert Mrs. Robert T. Devlin Mrs. Benjamin H. Dibblee Mrs. Donald R. Dickey Mrs. B. J. Dietrich Dr. and Mrs. Victor Dillon Mrs. L. W. Dinkelspiel Mrs. Samuel Dinkelspiel Nathaniel S. Dodge, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. R. Stanley Dollar Mrs. Leo Domb Julie D. Donish O. Dewey Donnell, Jr. Mrs. F. A. Dorn Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Doyle Mr. and Mrs. Ted Dreyer Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Drobisch J. A. Ducournau Mrs. J. H. Duhig Mrs. Lambert Dunbar Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dunlap Mrs. Charles Dunphy Mrs. Dunn Dutton Mrs. Jacqueline Margett Dwyer Dr. and Mrs. George Ebright Mrs. Francis Milner Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Ehrman Alexis L. Ehrman, Jr. Mrs. Alfred Ehrman Mrs. Joseph Ehrman, Jr. Mrs. S. W. Ehrman Mr. and Mrs. Sidney M. Ehrman John W. Elwood Mark C. Elworthy Mrs. Carl F. Ernst Judge and Mrs. Herbert W. Erskine Mrs. Milton H. Esberg Milton H. Esberg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ets-Hokin Dr. and Mrs. Harold K. Faber J. Fabrino Mr. and Mrs. Paul I. Fagan Alfred Fellner Mr. and Mrs. William F. Fielder George F. Fisher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Marshal H. Fisher Mrs. Grace L. Fisk Rosemary R. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Flowers John F. Forbes Mrs. R. G. Follis Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Ford Francis Forsell Mrs. Morris Frank Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Franck Mr. and Mrs. J. W. French Mrs. W. H. French Dr. and Mrs. Charles Freytag Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Friedman Arthur J. Fritz Angelo A. Fusco Nelly Gaffney L. P. Gainsborough Maurice A. Gale Mrs. Laure Galtie Crissie Gardner Mrs. Elsie S. Garin Joseph J. Geary Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gede, Jr.

Mrs. Gibson Gerlack Ben C. Gerwick Eugene Paul Getty Gordon Peter Getty D. Lyle Ghirardelli Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Giannini Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Gibson George B. Gillson Don Gilmore Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gittings, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. A. Warren Glickman Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Glicksberg Edward James Goldie Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Louis Goldstein Lutie D. Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. C. Ray Goman Jack Gomperts Mrs. Isaac Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Lester Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Grace Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers G. Graham Countess Gratsos Mrs. Maurice S. Greenberg Stuart W. Greenberg Mrs. I. M. Greene Mrs. F. S. Greenlee Farnham P. Griffiths Mr. and Mrs. Berthold Guggenhime Richard B. Gump Albert Haas C. Nelson Hackett Mrs. Crescent Porter Hale Marshal Hale, Jr. Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr. Randolph Hale Reuben Brooks Hale Herbert E. Hall Eminel P. Halsted Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Ham Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hanna Rupert C. Hansen Mrs. Robert D. Harden Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Harney Gregroy A. Harrison Dr. Marlow B. Harrison Maurice E. Harrison Mrs. Henry H. Hart Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Hass Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hastings Mrs. Russell P. Hastings Mrs. Juanita Hatch Mr. and Mrs. Elystus L. Hayes Mrs. Timothy Hayes Roy S. Haynes Anne W. Hazen Mrs. D. C. Heger Mrs. E. S. Heller Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Heller Walter S. Heller Mrs. F. J. Hellman Mrs. I. W. Hellman Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Henderson Mrs. Robert B. Henderson Mr. and Mrs. David Heskin William A. Hewitt Albert Henry Hill Mr. and Mrs. Leslie W. Hills Reuben Wilmarth Hills, III H. H. Hilp Walter J. Hollings Mr. and Mrs. G. Austin Holt Dr. and Mrs. George H. Holt Hazel G. Holly C. J. Holzmueller Osgood Hooker L. A. Hopkins Robert A. Hornby Mrs. H. A. Hornlein Mrs. Simon Hornstein Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carr Howe, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Howell Robert Hulbert David Hulburd Mr. and Mrs. Jaquelin H. Hume Marian Huntington Mr. and Mrs. Phelps S. Hunter Dr. Iriving S. Ingber Mr. and Mrs. Tevis Jacobs Dr. S. Nicholas Jacobs Mrs. Conrad Jansen Robert J. Jansen Mr. and Mrs. Fredric H. Johnson Gustaf Frederick Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Willard L. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Loran Johnston Mrs. Holloway Jones Nelson E. Jones William Josephian Major General and Mrs. Kenyon Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Jean Juillard Mrs. Ira Kahn Samuel Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Kaiser Mr. and Mrs. Augustin C. Keane Mrs. Chas. J. Keenan Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Keil Mrs. Philip J. Kelley Charles Kendrick Mr. and Mrs. Marion H. Kent Ida Breit Kessler KGO-American Broadcasting Co. Mrs. Elizabeth Kiechle W. K. Kilpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dale King Percy L. King Franklin E. Kitchens Mrs. Josephine R. Kleinjung Paul L. Kleinsorge Mrs. William E. Kleinsorge Dr. Hans Klussman William R. Knapp Mrs. Samuel Knight Mr. and Mrs. John Bryant Knox Caroline Korbel Elsa R. Korbel Mrs. A. Koshland Mrs. Jesse Koshland Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland Frederick J. Koster Beverly B. Kotter Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Krick Valentine Kriloff Esther Kuentz Joseph C. Lacey Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Lachman Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lane Mrs. Albert G. Lang Mrs. H. M. Lawrence Arthur P. Lazarus Bernice Lucille Lee Edwin Leitch Dr. and Mrs. Milton B. Lennon Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Leonetti Leopold Lerner Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lesoine John G. Levison Donald E. Levy Mr. and Mrs. Donald MacLeod Lewis Mr. and Mrs. G. Irwin Lewis Mrs. Jesse Lilienthal Philip N. Lilienthal Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lilienthal Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Lindenberger Clarence R. Lindner Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lindsey F. L. Lipman Mrs. Norman B. Livermore Carl Livingston Lawrence Livingston Mr. and Mrs. James K. Lochead Mr. and Mrs. John S. Logan Mr. and Mrs. Dan London James Rowland Lowe Amy D. Lowengart Mrs. Alan J. Lowrey Mrs. Angelo Lucido Jack H. Lund Louis R. Lurie Melvin E. Lyon Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds Lyman James W. McAlister Mrs. Thomas R. McCarron Mrs. Robbins McCormick Mrs. W. H. McCormick Frederick H. McCrea Mrs. Richard S. McCreery Mrs. Selby McCreery Mrs. Mark L. McDonald Mrs. Felix S. McGinnis Mrs. F. W. McNear Frederick H. Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Montgomery Campbell McGregor Mr. and Mrs. M. C. McGowan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. McGuire Mrs. Charles E. McKinnie Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McLaren Florence T. McLelland Mrs. George P. McNear Mr. and Mrs. Victor Maas Mrs. William Mackenzie Mr. and Mrs. John B. Mackinlay Mr. and Mrs. Parker S. Maddux Mr. and Mrs. Marshall P. Madison Mr. and Mrs. Grover A. Magnin I. Magnin & Company H. A. Magnuson Frank Mahoney F. Bruce Maiden Mrs. J. W. Mailliard, Jr. Mrs. Thomas Page Mailliard C. E. H. Maloy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Mancini Mr. and Mrs. George M. Mann Mary Ellen Mannon George M. Mardikian Mrs. Randolph Wyatt Martenet A. C. Mattei Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Maxwell Rene A. May Evelyn Mendessolle Sam Mercer Mr. and Mrs. William Gladstone Merchant Edith R. Mereen Mrs. M. M. Merillion Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Merola E. Olga Meyer Mrs. Julian J. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Van Vissing Midgley Mrs. Effie C. Milius

Albert K. Miller Mr. and Mrs. C. O. G. Miller Mrs. Epps J. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watt Miller Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Mills Mrs. Maxwell C. Milton Mrs. Sidney Modlin Mrs. Edward F. Moffatt James K. Moffitt Charles W. Moisson Mario Mondin Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Monteagle Mr. and Mrs. Paige Monteagle Mrs. Joseph A. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Moran Anthony C. Morici Mrs. Philip C. Morse Mrs. H. D. Mortenson Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Mosher Mrs. E. Marvin Motte Guido J. Musto Laura Musto E. M. Nagel Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Nelson Julia M. Neppert Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Newman Mr. and Mrs. John Francis Neylan Mr. and Mrs. George W. Nickel Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Noble, Jr. William H. Noble Mrs. Deborah C. O'Brien Richard J. O'Brien Mrs. Mary L. Obujen Harry Ogilvie Benjamin J. Older Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Letts Oliver Mrs. Roland Letts Oliver Mrs. Warren Olney, Jr. E. Whitney Olson W. H. Orrick Mr. and Mrs. Dudley E. Ott Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace Owen Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Page Mrs. S. H. Palmer Philip P. Paschel Dr. Sadie D. Patek J. W. Pauson D. D. Peebles Helen M. Perkins T. S. Petersen G. Baltzer Peterson Mrs. S. B. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Petri Mr. and Mrs. Herman Phleger Mrs. Milton Pilhashy Mr. and Mrs. Gioacchiro Pisani Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Pischel Jules S. P. Posesta Aram Poladian Mr. and Mrs. Jerome V. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Powell Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. Price Mrs. Dorothy Puett Mr. and Mrs. John B. Quigley Joan C. Quigley Robert Ransohoff Mrs. Carl L. Raiss Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton Raven Rachel T. Reed Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Leet Reichert Robert S. Reis Dr. Ralph A. Reynolds Mrs. Herbert W. Richards Mr. and Mrs. Hermann A. Richardson Mrs. W. J. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Milo R. Robbins Dr. and Mrs. James W. Roberts Isabella V. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Robinson Mrs. Nathan Rogers Mrs. Edward M. Rolkin Col. and Mrs. Robert A. Roos Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Rose Leland S. Rosener Alexander F. Ross Donald L. Ross Alfred Roselli Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Rossi Mr. and Mrs. William P. Roth John Rothschild Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M. Rousseau Dr. J. Elliott Royer Mr. and Mrs. David Rubenstein Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Leon B. Russell Michael Joseph Ryan Mr. and Mrs. George Saks San Francisco Opera Guild Mrs. Charles Sargent Mrs. M. J. Savage Elizabeth Scamman Robert H. Scanlon Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schaubye Else Schilling Mrs. Walter Schilling George B. Schirmer Mrs. E. G. Schmiedell Dr. and Mrs. Guy Schoonmaker Helen M. Schroeder Adolph P. Schuman James H. Schwabacher Mrs. Frank Schwabacher Mrs. Louis A. Schwabacher Harry S. Scott M. Sedgely Mrs. A. Setrakian R. S. Shainwald Mrs. Nelson Towne Shaw Fred R. Sherman Mrs. Clarissa Shortall Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Shurtleff Richard O. Simon Ray Simonds Mrs. Norman Sinclair Paul A. Sinsheimer Mrs. Edgar Sinton Genevieve Six Edith Slack Sidney Sloane Judge and Mrs. M. C. Sloss DeLancey C. Smith Ferdinand C. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Snyder Jack Soderlund G. Willard Somers Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Spelman Eldridge T. Spencer Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Spurgeon Mrs. E. B. Stanwood Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Stark G. A. Starkweather Glen C. Stater Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Stein Molly Steines Gynne R. Stern Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. A. Stern Mrs. Sigmund Stern Mrs. Manuel Sternberg Mr. and Mrs. G. Jerome Stickney Claude Albon Stiehl George Stimmel Orla St. Clair Frank D. Stout Benka Strickler John Strickler Dr. and Mrs. John Philip Strickler Mrs. Clara Stroh Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Sullivan Ernest J. Sultan Bert Orrell Summers Mrs. Alfred Sutro Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sutro, Jr. Louis Sutter Benjamin H. Swig Mrs. Andrew A. Talbot Jules A. Tassi Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ternquist George S. Terrill George O. Thierbach Joseph M. Thomas Mrs. Myron I. Thomas Joseph S. Thompson Mrs. William Timson R. C. Tobin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O. Tobin Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Tobin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Tonkin Mr. and Mrs. Edward Topham, Jr. Ernest J. Torregano Dr. and Mrs. Harold G. Trimble Mr. and Mrs. Dwight K. Tripp Mrs. Alfred S. Tubbs Nion R. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Burton Turner Mrs. G. L. Turner Mrs. Wm. B. Tyler Mrs. John Upton Paul Verdier Dr. and Mrs. Christian E. Voigt Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Volkmann Dr. E. P. M. Von Gehren Dr. and Mrs. Hans von Geldern Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. von Hafften C. B. Wallace Dr. D. G. Wallace Morton Wallace Whitney Warren Mr. and Mrs. Karl Christian Weber Michel D. Weill Shirley Weissich Dr. and Mrs. Henry M. Weyrauch Mrs. T. J. Whalen Mr. and Mrs. George B. White Frederick C. Whitman Robert L. Wiel Mr. and Mrs. George M. Wihr Mr. and Mrs. Brayton Wilbur George H. Wilcoxson Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Williams W. F. Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Wilson Mrs. J. L. Wolf Gilbert S. Woods Col. and Mrs. Allen G. Wright George Wagner Mrs. V. Zarbua Harold L. Zellerbach J. D. Zellerbach Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ziel Edgar T. Zook

CONTRIBUTORS TO 1949 SEASON

Ahrens Bros. Constant J. Auger The Baldwin Piano Company Richard Bennett Borden's Dairy Delivery Co. City of Paris City Transfer & Storage Co. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Daniels Forrest B. Davidson The Emporium Nelly Gaffney The Golden Pheasant Hale Bros. Stores, Inc.

Hotel Mark Hopkins Jenkel-Davidson Optical Co. Joseph's Florist Robert M. Kasper K. H. Lengfeld H. Liebes & Company Livingston Bros. James W. McAlister, Inc. Macy's I. Magnin Company J. Magnin & Company Maison Mendessolle Musicians' Union, Local No. 6, A. F. of M. The National Dollar Store

Nicholas Corporation Omar Khayam's Palace Hotel Company of San Francisco Pisani Printing & Publ. Co. Podesta & Baldocchi Ransofoff's Roos Bros. Shreve & Co. Sommer & Kaufmann Theatrical Stagehands Union Weinstein & Co. The White House A. Wilbur Woodruff

Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.

Source: “27^th Annual Season San Francisco Opera Association” by San Francisco Opera Association, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, Cal. September 1949.

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