TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL SEASON

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION

Gaetano Merola, General Director

Paul Posz, Manager

WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE

September 26 through October 29, 1950

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION

OFFICERS

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

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

George T. Cameron, Treasurer Paul Posz, Secretary

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Charles R. Blyth Arthur Merrill Brown, Jr. Starr Bruce George T. Cameron William W. Crocker

Mortimer Fleishhacker Marco F. Hellman Bruce Kelham Robert Watt Miller

Kenneth Monteagle John Francis Neylan Mrs. Stanley Powell Mrs. Henry Potter Russell J. D. Zellerbach

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Gaetano Merola, General Director Arthur Frahm Eric Rahn Ticket Sales

Curran Swint, Publicity Director Evelyn Crockett Gwen Trudeau Clade Von Besser Office Secretaries

Paul Posz, Manager Phyllis Amati Season Tickets

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Mrs. Leonora Wood Armsby George Washington Baker, Jr. P. A. Bergerot Charles R. Blyth J. Brendan Brady H. Sewell 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 Frank W. Fuller, Jr.

Randolph Hale Reuben B. Hale Mrs. Lawrence W. Harris Timothy Healy Marco F. Hellman Mrs. Thomas Carr Howe, Jr. Edward D. Keil Bruce Kelham Charles H. Kendrick Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland Roger Lapham, Jr. Mrs. Stine Leis Mrs. Donald Mac Leod Lewis E. C. Lipman George Livermore M. E. Lombardi Mrs. Dan London Grover Magnin

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 Mrs. Oscar Sutro, Jr. Randolph C. Walker Whitney Warren J. D. Zellerbach

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

Richard H. Newhall, Vice-President Ben Baggenstos Frank A. Flynn Sam K. Harrison Wilbur A. Henderson

Sidney M. Ehrman, President

Melvin I. Hertz Dan S. Hewitt Milton W. Kletter Guido J. Musto 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 1950

CONDUCTORS

Kurt Herbert Adler Paul Breisach Fausto Cleva

Richard Karp Karl Kritz

Gaetano Merola Jonel Perlea Nicholas Rescigno

MUSICAL STAFF

Antonio Dell'Orefice Peter Paul Fuchs Richard Karp Karl Fritz Corrado Muccini Nicholas Rescigno Assistant Conductors Kurt Herbert Adler Chorus Director and Musical Secretary

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

Boris Blinder Principal Cellist Julius Haug Orchestra Manager Alma Haug Librarian Dora Di Tano Chorus and Ballet Accompanist

STAGE DIRECTION

Armando Agnini, Stage and Technical Director

William Wymetal, Stage Director

Etienne Barone, Stage Manager

ARTISTS

Licia Albanese, Soprano Carmen Andreatta, Soprano Salvatore Baccaloni, Bass Eileen Baldwin, Soprano Sari Barabas, Soprano Josephine Barbano, Soprano Sigurd Bjoerling, Baritone William Bond, Tenor John Brownlee, Baritone Catherine Brubaker, Soprano Bianca Bruni, Soprano George Cehanovsky, Baritone Yvonne Chauveau, Soprano Eugene Conley, Tenor Caesar Curzi, Tenor Mario Del Monaco, Tenor Alessio De Paolis, Tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tenor Dezso Ernster, Bass Kirsten Flagstad, Soprano John Ford, Bass Walter Fredericks, Tenor

Herta Glaz, Contralto Uta Graf, Soprano Colin Harvey, Baritone Ralph Herbert, Baritone Leona Hurd, Contralto Dorothy Kirsten, Soprano Frederick Jagel, Tenor Charles Kullman, Tenor Sherrill Lanyon, Soprano Barbara Lauppe, Soprano Brenda Lewis, Soprano Desire Ligeti, Bass Max Lorenzini, Baritone Allan Louw, Bass Patrick McVey, Baritone Enzo Mascherini, Baritone Greta Nelson, Contralto Robin Nelson, Bass Elena Nikolaidi, Contralto Hubert Norville, Tenor Jo'Ann O'Connell, Soprano Alice Ostrowsky, Soprano

Pauline Pappas, Soprano Arthur L. Peters, Tenor Lily Pons, Soprano Florence Quartararo, Soprano Bettie Sanderson, Soprano Bidu Sayao, Soprano James Schwabacher, Tenor Joyce Stephens, Soprano Yi-Kwei Sze, Bass Italo Tajo, Bass Renata Tebaldi, Soprano Destal Thornbury, Contralto Dorothy Throndson, Contralto Claramae Turner, Contralto Giuseppe Valdengo, Baritone Francesco Valentino, Baritone Ramon Vinay, Tenor Donna Walker, Soprano Dorothy Warenskjold, Soprano Robert Weede, Baritone Joan Welton, Soprano Geraldine Williams, Soprano

CHORAL ENSEMBLE

MISSES

Carmen Andreatta Eileen Baldwin Josephine Barbano Catherine Brubaker Bianca Bruni Jean Burlingham Rose Cardinale Helen F. Carey Eleanor Coryell Ruthe Crane Vera Ford

Lillian Gale Helen Glover Irene Halicki Orthella Hughes Leona Hurd Beverly Keaton Sybil Louise Knapp Valeria Lagorio Sherrill Lanyon Peggy Lawford Serena McKinney Mary Jean Martin

Greta Nelson Pauline Pappas Bettie Sanderson Winifred H. Schamp Janet Stelling Joyce Stephens Destal Thornbury Dorothy Throndson Jean Van Zile Donna Walker Joan Welton

MESSRS.

Anthony Alonzo Anthony Balestrieri William Bond Louis Braunstein Joseph Brotherton Robert Gordon Bruce Renato Bruni Nicholas Cresci Caesar Curzi Galliano Daneluz Floyd Davis Amerigo Del Grande Phillip Doan Rudolph Donati

Joseph Giammanco David Giosso Paul Guenter Colin Harvey Edson B. Hoel Alexander Jakutis George D. Jenson Boyd Lewis Frank Lohmeier Max Lorenzini Allan Louw Edward Lovasich Patrick McVey Max Meyers

Bradford Morse Raymond Myers Robin Nelson Charles Pascoe Arthur L. Peters Attilio C. Rossi Allen Schmidling William Simpkins Milton W. Smith Andrew M. Sneddon Austin Thomson Demy Trevor Harold White

BOYS CHORUS

Thomas Allen Terence Borgna John Brandes Patrick Castro Raymond Cauwert Elden Davis Cecil De Loach Donald Doub Peter Farrelly Ronald Fox Paul Graves Everett Hintze Jeffrey Holm Stanley Ibler

John Keller Michael Kersnar Scott Kersnar Pat Kirk Alan Klockars Henry Kornfeld Frederick Knorre Donald Ladigin Michael Lamb David Lassegues Maynard Linn Donald Luxemberg Donald McCarthy Joseph McLaughlin

Phillip Metzgar Richard Mialilovich Richard Miratti Carl Nehm Robert O'Neill Ronald Radetich Ronald Schafer Douglas Smith Gary Smith Peter Smith Robert Ward Grant Wiswell Michael Zeller Wayne Zimmerman

BALLET

Misses Sally Bailey Ann Crowell Susan Devincenzi Carolyn George Nancy Johnson Patricia Johnston Mary Alyce Kubes Judith Nathanson Rosalie Prosch Genie Reyes Sharon Shore Geraldine Vazquez Sylvia Williams Betty Koerber

Soloists Celena Cummings Joan Vickers Peter Nelson Roland Vazquez Messrs Ray Ballalobre Alton Basuino Richard Burgess Leo Duggan Frank Nelson

Auxiliary Bene Arnold Bonny Bell Connie Coler Nancy Dimmler Fiona Fuerstner Margaret Lloyds Roberta Hamilton Roberta Meyer Marilyn deVita June Wilson

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 SONS, NEW YORK

Alexander Agnini, Wardrobe Master

Inez Dodson Hall, Wardrobe Mistress Sue McGowan, Hairdresser

Everett Mason, Makeup Artis

PROGRAM

Pisani Printing & Publishing Company, Publishers, Designers and Printers

OPERA BOX HOLDERS

Season 1950

A Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Merola B Mr. and Mrs. Karl C. Weber Mrs. Crescent Porter Hale C Mrs. Sigmund Stern D Mrs. Frank P. Deering Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sutro, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R. Gwin Follis E Mr. and Mrs. James Bodrero Mr. and Mrs. E. Geoffrey Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds Lyman Colonel and Mrs. Robert A. Roos 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 M Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker N Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Blyth Mrs. Richard S. McCreery O Mrs. Henry Potter Russell Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Crocker P Mrs. George Edwin Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Parker S. Maddux Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Petersen 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. Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Ham 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

1950

Mrs. Elizabeth Abbott Mr. and Mrs. C. Edgar Adams III Mr. and Mrs. C. Robert Adams N. Harris Ades Bertram E. Alanson Mrs. Agnes Aldrich Mrs. Annette Seymour Alexander Mrs. Wallace M. Alexander Dr. and Mrs. R. Emmet Allen Lucy H. Allyne Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Ambrose Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Bacon Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bailey Elsa M. Baker Mr. and Mrs. William Paul Baker A. R. Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Banker Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Barbash Dr. Otto Barkan Mrs. John Thomas Barnett Peter Barnett J. F. Barrett Mrs. E. F. Barron Evelyn H. Barron Irving Bartel Mrs. Irvin V. Barth Mr. and Mrs. Dominic A. Bazzanella Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Beall Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Bechtel Dorothy E. Beck Dr. and Mrs. Walter Beckh Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Belcher Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Belgrano, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Dudley Bell Richard C. D. Bell Mrs. Konstantine Belotelkin 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 Albert Bernard Dr. and Mrs. Elbridge J. Best Dr. and Mrs. Tholow Binkley Mr. and Mrs. Newton Bissinger Mr. and Mrs. Norman K. Blanchard W. Harry Blatchly Mrs. Naoum Blinder Louis Bloch Edward J. Bloom Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Bloomfield Mr. and Mrs. Jean Blum Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Blyth Mrs. Walter W. Boardman Leon Bacqueraz Mr. and Mrs. James Bodrero Mrs. Robert C. Bolton D. Gould Bowley Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bowman Louise A. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brauns G. Temple Bridgman Mrs. Wm. Ellery Briggs Roy A. Bronson Mrs. John F. Brooke Mrs. Julia Fox Brooke George W. Brooks Louis L. Brounstein Arthur M. Brown, Jr. James A. Brown Mrs. Louis C. Brown Ralph Brown Walter D. Brown Mrs. E. E. Brownell Starr Bruce Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Bruer Frank E. Buck Dr. Leonard W. Buck Thomas Buck Dr. and Mrs. Edward John Buckley, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Buckley Dr. and Mrs. Bernard O. Burch Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Burmister Mrs. Patricia M. Butler Mrs. Felix Butte Mrs. Arthur Bowles Cahill John R. Cahill Dr. William Otis Callaway Mr. and Mrs. George T. Cameron Mrs. Lewis G. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Craig Carrier Dr. and Mrs. William A. Carroll Dorothy M. Carson Thelma D. Carson Robert C. Carty 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 Mrs. Howard Chann Dr. and Mrs. Garnett Cheney Dr. and Mrs. Lee S. Cherney Mrs. Drew Chidester Mrs. W. F. Chipman Charles A. Christin Mr. and Mrs. Antone Cincotta Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Citron Mrs. Baylies V. Clark S. G. Clark Mrs. Tobin Clark Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Clarke 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 S. Coldwell Mr. and Mrs. Colbert Coldwell Persis H. Coleman H. D. Collier Mr. and Mrs. Jesse C. Colman Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Coney Mary R. Conlin Mr. and Mrs. John Connolly James Henry Cooke Mrs. Walter B. Cope Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Cordes Alan H. Critcher Arthur S. Crites Marion Crocker Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Crocker George E. Crothers Dr. and Mrs. Leon Cuenin Mrs. Chester Dahl Mr. and Mrs. Ture Dahlstrom Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Dale Countess Lillian R. Dandini Mr. and Mrs. George S. Daniels Forrest B. Davidson Ralph K. Davies Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Davis Florence E. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Edward Debs Mrs. Frank P. Deering Mrs. Georges de Latour Mrs. Arthur de Lorimier Mr. and Mrs. L. Demartini Mrs. Walter de Martini Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Denman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Detert Mrs. Robert T. Devlin Mrs. Benjamin H. Dibblee Mrs. Donald R. Dickey Mrs. B. J. Dietrich Mr. J. S. Di Giorgio Dr. and Mrs. Victor Dillon Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Mrs. Samuel L. Dinkelspiel Nathaniel S. Dodge Mr. and Mrs. R. Stanley Dollar Julie D. Donish Dewey Donnell Carroll Donner Jerome K. Doolan Mrs. Zoe G. 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 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Robert Dunlop Mrs. Frank W. Dunn Mrs. Charles Dunphy Mrs. Dunn Dutton Mrs. Jacqueline Margett-Dwyer Dr. and Mrs. George Ebright Dwight Edwards Mrs. Francis Milner Edwards Philip S. Ehrlich 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. Ernest Richard Ernst Mrs. Milton H. Esberg Milton H. Esberg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ets-Hokin Judge and Mrs. Herbert W. Erskine Alfred I. Esberg Stella Eisner Eyn Mrs. Edward E. Eyre Dr. and Mrs. Harold K. Faber Mrs. Paul I. Fagan Alfred Fellner Mr. and Mrs. William F. Fielder Mrs. Marshal H. Fisher Mrs. Grace L. Fisk Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Follis Mrs. O. B. Foote, Jr. John F. Forbes Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Franck Dorothy Frank Mrs. Morris Frank Mr. and Mrs. J. E. French Mrs. W. H. French Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Freytag Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Friedman Arthur J. Fritz Angelo A. Fusco Mrs. Nelly Gaffney Louis P. Gainsborough Maurice A. Gale A. Russel Gallaway, Jr. Mrs. Laure Galtie Mrs. Launce John Gamble Crissie Gardner Mrs. Elsie S. Garin Joseph J. Geary Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gede, Jr. Mrs. Gibson Gerlack

Ben C. Gerwick D. Lyle Ghirardelli Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Giannini Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Collis Gibson George B. Gillson Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gittings, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. A. Warren Glickman Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Glicksberg Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Goldman Lutie D. Goldstein Mrs. Isaac Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Lester Goodman Mr. and Mrs. C. Ray Goman Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Grace Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers G. Graham Mrs. Ludovia Graham Mrs. I. M. Green Dr. J. R. Greenberg Mrs. Maurice S. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Stuart N. Greenberg Mrs. F. S. Greenlee Farnham P. Griffiths Mr. and Mrs. Berthold Guggenhime Albert Haas C. Nelson Hackett Mrs. Crescent Porter Hale Marshal Hale, Jr. Newton Johnston Hale Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale Mr. and Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr. Randolph Hale Mrs. Arthur Hall Herbert E. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Eminel P. Halsted Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Ham Dr. Lee Hand Mrs. J. L. Hanna Rupert C. Hansen Mrs. R. D. Harden Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Harney Mrs. L. W. Harris Gregory A. Harrison Dr. Marlow B. Harrison Maurice E. Harrison Mrs. Henry H. Hart Dr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Haas Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hastings Mrs. Russell P. Hastings Mrs. Herbert B. Hatch Mr. and Mrs. Elystus L. Hayes Mrs. Timothy Hayes Roy S. Haynes Anne W. Hazen Mrs. D. C. Heger Mrs. E. S. Heller Walter D. Heller Walter S. Heller Mrs. F. J. Hellman Mrs. I. W. Hellman Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Henderson Mrs. Robert B. Henderson Mrs. Thomas M. R. Herron Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hewitt Dr. Harold A. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hill Mr. and Mrs. Leslie W. Hills Reuben Wilmarth Hills, III Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Hilp Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Hollings Mrs. George H. Holt Hazel G. Holly Mr. and Mrs. G. Austin Holt C. J. Holzmueller Osgood Hooker L. Arundel Hopkins Mrs. H. A. Hornlein Mrs. Simon Hornstein Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carr Howe, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Howell Robert Hulbert Mrs. Philip T. Hull Jacquelin H. Hume Mr. and Mrs. Phelps Stokes Hunter Marian Huntington Dr. Irving S. Ingber Dr. S. Nicholas Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Tevis Jacobs Mrs. Conrad Jansen Robert J. Jansen Mrs. B. C. Jesena Frederic H. Johnson Gustaf Frederick Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Willard L. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Loran Johnston Mrs. A. G. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Nelson E. Jones Mr. and Mrs. William Josephian General and Mrs. Kenyon Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Jean Juilliard KGO-American Broadcasting Company Mrs. Ira Kahn Samuel Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Kaiser H. C. Kaplow Mr. and Mrs. Augustin C. Keane Mrs. Charles J. Keenan Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Keil Mrs. P. J. Kelley Charles Kendrick Marion H. Kent Ida Breit Kessler Mrs. Elizabeth O. Kiechle Mrs. Kenneth Kilpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dale King Percy L. King Frank E. Kitchens Mrs. Josephine R. Kleinjung Paul L. Kleinsorge Mrs. William E. Kleinsorge John E. Kleiser Mr. and Mrs. William R. Knapp Mrs. Samuel Knight Mr. and Mrs. John Bryant Knox Caroline Korbel Elsa R. Korbel Mrs. Abraham Koshland Mrs. Jesse Koshland Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland Frederick J. Koster Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. R. Kreutzmann Mr. and Mrs. Edwin V. Krick Mrs. Clarence Krieger Valentine Kriloff Esther Kuenz Joseph C. Lacey Mrs. George S. Lachman Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Lachman G. Arthur Lachman Stanley Philips Lachman Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lane Mrs. Albert G. Lang Mrs. H. M. Lawrence Nancy E. Lawson Arthur P. Lazarus Kenneth Leitch Dr. and Mrs. Milton B. Lennon Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Leonetti Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Lerner John A. Lesoine Mr. and Mrs. John G. Levison Donald E. Levy Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLeod Lewis Mr. and Mrs. G. Irwin Lewis Mrs. Jesse Lilienthal Philip N. Lilienthal Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lilienthal Bohn C. Lindemann Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lindenberger Manne Lindholm Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lockwood Lipman Mrs. Norman B. Livermore Lawrence Livingston Mr. and Mrs. James K. Lochead Mr. and Mrs. John S. Logan Mr. and Mrs. Dan London E. A. Long James Rowland Lowe Amy D. Lowengart Mrs. Alan J. Lowrey Mrs. Angelo Lucido Jack H. Lund Louis R. Lurie Robert Lym, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds Lyman Melvin E. Lyon James W. McAlister Mrs. Thomas R. McCarron Mrs. Robbins McCormick Mrs. W. H. McCormick Mr. and Mrs. F. H. McCrea Mrs. Richard S. McCreery Mrs. Selby McCreery Mrs. Mark L. McDonald E. L. McDonnell Mrs. Felix S. McGinnis Mr. and Mrs. M. B. McGowan Mrs. Ann McInerney Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. McKinnie Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. McLaughlin, Jr. Florence T. McLelland Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. McNear Mrs. George P. McNear Mr. ad 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 Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Magnuson Frank D. Mahoney Mrs. J. W. Mailliard, Jr. Mrs. Thomas Page Mailliard Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Mancini Mr. and Mrs. George M. Mann Mr. and Mrs. George M. Mardikian Mrs. Randolph Wyatt Martenet A. C. Mattel Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Mayo Dr. and Mrs. George Melody Mrs. Verona A. Melletz Evelyn Mendessolle Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gladstone Merchant Edith A. Mereen Mrs. R. P. Merillion Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Merola E. Olga Meyer Julian J. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Van V. Midgely Mrs. Effie C. Milius Albert K. Miller Mr. and Mrs. C. O. G. Miller Mrs. Epps J. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watt Miller Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Mills Mrs. Maxewll (sic) C. Milton Mrs. Randolph Huntington Miner

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchel L. Mitchell Mr. and 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 Frederick H. Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. E. Geoffrey Montgomery Mrs. Joseph A. Moore Anthony C. Morici Mrs. Philip C. Morse Mrs. H. D. Mortenson Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Mosher Leon J. Murphy Guido J. Musto Laura Musto Helen E. Myers Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Nagel Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Nelson Richard W. Nelson Julia M. Neppert Mrs. Alfred Newman Mr. and Mrs. John Francis Neylan Mr. and Mrs. George W. Nickel Mr. and Mrs. J. Leroy Nickel, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Noble, Jr. William Holt Noble Mrs. C. A. Norris H. Edwin Nowell Mrs. Deborah O'Brien Richard J. O'Brien Mrs. Mary L. Obujen George R. O'Connor Harry Ogilvie Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Older Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Letts Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Roland Letts Oliver Mrs. Warren Olney, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Olsen E. Whitney Olson Mr. and Mrs. William H. Orrick Mr. and Mrs. Dudley E. Ott Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace Owen Charles Page Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Page Mrs. S. H. Palmer Dr. Sadie D. Patek J. W. Pauson D. D. Peebles Helen M. Perkins Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Petersen G. Baltzer Peterson Mrs. Seabury B. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Petri Mr. and Mrs. Herman Phleger Mrs. Milton Pilhashy Mr. and Mrs. Gioacchino Pisani Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Pischel Jules S. P. Podesta Mr. and Mrs. Jerome V. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Powell Walter T. Prendergast Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Price Mr. and Mrs. John B. Quigley Joan Quigley Vinice E. Rains Mrs. Carl Raiss Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton Raven Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Leet Reichert Mrs. George G. Reinle Robert S. Reis Dr. Ralph A. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Neville J. Rich Mrs. Herbert W. Richards Mr. and Mrs. Hermann A. Richardson Mrs. W. J. Richardson Mrs. and Mrs. Wm. P. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Milo R. Robbins Dr. James W. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Robinson Mrs. John Alvah Robinson Theodore Roche, Jr. Mrs. Nathan Rogers Mrs. Edward M. Rolkin Loma Roll Col. and Mrs. Robert A. Roos Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Rose Leland S. Rosener Alexander F. Ross Donald L. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Edmund A. Rossi John Rothschild Ken F. Royce David Rubenstein Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Russell Mrs. Henry P. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Leon B. Russell Michael Joseph Ryan Mrs. Nicholas M. Sahati Mr. and Mrs. George Saks San Francisco Opera Guild Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Sargent Mrs. M. J. Savage Elizabeth Scamman Robert H. Scanlon Mr. and Mrs. Karl Schaefer Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schaubye Else Schilling Mrs. Walter Schilling George B. Schirmer Nat Schmulowitz Allison E. Schofield Dr. and Mrs. Guy Shoonmaker Helen M. Schroeder Adolph P. Schuman Mrs. Frank Schwabacher James H. Schwabacher Mrs. Louis A. Schwabacher Harry S. Scott M. Sedgely Mrs. A. Setrakian R. S. Shainwald Harold M. Shanzer Mrs. Nelson Towne Shaw Fred R. Sherman Clarissa Shortall Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Shurtleff Richard O. Simon Ray Simonds Mrs. N. J. Sinclair Paul A. Sinsheimer Mrs. Edgar Sinton Genevieve Six Judge and Mrs. M. C. Sloss De Lancey 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. Clifford O. Spurgeon Orla St. Clair Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stanford Mrs. Edward B. Stanwood Dr. and Mrs. John H. Stark G. A. Starkweather Mrs. Harold S. Stein Mrs. Charles W. Steines Miss Gynne R. Stern Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. A. Stern Mrs. Sigmund Stern Mr. and Mrs. George Jerome Stickney Claude Albon Stiehl George Stimmel 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 Dr. Wilbur F. Swett Benjamin H. Swig Mrs. Andrew B. Talbot Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ternquist George S. Terrill George C. Thierbach Joseph M. Thomas Mrs. William Timson C. R. Tobin Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Tobin Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Tobin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Tonkin Ernest J. Torregano Dr. and Mrs. Harold Guyon Trimble Mr. and Mrs. Dwight K. Tripp Mrs. Alfred S. Tubbs Mrs. Nion Tucker Mrs. Barbara B. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Burton B. Turner Mrs. William B. Tyler Mrs. John Upton Mr. and Mrs. Ernst D. Van Loben Sels Mrs. Jack Verdi Paul Verdier Emma Domb Vigdor Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Voigt Mrs. Daniel Volkmann Johanna M. Volkmann Dr. E. P. M. von Gehren Dr. and Mrs. Hans von Geldern Mr. and Mrs. A. H. von Hafften George Wagner Mrs. Willis Walker C. B. Wallace Dr. D. G. Wallace Morton Wallace Whitney Warren Mr. and Mrs. Karl Christian Weber E. J. Wegener Michel D. Weill Shirley Weissich Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Weyrauch Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Whalen Mr. and Mrs. George B. White Robert L. Wiel Mr. and Mrs. George M. Wihr Mr. and Mrs. Brayton Wilbur George H. Wilcoxson Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Williams Florence A. Williams W. F. Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Willmette Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Wills Mrs. J. L. Wolf Marguerite Wolfson Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert S. Woods Mrs. Theodore Wores Mr. and Mrs. Max Woulf Col. and Mrs. Allen G. Wright Mr. and Mrs. J. Perry Yates Mrs. V. Zaruba Harold L. Zellerbach J. D. Zellerbach Edgar T. Zook

CONTRIBUTORS TO 1950 SEASON

Ahrens Bakery The Baldwin Piano Company Irving Bartel Mr. and Mrs. David Benioff City of Paris City Transfer & Storage Co. Davis Schonwasser Co. The Emporium Nelly Gaffney Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Giannini The Golden Pheasant Hale Bros.

Hotel Mark Hopkins Jenkel-Davidson Optical Co. H. Liebes & Company Livingston Bros. Macy's I. Magnin Company J. Magnin & Company Maison Mendessolle Musicians Union, Local 6 The National Dollar Stores, Ltd. Podesta Baldocchi Ransohoff's

Roos Bros. Safeway Stores, Inc. Schneider Bros., Inc. Shreve & Company Sir Francis Drake Hotel Sommer & Kaufmann Standard Oil Co. of California Theatrical Stage Employees Union, Local No. 16 Weinstein Co. Inc The White House A. Wilbur Woodruff Yellow Cab Co.

Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.

Source: “Twenty-Eighth Annual Season San Francisco Opera Association” by San Francisco Opera Association, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, Cal. September 1950.

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