TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL SEASON

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION

Gaetano Merola, General Director

War Memorial Opera House

September 18 through October 21, 1951

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, Vice-President-Treasurer Starr Bruce, 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

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Gaetano Merola, General Director Joseph A. Scafidi Evelyn Crockett Clade Von Besser Gwen Trudeau

Howard K. Skinner, Manager Constance H. Alexander Doris Lowell Helen Sundin Matilda Condare

Curran Swint, Publicity Director Donald Phelps Arthur Frahm Eric Rahn Ann Linsley

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Mrs. Leonora Wood Armsby George Washington Baker, Jr. P. A. Bergerot Charles R. Blyth J. Brendan Brady Arthur Merrill Brown, Jr. Starr Bruce 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

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 A. Magnin William Gladstone Merchant Mrs. C. O. G. Miller

Robert Watt Miller Kenneth Monteagle Guido J. Musto Mrs. John Francis Neylan John Francis Neylan Ralph L. 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

Frank A. Flynn, President

Guido J. Musto, Vice-President

Ben Baggenstos Sidney M. Ehrman Sam K. Harrison Edward Sharkey, Managing Director of The War Memorial

Wilbur A. Henderson Melvin I. Hertz Dan S. Hewitt

Milton W. Kletter Richard H. Newhall Ralph J. A. Stern E. Lawrence George, Secretary of the Board of Trustees

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA COMPANY

Season 1951

CONDUCTORS

Kurt Herbert Adler Paul Breisach Pietro Cimara

Fausto Cleva Karl Kritz Erich Leinsdorf

Gaetano Merola Nicholas Rescigno Alfred Wallenstein

MUSICAL STAFF

Glauco Curiel Antonio Dell'Orefice Karl Kritz Corrado Muccini Nicholas Rescigno Curtis Stearns Francisco Comacho Vega Assistant Conductors Kurt Herbert Adler Chorus Director and Musical Secretary

Lew 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

Lorenzo Alvary, Bass Winther Andersen, Baritone Eileen Baldwin, Soprano Kurt Baum, Tenor Anna-Lisa Bjoerling, Soprano Jussi Bjoerling, Tenor Catherine Brubaker, Soprano George Cehanovsky, Baritone Alma Cella, Soprano Yvonne Chauveau, Soprano Eugene Conley, Tenor Caesar Curzi, Tenor Alessio De Paolis, Tenor Dezso Ernster, Bass Eloise Farrell, Soprano Walter Fredericks, Tenor Herta Glaz, Contralto Uta Graf, Soprano Paul Guenter, Baritone Lois Hartzell, Soprano Colin Harvey, Baritone

Ralph Herbert, Baritone Leona Hurd, Contralto Herbert Janssen, Baritone Michael Kersnar, Boy Soprano Dorothy Kirsten, Soprano Sybil Louise Knapp, Soprano Valerie Lagorio, Contralto Sherrill Lanyon, Soprano Ernest Lawrence, Tenor Desire Ligeti, Bass Max Lorenzini, Baritone Arlene McIntosh, Soprano Thomas Miller, Tenor Nicola Moscona, Bass Herva Nelli, Soprano Edward Novi, Baritone Alice Ostrowsky, Soprano Jan Peerce, Tenor Lily Pons, Soprano Enrico Porta, Baritone Stella Roman, Soprano

Attilio Rossi, Tenor Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Bass Bidu Sayao, Soprano James Schwabacher, Tenor Joyce Stephens, Soprano Set Svanholm, Tenor Yi-Kwei Sze, Bass Blanche Thebom, Contralto Austin Thomson, Tenor Dorothy Throndson, Contralto Demy Trevor, Bass Claramae Turner, Contralto Guiseppe Valdengo, Baritone Francesco Valentino, Baritone Astrid Varnay, Soprano Ramon Vinay, Tenor Frans Vroons, Tenor Dorothy Warenskjold, Soprano Robert Weede, Baritone Harold White, Tenor June Wilkins, Contralto

CHORAL ENSEMBLE

Misses

Barbara Bacci Eileen Baldwin Josephine Barbano Catherine Brubaker Helen F. Carey Eleanor Coryell Ruthe Crane Sharon Currier Lois Duncan Eloise Farrell Patricia Fitzgerald Jean Gehres

Irene Halicki Dolores Hamil Barbara Hyde Hoots Leona Hurd Mary Kantor Sybil Louise Knapp Lois Koch Valerie Lagorio Sherrill Lanyon Doris Marion Arlene McIntosh Susan McNair Elizabeth Metzler

Margaret Norcross Leona Oddstad Pauline Pappas Margherita Pialorsi Louise Rossi Mary Jane Spry Janet Stelling Joyce Stephens Annabell Thomson Dorothy Throndson Jeanne Van Zile Trude Winter

Messrs

Leon Amon Winther Anderson William Bond Louis Braunstein Robert Gordon Bruce Royal Caughey Bruce Cook Evaldo Dal Poggetto Amerigo Del Grande Phillip Doan Rudolph Donati Robert Edgington Morton Fine Floyd Ford

Willis Frost, Jr. Joseph Giammanco David Giosso Willard Greiner Paul Guenter Colin Harvey Robert Higuera Alexander Jakutis Gus Lease Max Lorenzini Allan Louw Edward Lovasich James McCleary Robert McNair Max Meyers

Thomas Miller Edward Novi Charles Pascoe Attilio Rossi Charles Segale Daniel Segrove Page Shaw William Simkins Clinton Smith Milton Smith Andrew Sneddon Austin Thomson Demy Trevor Harold White

BOYS CHORUS

Thomas Allen John Brunner Raymond Cauwet Franz Christiani Martin Cooper Elden Davis Charles Dorman Kenneth Driscoll Danny Durst Oliver Ellsworth Robert Fahner Robert Ferrer Ronald Fox Allan Gelbar Paul Graves Tyler Hammond

Richard Hess Stanley Ibler John Keller Michael Kersnar Scott Kersnar Alan Klockars Frederick Knorre Michael Lamb David Lassegues Bruce Leeb Stephen Lewis Maynard Linn Richard Miailovich Herbert Mier Richard Miratti

Charles Pagani Robert Rosenblatt Robert Saxon Ronald Schafer Leo Schmidt Douglas Smith Peter Smith Gilbert Texidor Houston Tidmore Robert Urrea James Ursino Dennis Van Dam Donald Weilerstein Wayne Wood Michael Zeller Wayne Zimmerman

BALLET

Soloists

Sally Bailey Caroly George Nancy Johnson

Geraldine Vazquez Joan Vickers

Leo Duggan Arron Girard Roland Vazquez

Misses

Bene Arnold Connie Coler Ann Crowell

Aileen Dettling Suzanne Devincenzi Patricia Johnston Mary Alyce Kubes

Sharon Shore Sylvia Williams Judith Younger

Messrs

Alton Basuino

Carlos Carvajal

Gordon Paxman

PRODUCTION

Eugene B. Dunkel, Scenic Artist A. L. Mitchell, Master Electrician

T. L. Colangelo, Jr., Superintendent

Charles Carman, Master Carpenter Claude Waggoner, Master of Properties

For War Memorial Opera House

R. G. Wakeman, Master Carpenter

Edward J. Zettel, Master Electrician

Wallace Fletter, Master of Properties

COSTUMES MADE FOR SAN FRANCISO OPERA ASSOCIATION BY

STIVANELLO and SONS, NEW YORK

Alexander Agnini, Wardrobe Master

Inez Dodson Hall, Wardrobe Mistress Sue McGowan, Hairdresser

Everett Mason, Makeup Artist

PROGRAM

Pisani Printing & Publishing Company, Publishers, Designers and Printers

PERSONNEL

San Francisco Opera Orchestra

Detlev Anders Artur Argiewicz Vojmir Attl Walter Bell Herbert Benkman F. N. Bibbins Boris Blinder Naoum Blinder Charles Bubb August Buenger Mary Burrell Cesare Claudio Ferdinand Claudio Silvio Claudio Asbjorn Finess Louis Ford Orlando Giosi Robert Gordohn Walter Gough Mafalda Guaraldi

Merrill Jordan Julius Haug Karl Hesse Frank Houser Mary Hughson Philip Karp Felix Khuner John Klock E. Kubitschek Attilio Laraia Walter Larew Dino Lucchesi Lucien Mitchell Ferenc Molnar Earl Murray Ralph Murray Raymond Ojeda Detlev Olshausen John Paterson Herman Reinberg

Merrill Remington William Sabatini Earl Saxton John Schipillitti Leslie Schivo Reina Schivo Robert E. Schmidt Rudolph Schmitt David Schneider Henry Schweid David Shapiro Rogers Shoemaker Charles Siani Walter Subke Herman C. Trutner Albert Vendt Romain Verney Willem Wegman Albert White William Wolski

OPERA BOX HOLDERS

Season 1951

A Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Merola B Mr. and Mrs. M. Mitchell Bourquin Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Richards Mr. and Mrs. Karl Christian Weber C Mrs. Sigmund Stern D Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Baker, Jr. Mrs. Frank P. Deering Mr. and Mrs. R. Gwin Follis Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sutro, Jr. E Mr. and Mrs. James S. Bodrero Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds Lyman Mr. and Mrs. E. Geoffrey Montgomery Mrs. Robert A. Roos F Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLeod Lewis G Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Belcher Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Henderson Mrs. Samuel Knight Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Petersen

H Mr. and Mrs. F. W. McNear Mr. and Mrs. C. O. G. Miller J Mrs. I. W. Hellman K Mr. and Mrs. George T. Cameron Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Monteagle L Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Grace Mrs. C. R. St. Aubyn M Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker N Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Blyth Mrs. Richard S. McCreery O Mr. and Mrs. William W. Crocker Mrs. Henry Potter Russell P Mr. and Mrs. Walter John Felix Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lane Mr. and Mrs. Parker S. Maddux

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 Mrs. William Cavalier Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Loran Johnston U Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Harney V Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale W 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 Mrs. Alma Cella

GUARANTOR MEMBERS of the SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION

1951

Mrs. W. Lindley Abbott Mr. and Mrs. C. Robert Adams Charles Edgar Adams, II N. Harris Ades Mrs. Agnes Aldrich Mrs. Annette S. Alexander Mrs. Wallace M. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Allardale Mr. and Mrs. R. Emmet Allen Lucy H. Allyne Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Ambrose Mrs. S. Chesley Anderson Theodore Arenz Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Bacon Elsa M. Baker Mrs. William Paul Baker A. R. Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Banker Dr. and Mrs. Otto Barkan Mrs. John Thomas Barnett Peter Barnett J. F. Barrett Mrs. E. F. Barron Evelyn H. Barron Irving Bartell Dominic A. Bazzanella Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Beall Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Bechtel Dorothy E. Beck Mrs. Reed J. Bekins Mrs. Frank G. Belcher Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Belgrano, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Konstantin T. Belotelkin Mr. and Mrs. David Benioff Mrs. Dudley G. Bennett Mrs. Walter H. Bentley Avram Bercovich Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bercut Mr. and Mrs. Al Bernard 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 Mrs. Louis Bloch Mr. and Mrs. Edward John Bloom Felice Bloom Jacqueline Bloom James B. Blum Mr. and Mrs. Jean Blum Mrs. Max Blumlein Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Blyth Mrs. Walter W. Boardman Mr. and Mrs. James Bodrero Mrs. T. H. Boggs Mrs. Robert C. Bolton Mr. and Mrs. M. Mitchell Bourquin Mr. and Mrs. D. Gould Bowley Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bowman Louise A. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brauns Mr. and Mrs. G. Temple Bridgman Mrs. William Ellery Briggs Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Bronson Mrs. John F. Brooke Mrs. Julia Fox Brooke George W. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Brower Arthur Brown, Jr. Arthur M. Brown, Jr. Mrs. Louis C. Brown Ralph Brown Walter D. Brown Mrs. E. E. Brownell Mr. and Mrs. Starr Bruce Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Bruer Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Buck Henry R. Buck Dr. and Mrs. Leonard W. Buck Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Buckley, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Buckley Mrs. B. O. Burch Gertrude Burke Mrs. Lumley Burke Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gage Burmister Felix Butte, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Cahill Mrs. John R. Cahill Robert W. Cahill Dr. William Otis Callaway Mr. and Mrs. George T. Cameron Horace O. Camm Elisabeth Schulze Heald Carpenter Mrs. Lewis A. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Craig Carrier Dr. and Mrs. William A. Carroll Dorothy Carson Thelma Carson H. K. Cassidy Mrs. William Cavalier Alma Cella Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cella Mrs. Selah Chamberlain Selah Chamberlain, Jr. Elbert M. Chandler Mrs. Howard Chann Dr. and Mrs. Garnett Cheney Dr. and Mrs. Lee S. Cherney Mrs. W. F. Chipman Charles A. Christin Harold Cicerone Mr. and Mrs. Antone Cincotta Mrs. Baylies V. Clark S. G. Clark Mrs. Tobin Clark Mr. and Mrs. Philip Coghlan Alfred Cohen Betty Cohn Mr. and Mrs. George D. Cohn Mrs. Max M. Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Colbert Coldwell Persis H. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Collier Mr. and Mrs. Jesse C. Colman Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Coney Mary R. Conlin John N. Conrad Alfred J. Coppell, Jr. J. A. Cosmas Alan H. Critcher Arthur S. Crites Mr. and Mrs. William W. Crocker George E. Crothers Thomas B. Crowley Dr. and Mrs. Leon Cuenin Mrs. Carl Curtis Mrs. Chester Dahl Countess Lillian R. Dandini Mr. and Mrs. George S. Daniels Forrest B. Davidson Ralph K. Davies Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Davis Florence E. Dean Mrs. Frank P. Deering Mrs. George de Latour Andrew Delfino Mrs. Arthur de Lorimier Mr. and Mrs. Louis Demartini Mrs. Walter Alfred de Martini Richard Detert Mrs. Robert T. Devlin Mrs. Benjamin H. Dibblee Mrs. Donald Ryder Dickey Mrs. B. J. Dietrich Robert Di Giorgio Dr. and Mrs. Victor Dillon Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd D. Dinkelspiel Mrs. Samuel L. Dinkelspiel Nathaniel S. Dodge R. Stanley Dollar Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Donnell Julie D. Donish Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Dorman Mrs. F. A. Dorn Mr. and Mrs. Walter Edward Drobisch J. A. Ducournau Mrs. J. H. Duhig Mrs. Frank William Dunn Mrs. Charles Dunphy Mrs. George Ebright Mrs. Francis Milner Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Ehrlich Mrs. Albert L. Ehrman Mrs. Alfred Ehrman Mrs. Joseph Ehrman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney M. Ehrman Mrs. S. W. Ehrman Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Elkus Mark C. Elworthy Mrs. Carl F. Ernst Richard Ernst Mrs. Milton H. Esberg Milton H. Esberg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hector Escobosa Louis Ets-Hokin Mrs. Edward E. Eyre Dr. and Mrs. Harold K. Faber Mr. and Mrs. Emmett J. Fallon Mr. and Mrs. Walter John Felix Alfred Fellner Mr. and Mrs. Marshal H. Fisher Mrs. Grace L. Fisk Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker Mr. and Mrs. Gwin Follis John F. Forbes Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Ford T. G. Franck John E. Freed Mr. and Mrs. J. E. French Mrs. William H. French Dr. and Mrs. Charles Freytag Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Friedman Mrs. Henry B. Friedrichs Arthur J. Fritz Mrs. Nelly Gaffney Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Gainsborough Mr. and Mrs. Maurice A. Gale

A. Russell Gallaway, Jr. Mrs. L. Galtie Mrs. L. J. Gamble Crissie Gardner Mrs. H. P. Garin, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gede, Jr. Ben C. Gerwick D. Lyle Ghirardelli Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Giannini Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Collis Gibson George B. Gillson Dr. and Mrs. Frank Girard Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Gittings, Jr. Bernard B. Glickfeld Mr. and Mrs. A. Warren Glickman Louis J. Glicksberg Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Goldman Lutie D. Goldstein Mrs. Rose Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gomperts Mrs. Isaac Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Lester Goodman Walter M. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Gould Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Grace Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers S. Graham E. Grazzini Mrs. I. M. Green Mrs. Maurice S. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Stuart N. Greenberg Mrs. F. S. Greenlee Mr. and Mrs. Farnham P. Griffiths Gayle V. Grubb Mr. and Mrs. Berthold Guggenhime Mrs. Edward Gunderson Mr. and Mrs. A. Haas C, Nelson Hackett Marshal Hale, Jr. Newton J. Hale Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr. Randolph Hale Mrs. Arthur Hall Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Eminel P. Halsted Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Ham Mrs. J. L. Hanna Mrs. Richard W. Hanna Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Harney Mrs. L. W. Harris Gregory A. Harrison Marlow B. Harrison Dr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hart Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Hartman Dr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Haas Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hastings Mr. and Mrs. Russell P. Hastings Mr. and Mrs. Elystus L. Hayes Mrs. Timothy Hayes Roy S. Haynes Mrs. D. C. Heger Mrs. E. S. Heller Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Heller Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Heller Mr. and Mrs. Frederick 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 Henry Hill Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Hills Mr. and Mrs. Leslie W. Hills Reuben W. Hills, III Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hilp Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Hollings G. Austin Holt Mrs. George H. Holt Osgood Hooker Mr. and Mrs. L. Arundel Hopkins George Hotaling Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carr Howe Mrs. John Wesley Howell Robert Hulbert Mr. and Mrs. Jaquelin H. Hume Phelps Stokes Hunter Marian Huntington Dr. and Mrs. S. Nicholas Jacobs Bernard Jaffe Mrs. Conrad Jansen Robert J. Jansen Louis Jefferys Fredric H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson Willard L. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Loran Johnston Mrs. A. G. Jones Nelson E. Jones William Josephian Major General Kenyon A. Joyce Mrs. Ira Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Augustin C. Keane Mrs. Charles J. Keenan Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Keil Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kelham Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kendrick Marion H. Kent Mrs. Ruth E. Kessler Mrs. Emil Kiechle Ethel S. Kilpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dale King Percy L. King Franklin E. Kitchens Mrs. Philip Klein Mrs. Josephine R. Kleinjung Paul L. Kleinsorge Mrs. William E. Kleinsorge E. Klies, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Knapp Mrs. Samuel Knight Mr. and Mrs. John Bryant Knox Caroline Korbel Elsa R. Korbel Stephanie D. Koret Mrs. Abraham Koshland Mrs. Jesse Koshland Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Koster Mr. and Mrs. Edwin V. Krick Valentine Kriloff Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Jenkel Joseph C. Lacey Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lane Mrs. Albert G. Lang Arthur P. Lazarus Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Lee Kenneth Leitch Walter A. Leonetti Leopold Lerner John A. Lesoine Mr. and Mrs. John G. Levison Donald E. Levy Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLeod Lewis G. Irwin Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lilienthal Mr. and Mrs. Philip N. Lilienthal Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lilienthal Dr. H. Nels Lindell Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam J. Lindenberger Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lockwood Lipman Mrs. Norman B. Livermore Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Livingston Mr. and Mrs. James K. Lochead Mrs. John S. Logan Mr. and Mrs. Dan London James Rowland Lowe Amy D. Lownegart Mrs. Alan J. Lowrey Mrs. Angelo Lucido Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds Lyman James W. McAlister Mrs. T. R. McCarron Mrs. William H. McCormick Frederick H. McCrea Mrs. Richard S. McCreery Mrs. C. S. McDowell Mrs. Felix S. McGinnis M. B. McGowan Mr. and Mrs. Campbell McGregor Ann McInerney Charles E. McKinnie Andrew C. McLaughlin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. McNear Mrs. George P. McNear Mr. and Mrs. Victor Maas Mr. and 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 F. D. Mahoney Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mailliard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Page Mailliard Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Mancini Mr. and Mrs. George M. Mann Mary Ellen Mannon Mr. and Mrs. George Mardikian Mrs. Randolph Wyatt Martenet A. C. Mattel Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. Rene A. May Mrs. Verona A. Melletz William Gladstone Merchant Edith A. Mereen Mrs. Ralph Merillion Mr. and Mrs. Gaetano Merola Mr. and Mrs. Julian J. Meyer E. Olga Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Van Vissing Midgley Mr. and Mrs. Albert K. Miller Mr. and Mrs. C. O. G. Miller Paul Albert Miller Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watt Miller Mrs. Edward M. Mills

Mrs. Maxwell C. Milton Mrs. Randolph Huntington Miner Mr. and Mrs. Mitchel L. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Modlin James K. Moffitt George Moncharsh Mario Mondin Arch Monson Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Monteagle Mr. and Mrs. Paige Monteagle Mr. and Mrs. E. Geoffrey Montgomery Frederick H. Montgomery Mrs. Joseph A. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Moore, Jr. Alfred A. Morici Anthony Morici Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Morse Mrs. Etta C. Morshead Mrs. Harold D. Mortenson Mr. and Mrs. Guido Musto Laura Musto Helen Myers E. M. Nagel Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Nelson Julia M. Neppert Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Newman Mr. and Mrs. John Francis Neylan George W. Nickel J. LeRoy Nickel, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Noble, Jr. William H. Noble Mrs. Deborah O'Brien Mrs. Mary L. Obujen Harry Ogilvie Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Older Mrs. Edwin Letts Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Roland Letts Oliver Mrs. Warren Olney, Jr. Ralph P. Olsen E. Whitney Olson Mr. and Mrs. William H. Orrick Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace Owen Charles R. Page Mrs. S. H. Palmer Dr. Sadie D. Patek J. W. Pauson Helen M. Perkins Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Petersen Mr. and Mrs. G. Baltzer Peterson Mrs. S. B. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Petri Mr. and Mrs. Herman Phleger Mrs. Milton Pilhashy G. Pisani Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Pischel Jules S. P. Podesta Mrs. George Gordon Pollock William Kenneth Potts Mr. and Mrs. Jerome V. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Powell Walter T. Prendergast B. W. Price Mr. and Mrs. John B. Quigley Vinice E. Rains Mrs. Carl Raiss Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton Raven Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Leet Reichert Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reis Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Reynolds Mrs. Herbert W. Richards Mr. and Mrs. Hermann A. Richardson Mrs. W. J. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Bert Rieser Milo R. Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Robinette Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Robinson Mrs. John Alvah Robinson Theodore Roche, Jr. Mrs. Nathan Rogers Mrs. Edward M. Rolkin Mrs. John Rosekrans Mr. and Mrs. Leland S. Rosener Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Edmund A. Rossi Robert D. Rossi Mrs. Robert A. Roos Mr. and Mrs. William Roth Madame Irina Roublon Mr. and Mrs. David Rubenstein Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Russell Mrs. Henry Potter Russell Mr. and Mrs. Leon B. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ryan Mrs. C. R. St. Aubyn Mr. and Mrs. Orla St. Clair Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sargent Mrs. Alfred B. Saroni Estate of Anna Bertha Savage Robert Scanlon Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Scatena, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schaubye Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Schlesinger Else Schilling Mrs. Walter Schilling George B. Schirmer Kay Schmulowitz Dr. and Mrs. Guy D. Schoonmaker Helen M. Schraeder Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Schuman Mrs. Frank Schwabacher Mr. and Mrs. James H. Schwabacher Mrs. Louis A. Schwabacher Mrs. J. S. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Scripps Mrs. A. Setrakian Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Shainwald Mrs. Nelson T. Shaw F. R. Sherman Clarissa Shortall Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Shurtleff Ray Simonds M. L. Sinclair Paul A. Sinsheimer Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sinton Genevieve Six Howard K. Skinner Edith Slack Judge and Mrs. M. C. Sloss Charles Watt Smith DeLancey C. Smith Ferdinand C. Smith Samuel M. Smith Mrs. Joseph C. Solomon G. Willard Somers Dr. Ralph Soto-Hall Leslie E. Spelman Dr. and Mrs. J. Spiegl Eric M. Stanford Mrs. Edward B. Stanwood Dr. and Mrs. John H. Stark G. A. Starkweather Gynne R. Stern Ralph J. A. Stern Mrs. Sigmund Stern Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Stickney George Stimmel Frank D. Stout Benka Strickler Dr. and Mrs. John Philip Strickler Blanche A. Suing Walter H. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Sultan Bert Orrell Summers Mrs. Alfred Sutro Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sutro, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sutter Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Swig Mrs. Andrew B. Talbot Arnold Ternquist Mr. and Mrs. George Stevenson Terrill George C. Thierbach Joseph M. Thomas Ina Thrams Mr. and Mrs. Cyril R. Tobin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O. Tobin Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Tobin Ernest J. Torregano Dr. and Mrs. Harold G. Trimble Dwight K. Tripp Mrs. Alfred S. Tubbs Mrs. Nion Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Burton P. Turner Dr. and Mrs. John R. Upton Mrs. Emma Domb Vidgor Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Voigt Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Volkmann Johanna M. Volkmann E. P. M. von Gehren Mr. and Mrs. Alexander 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 Mrs. Shirley Weissich Alexander M. West Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Weyrauch Mrs. L. Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. George B. White Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wiel Mrs. George Wihr Mr. and Mrs. Brayton Wilbur George H. Wilcoxson Louis S. Wilder Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Williams Florence A. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Jean Witter Mrs. J. L. Wolf A. G. Wood Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert S. Woods R. J. Woods Mrs. Theodore Wores Mr. and Mrs. J. Perry Yates Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Yoder Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Zellerbach Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Zellerbach M. M. Zoph Edgar T. Zook

CONTRIBUTORS TO 1951 SEASON

Allardale Ltd. The Baldwin Piano Company Irving Bartel David Benioff Borden's Dairy Delivery Co. City Transfer & Storage Co. Davis Schonwasser Emporium Mr. and Mrs. Hector Escobosa

Nelly Gaffney L. M. Giannini Jenkel Davidson Optical Co. Hotel Mark Hopkins Musicians' Union, Local 6 National Dollar Store Palace Hotel Company of San Francisco Podesta Baldocchi Safeway Stores, Inc.

Schneider Bros., Inc. Shreve & Company Sir Francis Drake Hotel Sommer & Kaufmann Standard Oil Company Theatrical Stage Employees, Union Local No. 16 Weinstein Co., Inc. A. Wilbur Woodruff Yellow Cab Company

Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.

Source: “Twenty-Ninth Annual Season San Francisco Opera Association” by San Francisco Opera Association, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, Cal. September 1951.

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