THIRTIETH ANNUAL SEASON

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION

Gaetano Merola, General Director

War Memorial Opera House

September 16 through October 19, 1952

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION

OFFICERS

Robert Watt Miller, 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 Ralph J. A. Stern J. D. Zellerbach

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Gaetano Merola, General Director Evelyn Crockett Eric Rahn Alayne Ehrman Constance H. Alexander

Howard K. Skinner, Manager Donald Phelps Doris Lowell Helen Mossbarger Joseph A. Scafidi Arthur Frahm

Curran Swint, Publicity Director Gwen Trudeau Matilda Condare Pearl Holzman Anna 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 Fred R. Sherman 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

Guido J. Musto, President

Ben Baggenstos, Vice-President

Sidney M. Ehrman Wilbur A. Henderson Dr. Charles A. Ertola Edward Sharkey, Managing Director of The War Memorial

Frank A. Flynn Sam K. Harrison 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

Gaetano Merola, General Director

Howard K. Skinner, Manager

Kurt Herbert Adler, Assistant to the General Director

CONDUCTORS

Kurt Herbert Adler Paul Breisach

Pietro Cimara Fausto Cleva Glauco Curiel

Karl Kritz Gaetano Merola

MUSICAL STAFF

Glauco Curiel Otto Janowitz Richard Karp Karl Kritz Giacomo Spadoni Curtis Stearns Assistant Conductors Kurt Herbert Adler Chorus Director

Willam Christensen Choreographer Madi Bacon Director Boys Chorus Naoum Blinder Concert Master Boris Blinder Principal Cellist

Julius Haug Orchestra Manager Alma Haug Librarian Dora Di Tano Chorus Accompanist

STAGE DIRECTION

Armando Agnini Art and Stage Director

Herbert Graf Stage Director Etienne Barone Stage Manager

Carlo Piccinato Stage Director

ARTISTS

Lorenzo Alvary, Bass Winther Andersen, Baritone Carmen Andreatta, Soprano Virginio Assandri, Tenor Salvatore Baccaloni, Bass Eileen Baldwin, Soprano Josephine Barbano, Soprano Fedora Barbieri, Contralto Catherine Brubaker, Soprano George Cehanovsky, Baritone Yvonne Chauveau, Soprano Eugene Conley, Tenor Mary Curtis, Soprano Caesar Curzi, Tenor Galliano Daneluz, Tenor Mario Del Monaco, Tenor Alessio De Paolis, Tenor Jean Fenn, Soprano Lloyd Ford, Baritone Walter Fredericks, Tenor Willis Frost, Jr., Tenor

Jan Gbur, Bass Frank Guarrera, Baritone Paul Guenter, Baritone Colin Harvey, Baritone Ralph Herbert, Baritone Barbara Hoots, Contralto Barbra Johanson, Soprano Mary Kantor, Soprano Michael Kersnar, Boy Soprano Dorothy Kirsten, Soprano Sybil Louise Knapp, Mezzo-Soprano Karen Larsen, Soprano Ernest Lawrence, Tenor Brenda Lewis, Mezzo-Soprano Desire Ligeti, Bass Max Lorenzini, Baritone Allan Louw, Bass Edward Lovashich, Bass Doris Marion, Soprano Thomas Miller, Tenor Nicola Moscona, Bass Herva Nelli, Soprano

Frances Oliver, Soprano Jan Peerce, Tenor Lily Pons, Soprano Margaret Roggero, Mezzo-Soprano Attilio Rossi, Tenor Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Bass Bidu Sayao, Soprano James Schwabacher, Tenor Sherry Stevens, Mezzo-Soprano Brian Sullivan, Tenor Ferruccio Tagliavini, Tenor Italo Tajo, Bass Blanche Thebom, Contralto Dorothy Throndson, Mezzo-Soprano Claramae Turner, Contralto Guiseppe Valdengo, Baritone Frank Valentino, Baritone Thelma Votipka, Soprano Donna Walker, Contralto Dorothy Warenskjold, Soprano Robert Weede, Baritone

CHORAL ENSEMBLE

Misses

Carmen Andreatta Barbara Bacci Eileen Baldwin Josephine Barbano Rosalyn Boennecke Catherine Brubaker Rose Cardinale Helen F. Carey Eleanor Coryell Peggy Carrington Sharon Currier Lois Duncan

Eloise Farrell Lisa Frank Dolores Hamil Barbara Hoots Barbra Johanson Mary Kantor Sophie Karras Sybil Louise Knapp Karen Larsen Ginger McFadden Doris Marion Virginia Myers Frances Oliver

Velta Ozols Pauline Pappas Donna Petersen June Preston Ruth Roehr Betty Sanderson Eileen Scott Sherry Stevens Mary Studebaker Annabell Thomson Dorothy Throndson Donna Walker

Messrs

Anthony Alonzo Donato Alvini Winther Andersen Renard Anderson George Argyres William Bond Louis Braunstein Robert Gordon Bruce Willis Burroughs Robert Paul Cross Ralph Cundall Evaldo Dal Poggetto Galliano Daneluz Amerigo Del Grande

Phillip Doan Rudolph Donati Edwin Esbensen Lloyd Ford Willis Frost, Jr. Joseph Giammanco David Giosso Richard Griggs Paul Guenter William Haber, Jr. Colin Harvey Werner Hasselman Robert Higuera Max Lorenzini Allan Louw

Edward Lovasich Robert McNair Douglas Mayock Thomas Miller Bradford Morse Edward Novi Charles Pascoe Clinton Smith Milton Smith Roberto Sorisio Attilio Rossi Allen Schmidling Harold White Harold O'Kelly White

BOYS CHORUS

Lloyd Simpson, Assistant Director

Ronald Andrade Raymond Andreini Daniel Borst John Brunner Terry Carr Raymond Cauwet Gary Dahl Billy Denardo James De Paolo Kenneth Driscoll Philip Dunn Gerald Eberhart Robert Fahner

Gerald French Daniel Giles William Jolliffe Michael Kersnar Scott Kersnar Erich Levin Stephen Lewis Maynard Linn Robert Magarell Gerald McManigal Arthur McNair Richard Mialilovich Neil Miller

Herb Meier John Peterson Robert Rosenblatt Donald Saxon Robert Saxon Peter Smith Gary Striek Lloyd Sundberg Walter Sundberg Robert Urrea James Ursino Donald Weilerstein

BALLET

Sally Bailey

Ballerinas

Nancy Johnson

Misses Bene Arnold Christine Bering Gloria Cancilla Shirley Carson Constance Coler Suzanne Devincenzi

Misses Nancy Demmler Fiona Fuerstner Virginia Johnson Patricia Johnston Roberta Meyer Sharon Shore

Messrs Carlos Carvajal Aaron Girard Leon Kalimos Eduardo Miller Gordon Paxman Alex Ruiz

PRODUCTION

Eugene B. Dunkel, Scenic Artists Davis L. West, Scenic Artists

T. L. Colangelo, Jr., Technical Director A. L. Mitchell, Master Electrician

Charles Carman, Master Carpenter E. Williams, Master of Properties

For War Memorial Opera House

R. G. Wakeman, Master Carpenter

Edward J. Zettel, Master Electrician

Wallace Fletter, Master of Properties

COSTUMES FOR SAN FRANCISO OPERA ASSOCIATION BY

GOLDSTEIN & CO.

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

Anne Adams Detlev Anders Artur Argiewicz Ben Bauer Walter Bell Herbert Benkman F. N. Bibbins Boris Blinder Naoum Blinder Charles Bubb August Buenger Mary Burrell Ferdinand Claudio Silvio Claudio Asbjorn Finess Orlando Giosi Robert Gordohn Walter Gough Mafalda Guaraldi Merrill Jordan

Julius Haug Karl Hesse Frank Houser Mary Hughson Philip Karp Stephen Katsaros Felix Khuner John Klock Johann Kraus E. Kubitschek Attilio Laraia Walter Larew Dino Lucchesi Lucien Mitchell 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 Verne Sellen David Shapro Rogers Shoemaker Charles Siani Walter Subke Herman C. Trutner Albert Vendt Romain Verney Willem Wegman Robert Will William Wolski

OPERA BOX HOLDERS

Season 1952

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 Mrs. Frank P. Deering Mr. and Mrs. R. Gwin Follis Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kelham Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sutro, Jr. E Mr. and Mrs. James Bodrero Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds Lyman Mr. and Mrs. E. Geoffrey Montgomery Mrs. Robert A. Roos F Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLeod Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watt Miller G Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Belcher Mrs. Tobin Clark Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Petersen H Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Bowen Rear Admiral and Mrs. George M. Lowry 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 Mrs. Nion R. Tucker 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 Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Maas 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 Mr. and Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr. W Mrs. Edward M. Rolkin X Mr. and Mrs. J. E. French Y Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Ham Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Whitman Z Mrs. Alma Cella Mr. and Mrs. John B. Cella Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Petri Mr. and Mrs. Burton B. Turner

GUARANTOR MEMBERS of the SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION

1952

Mrs. Betty Abbott Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edgar Adams, II Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. N. Harris Ades Mrs. Agnes Aldrich Mrs. Annette S. Alexander Mrs. Wallace M. Alexander Rose Alioto Albert H. Allardale Dr. and Mrs. R. Emmet Allen Lucy H. Allyne Mrs. S. Chesley Anderson Cyril Appel Edward W. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Bacon Elsa M. Baker Mrs. William P. Baker A. R. Baldwin Peter Barnett Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Barrett Mrs. E. F. Barron Evelyn H. Barron Irving Bartel Mrs. Irvin V. Barth Alfred X. Baxter Mr. and Mrs. Dominic A. Bazzanella Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Beall Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Bechtel Dorothy C. Beck Mrs. Reed J. Bekins Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Belcher Mrs. Frank G. Belcher Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Belgrano, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Belcher Mr. and Mrs. David Benioff Mr. and Mrs. Dudley G. Bennett Mrs. Walter H. Bentley Avram Bercovich Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bercut Mr. and Mrs. Al J. Bernard Robert E. Bernard Jose Bertaso Dr. and Mrs. Elbridge J. Best Dr. and Mrs. Tholow Binkley Mr. and Mrs. Newton Bissinger Graham Black Mr. and Mrs. Norman K. Blanchard W. Harry Blatchly Mrs. Naoum Blinder Mrs. Louis Bloch Mr. and Mrs. James B. Blum Jean Blum Mrs. Max Blumlein Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Blyth Mrs. Walter W. Boardman Leon Bocqueraz Mr. and Mrs. James Bodrero Mrs. C. M. Boggs Mrs. Robert C. Bolton Mr. and Mrs. M. Mitchell Bourquin Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Bowen Louise A. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Brauns Mrs. William Ellery Briggs Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Bronson Mrs. John F. Brooke Mrs. Julia Fox Brooke George W. Brooks 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 Mr. and Mrs. Neil Buckley Dr. and Mrs. Bernard O. Burch Mrs. Gertrude Burke Mrs. Lumley Burke Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gage Burmister Robert W. Cahill John R. Cahill Dr. William Otis Callaway Mr. and Mrs. George T. Cameron Mr. and Mrs.Horace O. Camm Alan Campbell Mrs. Lewis G. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Craig Carrier Dr. and Mrs. William A. Carroll Dorothy Carson H. K. Cassidy Mrs. William Cavalier Mrs. Augustine Cazenave Alma Cella 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. William F. Chipman Charles A. Christin Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Cicerone Mr. and Mrs. Antone Cincotta Mrs. Baylies V. Clark S. G. Clark Mrs. Tobin Clark Mr. and Mrs. John Philip Coghlan, Sr. Mrs. Betty Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Alfred 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. Joseph J. Coney Mary R. Conlin Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Cordes J. A. Cosmas Major General and Mrs. W. E. R. Covell James F. Crafts Alan H. Critcher Arthur S. Crites Mr. and Mrs. William W. Crocker George E. Crothers Thomas B. Crowley 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 Mrs. Frank P. Deering Mrs. Arthur de Lorimier Mr. and Mrs. Louis Demartini Mrs. Walter Alfred de Martini The Marquise de Pins Nico Lek de Tachinville Richard Detert 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 Harrison F. Doane Nathaniel S. Dodge R. Stanley Dollar Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Donnell Julie D. Donish Milton E. Dorman Mrs. Zoe G. Dorn Mr. and Mrs. Walter Edward Drobisch J. A. Ducournau Mrs. J. H. Duhig Mrs. Charles Dunphy Thomas R. Dwyer Mrs. Francis Milner Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Ehrlich Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Ehrman Mrs. Alfred Ehrman Mrs. Joseph Ehrman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney M. Ehrman Richard J. Elkus Mark C. Elworthy Joseph Englert Mrs. Lennart G. Erickson Mrs. Carl F. Ernst Richard Ernst Mrs. Milton H. Esberg Mr. and Mrs. 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 Alan S. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Follis John F. Forbes Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Ford Mrs. William H. Foster Thomas G. Franck John Elmer 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. Eugene N. Fritz Mrs. Nelly Gaffney

Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Gainsborough Mr. and Mrs. Maurice A. Gale A. Russell Gallaway, Jr. L. Galtie Crissie Gardner Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Gamble Mrs. H. P. Garin, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gede, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Gerbode Ben C. Gerwick Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Gibson George B. Gillson Dr. and Mrs. Frank R. Girard Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Gittings, Jr. Bernard B. Glickfeld Mr. and Mrs. A. Warren Glickman Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Glicksberg Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Goldman Lutie D. Goldstein Mrs. Rose Goldstein 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 G. Graham Dr. and Mrs. Gerald H. Gray Mrs. I. M. Green Mrs. Maurice S. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Stuart N. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert Greenhood Mrs. F. S. Greenlee Mr. and Mrs. Farnham P. Griffiths Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gunderson Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haas C. Nelson Hackett Marshal Hale, Jr. Newton Johnson Hale Mrs. Prentis C. Hale, Jr. Randolph Hale Mrs. Arthur Hall Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Hall Mrs. Eminel P. Halsted Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Ham Commander and Mrs. Alan Hamerslag Mrs. J. L. 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 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 Edmond E. Herrscher Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hewitt Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hill Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Hills Mr. and Mrs. Leslie W. Hills Mr. and Mrs. Reuben W. Hills, III Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hilp Mrs. George H. Holt Lela R. Hooker Osgood Hooker Stewart Hopps Honorable Thomas S. Horn Mr. and Mrs. L. Arundel Hopkins George Hotaling Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carr Howe Mrs. John Wesley Howell Robert Hulbert Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hume Phelps Stokes Hunter Marian Huntington Dr. and Mrs. S. Nicholas Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Tevis Jacobs Bernard Jaffe Mrs. Conrad Jansen Robert J. Jansen Harold I. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Willard L. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Loran Johnston Mrs. A. G. Jones Mrs. William Josephian Major General Kenyon A. Joyce Mrs. Ira Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Augustin C. Keane Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Keil Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kelham Mr. and Mrs. Philip John Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kendrick Gerald D. Kennedy Marion H. Kent Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Kessler Ethel S. Kilpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dale King Percy L. King Franklin E. Kitchens Mrs. Philip Klein Mrs. Josephine R. Kleinjung Mrs. William E. Kleinsorge Mr. and Mrs. William R. Knapp Mrs. Max T. Knlesche Mr. and Mrs. John B. Knox Caroline Korbel Elsa R. Korbel Stephanie D. Koret Mrs. Abraham Koshland Mrs. Jesse Koshland Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Koster Valentine Kriloff Joseph C. Lacey Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lane Mrs. Albert George Lang Arthur P. Lazarus Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Lee Kenneth Leitch Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Leonetti Leopold Lerner John G. Levison John A. Lesoine Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLeod Lewis Mr. and Mrs. G. Irwin Lewis Mrs. Jesse Lilienthal Mr. and Mrs. Philip N. Lilienthal Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lilienthal Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lindenberger Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lindsey Mrs. James Linford Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lockwood Lipman Mrs. Norman B. Livermore Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Livingston Mr. and Mrs. James K. Lochead Mr. and Mrs. John S. Logan Mr. and Mrs. Dan London James Rowland Lowe Mrs. A. D. Lownegart Mrs. A. J. Lowrey Rear Admiral George M. Lowry Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds Lyman James W. McAlister Mrs. T. R. McCarron Mrs. Robbins McCormick Mrs. William H. McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. McCrea Mrs. Richard S. McCreery C. H. McEntyre Mrs. Felix S. McGinnis Mr. and Mrs. M. B. McGowan Ann McInerney Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. McKinnie Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. McLaughlin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. McNear Mrs. George P. McNear Mr. and Mrs. Carlos 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 Mr. and Mrs. Frank 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 Edgar N. Meakin 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. Paul Albert Miller Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watt Miller Mrs. Edward M. Mills Mrs. Maxwell C. Milton Mr. and Mrs. Mitchel L. Mitchell

James K. Moffitt 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 Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Morse Mrs. Harold D. Mortenson Mr. and Mrs. Guido Musto Helen Myers E. M. Nagel Mr. and Mrs. Hans Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Nelson Julia M. Neppert Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Newman Mr. and Mrs. John Franris (sic) Neylan George W. Nickel 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: “Thirtieth Annual Season San Francisco Opera Association” by San Francisco Opera Association, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, Cal. September 1952.

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