L'enfant et les sortilèges 1963
A delightful fantasy…
…based on Ravel’s fascination with musical toys…
(presented as a double-bill with Le Rossignol)
Synopsis
Part I
Late in the afternoon a young boy is lazily sitting at his lessons in a fit of laziness. He can only think of things that he is not allowed to do. His mother brings him tea and is vexed to see that he has done nothing. His punishment is dry bread and tea without sugar, as well as being left alone until supper.
The boy flies into a fury. He pulls the cat’s tail, tears the wallpaper, smashes the grandfather clock and pokes at the fire. Exhausted after his orgy of destruction, he begins to sink into an armchair, but it walks away from him, bows gravely to a small boudoir chair and leads her in a grotesque dance. The clock, bemoaning its broken pendulum, and all of the other battered objects in the room, give vent to their anger.
The Chinese cup and the Wedgewood teapot threaten the boy. As the sun sets, the terrified child approaches the warm fire. The flames leap out. and the fire chases the boy about the room until it is overcome by ashes. The shepherds and shepherdesses of the torn wallpaper leave the room to seek new pastures. The Fairy Princess rises from the torn pages of the story book. The child had never finished reading the Princess’ story and now will never know how it ends. As the Princess is pulled back into the torn pages, the boy searches vainly for the conclusion to the tale, but he finds only Father Arithmetic, a little old man who confuses him with fantastic sums.
The moon rises and the boy’s black tom cat is joined by a white pussy cat and they sing an amorous duet.
Part II
The cats lead the boy into the garden. He listens to the music of the frogs, insects, nightingales, and trees. As he leans against a tree, it moans and complains of the wound the boy inflicted with his knife yesterday. A dragonfly calls for its lost mate who is pinned to the wall in the child’s room. A bat laments the lost mother of its little ones. Frogs emerge from the pool.
The child feels lonely amid the nocturnal love in the garden and calls for his mother. Several animals spring at their tormentor. In the confusion a squirrel is injured and limps toward the child. As the child bandages the injured squirrel’s foot, the. other animals look on in silent astonishment. Their animosity turns to friendliness when they perceive the good in the child. The animals try to call for his mother, as he has called to her, thinking they are helping him. As the, animals lead him towards his house, they sing that he is really a good and a kind child.
Aertists
Patricia Brooks
Soprano
L'Enfant
Patricia Brooks
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Adele, Die Fledermaus, 1963
Past Seasons:
Lulu, Lulu, 1974
Violetta, La traviata, 1968 (July 13 – 17)
Manon Lescaut, Boulevard Solitude, 1967
L’Enfant, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Nightingale, Le Rossignol, 1963
Jenny Hudson
Mezzo-soprano
Maman
Jenny Hudson
Hometown: New York, NY
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1963
Past Seasons:
Maman, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
William Metcalf
Baritone
Le Fauteuil/ Le Chat
William Metcalf
Hometown: New Bedford, MA
SFO Debut:
Dr. Falke, Die Fledermaus, 1963
Past Seasons:
Count, Capriccio, 1966
Schaunard, La bohème, 1964 (August 7)
Marcello, La bohème, 1964 (August 19 – 28)
Le Fauteuil/ Le Chat, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Rodrigo, Lulu, 1964
Adrast, Daphne, 1964
Sharpless, Madame Butterfly, 1963 (August 17 – 23)
Le Fauteuil/ Le Chat, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Rodrigo, Lulu, 1963
Marlena Kleinman
Mezzo-soprano
La Bergère/ L'Ecureil
Marlena Kleinman
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Annina, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1961, 1962
Past Seasons:
Le Bergère/ L’Ecureuil, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1973
Maddalena, Rigoletto, 1964 (August 26 – 29)
Student, Lulu, 1964
Suzuki, Madame Butterfly, 1963 (July 20 – August 23)
Student, Lulu, 1963
Le Bergère/ L’Ecureuil, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Flora, La traviata, 1962
Orphan, Der Rosenkavalier, 1961
Mary, The Ballad of Baby Doe, 1961
Henri Noël
Baritone
L'Horlage
Henri Noël
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
SFO Debut:
Eisenstein, Die Fledermaus, 1963
Past Seasons:
Masetto, Don Giovanni, 1963
Yamadori, Madame Butterfly, 1963
L’Horloge, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Robert Schmorr
Tenor
Le Théière/ La Rainette
Robert Schmorr
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Dr. Blind, Die Fledermaus, 1963
Past Seasons:
Goro, Madame Butterfly, 1963
Valzacchi, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
The Prince, Lulu, 1963
Le Théière/ La Rainette, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Elaine Bonazzi
Mezzo-soprano
La Tasse Chinoise/ La Chatte/ Le Libellule
Elaine Bonazzi
SFO Debut:
Mrs. Linton, Wuthering Heights, 1958
Past Seasons:
Mrs. Peachum, The Beggar’s Opera, 1992
Herodias, Salome, 1976
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1976 (August 12 – 18)
Old Woman, Yerma, 1971
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1971
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1971
Herodias, Salome, 1967
Baba the Turk, The Rake’s Progress, 1966
Countess Geschwitz, Lulu, 1964
La Chatte\ La tasse Chinoise\ La Libellule, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Zita, Gianni Schicci, 1964
Carmen, Carmen, 1964 (July 18 – 25)
Countess Geschwitz, Lulu, 1963
La Chatte\ La tasse Chinoise\ La Libellule, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Death, Le Rossignol, 1963
St. Catherine, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963
Herodias, Salome, 1962
Baba the Turk, The Rake’s Progress, 1962
Mother, Mavra, 1962
Death, Le Rossignol, 1962
Baba the Turk, The Rake’s Progress, 1960
Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1960
Duchess of Plaza-Toro, The Gondoliers, 1960
Zita, Gianni Schicci, 1960
Thisbe, Cinderella, 1960
Regina Giddens, Regina, 1959
Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus, 1959
Smeaton, Anna Bolena, 1959
Thisbe, Cinderella, 1958
Nancy Killmer
Soprano
Le Feu
Nancy Killmer
Hometown: New York, NY
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1963
Past Seasons:
Ida, Die Fledermaus, 1963
Prologue Voice, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963
Le Feu, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Wesley Fata
Choreographer
Le Cendre
Wesley Fata
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Hairdresser, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Past Seasons:
Daphne, 1981
News of the Day, 1981
Persian Set, 1963
At the Gate, 1963
A King, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963
Le Cendre, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Irene Liden
Mezzo-soprano
Un Pâtre
Irene Liden
Hometown: Austin, TX
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1963, 1965
Past Seasons:
Kate Pinkerton, Madame Butterfly, 1965
Scollatella III, her double, The Stag King, 1965
Un Pâtre, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Orphan, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Linnie Mower
Soprano
Une Pastourelle
Linnie Mower
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1962, 1963
Past Seasons:
Milliner/ Child, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Une Pastourelle, L’enfant et les sortileges, 1963
Mildred Allen
Soprano
La Princesse/ La Chauve-Souris
Mildred Allen
Hometown: Mississippi
SFO Debut:
Madame Butterfly, Madame Butterfly, 1957 (July 12)
Past Seasons:
Mimi, La bohème, 1967 (July 29 – August 26)
Micaela, Carmen, 1967
Madame Butterfly, Madame Butterfly, 1965
Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
Costanza, The Stag King, 1965
Zerlina, Don Giovanni, 1963
Madame Butterfly, Madame Butterfly, 1963
St. Margaret, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963
La Chauve-Souris/La Princesse, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro, 1960
Anne, The Rake’s Progress, 1960
Madame Butterfly, Madame Butterfly, 1959
Adele, Die Fledermaus, 1959
Alexandra Giddens, Regina, 1959
Mimi, La bohème, 1958
Despina, Così fan tutte, 1958
Nanetta, Falstaff, 1958
Isabella, Wuthering Heights, 1958
Stanley Kolk
Tenor
Le Petit Viellard
Stanley Kolk
Hometown: Fremont, MO
SFO Debut:
Narraboth, Salome, 1962
Past Seasons:
Duke, Rigoletto, 1964 (July 1 – 4)
Rinuccio, Gianni Schicci, 1964
La Petit Vieillard, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Rodolfo, La bohėme, 1964 (August 1, 22 – 28)
Painter, Lulu, 1964
Alfred, Die Fledermaus, 1963
Herald I, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963
Fisherman, Le Rossignol, 1963
La Petit Vieillard, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Painter, Lulu, 1963
Pinkerton, Madame Butterfly, 1963 (July 20 – August 2)
1st Tenor, Renard, 1962
Ronald Worstell
bass
Un Arbre
Ronald Worstell
Hometown: Urbana, IL
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1962, 1963
Past Seasons:
Och’s Servant/ Musician, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Un Arbre, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Rita Shane
Soprano
Le Rossignol
Rita Shane
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
The Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute, 1968
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1962, 1963
Past Seasons:
Musetta, La bohème, 1974
The Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute, 1974
Nightingale, Le Rossignol, 1973
Le Feu/ Le Rossignol, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1973
Musetta, La bohème, 1973 (July 6, 14 & 28)
The Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute, 1971 (July 10 – 16, August 13 – 26)
Le Rossignol, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Katherine Kaufman
Soprano
La Chouette
Katherine Kaufman
Hometown: Hobbs, NM
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1963, 1964
Past Seasons:
Barbarina, The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
Le Rossignol, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Child/ Orphan, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
La Chouette, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Robert Baustian
Conductor
Robert Baustian
Hometown: Storm Lake, IA
SFO Debut:
The Barber of Seville, 1957
Past Seasons:
Die Jakobsleiter, 1980
Pelléas et Mélisande, 1977
The Marriage of Figaro, 1976
The Cunning Little Vixen, 1975
Così fan tutte, 1975 (July 30)
La vida breve, 1975
L’Enfant et les sortilèges, 1975
The Magic Flute, 1974
Le Rossignol, 1973
L’Enfant et les sortilèges, 1973
The Marriage of Figaro, 1973
Pelléas et Mélisande, 1972
The Marriage of Figaro, 1971
The Magic Flute, 1971
The Marriage of Figaro, 1970
Le Rossignol, 1970
Le Rossignol, 1969
The Magic Flute, 1969
Die Jakobsleiter, 1968
Perséphone, 1968
The Elixir of Love, 1968
The Magic Flute, 1968
The Marriage of Figaro, 1967
Boulevard Solitude, 1967
The Barber of Seville, 1967
Dialogues of the Carmelites, 1966
Don Giovanni, 1966
Cinderella, 1966
The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
The Stag King, 1965
Lucia di Lammermoor, 1965
The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
L’Enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
L’Enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963
Don Giovanni, 1963
Mavra, 1962
Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1962
La traviata, 1962
Così fan tutte, 1962
The Marriage of Figaro, 1961
The Ballad of Baby Doe, 1961
The Marriage of Figaro, 1960
Cinderella, 1960
The Barber of Seville, 1959
Abduction from the Seraglio, 1959
Cinderella, 1958
Falstaff, 1958
Così fan tutte, 1958
The Tower, 1957
Bliss Hebert
Director
Bliss Hebert
Hometown: Faust, NY
SFO Debut:
The Rake’s Progress, 1957
Past Seasons:
L’incoronazione di Poppea, 1986
Orpheus in the Underworld, 1985
The Tempest, 1985
Violanta, 1984
A Florentine Tragedy, 1984
Orpheus in the Underworld, 1983
Mignon, 1982
The Rake’s Progress, 1981
Erwartung, 1980
Von Heute auf Morgen, 1980
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1979
Salome, 1979
Salome, 1978
Pelléas and Mélisande, 1977
The Marriage of Figaro, 1976
Salome, 1976
Carmen, 1975
La vida breve, 1975
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1975
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1974
The Magic Flute, 1974
Le Rossignol, 1973
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1973
The Marriage of Figaro, 1973
The Merry Widow, 1973
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1972
Pelléas and Mélisande, 1972
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1971
The Magic Flute, 1971
The Marriage of Figaro, 1971
Le Rossignol, 1970
The Marriage of Figaro, 1970
The Rake’s Progress, 1970
Le Rossignol, 1969
The Magic Flute, 1969
The Magic Flute, 1968
Boulevard Solitude, 1967
Don Giovanni, 1966
The Rake’s Progress, 1966
The Stag King, 1965
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Rigoletto, 1964
Le Rossignol, 1963
Le Rossignol, 1962
The Rake’s Progress, 1962
The Rake’s Progress, 1960
Tosca, 1960
Abduction from the Seraglio, 1959
Regina, 1959
Falstaff, 1958
Henry Heymann
Designer
Scenery
Henry Heymann
SFO Debut:
The Barber of Seville, 1959 (Scenic Designer)
Past Seasons:
Salome, 1967 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
The Marriage of Figaro, 1967 (Costume Designer)
Don Giovanni, 1966 (Costume Designer)
Rigoletto, 1966 (Costume Designer)
La traviata, 1965 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
The Marriage of Figaro, 1965 (Costume Designer)
La bohème, 1964 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Daphne, 1964 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Gianni Schicchi, 1964 (Costume Designer)
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964 (Scenic Designer)
Carmen, 1964 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
The Marriage of Figaro, 1964 (Costume Designer)
Rigoletto, 1964 (Costume Designer)
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963 (Scenic Designer)
Le Rossignol, 1963 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Don Giovanni, 1963 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Die Fledermaus, 1963 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
The Rake’s Progress, 1962 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Tosca, 1962 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Perséphone, 1962 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Oedipus Rex, 1962 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Renard, 1962 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Mavra, 1962 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Le Rossignol, 1962 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1962 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
La traviata, 1962 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Salome, 1962 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
News of the Day, 1961 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
The Marriage of Figaro, 1961 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
La bohème, 1961 (Scenic Designer)
Carmen, 1961 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Perséphone, 1961 (Scenic Designer)
Oedipus Rex, 1961 (Scenic Designer)
The Marriage of Figaro, 1960 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Tosca, 1960 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
The Rake’s Progress, 1960 (Scenic Designer)
Oedipus Rex, 1960 (Scenic Designer)
Gianni Schicchi, 1960 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Cinderella, 1960 (Scenic Designer)
La traviata, 1960 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
The Gondoliers, 1960 (Scenic & Costume Designer)
Regina, 1959 (Scenic Designer)
Constance Mellen
Costume Designer
Constance Mellen
SFO Debut:
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Past Seasons:
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Carl Seltzer
Lighting Designer
Carl Seltzer
SFO Debut:
Die Fledermaus, 1963
Past Seasons:
Don Giovanni, 1963
Madame Butterfly, 1963
Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Persian Set, 1963
At the Gate, 1963
Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963
Lulu, 1963
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Le Rossignol, 1963
Stuart Hodes
Choreographer
Stuart Hodes
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Die Fledermaus, 1963
Past Seasons:
Don Giovanni, 1963
Dr. Medicus, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Persian Set, 1963
A Man, At the Gate, 1963
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
John Moriarty
Chorus Master
John Moriarty
Hometown: Fall River, MA
SFO Debut:
Director, Salome, 1962
Past Seasons:
Conductor, The Rake’s Progress, 1970
Director/ Chorus Master, La traviata, 1965
Chorus Master, The Barber of Seville, 1965
Chorus Master, Madame Butterfly, 1965
Chorus Master, Lucia di Lammermoor, 1965
Chorus Master, Arabella, 1965
Chorus Master, The Stag King, 1965
Director/ Chorus Master, The Nose, 1965
Chorus Master, The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
Chorus Master, Rigoletto, 1964
Chorus Master, The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
Director/ Chorus Master, Gianni Schicchi, 1964
Director/ Chorus Master, Carmen, 1964
Chorus Master, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Chorus Master, Daphne, 1964
Chorus Master, La bohėme, 1964
Chorus Master, Die Fledermaus, 1963
Chorus Master, Don Giovanni, 1963
Chorus Master, Madame Butterfly, 1963
Director/ Chorus Master, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Chorus Master, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1963
Chorus Master, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1963
Chorus Master, Le Rossignol, 1963
Chorus Master, Così fan tutte, 1962
Chorus Master, La traviata, 1962
Chorus Master, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1962
Chorus Master, Le Rossignol, 1962
Chorus Master, Oedipus Rex, 1962
Chorus Master, Perséphone, 1962
Chorus Master, Tosca, 1962
L'enfant et les sortilèges 1963
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