L'enfant et les sortilèges 1964
A delightful fantasy…
…based on Ravel’s fascination with musical toys…
(presented as a double-bill with Gianni Schicchi)
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.
Artists
Claire Brooks
Soprano
L'Enfant
Claire Brooks
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1964, 1967
Past Seasons:
Peasant Girl, The Marriage of Figaro, 1967
Slave, Salome, 1967
Frasquita, Carmen, 1964 (August 5 – 21)
L’Enfant, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Batyah Godfrey
Contralto
Maman
Batyah Godfrey
Hometown: Portland, ME
SFO Debut:
Volupia/ Dido, L’Egisto, 1976
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1963, 1964
Past Seasons:
Anne, The Mother of Us All, 1976
Filipievna, Eugene Onegin, 1978
Giovanna, Rigoletto, 1964
Maman, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Mother of Barrels, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 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
Rosalind Hupp
Mezzo-soprano
La bergère/ L'Ecureil
Rosalind Hupp
Hometown: Chillicothe, OH
SFO Debut:
Maddalena, Rigoletto, 1964 (July 1 – 17)
Past Seasons:
Cherubino, The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
La Bergère/ L’Ecureil, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Adib Fazah
Baritone
L'Horloge
Adib Fazah
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
SFO Debut:
Morales, Carmen, 1964
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1960
Past Seasons:
Lilaque fils, Boulevard Solitude, 1967
Captain of the Guard, Cardillac, 1967
Schaunard, La bohème, 1967
Second Nazarene, Salome, 1967
Officer, Dialogues of the Carmélites, 1966
Masetto, Don Giovanni, 1966
Angelotti, Tosca, 1966 (July 2 – 16)
Wozzeck, Wozzeck, 1966
Rigoletto, Rigoletto, 1964 (July 1 – 17)
Schaunard, La bohème, 1964 (August 19 – 28)
L’Horloge, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Antonio, The Gondoliers, 1960
Baron Duphol, La traviata, 1960
Paul Franke
Tenor
Le Théière/ La Rainette
Paul Franke
Hometown: Boston, MA
SFO Debut:
Marco Palmiere, The Gondoliers, 1960
Past Seasons:
Spoletta, Tosca, 1966 (July 2 – 16)
Chaplain, Dialogues of the Carmélites, 1966
Sellem, The Rake’s Progress, 1966
Count Elemer, Arabella, 1965
Fiorello, The Barber of Seville, 1965
Goro, Madame Butterfly, 1965
Don Basilio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
Police Commissioner, The Nose, 1965
Coltellino, The Stag King, 1965
Gherardo, Gianni Schicchi, 1964
Alcindoro, La bohème, 1964
La Rainette/Le Theiere, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
The Prince, Lulu, 1964
Don Basilio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
Borsa, Rigoletto, 1964
Porcus, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1962
Hussar, Mavra, 1962
Sellem, The Rake’s Progress, 1962
Herod, Salome, 1962
Spoletta, Tosca, 1962
Oedipus, Oedipus Rex, 1960
Sellem, The Rake’s Progress, 1960
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
Nadja Witkowska
Soprano
Le Feu
Nadja Witkowska
Hometown: Detroit, MI
SFO Debut:
Gilda, Rigoletto, 1964 (July 1 – 17)
Past Seasons:
Le Feu, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Musetta, La bohėme, 1964
Thomas Enckell
Dancer
Le Cendre/ Dance of Numbers
Thomas Enckell
SFO Debut:
Hairdresser, Der Rosenkavalier, 1968
Past Seasons:
Le Cendre, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Ellen Jayne Miller
Mezzo-soprano
Un Pâtre
Ellen Jayne Miller
Hometown: Norman, OK
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1964
Past Seasons:
Un Pâtre, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Mary Alexander
Mezzo-soprano
Une Pastourelle
Mary Alexander
Hometown: Chehalis, WA
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1964
Past Seasons:
Countess of Ceprano, Rigoletto, 1964
Une Pastourelle, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Catherine Christensen
Soprano
La Princesse
Catherine Christensen
Hometown: Chicago, IL
SFO Debut:
Micaela, Carmen, 1964
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1961, 1962, 1963
Past Seasons:
Sister Constance, Dialogues of the Carmélites, 1966
Zerlina, Don Giovanni, 1966
Zdenka, Arabella, 1965
Podtotchina’s Daughter, The Nose, 1965
La Princesse, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi, 1964
First Maiden, Daphne, 1964
Cook, Le Rossignol, 1963
Child, Der Rosenkavalier, 1963
Slave, Salome, 1962
Kate, The Ballad of Baby Doe, 1962
Chambermaid, News of the Day, 1961
Stanley Kolk
Tenor
Le Petit Vieillard
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
Rodney Godshall
Bass
Un Arbre
Rodney Godshall
Hometown: Souderton, PA
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1964, 1966, 1967
Past Seasons:
Sergeant, La bohème, 1967
Cappadocian, Salome, 1967
Guccio, Gianni Schicchi, 1964
Un Arbre, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Katherine Kaufman
Soprano
Le Rossignol
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
Sylvia Davis
Soprano
La Chauve-Souris
Sylvia Davis
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1964, 1965
Past Seasons:
Statue, The Stag King, 1965
La Chauve-Souris, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Frasquita, Carmen, 1964 (July 10 – 25)
Cynthia Barnett
Soprano
La Chouette
Cynthia Barnett
Hometown: Portales, NM
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1964, 1965
Past Seasons:
La Chouette, L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Durine Dieters
Dancer
Dance of Numbers
Durine Dieters
Hometown: Bandoeng, Java, Indonesia
SFO Debut:
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Past Seasons:
La traviata, 1965
The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
Katharyn Horne
Dancer
Dance of Numbers
Katharyn Horne
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
SFO Debut:
The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
Past Seasons:
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Bud Heidebur
Dancer
Dance of Numbers
Bud Heidebur
SFO Debut:
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Vincent Warren
Dancer
Dance of Frogs
Vincent Warren
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
SFO Debut:
Hairdresser, Der Rosenkavalier, 1961The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
Past Seasons:
The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
Spanish Dancer, Carmen, 1964
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
King of France, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1962
Rooster, Renard, 1962
Barry Edson
Dancer
Dance of Frogs
Barry Edson
SFO Debut:
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
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
Scenic Designer
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
Georg Schreiber
Lighting Designer
Georg Schreiber
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
SFO Debut:
Rigoletto, 1964
Past Seasons:
The Mother of Us All, 1976
Salome, 1976
L’Egisto, 1976
The Marriage of Figaro, 1976
La traviata, 1976
The Cunning Little Vixen, 1975
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1975
La vida breve, 1975
Così fan tutte, 1975
Falstaff, 1975
Carmen, 1975
L’Egisto, 1974
Lulu, 1974
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1975
The Magic Flute, 1974
La bohème, 1974
Owen Wingrave, 1973
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1973
Le Rossignol, 1973
The Merry Widow, 1973
The Marriage of Figaro, 1973
La bohème, 1973
Salome, 1972
Pelléas et Mélisande, 1972
Madame Butterfly, 1972
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1972
Yerma, 1971
The Flying Dutchman, 1971
The Marriage of Figaro, 1971
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1971
The Magic Flute, 1971
Don Carlo, 1971
Opera, 1970
The Rake’s Progress, 1970
Anna Bolena, 1970
The Marriage of Figaro, 1970
Le Rossignol, 1970
Help! Help! The Globolinks, 1970
La traviata, 1970
The Devils of Loudun, 1969
Le Rossignol, 1969
Help! Help! The Globolinks, 1969
The Magic Flute, 1969
Così fan tutte, 1969
Salome, 1969
Perséphone, 1968
Die Jakobsleiter, 1968
The Bassarids, 1968
The Elixir of Love, 1968
La traviata, 1968
The Magic Flute, 1968
Madame Butterfly, 1968
Salome, 1967
The Marriage of Figaro, 1967
Boulevard Solitude, 1967
Cardillac, 1967
Carmen, 1967
The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
The Nose, 1965
The Stag King, 1965
Arabella, 1965
Lucia di Lammermoor, 1965
Madame Butterfly, 1965
The Barber of Seville, 1965
La traviata, 1965
Lulu, 1964
La bohème, 1964
Daphne, 1964
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Gianni Schicchi, 1964
Carmen, 1964
The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
Ron Sequoio
Choreographer
Ron Sequoio
Hometown: Houston, TX
SFO Debut:
Death, Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1962
Past Seasons:
The Elixir of Love, 1968
La traviata, 1968
Dr. Medicus, Der Rosenkavalier, 1968
The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
The Stag King, 1965
La traviata, 1965
L’enfant et les sortilèges, 1964
Carmen, 1964
Jack the Ripper, Lulu, 1964
The Marriage of Figaro, 1964
The Fox, Renard, 1962
Pluto, Perséphone, 1962
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 1964
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