CASTING: STARRY NIGHTS

Violin Concerto

Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov

Composer: Igor Stravinsky

Scenic Design: Alexander V. Nichols

Costume Design: Sandra Woodall

Lighting Design: Jim French

Assistant to the Choreographer: Tiit Helimets

 

World Premiere: January 25, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

 

Music: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, used by arrangement with European American Music Distributers Company, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Schott Music, Mainz, Germany, publisher and copyright owner. Costumes constructed by Parsons-Meares Ltd., New York, NY. Hand painting and prototypes by Margaret Peot, Virginia Clow, and Mary Macy. Fabric painting by Dyenamix. Scenic construction and painting by San Francisco Ballet Carpentry and Scenic Departments. Photographs provided by World History Archive/Alamy Stock Photo, Gravure Francaise/Alamy Stock Photo, Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo.

 

Pas de Deux from SWAN LAKE, Act III

Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov

Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Costume Design: Jonathan Fensom

Original Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton

 

Petipa-Ivanov Production Premiere: February 8, 1895—Mariinsky Theatre; St. Petersburg, Russia

Current Production Premiere: February 21, 2009—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

 

Music: Swan Lake, Op. 20. Costume Design Associate, Yvonne Milnes. Tutu constructed by Yoshi Terashima, London, England. Headpiece constructed by Jennifer Howard and Deborah Camken, Toronto, ON. Boots by Pluma, Portland, OR.

 

"The Colour In Anything" from Blake Works I

Choreographer: William Forsythe

Composer: James Blake

Staged by: Ayman Harper

Costume Design: Dorothee Merg and William Forsythe

Original Lighting Design: Tanja Ruehl and William Forsythe

 

World Premiere: July 4, 2016–Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier; Paris, France

San Francisco Ballet Premiere: February 3, 2022— War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

 

Music: “The Colour in Anything” from The Colour in Anything. Costumes constructed by San Francisco Ballet Wardrobe Department.

 

Pas de Deux from Cinderella, Act II

Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Assistant to the Choreographer: Jacquelin Barrett

Costume Design: Julian Crouch

Original Lighting Design: Natasha Katz

 

Cinderella^© by Christopher Wheeldon

World Premiere: December 13, 2012—Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater; Amsterdam, Netherlands

U.S. Premiere: May 3, 2013—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

 

Music: Cinderella, Op. 87 by Sergei Prokofiev, used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. Mask constructed by Julian Crouch. Special thanks to Oliver Haller, Head of Costume Department for Dutch National Ballet. Costume construction by Das Gewand, Maßschneiderei Rainer Schoppe, Lowland Tailors, Sacha Keir and Phil Reynolds, Kim Schouten, Esther Datema, Bert Nuhaan, and Klaus Schreck. Cinderella is a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and Dutch National Ballet.

 

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux

Choreographer: George Balanchine

Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Staged by: Sandra Jennings

Costume Design: after Karinska

 

© The George Balanchine Trust

World Premiere: March 29, 1960—New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama; New York, New York

San Francisco Ballet Premiere: February 29, 1972—San Jose Community Theater; San Jose, California

 

This performance of Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, a Balanchine^© Ballet, is presented by arrangement with the George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style^© and Balanchine Technique^© service standards established and provided by the Trust. Costumes courtesy of Oregon Ballet Theatre.

 

MADCAP

Choreographer: Danielle Rowe

Composer: Pär Hagström

Music arranged by: Philip Feeney

Costume Design: Emma Kingsbury

Lighting Design: Jim French

Assistant to the Choreographer: Garen Scribner

 

World Premiere: January 20, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

 

Music: “Before You Know”, “Imaginary Circus”, “I Can Feel You’re Close Now”, “Wind Spirits”, “Don’t Look Under Your Bed”, “The Forgotten Memories”, “The Old Forgotten Funfair Band”, and “You Can Never Catch Me”, written and composed by Pär Hagström, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com. Costumes constructed by Colin Davis Jones Studios, New York, NY.

 

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Music Director and Principal Conductor
Martin West

 

Violin I
Cordula Merks, Concertmaster
Heidi Wilcox, Associate Concertmaster
Robin Hansen, Assistant Concertmaster
Wenyi Shih
Karen Shinozaki Sor
Emma Votapek
Jennifer Cho
Alicia Yang

 

Violin II
Craig Reiss, Principal
Jeanelle Meyer, Associate Principal
Laura Keller, Assistant Principal
Rebecca Jackson
George Hayes
Mayumi Wyrick

 

Viola
Anna Kruger, Principal
Caroline Lee, Associate Principal
Elizabeth Prior, Assistant Principal
Emily Liu
Katherine Johnk

 

Cello
Eric Sung, Principal
Thalia Moore, Associate Principal
Mark Votapek, Assistant Principal
Robert Howard

 

Contrabass
Mark Wallace, Principal
Michael Minor, Associate Principal
Kody Thiessen, Assistant Principal

 

Flute
Susan Kang, Principal
Emma Moon
Stephanie McNab, Piccolo

 

Oboe
Laura Griffiths, Principal
James Moore III
Marilyn Coyne, English Horn

 

Clarinet
Sean Krissman, Principal
Matthew Boyles, Eb Clarinet
Barret Ham, Bass Clarinet

 

Alto Saxophone
David Henderson

 

Bassoon
Rufus Olivier, Principal
Alex Zdanis
Michael Severance, Contrabassoon

 

Horn
Caitlyn Smith-Franklin, Principal
Phillip Palmore
Meredith Brown, Associate Principal
Erika Miras

 

Trumpet/Cornet
Joseph Brown, Principal
Scott Macomber
Dominic Favia
Alan Matteri

 

Trombone
Jeffrey Budin, Principal
Dillon McIntyre

 

Bass Trombone
David Ridge, Principal

 

Tuba
Peter Wahrhaftig, Principal

 

Timpani
Zubin Hathi, Principal

 

Percussion
Victor Avdienko, Principal
Tyler Mack
McKenzie Langefeld
Ben Paysen
Tracy Davis

 

Harp
Annabelle Taubl, Principal

 

Accordion
Ron Borelli

 

Keyboards
Mungunchimeg Buriad
Natal’ya Feygina

 

Orchestra Personnel Manager and Music Administrator
Tracy Davis

 

Music Librarian
Matthew Naughtin