Selected Publications by Evan Baker

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“Avenge me!”

Giuseppe Verdi, Salvadore Cammarano, and the Libretto for Il Trovatore

San Francisco Opera

Program Book, Fall 2009

“A gay life, and a terrible one!”
The Making of the Libretto for La Bohème
San Francisco Opera
Program Book, Fall 2008

“So, you have ta'en up your bonny bridegroom?”
Gaetano Donizetti and Lucia di Lammermoor
San Francisco Opera
Program Book, Spring 2008

“This tragedy is one of the greatest creations of Man!”
Giuseppe Verdi and the Creation of Macbeth
San Francisco Opera
Program Book, Fall 2007

Designing and Rehearsing Der Rosenkavalier
Alfred Roller and Staging the Opera
San Francisco Opera
Program Book, Spring 2007

The Assistant

When staging the first Ring Cycle, Wagner came to depend
on his solid right-hand man, Richard Fricke
Opera News
April 13, 1996

Rococo Harmony: Alfred Roller - Der Rosenkavalier by the Book
Opera News
February 13, 1993

The Scene Designs for the First Performances of Bizet's Carmen
19th Century Music
Spring, 1990

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