Information on production

Premiere

Oct 21, 1965

Production type

• Opera

Works

West Side Story

Production team

• Libretto: Arthur Laurents
• Libretto: Stephen Sondheim
• Finnish translation: Sauvo Puhtila
• Director: Irja Simola
• Choreographer: Heikki Värtsi
• Set designer: Seppo Nurmimaa
• Costume designer: Seppo Nurmimaa
• Lighting design: Gleb Schorin

Dramatis personae

• Riff
• Tony
• Action
• A-Rab
• Baby John
• Diesel
• Snowboy
• Velma
• Graziella
• Anybodys
• Bernando
• Maria
• Anita
• Chino
• Pepe
• Rosalia
• Consuelo
• Francisca
• Doc
• Schrank
• Krupke
• Glad Hand