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2007-2008
Tannhäuser
Richard Wagner
January 26, 29, 1 and 3 (m), 2008
Petra Lang (Venus), Robert Gambill (Tannhäuser) Laura Portune (Shepherd Boy),
Reinhard Hagen (Landgraf Hermann), Martin Zysset (Walter von der Vogelweide),
Andrew Greenan (Biterolf), Russell Braun (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Simeon Esper
(Heinrich der Schreiber), Scott Sikon (Reinmar von Zweter), Camilla Nylund
(Elisabeth), Victoria Esper (Noble Page), Julia Teal Kermott (Noble Page), Amber
Lister (Noble Page), Elena Vizuet (Noble Page); Gabor Ötvös, conductor; Michael
Hampe, director; Nicola Bowie, choreographer; Günther Schneider-Siemssen and
James Mulder, scenic and projection designers; Patricia Zipprodt, costume
designer.
Mary, Queen of Scots (Maria Stuarda)
Gaetano Donizetti
February 16, 19, 22 and 24(m), 2008
Kate Aldrich (Elizabeth), Reinhard Hagen (Talbot), Andrew Greenan (Lord Cecil),
Yeghishe Manucharyan (Earl of Leicester), Susana Poretsky (Anna), Angela
Gilbert/Ermanelo Jaho(Feb 16)(Mary, Queen of Scots); Edoardo Müller, conductor;
Andrew Sinclair, director; Ming Cho Lee, scenic designer; Ingeborg Bernerth,
costume designer.
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni
March 22, 25, 28, 30 (m) and April 2, 2008
Richard Leech (Turiddu), Carter Scott (Santuzza), Judith Christin (Mamma Lucia),
Bruno Caproni/Mark Rucker (March 25 and 28) (Alfio), Sarah Castle (Lola); Edoardo
Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; John Coyne, scenic designer; Ed Kotanen,
costume designer.
Pagliacci
Ruggero Leoncavallo
March 22, 25, 28, 30 (m) and April 2, 2008
Bruno Caproni /Mark Rucker (March 25 and 28) (Tonio), José Cura (Canio), Simeon
Esper (Beppe), Elizabeth Futral (Nedda), Scott Hendricks (Silvio); Edoardo Müller,
conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; John Coyne, scenic designer; Ed Kotanen,
costume designer.
Aida
Giuseppe Verdi
April 12, 15, 18, 20 (m), 23, 2008
Reinhard Hagen (Ramfis), Carlo Ventre (Radames), Mariana Pentcheva (Amneris),
Indra Thomas (Aida), José Gallisa (King of Egypt), Kenneth Morris (Messenger),
Priti Gandhi (Priestess), Mark Rucker (Amonasro); Valéry Ryvkin, conductor;
Garnett Bruce, director; Kenneth von Heidecke, choreographer; Michael Yeargan,
scenic designer; Peter J. Hall, costume designer.
The Pearl Fishers
Georges Bizet
May 3, 6, 9 and 11 (m), 2008
Malcolm MacKenzie (Zurga), Charles Castronovo (Nadir), Ekaterina Siurina
(Leïla), José Gallisa (Nourabad); Karen Keltner, conductor; Andrew Sinclair,
director; John Malashock, choreographer; Zandra Rhodes, scenic and costume designer.
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2006-2007
Boris Godunov
Modest Mussorgsky
January 27, 30, February 2 and 4 (m), 2007
Ferruccio Furlanetto (Boris Godunov), Vitalij Kowaljow (Pimen), Jay Hunter
Morris (Dimitri/Grigori), Allan Glassman (Prince Shuisky), Mikhail Svetlov
(Varlaam), Inna Dukach (Xenia), Lisa Agazzi (Feodor), Nicolai Janitzky
(Thchelkalov), Joseph Frank (Missail), Judith Christin (Hostess of the Inn),
Doug Jones (The Simpleton), Martha Jane Howe (Old Nurse), Louis Lebherz
(Policeman); Valéry Ryvkin, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Robert
Dahlstrom, set and costume design.
Samson and Delilah
Camille Saint-Saëns
February 17, 20, 23 and 25 (m), 2007
Clifton Forbis (Samson), Denyce Graves (Delilah) Greer Grimsley (High Priest of
Dagon), Philip Skinner (Abimelech), José Gallisa (Old Hebrew), Brian Register
(First Philistine), Scott Sikon (Second Philistine), Joseph Hu (Messenger);
Karen Keltner, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Douglas Schmidt, set design;
Carrie Robbins, costume design; Ken von Heidecke, choreography.
Il trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
March 24, 27, 30, April 1 (m) and 4, 2007
Paoletta Marrocu (Leonora), Darío Volonté/Eduardo Villa (April 4) (Manrico),
Alexandru Agache (Count di Luna), Marianne Cornetti (Azucena), Hao Jiang Tian
(Ferrando), Joseph Hu (Ruiz/Messenger); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Stephen
Lawless, director; Benoit Dugardyn, set design; Martin Pakledinaz, costume
design.
Wozzeck
Alban Berg
April 14, 17, 20 and 22 (m), 2007
Franz Hawlata (Wozzeck), Nina Warren (Marie), Chris Merritt (The Captain), Dean
Peterson (The Doctor), Jay Hunter Morris (Drum Major), Joel Sorensen (Andres),
Susana Poretsky (Margret), Joseph Frank (Idiot); Karen Keltner, conductor; Des
McAnuff, director; Robert Brill, set design; Catherine Zuber, costume design.
The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
May 5, 8, 11, 13 (m) and 16, 2007
Pamela Armstrong (Countess Almaviva), Mariusz Kwiecien (Count Almaviva), Richard
Bernstein (Figaro), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Susanna), Sarah Castle (Cherubino),
Delores Zeigler (Marcellina), Kevin Langan (Dr. Bartolo), Martin Zysset
(Basilio), Scott Sikon (Antonio), Joseph Hu (Don Curzio), Priya Palekar
(Barbarina); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Linda Brovsky, director; Zack Brown, set
and costume design.
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2005-2006
The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini
January 28, February 31, 3, 5 (m) and 8, 2006
Kirstin Chávez (Rosina), Lawrence Brownlee (Almaviva), Christopher Maltman
(Figaro), Eduardo Chama (Bartolo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Basilio), Judith
Christin (Berta), James Scott Sikon (Fiorello), J. Sherwood Montgomery
(Ambrogio), Robert Taylor (Sergeant); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri,
director; Desmond Heeley, sets and costumes.
Lucia di Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti
February 18, 21, 24 and 26 (m), 2006
Angela Gilbert (Lucia), Richard Leech (Edgardo), Dalibor Jenis (Enrico),
Reinhard Hagen (Raimondo), Kenneth Morris (Normanno), Brian Register (Arturo),
Kathleen Halm (Alisa); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director;
Henry Bardon, set designer; Peter J. Hall, costume designer.
Carmen
Georges Bizet
March 25, 28, 31, April 2 (m) and 5, 2006
Marina Domashenko (Carmen), César Hernández (Don José), Malcolm MacKenzie
(Escamillo), Barbara Divis (Micaëla), Jeff Mattsey (Dancaire), Malinda Haslett
(Frasquita), Lisa Agazzi (Mercedes), James Scott Sikon (Morales), Beau Palmer
(Remendado); Karen Keltner, conductor; Mark Lamos, director; Michael Yeargan,
set designer; Francois St. Aubin, costume designer; Juanita Franco,
choreographer.
Julius Caesar in Egypt
George Frideric Handel
April 15, 18, 21 and 23 (m), 2006
Ewa Podleś (Julius Caesar), Lisa Saffer (Cleopatra), Vivica Genaux (Sesto),
Suzanna Guzman (Cornelia), Brian Asawa (Tolomeo), Alfred Walker (Achilla), James
Scott Sikon (Curio), Mark Crayton (Nireno); Kenneth Montgomery, conductor; John
Copley, director; John Pascoe, set designer; Michael Stennet, costume designer.
The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
May 6, 9, 12, 14 (m) and 17, 2006
Ute Selbig (Pamina), Cheryl Evans (Queen of the Night), Rainer Trost (Tamino),
Paul Armin Edelmann (Papageno), Siphiwe McKenize (Papagena), Daniel Borowski
(Sarastro), Reinhard Dorn (Speaker), Martin Zysset (Monostatos), Barbara Divis
(First Lady), Priti Gandhi (Second Lady), Lisa Agazzi (Third Lady), Stacey
Fraser (May 6)/ Priya Palekar (First Genie), Sylvia Wen (Second Genie), Diana
Tash (Third Genie), Joseph Hu (Second Priest), Kenneth Morris (First Armed Man),
James Scott Sikon (Second Armed Man); Christof Perick, conductor; Michael Hampe,
director; Michael Hampe and Alberto Andreis, set designer; Zandra Rhodes,
costume designer.
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2004-2005
Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
January 29. February 1, 4, 6 (m) and 9, 2005
John Osborn (Alfred), Siphiwe McKenzie (Adele), Noëmi Nadelmann (Rosalinde),
Peter Edelmann (Eisenstein), Joseph Frank (Dr. Blind), Paul Armin Edelmann (Dr.
Falke), John Del Carlo (Frank), Diana Tash (Ida), Dean Peterson (Ivan), Brian
Asawa (Orlofsky), J. Sherwood Montgomery (Frosch); Valéry Ryvkin, conductor;
Lotfi Mansouri, director; Peggy Hickey, choreographer; Wolfram Skalicki, set
designer; Thierry Bosquet, costume designer.
Così fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
February 19, 22, 25, 27 (m) and March 2, 2005
Michael Schade (Ferrando), Russell Braun (Guglielmo), Dean Peterson (Don
Alfonso), Jennifer Casey Cabot (Fiordiligi), Phyllis Pancella (Dorabella),
Sheryl Woods (Despina); Karen Keltner, conductor; Leon Major, director; Allen
Moyer, set designer; David O. Roberts, costume designer.
Simon Boccanegra
Giuseppe Verdi
March 26, 29. April 1, and 3 (m), 2005
Lado Ataneli (Simon Boccanegra), Anja Harteros (Amelia), Arutjun Kotchinian
(Jacopo Fiesco), Carlo Ventre (Gabriele), James Westman (Paolo), John Marcus
Bindel (Pietro); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director, John
Coyne, set designer; Anna Marie Heinrich, costume designer.
Vanessa
Samuel Barber
April 16, 19, 22, 24 (m), 2005
Margaret Lattimore (Erika), James Scott Sikon (Nicholas), Carol Vaness
(Vanessa), John McVeigh (Anatol), Judith Forst (Baroness), Richard Stilwell
(Doctor); Karen Keltner, conductor; Garnett Bruce, director; Michael Yeargan,
set designer; Martin Pakledinaz, costume designer.
La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
May 7, 10, 13, 15 (m) and 18, 2005
Scott Hendricks (Marcello), Richard Leech (Rodolfo), Andrew Collis (Colline),
James Scott Sikon (Schaunard), Ryan Allen (Benoit/Alcindoro), Fabiana Bravo
(Mimì), Ute Selbig (Musetta), Tom Oberjat (Parpignol)/Juan Carlos Acosta
(Parpignol on 5/13), Tom Corbeil (Customs Guard), William Nolan (Sergeant);
Edoardo Müller, conductor; Ian D. Campbell, director; John Conklin, set
designer; Martin Pakledinaz, costume designer.
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2003-2004
Recital: Paata Burchuladze, bass
September 14, 2003
Ludmila Ivanova, piano
Recital: Ewa Podles, contralto
November 15, 2003
Ania Marchwinska, piano
Turandot
Giacomo Puccini
January 24, 27, 30. February 1 (m), 4, 2004
Anna Shafajinskaia (Turandot), Dario Volonté (Calaf), Ai-Lan Zhu (Liu), Maxim
Mikhailov (Timur), Scott Hendricks (Ping), Beau Palmer (Pang), Joseph Hu (Pong),
Joseph Frank (Emperor), Joe Pechota (Mandarin); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi
Mansouri, director; David Hockney, set design; Ian Falconer, costume design.
The Pearl Fishers
Georges Bizet
February 14, 17, 20, 22(m), 2004
Isabel Bayrakdarian (Leïla), Michael Schade (Nadir), Russell Braun (Zurga), José
Gallisa (Nourabad); Karen Keltner, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; Zandra
Rhodes, production design (sets and costumes).
Recital: Russell Braun, baritone & Michael Schade, tenor
February 28, 2004
Carolyn Maule, piano
Don Carlo
Giuseppe Verdi
March 27, 30. April 2, 4 (m), 7, 2004
Sergej Larin (Don Carlo), Sondra Radvanovsky (Queen Elizabeth), Ferruccio
Furlanetto (King Philip), Rod Gilfry (Marquis of Posa), Mariana Pentcheva
(Princess Eboli), Louis Lebherz (Grand Inquisitor), Joseph Hu (Count Lerma),
Daniel Borowski (Monk), Laura Portune (Tebaldo, Celestial Voice). Edoardo
Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Zack Brown, production design.
Katya Kabanova
Leoš Janácek
April 17, 20, 23, 25 (m), 2004
Patricia Racette (Katya Kabanova), Raymond Very (Boris Grigorievitch), Jay
Hunter Morris (Tichon Kabanov), James Scott Sikon (Pavel Dikoi), Dame Josephine
Barstow (Marfa Kabanicha), Priti Gandhi (Varvara), Doug Jones (Vanya Kudriash),
Nicolai Janitzky (Kuligin), Kelly Gebhardt ( Glasha), Ilse Apéstegui (Feklusha).
John Fiore, conductor; Ian Campbell, director; Jane LaMotte, set design.
La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
May 8, 11, 14, 16 (m), 19 2004
Anja Harteros (Violetta), Richard Troxell (Alfredo), James Westman (Germont),
James Scott Sikon (Marquis), Kelly Gebhardt (Flora), Ilse Apestegui (Annina),
Joseph Hu (Gaston), Nicolai Janitzky (Douphol), Ethan Herschefeld (Dr. Grenvil),
Chad Frisque (Giuseppe). Edoardo Müller, conductor; Ian Campbell, director; John
Conklin, set design; David Walker, costume design.
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2002-2003
Recital: Daniil Shtoda, tenor
November 9, 2002
Larissa Gergieva, piano
Fidelio
Ludwig van Beethoven
January 25, 28, 31 and February 2m, 2003
Martin Zysset (Jaquino), Ute Selbig (Marzelline), Reinhard Hagen (Rocco), Eva
Johansson (Leonore), Greer Grimsley (Pizarro), Chad Frisque (First prisoner),
James Newman (Second prisoner), John Keyes (Florestan), Pavel Daniluk (Don
Fernando), Christof Perick, conductor, Michael Hampe, stage director, John
Gunter, set/costume designer
Norma
Vincenzo Bellini
February 15, 18, 21, 23m and 26, 2003
Pavel Daniluk (Oroveso), Hugh Smith (Pollione), Beau Palmer (Flavio), Galina
Gorchakova (Norma), Mariana Pentcheva (Adalgisa), Richard Bonynge, conductor,
John Copley, stage director, John Conklin, set/costume designer
Thérèse Raquin
Tobias Picker
March 22, 25, 28m and 30, 2003
Dame Josephine Barstow (Madame Lisette Raquin), Kirstin Chávez (Thérèse Raquin),
Gordon Gietz (Camille Raquin), Christopher Maltman (Laurent), Sheryl Woods
(Suzanne Michaud), Kevin Langan (Olivier Michaud), Peter Kazaras (Monsieur
Grivet), Karen Keltner, conductor, Herbert Kellner, stage director, Marie-Jeanne
Lecca, set/costume designer
Recital: Christopher Maltman, baritone
March 2, 2003
Andrew Smith, piano
Otello
Giuseppe Verdi
April 19, 22, 25, 27m and 30, 2003
James Scott Sikon (Montano), Richard Troxell (Cassio), Alexandru Agache (Iago),
Joseph Hu (Roderigo), Sergej Larin (Otello), Marina Mescheriakova (Desdemona),
Priti Gandhi (Emilia), David Marshman (Herald), Julien Robbins (Lodovico),
Edoardo Müller, conductor, Sonja Frisell, stage director, Zack Brown,
set/costume designer
Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
May 10, 13, 16, 18m and 21, 2003
Richard Leech (B.F. Pinkerton), Joseph Hu (Goro), Mika Shigematsu (Suzuki),
Stephen Powell (Sharpless), Chen Sue Panariello (Cio-Cio-San), Joe Pechota
(Imperial Commissioner), Tom Oberjat (Registrar), James Scott Sikon (The Bonze),
Gregorio Gonzalez (Prince Yamadori), Laura Portune (Kate Pinkerton), Edoardo
Müller, conductor, Francesca Zambello, original stage direction, Garnett Bruce,
stage director, Michael Yeargan, set designer, Anita Yavich, costume designer
* denotes United States debut
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2001-2002
Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
January 19, 22, 25, 27m and 30, 2002
Frank Porretta (Duke), Beau Palmer (Borsa), Eva-Maria Clements (Ceprano's wife),
Mark Rucker (Rigoletto), Malcolm MacKenzie (Marullo), Jamie Offenbach (Ceprano),
James Scott Sikon (Monterone), Jeffrey Wells (Sparafucile), Maureen O'Flynn
(Gilda), Megan Dey-Tóth (Giovanna), Suzanne Lustgarten (Page), Suzanna Guzmán
(Maddalena), William Nolan (Guard), Karen Keltner, conductor, Bruce Beresford,
original production, Christopher Harlan, stage director, Jean Isaacs,
choreographer, John Stoddart, set designer, Johann Stegmeir, costume designer.
Ariodante
George Frideric Handel
February 9, 12, 15 and 17m, 2002
Rosemary Joshua (Ginevra), Christine Brandes (Dalinda), David Walker
(Polinesso), Vivica Genaux (Ariodante), Julien Robbins (King of Scotland),
Andrew Truett (Odoardo), Bruce Fowler (Lurcanio), Kenneth Montgomery, conductor,
John Copley, stage director, Kenneth von Heidecke, choreographer, John Conklin,
set designer, Michael Stennett, costume designer.
Recital: Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
March 2, 2002
Blair McMillan, piano
Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
March 30, April 2, 5, 7m and 10, 2002
Jamie Offenbach (Angelotti/Sciarrone), François Loup (Sacristan), Richard Leech
(Cavaradossi), Galina Gorchakova (Tosca), Kimm Julian (Scarpia), Joseph Hu
(Spoletta), Robert Olson (Shepherd Boy), Joe Pechota (Jailer), Edoardo Müller,
conductor, Ian Campbell, stage director, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, set designer,
Suzanne Mess and Ray Diffen, costume designer.
Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
April 20, 23, 26 and 28m, 2002
Bruno Praticò (Don Pasquale), Christopher Schaldenbrand (Malatesta), Matthew
Polenzani (Ernesto), Ying Huang (Norina), David Marshman (Notary), Edoardo
Müller, conductor, David Gately, stage director, Tony Fanning, set designer,
Helen E. Rodgers, costume designer
The Flying Dutchman
Richard Wagner
May 11, 14, 17, 19m and 22, 2002
Daniel Sumegi (Daland), Joseph Hu (Steersman), Robert Hale (The Dutchman), Ilse
Apéstegui (Mary), Rita Cullis (Senta), John Keyes (Erik), Karen Keltner,
conductor, David Edwards, director, Constantinos Kritikos, set designer, Zack
Brown, costume designer
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2000-2001
The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
January 20, 23, 26, 28m and 31, 2001
John Osborn (Tamino), Barbara Divis (First Lady), Priti Gandhi (Second Lady),
Suzanna Guzmán (Third Lady), Johannes Mannov*(Papageno), Yan-Guang Cui* (Queen
of the Night), Peter Blanchet (Monostatos), Jennifer Casey Cabot (Pamina),
Sylvia Wen (First Genie), Suzanne Lustgarten (Second Genie), Eva-Maria Clements
(Third Genie), Daniel Sumegi (Speaker), Beau Palmer (Second Priest), Kevin
Langan (Sarastro), Todd Geer (First Armed Man), Ryan Allen (Second Armed Man),
Annelies Chapman (Papagena), John Fiore, conductor, Michael Hampe, director and
set designer, Zandra Rhodes*, costume designer, Alberto Andreis, co-set
designer.
Faust
Charles François Gounod
February 17, 20, 23, 25m, and 28, 2001
Octavio Arevalo* (Faust), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Méphistophélès), Jeff Mattsey
(Valentin), William Nolan (Wagner), Zheng Cao (Siébel), Izabela Labuda
(Marguerite), Judith Christin (Marthe), Ricahrd Bonynge, conductor, Linda
Brovsky, director, Earl Stalaey, production designer.
Cold Sassy Tree
Carlisle Floyd
March 24, 27, 30 and April 1m, 2001
Dean Peterson (Rucker Lattimore), Patricia Racette (love Simpson), Cynthia
Clayton (Mary Willis Tweedy), Beth Clayton (Loma Williams), John McVeigh (Will
Tweedy), Megan Weston (Lightfoot McClendon), Joel Sorensen (Camp Williams),
Judith Christin (Effie Belle Tate), Martha Jane Howe (Thelma Predmore), Chris
Thompson (Hosie Roach), Stephen Powell (Clayton McAllister) John Edwards
(Luther/Rufus Buford), James Scott Sikon (Dr. Lomax/Sheriff), Barbara Divis
(Lula), Lori Stinson (Myrtis), Todd Geer (Mayor), Karen Keltner, conductor,
Bruce Beresford, original stage direction, Garnett Bruce, stage director,
Michael Yeargan, production designer.
Idomeneo: King of Crete
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
April 14, 17, 20 and 22m, 2001
Ute Selbig (Ilia), Ruxandra Donose (Idamante), Kathleen Halm (First Cretan
Girl), Eva-Maria Clements (Second Cretan Girl), Andrew Truett (First Trojan
Man), David Marshman (Second Trojan Man), Carol Vaness (Elettra), Todd Geer
(Arbace), Scott Wyatt (Idomeneo), Joseph Hu ( High Priest), Dean Elzinga (Voice
of Neptune), Edoardo Müller, conductor, Lofti Mansouri, director, John Conklin,
set designer, Michael Stennett, costume designer.
Aida
Giuseppe Verdi
May 5, 8, 11, 13m and 15, 2001
Hao Jiang Tian (Ramfis), Richard Margison (Radames), Marianne Cornetti
(Amneris), Elena Zelenskaya (Aida), Dean Elzinga (King of Egypt), Kenneth Morris
(Messenger), Kathleen Halm (Priestess), Haijing Fu (Amonasro), Edoardo Müller,
conductor, Andrew Sinclair, stage director, John Malashock, choreographer,
Michael Yeargan, set designer, Peter J. Hall, costume designer.
Concert: The Requiem
Giuseppe Verdi
May 19, 2001; Civic Theatre. San Diego Opera Orchestra and Chorus, San Diego
Master Chorale, Edoardo Müller, conductor.
Concert: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Cynthia Lawrence, soprano
June 30, 2001; Sports Arena
Leone Magiera, conductor
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1999-2000
Recital: Sylvia McNair, soprano
October 24, 1999
Ted Taylor, piano
Il trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
January 22, 25, 28, 30m and February 2, 2000
Sondra Radvanovsky (Leonora), Patricia McAfee(Inez), Kathryn Day (Azucena),
Richard Margison (Manrico), Peter Blanchet (Ruiz), Richard Zeller (di Luna),
Brian Matthews(Ferrando); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Ian Campbell, director;
John David Peters, sets; John Conklin, costumes
Lohengrin
Richard Wagner
February 13, 16, 19 and 21m, 2000
Eva Johansson (Elsa), Mariana Pentcheva (Ortrud), John Keyes (Lohengrin), Greer
Grimsley (Telramund), Reinhard Hagen(Heinrich), Kimm Julian (King's herald);
John Klacka, Michael Frees, David Marshman, Daniel Koehn (nobles of Brabant);
Suzanne Lustgarten, Patricia McAfee, Eva Clements, Lois Myers (Pages); Heinz
Fricke, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; John Napier, sets/costumes
Recital: Simon Estes, bass
March 4, 2000
Julius Tilghman, piano
Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
April 1, 4, 7, 9m and 12, 2000
Deborah Riedel (Anna), Jennifer Casey Cabot (Elvira), Eirian James (Zerlina),
Gregory Kunde (Ottavio), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Giovanni), Michael Chioldi
(Masetto), Louis Lebherz (Commendatore), Reinhard Dorn (Leporello); Leopold
Hager, conductor; Michael Hampe, director; Michael Hampe, sets; Carlo Diappi,
costumes
A Streetcar Named Desire
André Previn
April 22, 25, 28 and 30m, 2000
Sheryl Woods (Blanche), Elizabeth Futral (Stella), Suzanna Guzmán (Eunice
Hubble), Anthony Dean Griffey (Mitch), Jeffrey Lentz (Newspaper boy), David
Okerlund (Stanley), James Scott Sikon (Steve Hubble); Priti Gandhi (Mexican Woman);
Karen Keltner, conductor; Brad Dalton, director; Michael Yeargan, sets/costumes
Recital: Galina Gorchakova, soprano
April 24, 2000
Iain Burnside, piano
La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
May 13, 16, 19, 21m and 24, 2000
Izabela Labuda (Mimì), Cynthia Clayton (Musetta), Fernando de la Mora (Rodolfo),
Joe Sundstrom (Parpignol), Hector Vasquez (Marcello), Oziel Garza-Ornelas
(Schaunard), Kevin Langan (Colline), James Scott Sikon (Benoit/Alcindoro),
Harold Skelly (customs guard), Joe Pechota (sergeant); Richard Bonynge,
conductor; Sharon Ott, director; John Conklin, sets; Martin Pakledinaz, costumes
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1998-1999
Recital: Helen Donath, soprano
December 6, 1998
Klaus Donath, piano
Falstaff
Giuseppe Verdi
January 23, 26, 29, 31m, February 3, 1999
Deborah Riedel (Alice Ford), Annelies Chapman (Nanetta), Carla Wood (Mistress
Page), Sharon Graham (Quickly), Bruce Fowler (Fenton), Paul Ferris (Caius),
Peter Blanchet (Bardolph), Phillip Joll (Falstaff), David Malis (Ford), Ryan
Allen (Pistol); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Ian Campbell*, director; Peter Dean
Beck, sets; Charles R. Caine, costumes
Of Mice and Men
Carlisle Floyd
February 13, 16, 19, 21m, 1999
Diane Alexander (Curley's Wife), Anthony Dean Griffey (Lennie), Joel Sorensen
(Curley), Beau Palmer (Carlson), John Bellemer (Ballad Singer), Erich Parce
(George), Stephen Powell (Slim), Kenneth Cox (Candy); Karen Keltner, conductor;
Rhoda Levine, director; John Conklin, sets; Jess Goldstein, costumes
The Great Richard Wagner Concert
February 20, 1999; Civic Theatre
Katarina Dalaymann, Thomas Sunnegårdh, Kenneth Cox, soloists; Heinz Fricke,
conductor
Così fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
March 6, 9, 12, 14m, 17, 1999
Barbara Shirvis (Fiordiligi), Sheryl Woods (Despina), Margaret Lattimore
(Dorabella), John Osborn (Ferrando), Stephen Powell (Guglielmo), Francois Loup
(Don Alfonso); Peter Erckens*, conductor; Leon Major, director; Allen Moyer,
sets; David O. Roberts, costumes
Hansel and Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck
April 10, 13, 16, 18m, 1999
Clare Gormley (Gretel), Evelyn de la Rosa (dew fairy/sandman), Jane Bunnell
(Hansel), RoseMarie Freni (Gertrude), Adria Firestone (Witch), James Maddalena
(Peter); Karen Keltner, conductor; Frank Corsaro/Amy Hutchinson, director;
Maruice Sendak, designer
A Masked Ball
Giuseppe Verdi
May 1, 4, 7, 9m, 12, 1999
Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet (Amelia), Elisabeth Comeaux (Oscar), Barbara Dever
(Ulrica), Richard Leech (Riccardo/Gustavus), Mark Rucker (Renato), Joseph Hu
(servant/judge), James Scott Sikon (Silvano/Christiano), Alexander Anisimov
(Sam/Count Horn), David Downing (Tom/Count Ribbing); Edoardo Müller, conductor;
Michael Hampe, director; Ezio Frigerio, sets; Mauro Pagano, costumes
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1997-98
Recital: Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano
October 25 and 26, 1997
Martin Dubé, piano
Recital: Hermann Prey, baritone
December 20, 1997
William Vendice, piano
The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini
January 24, 27, 30, February 1m, 4, 1998
Ellen Rabiner (Berta), Vivica Genaux (Rosina), Bruce Fowler (Almaviva), Richard
Byrne (Jan 24, 27)/ Robert Orth (Jan 30, Feb 1m, 4) (Figaro), John Del Carlo
(Bartolo), Julien Robbins (Basilio), Duane McDevitt (Fiorello), Bob Borntrager
(Ambrogio), Joseph Grienenberger (officer), William Doyle(notary); Karen
Keltner, conductor; Michael Hampe, director; Mauro Pagano, set and costume
designer
Salome
Richard Strauss
February 14, 17, 20 and 22m, 1998
Kristine Ciesinski (Salome); Katherine Ciesinski (Herodias); Emily Manhart
(Page); Patricia McAfee (slave); Alan Woodrow (Herod); Richard Brunner
(Narraboth); Robert Hayward (Jochanaan); Joseph Frank, Alan Fischer, Douglas
Perry, Melvin Lowery, Stephen Morscheck (five Jews); David Downing (First
Nazarene); Andrew Richards (Second Nazarene); James Scott Sikon (First soldier);
Philip Skinner (Second soldier); Philip Larson (a Cappadocian); Karen Keltner,
conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Allen Charles Klein, designer
Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
March 7, 10, 13, 15m, 18, 1998
Yoko Watanabe (Cio-Cio-San), Zheng Cao (Suzuki), Catherine Ireland (Kate),
Fernando de la Mora (Pinkerton), Douglas Perry (Goro), Kim Josephson
(Sharpless), James Scott Sikon (The Imperial Commissioner), Roberto Gomez
(Yamadori), David Downing (Bonze); Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor; Francesca
Zambello/ Garnett Bruce, director; Michael Yeargan, sets; Anita Yavich*,
costumes
Romeo and Juliet
Charles Gounod
April 18, 21, 24, 26m, 1998
Rosemary Joshua (Juliet), Kate Butler (Stephano), Martha Jane Howe (Gertrude),
Richard Leech (Romeo), Beau Palmer (Tybalt), Jeff Mattsey (Mercutio), Duane
McDevitt (Gregorio), David Downing (Duke of Verona), James Scott Sikon
(Capulet), Mark S. Doss (Friar Lawrence), Joe Pechota (Paris), Joseph Hu
(Benvolio), David Marshman (Friar John); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Bliss
Hebert, director; Pasquale Grossi, sets; Allen Charles Klein, costume and
lighting designer
The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
May 9, 12, 15, 17m, 20, 1998
Emily Magee (Countess), Ute Selbig*(Susanna), Catherine Ireland (Barbarina),
Margaret Lattimore (Cherubino), Judith Christin (Marcellina), Marcia Whittier,
Sandra Camarena (peasant girls), Francis Egerton (Basilio/Curzio), Rod Gilfry
(Count), Andrew Wentzel (Figaro), Francois Loup (Bartolo), James Scott Sikon
(Antonio); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lesley Koenig, director; Zack Brown, set
and costume designer
Concert: The Met Orchestra
May 16, 1998; Civic Theatre
James Levine, conductor
Vadim Repin, violin
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1996-97
Carmen
Georges Bizet
January 18, 21, 24, 26m, 29, 1997
Cynthia Clayton (Micaëla), Sylvia Wen (Frasquita), Adria Firestone (Carmen),
Sarah Blaze (Mercedes), Richard Leech (Don José), Beau Palmer (Remendado), Louis
Otey (Escamillo), James Butler (Zuniga), Roberto Gomez (Morales), Stephen Powell
(Dancaire); Richard Bonynge, conductor; James de Blasis, director; John Conklin,
sets; Peter J. Hall, costumes
The Italian Girl in Algiers
Gioachino Rossini
February 8, 11, 14, 16m, 1997
Anita De Simone (Elvira), Vivica Genaux (Isabella), Ava Baker Liss (Zulma),
Bruce Fowler (Lindoro), Reinhard Dorn* (Taddeo), James Butler (Haly), John Del
Carlo (Mustafá); Karen Keltner, conductor; Leon Major, director; Zack Brown,
sets/costumes
The Conquistador
Myron Fink
March 1, 4, 7, 9m, 1997
World Premiere
Elizabeth Hynes (Elena), Kerry O'Brien (Ghost of Leonora), Vivica Genaux
(Isabel), Adria Firestone (Francisca), Diane Winterton (Catalina), Richelle
Marie Triglia (Mariana), Lee Jessica Froelich (Leonor), Chelsea Basler (Anica),
Jerry Hadley (Luis), Beau Palmer (Alvaro), John Duykers (Chief Inquisitor),
Louis Otey (the Viceroy), James Scott Sikon (Baltasar), David Downing (Gaspar),
Stephen Powell (Felipe Núñez), Philip Larson (Machado), Duane McDevitt (Dr.
Ribera), Kenneth Cox (Sahagún), Casey McKinley (Miguel), Scot Fagerland (Jorge),
Mark Loewen (Antonio), John Slivon (Officer), Walter Du Melle (Merchant), David
Shaffer (Landowner); Karen Keltner, conductor; Sharon Ott, director; Kent
Dorsey, sets; Deborah Dryden, costumes
La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
April 5, 8, 11, 13m, 16, 1997
Deborah Riedel (Violetta), Patricia McAfee (Annina), Carter Scott (Flora), Jorge
Lopez- Yañez (Alfredo), Joseph Hu (Gaston), Richard Zeller (Germont), Duane
McDevitt (Douphol), David Downing (Grenvil), James Scott Sikon (Marchese
d'Obigny), John Slivon (Giuseppe), Jeffrey L. Shipman (servant), Walter Du Melle
(messenger); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; John Conklin,
sets; David Walker, costumes
Concert: Plácido Domingo, tenor; Ainhoa Arteta, soprano
April 10, 1997; Civic Theatre
Edoardo Müller, conductor
Turandot
Giacomo Puccini
April 26, 29, May 2, 4m, 7, 1997
Jane Eaglen (Turandot), Ai-Lan Zhu (Liù), Diane Winterton, Deanna Barraza
(Handmaidens), Richard Margison (Calaf), Alan Fischer (Altoum), Beau Palmer
(Pang), Joseph Hu (Pong), Stephen Powell (Ping), Roberto Gomez (Mandarin), Kevin
Langan (Timur), Chad Berlinghieri (Prince of Persia); Edoardo Müller, conductor;
Lotfi Mansouri, director; David Hockney, sets; Ian Falconer, costumes
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1995-96
Recital: Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
September 17, 1995; Civic Theatre
Steven Blier, piano
Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
January 20, 23, 26, 28m, 31, 1996
Nelly Miricioiu (Tosca), Casey McKinley(shepherd), César Hernández
(Cavaradossi), Alan Fischer (Spoletta), James Morris (Scarpia), Roberto Gomez
(sacristan), David Downing (Angelotti/Sciarrone), Philip Larson (jailer);
Edoardo Müller, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, sets;
Suzanne Mess, costumes
The Elixir of Love
Gaetano Donizetti
February 10, 13, 16, 18m, 21, 1996
Deborah Riedel (Adina), Sylvia Wen (Giannetta), Patrick Power (Nemorino), David
Malis (Belcore), Andrew Shore* (Dulcamara); Karen Keltner, conductor; John Cox,
director; Roger Butlin, sets; Stephen Brimson-Lewis, costumes
The Passion of Jonathan Wade
Carlisle Floyd
March 2, 5, 8, 10m, 1996
Sheryl Woods (Celia), Débria Brown (Nicey), Deanna Barraza (girl), Erich Parce
(Wade), Beau Palmer (Lt. Patrick), David Downing (Riddle), Joseph Evans
(Wardlaw), John Duykers (Pratt), Michel Warren Bell (Judge Bell), Julian Patrick
(Townsend), William Nolan (wounded soldier/Branch), Daniel S. Leal (Union
leaguer); Ryan Lowe, Joseph Grienenberger (soldiers); David Downing (Rector);
Joseph Sundstrom, Walter Du Melle (carpetbaggers); Arthur Wheatfall (senator);
Kaira Cooper, Remy Abraham, Epherium Morgan, Warren Nolan (youths); Kenneth
Montgomery, conductor; Carlisle Floyd, director; Günther Schneider-Siemssen,
sets; Allen Charles Klein, costumes
Cinderella
Gioachino Rossini
April 6, 9, 12, 14m, 1996
Evelyn de la Rosa (Clorinda), Margaret Lattimore (Cinderella), Carter Scott
(Tisbe), Bradley Williams (Don Ramiro), Erich Parce (Dandini), François Loup
(Don Magnifico), Kevin Langan (Alidoro); Karen Keltner, conductor; Linda
Brovsky, director; Claude Girard/ Bernard Uzan, sets/costumes
Aida
Giuseppe Verdi
April 27, 30, May 3, 5m, 8, 1996
Michèle Crider* (Aida), Sherri Dukes Williams (high priestess), Stefania Kaluza
(Amneris), Lando Bartolini (Radames), Mark Rucker (Amonasro), Hao Jiang Tian
(Ramfis), Andrew Wentzel (King), Matthew Bitetti (messenger); Michelangelo
Veltri, conductor; Dejan Miladinovic, director; Michael Yeargan, sets; Peter J.
Hall, costumes
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1994-95
Rusalka
Antonin Dvoák
January 21, 24, 27, 29m, February 1, 1995
Renée Fleming (Rusalka), Adrienne Dugger (foreign princess), Carter Scott
(Jezibaba); Judith Lovath, Manhua Zhan, Annette Daniels (nymphs); Neil
Rosenshein (Prince), Mark S. Doss (Water Sprite), Roberto Gomez (hunter); Albert
Rosen, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Günther Schneider-Siemssen, sets;
Dietmar Solt, costumes
Lucia di Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti
February 11, 14, 17, 19m, 22, 1995
Martile Rowland (Lucia), Sarah Blaze (Alisa), Ramón Vargas (Edgardo), Joseph Hu
(Arturo), Beau Palmer (Normanno), Haijing Fu (Enrico), Richard Vernon
(Raimondo); Willie Anthony Waters, conductor; Johnathon Pape, director; Neil
Peter Jampolis, sets; Peter J. Hall, costumes
Porgy and Bess
George Gershwin
March 8, 9, 10, 11m, 11, 12, 1995
Marquita Lister/Charlae Olaker (9, 11m, 12) (Bess), Luvenia Garner/Angela R.
Simpson (9, 11m, 12) (Serena), Kimberly Jones (Clara), Ann Duquesnay (Maria),
Sabrina Carten (Annie), Lou Ann Pickett (Lily), Hope Briggs (strawberry woman),
Larry Marshall (Sportin' Life), Alvy Powell/Terry Cook (9, 11m, 12) (Porgy),
Stacey Robinson/Lester Lynch (8, 10, 11)/Jeffrey La Var (12) (Crown), Elex Lee
Van (Jake), Keith Crawford (Frazier), Barron Coleman (Mingo), Richard Taylor
(Robbins), Stanley Jackson (Peter), Mathew J. Minor (Jim), Henry Jones
(Undertaker), John Lesane (Nelson), David Lee Brewer (crab man), Charles Sanders
(detective), Russell Johnson (coroner), Richard Taylor (African drummer); John
deMain/Douglas Fisher (12), conductor; Hope Clarke, director; Kenneth Foy, sets;
Judy Dearing, costumes; co-production with Houston Grand Opera
Recital: Jerry Hadley, tenor; Thomas Hampson, baritone
March 18, 1995; Civic Theatre
Craig Rutenberg, piano
Macbeth
Giuseppe Verdi
March 25, 28, 31, April 2m, 5, 1995
Rosalind Plowright (Lady Macbeth), Patricia McAfee (nurse); E.J. Mout, Erick
Rarick (apparitions); Antonio Barasorda (Macduff), Roman Tsymbala (Malcolm),
Michael Stevens (servant/herald), Timothy Noble (Macbeth), Ronald Banks
(assassin/apparition), Kenneth Cox (Banquo), Philip Larson (Doctor); Edoardo
Müller, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Davis West, sets; Suzanne Mess,
costumes
La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
April 22, 25, 28, 30m, May 3, 1995
Patricia Racette (Mimì), Rosemary Musoleno (Musetta), Richard Leech (Rodolfo),
Daniel S. Leal (Parpignol), Mark Oswald (Marcello), Jeff Mattsey (Schaunard),
Yanni Yannissis (Colline), James Scott Sikon (Benoit/Alcindoro), David Shaffer
(customs guard), Ronald Banks (sergeant); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lesley
Koenig, director; John Conklin, sets; Martin Pakledinaz, costumes
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1993-94
Recital: José Carreras, tenor
July 5, 1993; Civic Theatre
Enrique Ricci, piano
Eugene Onegin
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
January 22, 25, 28, 30m, February 2, 1994
Renée Fleming (Tatiana), Kathleen Hegierski (Olga), Martha Jane Howe (Larina),
Débria Brown (Filipievna), Hans Peter Blochwitz (Lenski), Douglas Perry
(Triquet), Jeffrey Black (Onegin), Stefan Szkafarowsky (Gremin), David Downing
(captain/Zaretski); Kenneth Montgomery, conductor; John Copley, director; Robin
Don, sets; Michael Stennett, costumes
Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
February 12, 15, 18, 20m, 23, 1994
Sheryl Woods (Gilda), Sarah Blaze (Countess Ceprano/page), Martha Jane Weaver
(Giovanna), Suzanna Guzmán (Maddalena), Fernando de la Mora (the Duke), Beau
Palmer (Borsa), Haijing Fu (Rigoletto), David Downing (Marullo), Michael L.
Morgan (Ceprano), James Scott Sikon (Monterone), Valentin Peytchinov
(Sparafucile); Elio Boncompagni, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Zack
Brown, sets/costumes
Rappaccini's Daughter
Daniel Catán
March 5, 8, 11, 13m, 16, 1994
United States Premiere
North American Voices Project
Encarnación Vásquez (Beatriz), Ellen Rabiner (Isabella); Patricia Minton, Andrea
Mays, Diane Winterton (off-stage voices); Fernando de la Mora (Giovanni),
Ignacio Clapés (Dr. Baglioni), Oscar Sámano (Dr. Rappaccini); Eduardo Diazmuñoz,
conductor; Johnathon Pape, director; John Conklin, sets; Barbara Bush, costumes
La sonnambula
Vincenzo Bellini
April 9, 12, 15, 17m, 20, 1994
Deborah Riedel* (Amina), Patricia McAfee (Teresa), Sylvia Wen (Lisa), Ramón
Vargas (Elvino), Julien Robbins (Rodolfo), James Wood (Alessio), Adam Russell
(notary); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Leon Major, director; Zack Brown,
sets/costumes
The Tales of Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach
April 30, May 3, 6, 8m, 11, 1994
Nova Thomas (Olympia/Giulietta/Antonia/Stella), Jean Rigby (Nicklaus/muse),
Patricia McAfee (voice of Antonia's mother), Jerry Hadley (Hoffmann), Graeme
Ewer* (Andrés/Cochenille/Pittichinaccio/Frantz), César Ulloa
(Nathanael/Spalanzani), James Wood (Hermann/Schlemil), Louis Otey
(Lindorf/Coppélius/Dapertutto/Dr. Miracle), Herbert Eckhoff (Luther/Crespel);
Richard Bonynge, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Günther
Schneider-Siemssen, sets; Hill Reihs-Gromes, costumes
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1992-93
Concert: Luciano Pavarotti
October 22, 1992; Sports Arena
Leone Magiera, conductor
The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini
January 23, 26, 29, 31m, February 3, 1993
Delores Ziegler (Rosina), Ellen Rabiner (Berta), Don Bernardini (Almaviva),
Jeffrey Black/David Malis (29) (Figaro), François Loup (Bartolo), Kevin Langan
(Don Basilio), Roberto Gomez (Fiorello), Barry Dennen/Christopher Harlan (31m)
(Ambrogio), Edward Badrak (officer); Edoardo Müller, conductor; John Copley,
director; John Conklin, sets; Michael Stennett, costumes
Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
February 13, 16, 19, 21m, 24, 1993
Elizabeth Hynes (Cio-Cio-San), Yun Deng (Suzuki), Sarah Blaze (Kate), César
Hernández (Pinkerton), Douglas Perry (Goro), Richard Stilwell (Sharpless), Scott
Raines (commissioner), Roberto Gomez (Yamadori), Joseph Grienenberger
(registrar), Michel Warren Bell (Bonze); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Adelaide
Bishop, director; John Scheffler, sets; Zack Brown, costumes
Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
March 6, 9, 12, 14m, 17, 1993
Rita Cullis (Anna), Patricia Schuman (Elvira), Emily Manhart (Zerlina), Hans
Peter Blochwitz (Ottavio), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Giovanni), Victor Ledbetter
(Masetto), John Macurdy (Commendatore), Dean Peterson (Leporello); Edoardo
Müller, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Carl-Friedrich Oberle,
sets/costumes
The Pearl Fishers
Georges Bizet
March 27, 30, April 2, 4m, 7, 1993
Jan Grissom (Leila), Patrick Power (Nadir), Michael Lewis (Zurga), Mark S. Doss
(Nourabad); Karen Keltner, conductor; Johnathon Pape, director; Darren Scott
Maynard, sets; Marjorie McCown, costumes
Werther
Jules Massenet
April 17, 20, 23, 25m, 28, 1993
Jeanine Thames (Sophie), Jean Rigby (Charlotte), Anita Colet (Kätchen), Richard
Leech (Werther), Beau Palmer (Schmidt), Vernon Hartman (Albert), Herbert Eckhoff
(Le Bailli), James Scott Sikon (Johann), Mark Andrew Richards (Brühlmann);
Richard Bonynge, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Allen Charles Klein,
sets/costumes
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1991-92
Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss
January 18, 21, 24, 26m, 29, 1992
Ashley Putnam (Feldmarschallin), Barbara Kilduff (Sophie), Patricia Minton Smith
(Marianne), Susanne Mentzer (Octavian), Suzanna Guzmán (Annina); Dawn Veree
Harrison, Angela Milia, Katherine Lundeen (three noble orphans); Betsy McLean
(milliner), Jonathan Welch/Jorge Lopez-Yanez (29) (singer), Bernard Fitch
(Valzacchi), Beau Palmer (animal vendor/major-domo/innkeeper), Georg Tichy*
(Herr von Faninal), Artur Korn (Baron Ochs), Daniel S. Leal (major-domo), David
Downing (notary); Matthew Alexander, James Banner, Joel Snyder, Gerald Whitney
(lackeys/waiters); Kevin Bell (commissioner); Heinz Fricke, conductor; Wolfgang
Weber, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets; Ray Diffen, costumes
The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
February 8, 11, 14, 16m, 19, 1992
Rita Cullis* (Countess), Cheryl Parrish (Susanna), Sylvia Wen (Barbarina), Emily
Manhart (Cherubino), Judith Christin/Martha Jane Howe (19) (Marcellina); Betsy
McLean, Katherine Lundeen (country girls); Jerold Siena (Basilio), Beau Palmer
(Curzio), David Malis (Count), John Pringle* (Figaro), François Loup (Bartolo),
James Scott Sikon (Antonio); Edoardo Müller/Karen Keltner (19), conductors; John
Copley, director; Zack Brown, sets/costumes
Recital: Hermann Prey, baritone
February 15, 1992; Sherwood Auditorium
Leonard Hokanson, piano
Recital: Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano
February 23, 1992; Sherwood Auditorium
Massimiliano Murrali, piano
The Rape of Lucretia
Benjamin Britten
February 29, March 3, 6, 8m, 11, 1992
Rita Cullis (female chorus), Judith Lovat (Lucia), Melanie Sonnenberg
(Lucretia), Martha Jane Howe (Bianca), Robert Tear (male chorus), Louis Otey
(Tarquinius), Richard Zeller (Junius), Mark S. Doss (Collatinus); Christopher
Keene, conductor; Jonathan Eaton, director; Neil Peter Jampolis, sets; Debra
Hanson, costumes
The Merry Widow
Franz Lehár
April 4, 7, 10, 12m, 15, 1992
Glenys Fowles (Hanna), Sunny Joy Langton (Valencienne), Catherine Stapleton
(Sylviane/Frou-Frou), Melody Rossi (Olga/Margot), Anita Colet (Praskowia/Dodo),
Betsy McLean (Lolo), Erica Rose (Jou-Jou), Dawn Veree Harrison (Clo-Clo),
Theodore Baerg (Danilo), Gregory Kunde (Camille), John Del Carlo (Baron Zeta),
Richard Byrne (Cascada), Dennis McNeil (St. Brioche), David Downing
(Bogdanowitsch), Jeffrey Calof (Kromow), William Nolan (Pritschitsch), Beau
Palmer (Njegus); Karen Keltner, conductor; Lou Galterio, director; Carl Toms,
sets/costumes
Carmen
Georges Bizet
April 25, 28, May 1, 3m, 6, 1992
Ai-Lan Zhu (Micaëla), Jeralyn Refeld (Frasquita), Adria Firestone (Carmen), Gale
Fuller (Merédès), Arthur Davies (Don José), Dennis McNeil (Remendado), Richard
Paul Fink (Escamillo), Mark S. Doss (Zuniga), Richard Byrne (Morales), Matthew
Carey (Dancaire); Kees Bakels, conductor; Rosalind Elias, director; John
Conklin, sets; Peter J. Hall, costumes
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1990-91
Recital: Hans Peter Blochwitz, tenor
October 21, 1990; Sherwood Auditorium
Peter Grunberg, piano
Recital: Dimitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
October 28, 1990; Sherwood Auditorium
Mikhail Arkadiev, piano
Così fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
January 19, 22, 25, 27m, 30, 1991
Carol Vaness (Fiordiligi), Barbara Bonney (Despina), Judith Forst (Dorabella),
Keith Lewis (Ferrando), Håkan Hagegård (Guglielmo), Peter Strummer (Don
Alfonso); Thomas Schuback, conductor; John Copley, director; Peter Cooke, sets;
Michael Stennett, costumes
Albert Herring
Benjamin Britten
February 9, 12, 15, 17m, 1991
Christine Brewer (Lady Billows), Judith Lovat (Miss Wordsworth), Susan Graham
(Nancy), Patricia Kern (Mrs. Herring), Martha Jane Howe (Florence), Barton Green
(Albert Herring), Francis Egerton (Mayor), Harlan Foss (Vicar), Matthew Carey
(Sid), James Scott Sikon (Supt. Budd); Mary Dombek (Emmie), Patricia Prunty
(Cis), Christopher Johnson (Harry); Steuart Bedford, conductor; Colin Graham,
director; Neil Peter Jampolis, sets; Debra Hanson, costumes
Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss, Jr.
March 2, 5, 8, 10m, 13, 1991
Karen Huffstodt (Rosalinda), Cheryl Parrish (Adele), Suzanna Guzmán (Orlofsky),
Ronald Stevens (Eisenstein), Douglas Johnson (Alfred), Beau Palmer (Blind),
Richard McKee (Frank), Victor Ledbetter (Falke), Zale Kessler (Frosch); Karen
Keltner, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Oliver Smith, sets; Ann Roth,
costumes
The Passion of Jonathan Wade
Carlisle Floyd
April 13, 16, 19, 21m, 1991
West Coast Premiere
Sheryl Woods (Celia), Débria Brown (Nicey), Bridget Knott (girl), Erich Parce
(Wade), Eric Perkins (Lt. Patrick), Harlan Foss (Riddle), Joseph Evans
(Wardlaw), John Duykers (Pratt), Michel Warren Bell (Judge Bell), Julian Patrick
(Townsend), William Nolan (wounded soldier/Branch), Daniel S. Leal (Union
leaguer); Adam Russell, Joseph Grienenberger (soldiers); David Downing (Rector);
Edward Badrak, Max Chodos (carpetbaggers); Michael Morgan (senator); Tom Touw
(young boy); Shalonda French, Warren Nolan, Phillips Edwards, Scott Jones
(youths); Kenneth Montgomery, conductor; Carlisle Floyd, director; Günther
Schneider-Siemssen, sets; Allen Charles Klein, costumes
La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
May 4, 7, 10, 11m, 12, 1991
Christine Weidinger/Frances Ginsberg (11m) (Violetta), Patricia Minton Smith
(Annina), Gale Fuller (Flora), Fernando de la Mora/Walter MacNeil (11m)
(Alfredo), Beau Palmer (Gaston), Richard Stilwell/Richard J. Clark (11m)
(Germont), Harlan Foss (Douphol), David Downing (Grenvil), Mark Anderson
(Marchese d'Obigny), Daniel S. Leal (Giuseppe), Jeffrey L. Shipman (servant),
Joseph Grienenberger (messenger); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Wolfgang Weber,
director; John Conklin, sets; David Walker, costumes
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1989-90
Boris Godunov
Modest Moussorgsky
October 21, 24, 27, 29m, 31, 1989
Soviet Arts Festival
Sylvia Wen (Xenia), Irina Bogacheva (Marina), Martha Jane Howe (innkeeper),
Martha Jane Weaver (nurse), Julia Jamison (Fyodor), Thomas Booth (Prince
Shuisky), Teimuraz Gugushvili (simpleton), Allan Glassman (Gregory), Alexander
Morozov (Boris Godunov), Robert Gailbraith (Stchelkalov), Gia Asatiani (Pimen),
Omar Khoperia (Varlaam), Philip Larson (Nikitich/Lavitsky), (officer), William
Nolan (Mityukha/border guard/Chernikovsky), Bernard Fitch (Missail), Michael
Darcy (a boyar/Khrustchov), Stephen West (Rangoni); Jansoug Kakhidze, conductor;
Nathaniel Merrill, director; Wolfram Skalicki, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes
Recital: Carol Neblett, soprano
November 19, 1989; Sherwood Auditorium
Thomas Pasatieri, piano
La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
January 20, 23, 26, 28m, 31, 1990
Ilona Tokody (Mimì), Irena Welhasch (Musetta), Dennis O'Neill (Rodolfo), Daniel
S. Leal (Parpignol), Theodore Baerg (Marcello), Harlan Foss (Schaunard), Kevin
Langan (Colline), Italo Tajo (Benoit/Alcindoro), John Polhamus (customs guard),
Joseph Grienenberger (sergeant); Edoardo Müller, conductor; John Copley,
director; John Conklin, sets; Vicki Feitscher, costumes
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Francis Poulenc
February 10, 13, 16, 18m, 1990
Nova Thomas (Blanche), Cheryl Parrish (Constance), Carol Neblett (Lidoine),
Heather Begg (Marie), Maureen Forrester (Mme. de Croissy), Judith Christin
(Jeanne), Martha Jane Howe (Mathilde), Kip Wilborn (Chevalier de la Force),
Peter Van Derick (Marquis de la Force), Martin Chambers (Father), Michael Darcy
(officer), Joseph Grienenberger (Thierry), Jeffrey L. Shipman (Javelinot),
Michael Ballam (commissary), Harlan Foss (commissary/jailer); Richard Bonynge,
conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Günther Schneider-Siemssen, sets; Allen
Charles Klein, costumes
The Daughter of the Regiment
Gaetano Donizetti
March 3, 6, 9, 11m, 1990
Nova Thomas (Marie), Heather Begg (Countess of Birkenfeld), Kit Goldman (Duchess
of Crackenthorp), Paul Hartfield (Tonio), Daniel S. Leal (peasant), John Del
Carlo (Sulpice), Harlan Foss (Hortensio), William Nolan (corporal); Richard
Bonynge, conductor; Lou Galterio, director; Beni Montresor, sets/costumes
The Great Richard Wagner Concert
March 20, 1990; Civic Theatre
Johanna Meier, Gary Lakes, John Macurdy, soloists; Heinz Fricke, conductor
The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
April 14, 17, 20, 22m, 25, 1990
Virginia Sublett (Queen of the Night), Hei-Kyung Hong (Pamina), Sylvia Wen
(Papagena); Joan Gibbons, Gale Fuller, Deidra Palmour (three ladies); Denes
Gulyas (Tamino), Anthony Laciura (Monostatos), David Malis (Papageno), Kenneth
Cox (Sarastro), Herbert Eckhoff (speaker); Hong-Shen Li, J. Raymond Fielder
(priests/armored men); Celeste Tavera, Diana Tash, Julia Jamison (three
spirits); Karen Keltner, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Maurice Sendak,
sets/costumes
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1988-89
Lucia di Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti
January 21, 24, 27, 29m, 1989
Gail Dobish (Lucia), Suzanna Guzmán (Alisa), Richard Leech (Edgardo), Paul
Austin Kelly (Arturo), Martin Chambers (Normanno), J. Patrick Raftery/Pablo
Elvira (27, 29m) (Enrico), Kevin Langan (Raimondo); Edoardo Müller, conductor;
Rhoda Levine, director; Neil Peter Jampolis
The Peking Opera Company
January 25, 26, 28, 1989; Civic Theatre
Fidelio
Ludwig van Beethoven
February 11, 14, 17, 19m, 1989
Sabine Hass/Elizabeth Connell (14) (Leonora), Sunny Joy Langton (Marzelline),
Graeme Matheson-Bruce (Florestan), Randall Outland (Jacquino), Tom Fox (Don
Pizarro), Artur Korn (Rocco), Harry Dworchak (Don Fernando); Bruce Johnson,
William Nolan (prisoners); Edward Downes, conductor; Robert Tannenbaum,
director; Neil Peter Jampolis, sets/costumes
Recital: Robert White, tenor
February 20, 1989; Sherwood Auditorium
Russel Miller, piano
Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
March 4, 7, 10, 12m, 1989
Cheryl Parrish (Norina), Mark DuBois/Carroll Freeman (7, 10, 12m) (Ernesto),
Victor Ledbetter (Malatesta), François Loup (Pasquale), Ronald Banks (notary);
Karen Keltner, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; John Conklin, sets
Recital: Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
April 8, 1989; Civic Theatre
Martin Katz, piano
Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
April 15, 18, 21, 23m, 26, 1989
Hiroko Nishida (Cio-Cio-San), Robynne Redmon (Suzuki), Anne De Vries (Kate),
Jonathan Welch (Pinkerton), Joseph Frank (Goro), Harlan Foss (Sharpless),
Matthew Carey (commissioner), William Nolan (Yamadori), John Polhamus
(registrar), Stephen West (Bonze); Kees Bakels, conductor; Adelaide Bishop,
director; John Scheffler, sets; Zack Brown, costumes
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1987-88
Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
October 10, 13, 16, 18m, 1987
Hei-Kyung Hong (Gilda), Kathleen O'Brien (Countess Ceprano), Deborah Clague
(page), Martha Jane Weaver (Giovanna), Suzanna Guzmán (Maddalena), Diego d'Auria
(the Duke), Bernard Fitch (Borsa), John Rawnsley (Rigoletto), Harlan Foss
(Marullo), David Downing (Ceprano), Stephen West (Monterone), Jeffrey Wells
(Sparafucile); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Robert Tannenbaum, director; Lawrence
Schafer, sets/costumes
The Elixir of Love
Gaetano Donizetti
October 31, November 3, 6, 8m, 1987
Glenys Fowles (Adina), Deborah Clague (Giannetta), Denes Gulyas (Nemorino),
David Malis (Belcore), John Del Carlo (Dulcamara); Willie Anthony Waters,
conductor; Lou Galterio, director; Robert Darling, sets/costumes
Recital: Carol Vaness, soprano
November 16, 1987; Sherwood Auditorium
Warren Jones, piano
Recital: Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano
January 25, 1988; Sherwood Auditorium
Warren Jones, piano
Recital: Håkan Hagegård, baritone
February 8, 1988; Sherwood Auditorium
Warren Jones, piano
Faust
Charles Gounod
February 13, 16, 19, 21m, 1988
Diana Soviero (Marguerite), Jane Bunnell (Siébel), Judith Christin (Marthe),
Richard Leech (Faust), David Malis (Valentin), William Nolan (Wagner), Ferruccio
Furlanetto (Méphistophélès); Karen Keltner, conductor; Francesca Zambello,
director; Earl Staley, sets/costumes
Il trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
February 27, March 1, 4, 6m, 1988
Susan Dunn (Leonora), Dolora Zajick (Azucena), Jane Bunnell (Inez), Ruben
Dominguez (Manrico), Bernard Fitch (Ruiz), Jonathan Summers (di Luna), Jeffrey
Wells (Ferrando), Ronald Banks (old gypsy); Thomas Fulton, conductor; Richard
Gregson, director; Ming Cho Lee, sets
Concert: Verdi Requiem
Giuseppe Verdi
March 9, 1988; Civic Theatre
Carol Neblett, Dolora Zajick, Dennis O'Neill, Jeffrey Wells, soloists; San Diego
Opera Orchestra and Chorus, San Diego Master Chorale; Thomas Fulton, conductor
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1986-87
Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
October 11, 14, 17, 19m, 1986
Marilyn Zschau (Tosca), Deidra Palmour (shepherd), Vladimir Popov (Cavaradossi),
Richard Brunner (Spoletta), George Fortune (Scarpia), Richard McKee (sacristan),
David Bernard (Angelotti), David Downing (Sciarrone), Iosif Buibas (jailer);
Thomas Fulton, conductor; Sam Wanamaker, director; Allen Charles Klein/Sam
Wanamaker, sets/costumes
Norma
Vincenzo Bellini
October 25, 28, 31, November 2m, 1986
Cristina Deutekom (Norma), Delores Ziegler (Adalgisa), Deidra Palmour
(Clotilda), Antonio Barasorda (Pollione), Richard Brunner (Flavio), Nicola
Ghiuselev (Oroveso); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Bernd Benthaak, director; Carl
Toms, sets; Jose Varona, costumes
Recital: Anna Russell, raconteuse extraordinaire
November 7, 8, 9, 10, 1986; Old Globe Theatre
Robert Rosenberger, piano
Concert: Dame Joan Sutherland, soprano
January 23, 1987; Civic Theatre
Richard Bonynge, conductor
Recital: Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor
January 26, 1987; Old Globe Theatre
Siegfried Mauser, piano
The Flying Dutchman
Richard Wagner
February 7, 10, 13, 15m, 1987
Sabine Hass (Senta), Jane Shaulis (Mary), Siegfried Jerusalem (Erik), Michael
Sylvester (Steersman), Roger Roloff (Dutchman), Kevin Langan (Daland); Matthias
Kuntzsch, conductor; Bernd Benthaak, director; William Gorgensen, sets
The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini
February 21, 24, 27, March 1m, 1987
Susanne Mentzer (Rosina), Jane Shaulis (Berta), Mark DuBois (Almaviva), Hermann
Prey (Figaro), François Loup (Bartolo), Kevin Langan (Basilio), Rod Gilfry
(Fiorello), Stan Case (Ambrogio), Ronald Banks (officer); Karen Keltner,
conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Alfred Siercke, sets/costumes
Recital: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
February 28, 1987; Civic Theatre
Martin Katz, piano
Porgy and Bess
George Gershwin
March 5, 6, 7m, 7, 8m, 8, 1987
Carmen Balthrop/Henrietta Davis (6, 7, 8) (Bess), Priscilla Baskerville/Theresa
Hamm (6, 7, 8) (Serena), Rita McKinley (Clara), Marjorie Wharton (Maria),
Geraldine McMillian (Annie), Yvette Matthews (Lily), Denise Woods (strawberry
woman), Larry Marshall/Kriss St. Hill (5, 7m, 8m) (Sportin' Life), Donnie Ray
Albert/Michel Warren Bell (6, 7, 8) (Porgy), William Bradley-Johnson/Michael
Edward-Stevens (6, 7, 8) (Crown), Jubilant Sykes (Jake), Russell St. John
(Frazier), Ronn K. Smith (Mingo), Irwin Reese (Robbins), Mervin Wallace (Peter),
Bryon Onque (Jim), Autris Paige (Undertaker), Robert McDaniel (Nelson),
Cornelius White (crab man), Alfred J. Kiggins (detective), Ted Bouton
(policeman), Richert Easley (coroner), Kiah Jackson (Scipio), Nelms McKelvain
(Jasbo Brown); Roger Cantrell, conductor; Jack O'Brien, director; Douglas
Schmidt, sets; Nancy Potts, costumes; co-production with Houston Grand Opera
The Telephone
Gian Carlo Menotti
May 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 1987; Old Globe Theatre
Amy Burton (Lucy), Wayne Turnage (Ben); Karen Keltner, conductor; Gian Carlo
Menotti, director; Zack Brown, sets/costumes
The Medium
Gian Carlo Menotti
May 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 1987; Old Globe Theatre
Nadia Pelle (Monica), Beverly Evans (Madame Flora), Barbara Hocher (Mrs.
Gobineau), Nancy Carol Moore (Mrs. Nolan), Francis Menotti (Toby), Harlan Foss
(Mr. Gobineau); Karen Keltner, conductor; Gian Carlo Menotti, director; Zack
Brown, sets/costumes
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1985-86
The Tales of Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach
September 28, October 1, 4, 6m, 1985
Nelly Miricioiu (Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta/Stella), Judith Forst
(Muse/Nicklaus), Suzanna Guzmán (voice of Antonia's mother), Luis Lima
(Hoffmann), Leonard Eagleson (Andrés/Cochenille/Frantz/Pittichinaccio), Robert
Schmorr (Nathanael/Spalanzani), James Morris (Lindorff/Coppélius/Dr.
Miracle/Dappertutto), Carlos Chausson (Hermann/Schlemil), Richard Crist
(Luther/Crespel); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Nathaniel Merrill, director;
Günther Schneider-Siemssen, sets; Hill Reihs-Gromes, costumes
Eugene Onegin
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
October 26, 29, November 1, 3m, 1985
Kathryn Bouleyn (Tatiana), Kathleen Hegierski (Olga), Lisa Turetsky (Larina),
Fredda Rakusin (Filipievna), Richard Greager (Lenski), Bernard Fitch (Triquet),
Michael Devlin (Onegin), Don Garrard (Gremin), Richard Paul Fink
(captain/Zaretski); Stuart Challender, conductor; John Copley, director; Robin
Don, sets; Michael Stennett, costumes
The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
January 25, 28, 31, February 2m, 1986
Kathryn Bouleyn (Countess), Faith Esham (Susanna), Julia Holland (Barbarina),
Susan Quittmeyer (Cherubino), Heather Begg (Marcellina); Carolyn Whyte, Anita
Colet (country girls); Jeffrey Thomas (Basilio), David Hall (Curzio), Alan Titus
(Count), J. Patrick Raftery (Figaro), Kevin Langan (Bartolo), Carlos Chausson
(Antonio); Thomas Schuback, conductor; John Copley, director; Carl Toms, sets;
Zack Brown, costumes
Otello
Giuseppe Verdi
February 8, 11, 14, 16m, 1986
Ilona Tokody (Desdemona), Suzanna Guzmán (Emilia), Giuseppe Giacomini/Richard
Cassilly (14) (Otello), Jon Garrison (Cassio), David Rudat (Roderigo), Silvano
Carroli (Iago), Richard Vernon (Lodovico), James Patterson (Montano), Ronald
Banks (herald); Michelangelo Veltri, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director;
Wolfram Skalicki, sets/costumes
The Lighthouse
Peter Maxwell Davies
May 10, 14, 15, 17, 18m, 1986; Old Globe Theatre
Michael Ballam (Sandy/Officer 1), Harlan Foss (Blazes/Officer 2), James Butler
(Arthur/Officer 3/voice of the cards); Karen Keltner, conductor; Jack O'Brien,
director; Kent Dorsey, sets; Sally Cleveland, costumes
Recital: Renata Scotto, soprano
May 16, 18, 1986; Old Globe Theatre
Robert de Ceunynck, piano
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1984-85
Peter Grimes
Benjamin Britten
September 28, 30, October 3, 7, 1984
Patricia Craig (Ellen), Judith Christin (Auntie); Amy Burton, Candace Rogers
(nieces); Luretta Bybee (Mrs. Sedley), Richard Cassilly (Peter Grimes), Michael
Sylvester (Bob Boles), Joseph Frank (Rev. Adams), Peter Glossop (Balstrode),
Harlan Foss (Ned Keene), Paul Hudson (Swallow), Kenneth Cox (Hobson), Robin
Smith (Dr. Crabbe); James Lockhart, conductor; Richard Gregson, director; Carl
Toms, sets/costumes
La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
October 12, 14m, 17, 20, 1984
Rosalind Plowright/Rosario Andrade (14m) (Violetta), Candace Rogers (Annina),
Jane Shaulis (Flora), Antonio Barasorda (Alfredo), Robert Schmorr (Gaston), J.
Patrick Raftery (Germont), Harlan Foss (Douphal), Kenneth Cox (Grenvil), Robert
Tota (Marquese d'Obigny), Gerald Whitney (Giuseppe), Gary Nichols (servant),
Jeffrey L. Shipman (messenger); Thomas Fulton, conductor; David Walsh, director;
Carl Toms, sets/costumes
Hansel and Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck
October 26, 28m, 31, November 3, 1984
Betsy Norden (Gretel), Amy Burton (dew fairy), Rosanne Creffield (Hansel),
RoseMarie Freni (Gertrude), Maureen Forrester (Witch), Robin Tabachnik
(sandman), William Workman (Peter); Karen Keltner, conductor; Bruce Donnell,
director; Harold Laxton, sets/costumes
The Merry Widow
Franz Lehár
February 3, 5, 8m, 10, 1985
Josephine Barstow (Hanna), Leigh Munro (Valencienne), Robin Tabachnik
(Sylviane/Frou-Frou), Deidra Palmour (Olga/Margot), Luretta Bybee (Praskowia/
Dodo), Carolyn Whyte (Lolo), Anita Colet (Jou-Jou), Phillis Williams (Clo-Clo),
Jacque Trussel (Danilo), Jon Garrison (Camille), David Rae Smith (Baron Zeta),
Harlan Foss (Cascada), Jon David Gruett (St. Brioche), Philip Larson
(Bogdanowitsch), Robert Tota (Kromow), Richard Paul Fink (Pritschitsch), David
Hall (Njegus); Scott Bergeson, conductor; Robert Helpmann, director; Carl Toms,
sets/costumes
La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
February 23, 26, March 1, 3m, 1985
Hei-Kyung Hong (Mimì), Leigh Munro (Musetta), Alexandru Ionitza (Rodolfo), Henry
Fiske (Parpignol), Frederick Burchinal (Marcello), Harlan Foss (Schaunard),
Jeffrey Wells (Colline), David Hall (Benoit/Alcindoro), John Moir (customs
guard), Ronald Banks (sergeant); Robin Stapleton, conductor; Rhoda Levine,
director; John Scheffler, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes
Oberto
Giuseppe Verdi
March 9, 12, 15, 17m, 1985
United States Professional Premiere
Rachel Gettler (Leonora), Susanne Marsee (Cuniza), Carol Kaszar (Imelda), Carlos
Montané (Riccardo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Oberto); Kees Bakels, conductor;
Fabrizio Melano, director; Bill Gorgensen, sets; Charles Caine, costumes
Concert: Luciano Pavarotti
June 26, 1985; Sports Arena
Emerson Buckley, conductor
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1983-84
Lohengrin
Richard Wagner
September 23, 25m, 28, October 1, 1983
Stephanie Sundine (Elsa), Pauline Tinsley (Ortrud), William Neill (Lohengrin),
William Justus (Telramund), John Tomlinson* (Heinrich), Carlos Chausson (King's
herald); Robert Schmorr, Neil Wilson, Steven Savino, Kenneth Cox (nobles of
Brabant); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Jay Lesenger, director; Beni Montresor
sets/costumes
Hamlet
Ambroise Thomas
October 7, 9m, 12, 15, 1983
Gianna Rolandi (Ophelia), RoseMarie Freni (Gertrude), Michael Cousins (Laertes),
William Justus (Hamlet), Robert Hale (Claudius), Neil Wilson (Marcellus), Steven
Savino (Horatio/gravedigger), Kenneth Cox (ghost of Hamlet's father), J. Raymond
Fielder (Polonius), Joseph Pechota (gravedigger); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Tito
Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets
Cinderella
Gioachino Rossini
October 21, 23m, 26, 29, 1983
Amy Burton (Clorinda), Ann Murray (Cinderella), Jane Shaulis (Tisbe), John Aler
(Don Ramiro), Alan Titus (Dandini), Richard McKee (Don Magnifico), Kenneth Cox
(Alidoro); Karen Keltner, conductor; Robert Tannenbaum, director; Maurice
Strike, sets
Anna Bolena
Gaetano Donizetti
February 10, 12m, 15, 18, 1984
Katia Ricciarelli (Anna Bolena), Susanne Marsee (Giovanna Seymour), Susan
Quittmeyer (Smeaton), Bruce Reed (Lord Riccardo Percy), Robert Hale (Henry
VIII), Juan Pedro Garcia Marques (Lord Rochefort), Robert Schmorr (Hervey); Eve
Queler, conductor; Jay Lesenger, director; Bill Gorgensen, sets
Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
February 24, 26m, 29, March 3, 1984
Faye Robinson (Anna), Marianna Christos (Elvira), Melanie Sonnenberg (Zerlina),
Stuart Burrows (Ottavio), Michael Devlin (Giovanni), Harlan Foss (Masetto),
Kenneth Cox (Commendatore), Richard McKee (Leporello); Christopher Keene,
conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Toni Businger, sets
Carmen
Georges Bizet
March 8, 11m, 14, 17, 1984
Pamela Myers (Micaëla), Amy Burton (Frasquita), Rachel Gettler (Carmen), Jane
Shaulis (Merédès), Jacque Trussel (Don José), David Hall (Remendado), Charles
Long (Escamillo), Juan Pedro Garcia Marques (Zuniga), David Hamilton (Morales),
Steven Savino (Dancaire); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Anthony Besch, director;
John Conklin, sets
I Masnadieri
Giuseppe Verdi
June 21, 24m, 30, 1984
Verdi Festival
Joan Sutherland (Amalia), Gordon Greer (Carlo), Kirk Redmann (Arminio), Antonio
Salvadori (Francesco), Alfredo Zanazzo (Massimiliano), Kenneth Cox (Moser),
Steven Savino (Rolla); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director;
Bill Gorgensen, sets
Simon Boccanegra
Giuseppe Verdi
June 23, 29, July 1m, 1984
Verdi Festival
Martina Arroyo (Amelia), Annette Winchell (maid), Adriaan van Limpt (Adorno),
Sherrill Milnes (Simon), Carlos Chausson (Paolo), Nicola Ghiuselev (Fiesco),
Steven Savino (Pietro), Max R. Chodos (captain); Edoardo Müller, conductor;
Nathaniel Merrill, director; Toni Businger, sets
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1982-83
Gwendoline
Emmanuel Chabrier
October 2, 5, 8, 10m, 1982
United States Premiere
Rosalind Plowright (Gwendoline), J. Patrick Raftery (Arald), Jerold Norman
(Armel), Melvin Lowery (Erik), Steven Savino (Aella), Edward Badrak (Dane);
Antonio Tauriello, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Beni Montresor,
sets/costumes
Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
October 9, 12, 15, 17m, 1982
Martina Arroyo (Cio-Cio-San), Mimi Lerner (Suzuki), Wendy Hillhouse (Kate),
Joseph Evans (Pinkerton), Joaquin Romaguera (Goro), Frederick Burchinal
(Sharpless), David Hamilton (commissioner), Melvin Lowery (Yamadori), Joseph
Pechota (registrar), Stephen West (Bonze); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Rhoda
Levine, director; John Scheffler, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes
La Périchole
Jacques Offenbach
October 23, 26, 29, 31m, 1982
Leigh Munro (la Périchole), Carol Kaszar (Estrella), Amy Burton (Guadalena),
Sarah Pruetti (Virginella), Virginia Sublett (Ninetta), Dru McCain (Brambilla),
Susan Lord (Manuelita), Diane Jennings (Frasquinella), William Workman
(Paquillo), David Rae Smith (Don Andres), David Hall (Count of Panatellas),
Harlan Foss (Don Pedro); Melvin Lowery, David Hamilton (notaries); Steven Savino
(Marquis), Joaquin Romaguera (old prisoner), Richard LaBarge (turnkey); Andrew
Litton/Karen Keltner, conductors; Jack Eddleman, director; John Scheffler, sets;
Suzanne Mess, costumes
Henry VIII
Camille Saint-Saëns
February 12, 15, 18, 20m, 1983
United States Professional Premiere
Cristina Deutekom (Catherine of Aragon), Brenda Boozer (Anne Boleyn), Nancy
Carol Moore (Lady Clarence), Jacque Trussel (Don Gomez), Sherrill Milnes (Henry
VIII), Kenneth Cox (Cardinal Campeggio), Robert Schmorr (Earl of Surrey), Kevin
Langan (Duke of Norfolk); Joseph Pechota, Robert Toschak, Steven Savino, Ronald
Banks (courtiers); Neil Wilson-Nease (garter king-at-arms), Enrique Baquerizo
(Cranmer), Edward Badrak (usher); Antonio Tauriello, conductor; Tito Capobianco,
director; Thomas Munn/Bill Gorgensen, set designers
Aida
Giuseppe Verdi
February 25, 27m, March 2, 5, 1983
Gilda Cruz-Romo (Aida), Carol Kaszar (high priestess), Rachel Gettler*/Mariana
Paunova (2, 5) (Amneris), Adriaan van Limpt (Radames), Joseph Shore (Amonasro),
Dimitri Kavrakos (Ramfis), Thomas Paul (King), Neil Wilson-Nease (messenger);
Theo Alcantara, conductor; Robert Tannenbaum, director; Mario Cristini/Bill
Gorgensen, set designers; Suzanne Mess, costumes
Adriana Lecouvreur
Francesco Cilea
May 22, 26, 29m, June 1, 1983
Joan Sutherland (Adriana Lecouvreur), Amy Burton (Mlle. Jouvenot), Stella Silva
(Princess de Bouillon), Jane Shaulis (Mlle. Dangeville), Diane Jennings (maid),
Vasile Moldoveanu (Maurizio), John Bröcheler (Michonnet), David Hall (Poisson),
Ricardo Cassinelli* (the Abbé), Carlos Chausson (Quinault), Arnold Voketaitis
(Prince of Bouillon), Steven Savino (major-domo); Richard Bonynge, conductor;
Tito Capobianco, director; Robert O'Hearn, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes
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1981-82
Andréa Chenier
Umberto Giordano
September 11, 13m, 16, 19, 1981
Giovanna Cassolla* (Madeleine), Jane Shaulis (Countess), Susanna Lodato (Bersi),
Nancy Carol Moore (Madelon), Carlo Bini (Andréa Chénier), Melvin Lowery (the
Abbé), Joseph Frank (Incredibile), Gary Nichols (major-domo), William Justus
(Charles Gerard), David Dunlap (Fléville), Edward Badrak (Dumas), Steven Savino
(Fouquier-Tinville), Paul Cheak (Schmidt), Enrique Baquerizo (Roucher), Stephen
West (Mathieu); Antonio Tauriello, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Robert
O'Hearn, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes
Susannah
Carlisle Floyd
September 25, 27m, 30, October 3, 1981
Patricia Craig (Susannah), Virginia Sublett (Mrs. Gleaton), Marilyn Anderson
(Mrs. Hayes), Jane Shaulis (Mrs. McClean), Grace Magee (Mrs. Ott), Richard
Cassilly (Sam), Melvin Lowery (Little Bat), Samuel Ramey (Blitch), Stephen West
(McClean), Neil Breeden (Hayes), Steven Savino (Ott), William Eichorn (Gleaton);
Christopher Keene, conductor; Carlisle Floyd, director; Paul Shortt, sets;
Patton Campbell, costumes
Faust
Charles Gounod
October 9, 11m, 14, 17, 1981
October 1981 (Palm Springs)
Pamela Myers/Inga Nielsen [Palm Springs] (Marguerite), Susanne Lodato (Siébel),
Nancy Carol Moore (Marthe), John Brecknock/Joseph Evans [Palm Springs] (Faust),
J. Patrick Raftery/Joseph Shore [Palm Springs] (Valentin), David Dunlap
(Wagner), Robert Hale (Méphistophélès); Joseph De Rugeriis, conductor; Charles
Hamilton*/Robert Tannenbaum [Palm Springs], director; Wolfram Skalicki,
sets/costumes
Concert: Gala Benefit Concert
to help the San Diego Symphony Orchestra Assocation
October 18, 1981
Dame Joan Sutherland, Teresa Berganza, Pamela Myers, Robert Hale, J. Patrick
Raftery (soloists); Kurt Herbert Adler, Bruno Bartoletti, Richard Bonynge, Karen
Keltner, Clay Pendergrass, Joseph De Rugeriis, conductors
Giulietta e Romeo
Riccardo Zandonai
April 23, 25m, 28, May 1, 1982
United States Premiere
Giovanna Cassola (Giulietta), Virginia Sublett (first lady), Sarah Pruetti
(second lady), Joan Zajac (a woman), Sandra Dudek (Isabella), Carlo Bini
(Romeo), Bruce Reed (singer), John Bröcheler (Tebaldo), Leonard Eagleson
(Gregorio), Steven Savino (Sansone), Joaquin Romaguera (a Montague), Carlos
Chausson (constable/Bernabo), Ed Badrak (servant); Michelangelo Veltri,
conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets/principal constumes
The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini
May 6, 8, 12, 16m, 1982
RoseMarie Freni (Rosina), Nancy Carol Moore (Berta), Bruce Reed (Almaviva), J.
Patrick Raftery (Figaro), James Billings (Bartolo), Paul Plishka (Basilio),
Steven Savino (Fiorello), Gary Prettyman (Ambrogio), Joaquin Romaguera
(officer), Ed Badrak (notary); Joseph De Rugeriis, conductor; Robert Tannenbaum,
director; Peter Hall, sets/costumes
Turandot
Giacomo Puccini
May 21, 23m, 26, 29, 1982
Cristina Deutekom (Turandot), Pamela Myers (Liù), Carlo Bini (Calaf), Joaquin
Romaguera (Altoum), David Hall (Pang), Joseph Frank (Pong), Harlan Foss (Ping),
Carlos Chausson (Mandarin), Paul Plishka (Timur), Joseph Pechota (Prince of
Persia); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Jay Lesenger, director; Robert Darling,
sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes
Il Corsaro
Giuseppe Verdi
June 18, 20m, 26, 1982
Verdi Festival
Rosalind Plowright (Medora), June Anderson (Gulnara), Alfonso Navarrete
(Corrado), J. Patrick Raftery (Seid), Steven Savino (Giovanni), Joaquin
Romaguera (Selim) Joseph Pechota (eunuch), Gary Nichols (slave); Edoardo Müller,
conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Bill Gorgensen, sets
A Masked Ball
Giuseppe Verdi
June 19, 25, 27m, 1982
Verdi Festival
Josephine Barstow (Amelia), Janice Hall (Oscar), Gwynn Cornell (Ulrica), Adriaan
van Limpt (Riccardo), Cornelis Opthof (Renato), Steven Savino (servant), Joaquin
Romaguera (Judge), Carlos Chausson (Silvano), John Seabury (Sam), Kenneth Cox
(Tom); Michelangelo Veltri, conductor; Michael Rennison, director; Zack Brown,
sets/costumes
Verdi 1982 Jubilee V
June 24, 1982
Verdi Festival
Shirley Verrett, June Anderson, Rosalind Plowright, Gwynn Cornell, Alfonso
Navarrete, J. Patrick Raftery (soloists); Edoardo Müller/Michelangelo
Veltri/Karen Keltner, conductors
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1980-81
Elektra
Richard Strauss
September 18, 21m, 24, 27, 1980
Pauline Tinsley (Elektra), Anne Evans (Chrysothemis), Kerstin Meyer
(Klytemnestra), Aleicia Byrnes (overseer), Sallye Graves (trainbearer), Annette
Winchell (confidante); Jane Westbrook, Nancy Jones, Sandra Dudek, Juliane
Gondek, Pamela Hicks (maids); Mallory Walker (Aegisth), John Bröcheler (Orest),
Stephen West (Tutor), David Bates (young servant), Steven Savino (old servant);
Theo Alcantara, conductor; Regina Resnik, director; Lawrence Schafer, sets;
Alfred Siercke, costumes
Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss, Jr.
October 5m, 8, 11, 16, 19m, 1980
Joan Sutherland (Rosalinda), Beverly Sills (Adele), Regina Resnik (Orlofsky),
Alan Titus (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Campora (Alfred), Joseph Frank (Blind), Spiro
Malas (Frank), Jake Gardner (Falke), Leonard Frey (Frosch); Richard Bonynge,
conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Zack Brown, sets; Oliver Smith, costumes
Werther
Jules Massenet
October 24, 26m, 29, November 1, 1980
Pamela Hicks (Sophie), Katherine Ciesinski (Charlotte), John Brecknock
(Werther), Robert Schmorr (Schmidt), J. Patrick Raftery (Albert), Stephen West
(Le Bailli), Steven Savino (Johann); Antonio Tauriello, conductor; Jay Lesenger,
director; John Conklin, sets/costumes
Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
May 8, 11, 14, 17m, 1981
Martina Arroyo (Tosca), Marcia Cope (shepherd), Carlo Bini (Cavaradossi), Joseph
Frank (Spoletta), Richard Fredricks (Scarpia), Steven Savino (sacristan), Carlos
Chausson (Angelotti/jailer), Gary Nichols (Sciarrone); Bruno Rigacci, conductor;
Tito Capobianco, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes
Lucia di Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti
May 16, 18, 22, 24m, 1981
Gianna Rolandi (Lucia), Sandra Dudek (Alisa), Barry McCauley (Edgardo), David
Hall (Arturo), Melvin Lowery (Normanno), John Bröcheler (Enrico), John Seabury
(Raimondo); Joseph De Rugeriis, conductor; Patrick Bakman, director; Marsha
Louis Eck, sets; Jose Varona, costumes
The Love for Three Oranges
Sergei Prokofiev
May 30, June 1, 5, 7m, 1981
RoseMarie Freni (Fata Morgana), Sandra Dudek (Linetta), Suzanne Lodato
(Nicoletta), Kathleen Hegierski (Smeraldina), Melanie Sonnenberg (Princess
Clarissa), Janice Hall (Ninetta), Joseph Evans (the Prince), David Hall
(Truffaldino), Melvin Lowery (master of ceremonies), Harlan Foss (Pantalone),
Richard McKee (King of Clubs), Vincent Russo (Farfarello), Ralph Bassett
(herald/Tchelio), Carlos Chausson (Leandro), Louis Lebherz (cook); Calvin
Simmons/Karen Keltner (5), conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Mario
Vanarelli, sets/costumes
Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi
June 19, 21m, 27, 1981
Verdi Festival
Cristina Deutekom (Abigaille), Aleicia Byrnes (Anna), Sandra Dudek (Fenena),
John Sayers (Ismaele), Melvin Lowery (Abdallo), Kari Nurmela (Nabucco), Ezio
Flagello (Zaccaria), Carlos Chausson (High Priest); Maurizio Arena, conductor;
Ghita Hager, director; Nicola Benois, sets/costumes
Un Giorno Di Regno
Giuseppe Verdi
June 20, 26, 28m, 1981
Verdi Festival
Arlene Saunders (Marchesa), Susanne Marsee (Giulietta), Bruce Reed (Edoardo),
Melvin Lowery (Ivrea), J. Patrick Raftery (Belfiore), Harlan Foss (Kelbar),
James Billings (Rocca), Steven Savino (Delmonte); Calvin Simmons, conductor;
Tito Capobianco, director; Suzanne Mess, costumes
Concert: Verdi Requiem
Giuseppe Verdi
June 25, 1981; On the Green at Rancho Bernardo
Verdi Festival
Cristina Deutekom, Susanne Marsee, Jon Fredric West, Ezio Flagello (soloists);
San Diego Master Chorale; Theo Alcantara, conductor
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1979-80
Don Carlo
Giuseppe Verdi
October 6, 9, 12, 14m, 1979
Anne Evans (Elizabeth), Susan Lynn Dixon (celestial voice), Pamela Hicks
(Tebaldo), Giuseppina Dalle Molle* (Princess Eboli), Luis Lima (Don Carlos),
Neil Breeden (Count Lerma), Juan Pons (Rodrigo), Paul Plishka (Philip), Chester
Ludgin (Grand Inquisitor), Carlos Chausson (friar), Gerald Whitney (herald);
Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Bodo Igesz, director; Henry Bardon, sets; Suzanne
Mess, costumes
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
October 13, 16, 19, 21m, 1979
Benita Valente (Constanze), Gianna Rolandi (Blonde), Dale Smith (Belmonte),
David Hall (Pedrillo), Spiro Malas (Osmin), Von Schauer (Pasha Selim); John
Balme, conductor; Nathaniel Merrill, director; Toni Businger, sets
The Tales of Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach
October 27, 30, November 2, 4, 1979
Ashley Putnam (Olympia/Giulietta/Antonia), Hilda Harris (Nicklaus/voice of
Antonia's mother), Barry McCauley (Hoffmann), David Hall
(Andrés/Cochenille/Pittichinaccio/Frantz), Gerald Whitney (Nathanael), Michael
Devlin (Lindorf/Coppélius/ Dapertutto/Dr. Miracle), Steven Savino (Hermann),
Carlos Chausson (Luther/Crespel/Schlemil), Melvin Lowery (Spalanzani); Joseph De
Rugeriis, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Ming Cho Lee, sets; Jose Varona,
costumes
Mefistofele
Arrigo Boito
May 9, 11m, 14, 17, 1980
Jeannine Altmeyer (Margherita/Elena), Beverly Evans (Pantalis/Marta), Enrico di
Giuseppe (Faust), Melvin Lowery (Wagner/Nereus), Robert Hale (Mefistofele); Theo
Alcantara, conductor; Gigi Denda, director; David Mitchell, sets; Hal George,
costumes
Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
May 24, 27, 30, June 1m, 1980
Beverly Sills (Norina), Rico Serbo (Ernesto), Richard Fredricks (Malatesta),
Melvin Lowery (Notary), Giorgio Tozzi (Don Pasquale); Theo Alcantara, conductor;
Tito Capobianco, director; Robert O'Hearn, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes
La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
May 29, 31, June 3, 6, 8m, 1980
Diana Soviero/Madelyn Renee (8m) (Mimì), Inga Nielsen (Musetta), Luciano
Pavarotti (Rodolfo), David Bates (Parpignol), Jan Derksen (Marcello), J. Patrick
Raftery (Schaunard), Robert Hale (Colline), Steven Savino (Benoit), Melvin
Lowery (Alcindoro), Robert Roseberry (customs guard), Gary Nichols (sergeant);
Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; John Scheffler, sets;
Suzanne Mess, costumes
Giovanna d'Arco
Giuseppe Verdi
June 26, 28m, July 6, 1980
West Coast Premiere
Verdi Festival
Adriana Maliponte (Giovanna), Luis Lima (Carlo VII), Melvin Lowery (Delil),
Pablo Elvira (Giacomo), Carlos Chausson (Talbot); Edoardo Müller, conductor;
Lotfi Mansouri, director; Wolfram Skalicki, sets
Il trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
June 27, July 2, 5m, 1980
Verdi Festival
Martina Arroyo (Leonora), Juliane Gondek (Inez), Stella Silva (Azucena), Carlo
Bini (Manrico), Melvin Lowery (Ruiz), Juan Pons (di Luna), Boris Martinovich
(Ferrando), Steven Savino (old gypsy); Calvin Simmons, conductor; Tito
Capobianco, director; Ming Cho Lee, sets
Concert: Verdi Concert 1980
July 1980
Verdi Festival
Martina Arroyo, Adriana Maliponte, Carlo Bini, Pablo Elvira, Juan Pons, Boris
Martinovich (soloists); Saddleback Concert Chorale
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1978-79
Hamlet
Ambroise Thomas
October 7, 9, 13, 15m, 1978
West Coast Premiere
Ashley Putnam (Ophelia), Isabel Veale* (Gertrude), Joseph Evans (Laertes),
Sherrill Milnes (Hamlet), Robert Hale (Claudius), Joaquin Romaguera
(Marcellus/gravedigger), David Dunlap (Horatio), Carlos Chausson (ghost of
Hamlet's father), James Courtney (Polonius), Vincent Russo (gravedigger); Bruno
Rigacci, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets
Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
October 20, 22m, 26, 28, 1978
Janice Hall (Gilda), Nancy Jones (Countess Ceprano), Pamela Hicks (page), Joyce
Jones (Giovanna), Adrienne Leonetti (Maddalena), Enrico di Giuseppe (the Duke),
Gary Fisher (Borsa), Gary Nichols (herald), Louis Quilico (Rigoletto), Vincent
Russo (Marullo), David Dunlap (Ceprano), James Courtney (Monterone), Carlos
Chausson (Sparafucile); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Ronald Adler*, director; John
Naccarato, sets; Carrie Robbins, costumes
Così fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
October 27, 29m, 31, November 4, 1978
Sung-Sook Lee (Fiordiligi), Katherine Hindrelet-Brydon (Despina), Susanne Marsee
(Dorabella), Joseph Evans (Ferrando), Lenus Carlson (Guglielmo), Andrew Foldi
(Don Alfonso); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Jan Bouws*, director; John Naccarato,
sets; John Naccarato/Edguard Johnson, costume designers
Manon Lescaut
Giacomo Puccini
May 12, 15, 18, 20m, 1979
Ilona Simon (Manon Lescaut), Marnie Clark (singer), Carlo Bini (des Grieux),
Gary Fisher (Edmondo), Cary Archer Smith (Lescaut), Carlos Chausson (Geronte),
Vincent Russo (innkeeper), Joseph Frank (dancing master/lamplighter), David
Dunlap (sergeant), Gary Nichols (captain); John Mauceri, conductor; Tito
Capobianco, director; Marsha Louis Eck, sets
Cavalleria Rusticana
Pietro Mascagni
May 19, 22, 25, 27m, 1979
Marvellee Cariaga (Santuzza), Melanie Sonnenberg (Lola), Jane Westbrook (Mamma
Lucia), Harry Theyard (Turiddu), William Justus (Alfio); Joseph De Rugeriis,
conductor; Fabrizio Melano, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets
Pagliacci
Ruggiero Leoncavallo
May 19, 22, 25, 27m, 1979
Diana Soviero (Nedda), Harry Theyard (Canio), David Hall (Beppe), William Justus
(Tonio), John Del Carlo (Silvio); Robert Roseberry, Gerald Whitney (villagers);
Joseph De Rugeriis, conductor; Fabrizio Melano, director; Allen Charles Klein,
sets
La Loca
Gian Carlo Menotti
June 3, 5, 8, 10m, 1979
World Premiere
Beverly Sills (Juana), Susanne Marsee (Dona Manuela), Jane Westbrook (nurse);
Marcia Cope, Martha Jane Howe (ladies-in-waiting); Joseph Evans (Miguel de
Ferrera), John Bröcheler (Felipe/Fernando/Carlos V), Vincent Russo (chaplain),
Robert Hale (Ximenes de Cisneros), Carlos Chausson (Marques de Denia); Calvin
Simmons, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Mario Vanarelli, sets/costumes
I Lombardi
Giuseppe Verdi
June 22, 24m, 30, 1979
West Coast Premiere
Verdi Festival
Cristina Deutekom (Giselda), Lynne Martindale-Schafer (Viclinda), Leslie
Richards (Sofia), Rico Serbo (Arvino), Carlo Bergonzi (Oronte), Paul Plishka
(Pagano), Carlos Chausson (Pirro), Michael Magiera (Prior), J. Patrick Raftery
(Acciano); Maurizio Arena, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Mario
Vanarelli, sets
La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
June 29, July 1m, 7, 1979
Verdi Festival
Diana Soviero (Violetta), Martha Jane Howe (Annina), Jane Westbrook (Flora),
Vittorio Terranova (Alfredo), Michael Magiera (Gaston), John Bröcheler
(Germont), J. Patrick Raftery (Douphol), David Dunlap (Grenvil), Vincent Russo
(Marchese d'Obigny), James Flynn (Giuseppe), Jeffrey L. Shipman (messenger),
Gary Nichols (servant); Hans Vonk*, conductor; Charles Nelson Reilly, director;
Carl Toms, sets/costumes
Concert: Gala Verdi Concert
June 28, 1979
Verdi Festival
Christina Deutekom, Leslie Richards, Carlo Bergonzi, Rico Serbo, John Bröcheler,
Paul Plishka, J. Patrick Raftery (soloists); Saddleback Concert Chorale; John
Balme/Michael Parker, conductors
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1977-78
The Merry Widow
Franz Lehár
October 2, 4, 7, 9m, 1977
Beverly Sills (Hanna), Glenys Fowles (Valencienne), Mara Baygulova
(Sylviane/Frou-Frou), Jane Westbrook (Olga/Margot), Melanie Sonnenberg
(Praskowia/Dodo), Patricia Goodwin (Lolo), Cary Shipman (Jou-Jou), Lizanne
Maxfield (Clo-Clo), Alan Titus (Danilo), N |