Don Quixote

Jules Massenet

April 5, 8, 11, and 13 (m), 2014
Anke Vondung (Dulcinea), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Don Quixote), Eduardo Chama (Sancho Panza), Micaela Oesta (Pedro), Susannah Biller (Garcias), Joel Sorensen (Rodriguez), Simeon Esper (Juan), Karen Keltner, conductor; Keturah Stickann, director, Kristina Cobarrubia, choreographer; Ralph Funicello, scenic designer; Missy West, costume designer; Marie Barrett, lighting designer.

Verdi Requiem

Giuseppe Verdi

March 20, 2014
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Stephanie Blythe (mezzo soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), San Diego Opera Chorus, San Diego Master Chorale, San Diego Symphony, Massimo Zanetti, conductor.

A Masked Ball

Giuseppe Verdi

March 8, 11, 14 and 16 (m), 2014
Piotr Beczala (Gustav III, King of Sweden), Krassimira Stoyanova (Amelia), Aris Argiris (Count Anckarstrom), Kathleen Kim (Oscar), Stephanie Blythe (Madame Arvidson), Joseph Hu (Judge/Servant), Scott Sikon (Cristiano), Kevin Langan (Count Ribbing), Ashraf Sewailam (Count Horn), Massimo Zanetti, conductor; Lesley Koenig, director; John Conklin, costume designer; Kenneth Von Heidecke, choreographer; Gary Marder, lighting designer.

The Elixir of Love

Gaetano Donizetti

February 15, 18, 21, 23(m), 2014
Giuseppe Filianoti (Nemorino), Tatiana Lisnic (Adina), Malcolm MacKenzie (Belcore), Kevin Burdette (Dulcamara), Stephanie Weiss (Gianetta), Karen Kamensek, conductor; Stephen Lawless, director; Johan Engles, scenic and costume designer; Joan Sullivan Genthe, lighting designer.

Pagliacci

Ruggero Leoncavallo

January 25, 28, 31, February 2 (m), 2014
Stephen Powell (Tonio), Frank Porretta (Canio), Joel Sorensen (Beppe), Adina Nitescu (Nedda), David Adam Moore (Silvio), Yves Abel, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; John Coyne, scenic designer; Ed Kotanen, costume designer; Michael Whitfield, lighting designer.

The Daughter of the Regiment

Gaetano Donizetti

January 26, 29, February 1, 3 (m), 2013
Malcolm Mackenzie (Hortensio), Ewa Podleś (Marquise de Birkenfeld), Enrique Toral (A Peasant), Kevin Burdette (Sergant Sulpice), L’ubica Vargicová (Marie), Stephen Costello (Tonio), Scott Sikon (Corporal), Carol Vaness (Duchess of Krakenthrop), Yves Abel, conductor; Emilio Sagi, director; Julio Galan, scenic and costume designer; Marie Barrett, lighting designer.

Samson and Delilah

Camille Saint-Saëns

February 16, 19, 22, 24 (m), 2013
Clifton Forbis (Samson), Mikhail Svetlov (Abimelech), Anooshah Golesorkhi (High Priest of Dagon), Doug Jones (1st Philistine), Scott Sikon (2nd Philistine), Greg Fedderly (Philistines’ Messenger), Gregory Reinhart (An Old Hebrew), Nadia Krasteva (Delilah), Karen Keltner, conductor; Lesley Koenig, director; Kenneth von Heidecke, choreographer; Douglas Schmidt, scenic designer; Carrie Robbins, costume designer; Gary Marder, lighting designer.

Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross the Face of the Moon)

José “Pepe” Martinez (music) / Leonard Foglia (book)

March 16, 2 PM and 7 PM, 2013
Brian Shircliffe (Mark), Brittany Wheeler (Diana), Octavio Moreno (Laurentino), Saúl Avalos (Cucho), Cecilia Duarte (Renata), Vanessa Cerda-Alonzo (Lupita), David Guzmán (Rafael), Juan Mejia (Victor), Adrien Bautista (Young Rafael), Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán; Leonard Foglia, director; Keturah Stickann, choreographer; Leonard Foglia, scenic designer; Cesar Galindo, costume designer; Brian Nason, lighting designer.

Murder in the Cathedral

Ildebrando Pizzetti

March 30, April 2, 5, 7 (m), 2013
Ferruccio Furlanetto (Thomas Becket), Allan Glassman (Herald), Joel Sorensen (First Tempter/First Knight), Malcolm MacKenzie (Second Tempter/Second Knight), Ashraf Sewailam (Third Tempter/Third Knight), Kevin Langan (Fourth Tempter/Fourth Knight), Greg Fedderly (First Priest), Kristopher Irmiter, (Second Priest) Gregory Reinhart (Third Priest), Susan Neves (First Chorister), Helene Schneiderman (Second Chorister), Donato Renzetti, conductor; Ian Campbell, director; Ralph Funicello, scenic designer; Denitsa Bliznakova, costume designer; Alan Burrett, lighting designer.

Aida

Giuseppe Verdi

April 20, 23, 26, 28 (m), 2013
Latonia Moore (Aida), Jill Grove (Amneris), Walter Fraccaro (Radames), Mark S. Doss (Amonasro), Reinhard Hagen (Ramfis), Ashraf Sewailam (King) Greg Fedderly (Messenger), Priti Gandhi (High Priestess), Daniele Callegari, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; Kenneth von Heidecke, Choreographer; Zandra Rhodes, scenic and costume designer; Chris Maravich, lighting designer.

Salome

Richard Strauss

January 28, 31, February 3, 5 (m), 2012
Sean Pannikar (Narraboth), Suzanna Guzmán (A Page), Jamie Offenbach (First Soldier), Philip Skinner (Second Soldier), Ashraf Sewailam (A Cappadocian), Greer Grimsley (John the Baptist), Lise Lindstrom (Salome), Patricia McAfee (A Slave), Allan Glassman (Herod), Irina Mishura (Herodias), Joseph Frank (First Jew), Doug Jones (Second Jew), Simeon Esper (Third Jew), Joseph Hu (Fourth Jew), Kristopher Irmiter (Fifth Jew), Scott Sikon (First Nazarene), Nick Munson (Second Nazarene), Steuart Bedford, conductor, Seán Curran, director; Bruno Schwengl, scenic and costume designer; Christopher Maravich, lighting designer.

Moby-Dick

Jake Heggie

West Coast Premiere: February 18, 21, 24, 26(m), 2012
Jonathan Lemalu (Queequeg), Jonathan Boyd (Greenhorn), Matthew O’Neill (Flask), Morgan Smith (Starbuck), Robert Orth (Stubb), Talise Trevigne (Pip), Ben Heppner (Captain Ahab - February 18, 2012), Jay Hunter Morris (Captain Ahab - February 21, 24 and 26, 2012), Ernest Pinamonti (Tashtego), Kenneth Anderson (Daggoo), Chad Frisque (Nantucket Sailor), James Schindler (Spanish Sailor), Malcolm Mackenzie (Captain Gardiner), Joseph Mechavich, conductor; Leonard Foglia, director; Robert Brill, scenic designer; Jane Greenwood, costume designer; Donald Holder, lighting designer.

Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti

March 10, 13, 16, 18(m), 2012
John Del Carlo (Don Pasquale), Jeff Mattsey (Dr. Malatesta), Charles Castronovo (Ernesto), Danielle de Niese (Norina), David Marshman (Notary), Robert Dahey (Hopsing), Marco Guidarini, conductor; David Gately, director; Tony Fanning, scenic designer; Helen E. Rodgers, costume design; Harry Frehner, lighting design.

Renée Fleming in Concert

March 24, 2012
Renée Fleming, soprano, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor

The Barber of Seville

Gioachino Rossini

April 21, 24, 27, 29(m), 2012
Scott Sikon (Fiorello), John Osborn (Count Almaviva), Lucas Meachem (Figaro), Silvia Tro Santafé (Rosina), Carlos Chausson (Dr. Bartolo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Basilio), Suzanna Guzmán (Berta), Michael Blinco (Sergeant), Matthew Roehl (Ambrogio), Antonello Allemandi, conductor; Herbert Kellner, director; John Conklin, scenic designer; Michael Stennett, costume designer; Gary Marder, lighting designer.

Turandot

Giacomo Puccini

January 29, February 1, 4, 6 (m), 2011
Scott Sikon (A Mandarin), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Carlo Ventre (Calàf), Reinhard Hagen (Timur), Jeff Mattsey (Ping), Joel Sorensen (Pang), Joseph Hu (Pong), Joseph Frank (Emperor Altoum), Lise Lindstrom (Princess Turandot), Manuel Paz Castillo (Prince of Persia), Tiffany Carmel (Handmaiden), Anishka Lee-Skorepa (Handmaiden), Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; David Hockney, Scenic Designer; Ian Falconer, Costume Designer; Michael Whitfield, Lighting Designer.

Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Strauss

April 3 (m), 6, 9 and 12, 2011
Anke Vondung (Octavian), Twyla Robinson (The Marschallin), John Duykers (The Marschalllin’s Major Domo), Andrew Greenan (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau), Natalie Mann (Noble Orphan), Ava Baker Liss (Noble Orphan), Cherylyn Larson (Noble Orphan), Tiffany Carmel (A Milliner), Manuel Paz Castillo (An Animal Trainer), Joel Sorensen (Valzacchi), Stephen Costello (A Singer), Kevin Langan (A Notary/Police Commissioner), Helene Schneiderman (Annina), Hans-Joachim Ketelsen/Peter Strummer (4/12) (Herr von Faninal), Stephanie Weiss (Marianne Leitmetzerin), Simeon Esper (Von Faninal’s Major Domo/Innkeeper), Patrizia Ciofi (Sophie von Faninal), Andrew Bennett (Waiter), Stephen Branch (Waiter), Anthony Ballard (Waiter), Michael Blinco (Waiter), Matthew Roehl (Leopold), Francis Goonan (Mohamet); Christof Perick, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Thierry Bosquet, set and costume designer.

Faust

Charles Gounod

Apr 23, 26, 29, May 1 (m), 2011
Stephen Costello (Faust), Greer Grimsley (Méphistophélès), Brian Mulligan (Valentin), Scott Sikon (Wagner), Sarah Castle (Siébel), Ailyn Pérez (Marguerite), Jane Bunnell (Marthe Schwerlein), Karen Keltner, conductor; David Gately, director; Robert Perdziola, scenic and costume design; Michael Whitfield, lighting design.

Carmen

Georges Bizet

AMay 14, 17, 20, 22 (m), 2011
Scott Sikon (Morales), Talise Trevigne (Micaëla), Kevin Langan (Zuniga), Richard Leech (Don José), Nino Surguladze (Carmen), Rachel Copeland (Frasquita), Priti Gandhi (Mercédès), Wayne Tigges (Escamillo), Jeff Mattsey (Dancaïre), Joseph Hu (Remendado), Edoardo Müller, conductor; Sonja Frisell, director; John Conklin, scenic designer; Susan Memmott-Allred, costume designer; Gary Marder, lighting designer; Kristina Cobarrubia, choreographer.

La bohème

Giacomo Pucccini

January 30, February 2, 5 and 7 (m), 2010
Jeff Mattsey (Marcello), Piotr Beczala (Rodolfo), Alfred Walker (Colline), Malcolm MacKenzie (Schaunard), Scott Sikon (Benoit/Alcindor), Ellie Dehn (Mimì), Priti Gandhi (Musetta), Chad Frisque (Parpignol), David Marshman (Customs Guard), Christopher Stephens (Sergeant), Spike Sommers (Child); Karen Keltner, Conductor; E. Loren Meeker, Director; John Conklin, Scenic Designer; Martin Pakledinaz, Costume Designer; Michael Whitfield, Lighting Designer.

Nabucco

Giuseppe Verdi

February 20, 26, 26 and 28 (m), 2010
Raymond Aceto (Zaccaria), Arthur Shen (Ismaele), Susana Poretsky (Fenena), Sylvie Valayre (Abigaille), Richard Paul Fink (Nabucco), Priti Gandhi (Anna), Alfred Walker (High Priest of Baal), Joseph Hu (Abdallo); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Michael Yeargan, Scenic Designer; Jane Greenwood and Marie-Louis Waleck, Costume Designers; Michael Whitfield, Lighting Designer.

Romeo and Juliet

Charles Gounod

March 13,16,19 and 21(m), 2010
Joel Sorensen (Tybalt), Paul Hindemith (Count Paris), Scott Sikon (Count Capulet), Ailyn Pérez (Juliet), David Adam Moore (Mercutio), Stephen Costello (Romeo), Suzanna Guzmán (Gertrude), Malcolm MacKenzie (Gregorio), Kevin Langan (Friar Laurence), Sarah Castle (Stephano), Joseph Hu (Benvolio), Philip Skinner (Duke of Verona / Friar John); Karen Keltner, conductor; Cynthia Stokes, director; Eric Felding, Scenic Designer; Susan Memmott-Allred, Costume Designer; Ruth Hutson, Lighting Designer.

La traviata

Giuseppe Verdi

April 17, 20, 23 and 25(m), 2010
Elizabeth Futral (Violetta), Suzanna Guzmán (Flora), Kristopher Irmiter (Dr. Grenvil), Joseph Hu (Gaston), Scott Sikon (Marquis d’Obigny), Marius Brenciu (Alfredo Germont), Nicolai Janitzky (Baron Douphol), Rebecca Skaar (Annina), Nick Munson (Giuseppe), Alan Opie (Giorgio Germont), Michael Stephen Blinco (Messenger), Joe Pechota (Flora’s servant); Karen Keltner, conductor (April 17); Renato Palumbo, conductor (April 20, 23 and 25); Andrew Sinclair, director; John Conklin, Scenic Designer; David Walker, Costume Designer; Marie Barrett, Lighting Designer.

Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

January 24, 27, 30, February 1 (m) and 4, 2009
Sylvie Valayre (Tosca), Marcus Haddock (Cavaradossi), Greer Grimsley (Scarpia), Jamie Offenbach (Angelotti/Sciarrone), Scott Sikon (Sacristan), Joseph Hu (Spoletta), Laura Portune (Shepherd Boy), Samuel Spade (Jailer); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; Jean-Pierre Ponelle, scenic designer; Suzanne Mess, costume designer.

Don Quixote (Don Quichotte)

Jules Massenet

February 14, 17, 20, 22 (m), 2009
Ferruccio Furlanetto (Don Quixote), Denyce Graves (Dulcinea), Eduardo Chama (Sancho Panza), Joel Sorensen (Rodriguez), Bryan Register (Juan), Laura Portune (Pedro), Rebecca Skaar (Garcias), Hervé Blanquart (Bandit Chief), Bill Nolan (Bandit), Anthony Ballard (Bandit), Robert Taylor (Bandit), Joseph Grienenberger (Bandit) Will Earl Spanheimer (Servant), Samuel Spade (Servant),; Karen Keltner, conductor; Ian Campbell, director; Nicola Bowie, choreographer; Ralph Funicello, scenic designer; Missy West, costume designer.

Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi

March 28, 31, April 3, 5 (m) and 8, 2009
Lado Ataneli (Rigoletto), Giuseppe Gipali (Duke of Mantua), L’ubica Vargicová (Gilda), Kirstin Chávez (Maddalena), Arutjun Kotchinian (Sparafucile), Joseph Hu (Borsa), Crystal Jarrell (Countess Ceprano/Page), Malcolm MacKenzie (Marullo), Samuel Spade (Count Ceprano), Scott Sikon (Count Monterone), Martha Jane Howe (Giovanna), David Marshman (Guard); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Keturah Stickann, choreographer; Carl Toms, scenic and costume designer.

Peter Grimes

Benjamin Britten

April 18, 21, 24, and 26 (m), 2009
Anthony Dean Griffey (Peter Grimes), Jennifer Casey Cabot (Ellen Orford), Rod Gilfry (Captain Balstrode), John Del Carlo (Swallow), Andrew Collis (Hobson), Kristopher Irmiter (Ned Keene), Joseph Frank (Rev. Horace Adams), Greg Fedderly (Bob Boles), Judith Christin (Auntie), Priya Palekar (Niece), Priti Gandhi (Niece), Janice Meyerson (Mrs. Sedley), Steuart Bedford, conductor; John Copley, director; Carl Toms, scenic designer; Tanya Moiseiwitsch, costume designer.

Madama Butterfly

Giacomo Pucccini

May 9, 12, 15, 17 (m) and 20, 2009
Patricia Racette (Cio-Cio-San), Carlo Ventre (B.F. Pinkerton), Suzanna Guzmán (Suzuki), Malcolm MacKenzie (Sharpless), Joseph Hu (Goro), Joe Pechota (Imperial Commissioner), Tom Oberjat (Registrar), Scott Sikon (The Bonze), Jason Detwiler (Prince Yamadori), Crystal Jarrell (Kate Pinkerton), Billy Temple (Trouble); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Garnett Bruce, director; Michael Yeargan, scenic designer; Anita Yavich, costume designer.

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 Örtvás, 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), Susanna 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.

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.

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 Podles (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.

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.

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.

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

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

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
Izabela Labuda (Marguerite), Zheng Cao (Siébel), Judith Christin (Marthe), Octavio Arevalo* (Faust), Jeff Mattsey (Valentin), William Nolan (Wagner), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Méphistophélès), 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

Verdi

May 19, 2001
Civic Theatre: Elena Zelenskaya, Soprano; Marianne Cornetti, Mezzo-soprano; Richard Leech, Tenor; Dean Peterson, Bass-baritone; 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

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); 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

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

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

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

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

Rusalka

Antonin Dvorák

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

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

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

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 (Mercedes), 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 (Mercedes), 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

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 Brácheler (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

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)

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 Brácheler (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

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 Brácheler (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 Brácheler (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

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

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 Brácheler (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 Brácheler (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

Verdi

June 28, 1979
Verdi Festival
Christina Deutekom, Leslie Richards, Carlo Bergonzi, Rico Serbo, John Brácheler, Paul Plishka, J. Patrick Raftery (soloists); Saddleback Concert Chorale; John Balme/Michael Parker, conductors

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), Nolan Van Way (Camille), Andrew Foldi (Baron Zeta), Vincent Russo (Cascada), Ryan Allen (St. Brioche), William Mallory (Bogdanowitsch), Timothy Braden (Kromow), Thomas Simmons (Pritschitsch), David Rae Smith (Njegus); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets/costumes

Don Giovanni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

October 8, 11, 14, 16m, 1977
Anne Evans* (Anna), Ashley Putnam (Elvira), Janice Hall (Zerlina), Joseph Evans (Ottavio), Robert Hale (Giovanni), Carlos Chausson (Masetto), David Cornell (Commendatore), Richard Van Allen (Leporello); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Horacio Aragon, director; John Wright Stevens, sets

Carmen

Georges Bizet

October 18, 21, 23m, 25, 1977
Josella Ligi/Janice Hall (25) (Micaëla), Katherine Kennedy (Frasquita), Katherine Pring* (Carmen), Melanie Sonnenberg (Mercedes), Salvador Novoa (Don José), Howard Fried (Remendado), William Justus/Robert Hale (21, 23m, 25) (Escamillo), Carlos Chausson (Zuniga), Vincent Russo (Morales), Thomas Simmons (Dancaire); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Sarah Ventura, director; Terry Gates, sets; Howard Bay, costumes

Falstaff

Giuseppe Verdi

February 4, 7, 10, 12m, 1978
Nancy Shade (Alice Ford), Kathryn Bouleyn (Nanetta), Melanie Sonnenberg (Mistress Page), Muriel Costa-Greenspan (Quickly), David Hall (Fenton), Joaquin Romaguera (Caius), Melvin Lowery (Bardolph), Spiro Malas (Falstaff), John Brácheler* (Ford), David Cornell (Pistol); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Elemer Nagy, designer

Madama Butterfly

Giacomo Puccini

February 11, 14, 17, 19m, 1978
March 15, 1978 (Palm Springs)
Atsuko Azuma (Cio-Cio-San), Hilda Harris (Suzuki), Melanie Sonnenberg (Kate), Rico Serbo (Pinkerton), Howard Fried (Goro), John Brácheler (Sharpless), John Del Carlo/Vincent Russo (15) (commissioner), Gary Fisher (Yamadori), Robert Roseberry (registrar), Michael Gallup (Bonze); Bruno Rigacci/Joseph De Rugeriis (15), conductor; Sarah Ventura, director; John Scheffler, designer

The Love for Three Oranges

Sergei Prokofiev

February 25, 28, March 3, 5m, 1978
West Coast Premiere
Diane Curry (Fata Morgana), Mara Baygulova (Linetta), Carolyne McDaniel (Nicoletta), Melanie Sonnenberg (Smeraldina), Muriel Costa-Greenspan (Princess Clarissa), Kathryn Bouleyn (Ninetta), Joseph Evans (The Prince), David Hall (Truffaldino), Leslie Harrington (Master of Ceremonies), John Del Carlo (Pantalone), Harold Enns (King of Clubs), Vincent Russo (Farfarello), William Dansby (herald), John Darrenkamp (Leandro), William Dansby (Tchelio), David Cornell (cook); Calvin Simmons, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Mario Vanarelli, sets/costumes

Aida

Giuseppe Verdi

August 4, 6m, 9, 1978
Verdi Festival
Martina Arroyo (Aida), Aprile Millo (high priestess), Carol Wyatt* (Amneris), Carlo Bini (Radames), Norman Mittelmann (Amonasro), Robert Hale (Ramfis), Phillip Booth (King), Gary Fisher (messenger); Antonio Tauriello, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Mario Cristini, sets

Concert: Requiem

Giuseppe Verdi

August 12, 1978
Verdi Festival
Martina Arroyo, Carol Wyatt, Carlo Bini, Robert Hale (soloists); San Diego Symphonic Chorale; Antonio Tauriello, conductor

Otello

Giuseppe Verdi

October 9, 12, 15, 17m, 1976
Lynne Strow Piccolo* (Desdemona), Adrienne Leonetti (Emilia), Jon Andrew (Otello), Gary Fisher (Cassio), Robert Grayson (Roderigo), Thomas Tipton (Iago), Louis Lebherz (Lodovico), Vincent Russo (Montano), Ralph Bassett (herald); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Patrick Bakman, director; Peter Wexler, sets/costumes

The Saint of Bleecker Street

Gian Carlo Menotti

December 1, 3, 5m, 7, 1976
Lorna Haywood (Annina), Lynn Cole-Adcock (Carmela), Beverly Wolff (Desideria), Jane Westbrook (Assunta), Joyce Jones (Maria Corona), Halle Kelly (Concettina), Lucille Mayer (old woman), Phillis Moody (young woman), Martha Hamilton (girl), Enrico Di Giuseppe (Michele), Aaron Bornstein (Corona's son), Richard Torigi (Don Marco), Andrew Taylor (Salvatore), Gerald Whitney (young man), Thomas Simmons (bartender/second guest), Gary Fisher (first guest), Jamison Gill (man's voice); Theo Alcantara/Monroe Kanouse (7), conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Beeb Salzer, sets

Die Fledermaus

Johann Strauss, Jr.

January 23, 25, 28, 30m, 1977
Johanna Meier (Rosalinda), Gianna Rolandi (Adele), David Rae Smith (Orlofsky), Cornelis Opthof (Eisenstein), Ragnar Ulfung (Alfred), Thomas Simmons (Blind), Michael Terry (Frank), John Darrenkamp (Falke), Robert Schmorr (Frosch); Judith Somogi/Monroe Kanouse (30), conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Brian Jackson, sets

Gátterdämmerung

Richard Wagner

February 19, 22, 25, 27m, 1977
Anna Green (Brünnhilde), Adrienne Leonetti (Gutrune), Marvellee Cariaga (Waltraute/second norn), Carolyne McDaniel (first norn), Joan Zajac (third norn), Pamela Lasalle (Woglinde), Shirley Harned (Wellgunde), Carolyn Maia (Flosshilde), Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Adair McGowen (Gunther), Harold Enns (Alberich), William Wildermann/Thomas O'Leary (25, 27) (Hagen); Henry Holt, conductor; George London, director; John Naccarato, sets/costumes

La traviata

Giuseppe Verdi

March 26, 29, April 1, 3m, 1977
April 9, 1977 (Palm Springs)
April 14, 16, 1977 (Pasadena)
Beverly Sills/Nancy Shade (9) (Violetta), Dora Walker (Annina), Adrienne Leonetti (Flora), William McDonald/Joseph Evans (9, 14, 16) (Alfredo), Gary Fisher (Gaston), Ryan Edwards (Germont), Ryan Allen (Douphol), Vincent Russo (Grenvil), Thomas Simmons (Marchese d'Obigny), Gerald Whitney (Giuseppe); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets

Concert

An Operatic Evening

September 23, 1975
Joan Sutherland (soprano), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano); Richard Bonynge, piano

Il trovatore

Giuseppe Verdi

October 4, 7, 10, 12, 20, 22, 1975 (Phoenix)
Rachel Mathes (Leonora), Peggy Castle (Inez), Lili Chookasian (Azucena), Richard Kness (Manrico), Howard Fried (Ruiz), Eugene Holmes (di Luna), Harold Enns (Ferrando); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; William Roesch, director; Sally Jacobs, sets

Rusalka

Antonin Dvorák

December 3, 5, 7m, 9, 1975
United States Professional Premiere
Kathryn Bouleyn (Rusalka), Gwendolyn Killebrew (Jeibaba/Foreign Princess); Elaine Pavlick, Teri Sinclair, Melanie Sonnenberg (nymphs); William McDonald (Prince), Spiro Malas (Water Sprite); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Santo Loquasto, sets/costumes

Siegfried

Richard Wagner

February 14, 17, 20, 22m, 1976
Marvellee Cariaga (Brünnhilde), Ashley Putnam (Forest Bird), Geraldine Dekker (Erda), Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Paul Crook (Mime), Noel Tyl (Wotan), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Thomas O'Leary (Fafner); Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor; Ghita Hager, director; John Naccarato, sets/costumes

Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Strauss

March 27, 30, April 2, 3m, 1976
Johanna Meier (Feldmarschallin), Patricia Wise (Sophie), Lila Stuart (Marianne), Sylvia Anderson (Octavian), Adrienne Leonetti (Annina); Dora Walker, Pat Goodwin, Nancy Tripp Smith (three noble orphans); Carolee Thornburgh (milliner), Aaron Bergell (singer), Howard Fried (Valzacchi), Gerald Whitney (animal vendor/innkeeper), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Faninal), Richard Van Allan (Baron Ochs), Thomas Simmons (major-domo), Michael Gallup (notary/commissary/major-domo); Paul Raabe, Dave Rush, John Hermann, David Garven (lackeys); Stefan Minde, conductor; Richard Abrams, director; Elizabeth Dalton, sets/costumes

Norma

Vincenzo Bellini

June 7, 10, 13m, 15, 1976
Beverly Sills (Norma), Tatiana Troyanos (Adalgisa), Adrienne Leonetti (Clotilde), John Alexander (Pollione), Robert Grayson (Flavio), Robert Hale (Oroveso); Charles Mackerras, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets; Jose Varona, costumes
Prior to this date accurate information is not available for United States debuts.

Manon

Jules Massenet

October 30, November 1, 3m, 1974
Catherine Malfitano (Manon), Patricia Smith (Pousette), Teri Sinclair (Javotte), Diana Davidson (Rosette), Raymond Gibbs (des Grieux), Ken Remo (Guillot de Morfontaine), Douglas Lawrence (Lescaut), Michael Gallup (De Brétigny), Thomas Simmons (innkeeper), Harry Dworchak (Count des Grieux); Walter Herbert, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets

Lucia di Lammermoor

Gaetano Donizetti

December 4, 6, 8m, 1974
Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Peggy Castle (Alisa), Franco Tagliavini (Edgardo), Gordon Greer (Arturo), Richard Wagner (Normanno), John Darrenkamp (Enrico), Robert Hale (Raimondo); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Henry Bardon, sets; Peter Hall, costumes

A Village Romeo and Juliet

Frederick Delius

January 15, 17, 19m, 1975
Patricia Wells (Vreli), Paula Copeland (pastry woman/slim girl), Martha Jane Howe (wheel of fortune woman/wild girl), Paula McDonnell (cheap jewelry woman), Carolee Thornburgh (woman), John Stewart (Sali), Cary Smith (Marti/fruit man/bargeman), Samuel Van Dusen (Manz/knick-knack man/hunchbacked bass fiddler/bargeman), David Holloway (dark fiddler), David Caylor (doll and puppet man), Frank Hallock (peasant), Jerry Whitney (indigent hornplayer), John Gruett (bargeman); Walter Herbert, conductor; Frank Corsaro, director; Theoni V. Aldredge, costumes

The Valkyrie

Richard Wagner

February 26, 28, March 2m, 1975
Johanna Meier (Sieglinde), Anna Green (Brünnhilde), Marvellee Cariaga (Fricka), Barbara Wilkinson (Helmwige), LaVerne Williams (Ortlinde), Marlene Delavan (Gerhilde), Adrienne Leonetti (Waltraute), Kathleen O'Brien (Siegrune), Barbara McAlister (Rossweisse), Emily Tracy (Grimgerde), Mara Baygulow (Schwertleite), Jon Andrew (Siegmund), Noel Tyl (Wotan), Samuel Van Dusen (Hunding); Walter Herbert, conductor; Ghita Hager, director; John Naccarato, sets/costumes

La bohème

Giacomo Puccini

April 9, 11, 13m, 1975
Karan Armstrong (Mimì), Maria Di Giglio (Musetta), Raymond Gibbs (Rodolfo), John Gruett/David Caylor (Parpignol), John Darrenkamp (Marcello), David Myrvold (Schaunard), Harry Dworchak (Colline), Michael Gallup (Benoit/Alcindoro); Walter Herbert, conductor; Patrick Bakman, director; John Scheffler, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Mefistofele

Arrigo Boito

September 9, 12, 15, 1973
Nancy Shade (Margherita/Elena), Kay Creed (Margherita's mother/Pantalis), Salvador Novoa (Faust), David Hall (Wagner/Nereus), Norman Treigle (Mefistofele); Werner Torkanovsky, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; David Mitchell, sets; Hal George, costumes

Carmen

Georges Bizet

October 31, November 2, 4m, 1973
Esther Hinds (Micaëla), Jeanne Garson (Frasquita), Ann Howard (Carmen), Lila Stuart (Mercedes), William Dupre (Don José), Edgar Stone (Remendado), David Myrvold (Escamillo), Harold Enns (Zuniga), Charles Curtis (Morales), Howard Fried (Dancaire); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Roesch, director; Terry Gates, sets; Howard Bay, costumes

The Marriage of Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

November 28, 30, December 2, 1973
Johanna Meier (Countess), Joy Clements (Susanna), Katherine Hindrelet-Brydon (Barbarina), Susanne Marsee (Cherubino), Carol Weiss (Marcellina), Carolyn McDaniels, Barbara Park (country girls), James Atherton (Basilio/Curzio), John Darrenkamp (Count), Norman Treigle (Figaro) William Powers (Bartolo), Joseph Galiano (Antonio); Walter Herbert, conductor; James de Blasis, director; Henry Heymann, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

The Rhinegold

Richard Wagner

February 6, 8, 10m, 1974
Constance Haldeman (Freia), Patricia Smith (Woglinde), Katherine Hinderlet-Brydon (Wellgunde), Marvellee Cariaga (Fricka), Christine Krooskos (Erda/Flosshilde), Howard Fried (Mime), John Guarnieri (Froh), Ticho Parly (Loge), David Ward (Wotan), Alfred Anderson (Donner), Phillip Booth (Fasolt), Andrew Foldi (Alberich), Samuel Van Dusen (Fafner); Walter Herbert, conductor; George London, director; John Naccarato, sets/costumes

Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

March 27, 29, 31, 1974
Marisa Galvany (Tosca), Eileen Moss (shepherd), Ermanno Mauro (Cavaradossi), Joseph Pinedo (Spoletta), Eugene Holmes (Scarpia), Michael Gallup (sacristan), Don Watts (Angelotti), Thomas Simmons (Sciarrone), Louis MacKay (jailer); Walter Herbert, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets

The Daughter of the Regiment

Gaetano Donizetti

April 15, 22, 1974 (Phoenix only)
Beverly Sills (Marie), Beverly Evans (Countess of Birkenfeld), Peggy Castle (Duchess of Crackenthorp), Grayson Hirst (Tonio), Doug Burton (peasant), Spiro Malas (Sulpice), Don Watts (Hortensio), Thomas Simmons (corporal); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Roesch, director; Beni Montresor, sets/costumes

Aida

Giuseppe Verdi

October 18, 20, 22, 1972
Felicia Weathers/Alpha Floyd (20, 22) (Aida), Barbara Park (high priestess), Sandra Warfield (Amneris), Jon Andrew (Radames), Eugene Holmes (Amonasro), Michael Devlin (Ramfis), Don Watts (King), Jamison Gill/Gerald Whitney (20)/David Caylor (22) (messenger); Walter Herbert, conductor; Ross Allen, director; Mario Cristini, sets

Medea

Alva Henderson

November 29, December 1, 3m, 1972
World Premiere: Irene Dalis/Marvellee Cariaga (1,3) (Medea), Marvellee Cariaga/Joyce Jones (1,3) (Nurse), Glade Peterson (Jason), Samuel Van Dusen (Creon), Thomas McKinney (Tutor); Walter Herbert, conductor; Ghita Hager, director; Robert Darling, sets/costumes

Romeo and Juliet

Charles Gounod

February 7, 9, 11m, 1973
Eilene Shelle (Juliet), Julia Shelley/Barbara Park (9, 11) (Stephano), Joyce Jones (Gertrude), Raymond Gibbs (Romeo), Howard Fried (Tybalt), John Fiorito (Mercutio), Thomas Simmons (Gregory), Charles Curtis (Duke of Verona), Samuel Van Dusen (Capulet), Michael Devlin (Friar Lawrence); Charles Rosecrans, conductor; James de Blasis, director; Henry Heymann, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

The Daughter of the Regiment

Gaetano Donizetti

March 21, 23, 25m, 1973
Beverly Sills (Marie), Beverly Evans (Countess of Birkenfeld), Marion Strickler (Duchess of Crackenthorp), Grayson Hirst (Tonio), Gerald Whitney (peasant), Spiro Malas (Sulpice), Don Watts (Hortensio), Thomas Simmons (corporal), Dmitri Bess (dancing master), Arthur Sousa (notary); Walter Herbert, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Beni Montresor, sets/costumes

Turandot

Giacomo Puccini

October 20, 22, 24m, 1971
Klara Barlow (Turandot), Esther Hinds (Liù), Richard Cassilly (Calaf), William Royal (Altoum), Howard Fried (Pang), Edgar Stone (Pong), John Fiorito (Ping), Thomas Simmons (Mandarin), Raymond Michalski (Timur); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Davis West, sets; Catherine Hand, costumes

The Barber of Seville

Gioachino Rossini

December 1, 3, 5m, 1971
Joy Clements (Rosina), Marvellee Cariaga (Berta), John Stewart (Almaviva), Thomas Palmer (Figaro), Andrew Foldi (Bartolo), Michael Devlin (Basilio), Ellison Glattly (Fiorello), Morgan Lane (Ambrogio), Thomas Simmons (officer); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; William McCullach, sets; Peggy Kellner, costumes

Boris Godunov

Modest Moussorgsky

February 23, 25, 27m, 1972
Constance Haldeman (Xenia), Nedda Casei (Marina), Edna Garabedian (innkeeper/nurse), Nico Castel (Prince Shuisky/simpleton), Gene Bullard (Gregory), Norman Treigle (Boris Godunov), Thomas McKinney (Stchelkalov), Samuel Van Dusen (Pimen/Varlaam), Michael Gallup (Nikitich/officer), Howard Fried (Missail), Tom Nelson (Fyodor), John McClellan (a boyar/Khrustchov); Walter Herbert, conductor; Jacobo Kaufmann, director; Ming Cho Lee, sets; Bess Dimitri, costumes

Gianni Schicchi

Giacomo Puccini

April 26, 28, 30m, 1972
Carolyn Lewis (Lauretta), Jeanne Garson (Nella), Lila Stuart (Ciesca), Marvellee Cariaga (Zita), Perry Price (Rinuccio), Tom Nelson (Gherardino), Howard Fried (Gherardo), Norman Treigle (Gianni Schicchi), Thomas Simmons (Marco), John Fiorito (Betto), Samuel Van Dusen (Simone), Alfred Dennis (Spinelloccio/notary), Don Watts (Pinellino); Walter Herbert, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Davis West, sets; Peggy Kellner, costumes

Help, Help, the Globolinks!

Gian Carlo Menotti

April 26, 28, 30m, 1972
Margaret Immerman (Emily), Marvellee Cariaga (Newkirk), Sarah Fleming (Euterpova), Howard Fried (Timothy), John Fiorito (Stone), Thomas McKinney (Tony), Alfred Dennis (Lavendar-Gas), Samuel Van Dusen (Turtlespit); Walter Herbert, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Davis West, sets; Bess Dimitri, costumes

La traviata

Giuseppe Verdi

November 11, 13, 15, 1970
Gilda Cruz-Romo (Violetta), Dorothy Dallas (Annina), Gwen Jones (Flora), William Blankenship (Alfredo), Ron Stevens (Gaston), Seymour Schwartzman (Germont), Chris Webb (Douphal), Eugene Brundage (Grenvil), Roger Winell (Marchese d'Obigny), Louis McKay (Giuseppe); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Davis West, sets; Franco Zeffirelli, costumes

Madama Butterfly

Giacomo Puccini

March 24, 26, 28m, 1971
Felicia Weathers (Cio-Cio-San), Marlena Kleinman (Suzuki), Sharon Atack (Kate), Chris Lachonas (Pinkerton), Howard Fried (Goro), John Robert Dunlop (Sharpless), Tom Masuko (commissioner/Yamadori), Desmond Vaughan (registrar), Michael Gallup (Bonze); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Roesch, director; Ming Cho Lee, sets/costumes

Pagliacci

Ruggiero Leoncavallo

October 9, 11, 1969
Judith de Paul (Nedda), Robert Nagy (Canio), Ken Remo (Beppe), Julian Patrick (Tonio), Raymond Gibbs (Silvio); Jack Craig, Tony Avendano (villagers); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Robert Darling, sets

The Moon

Carl Orff

October 9, 11, 1969
Ken Remo (narrator), Julian Patrick (St. Peter), Louis MacKay (farmer), Tony Avendano (mayor); Alan Pitt, Raymond Gibbs, Howard Fried, Orville White (four fellows); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Robert Darling, sets

Tannhäuser

Richard Wagner

November 13, 15, 1969
Klara Barlow (Elisabeth), Janis Martin (Venus), Kathleen Knight (shepherdess), Richard Martell (Tannhèuser), Perry Price (Walther), Val Stuart (Heinrich), John Reardon (Wolfram), Harold Enns (Hermann), Alan Pitt (Biterolf), Eugene Brundage (Reinmar); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; John Naccarato, sets

Faust

Charles Gounod

February 19, 21, 1970
Heather Thomson (Marguerite), Perry Price (Siébel), Marvellee Cariaga (Marthe), John Walker (Faust), Bernard Turgeon (Valentin), Robert Austin (Wagner), Norman Treigle (Méphistophélès); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Jack McCullagh, designer

The Tales of Hoffmann

Jacques Offenbach

April 23, 25, 1970
Beverly Sills (Olympia/Giulietta/Antonia/Stella), Nancy Williams (Nicklaus), Christina Krooskos (voice of Antonia's mother), Jean Cox (Hoffmann), Nico Castel (Andrés/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio/ Frantz),Ron Nelem (Nathanael), Norman Treigle (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dappertutto/Dr. Miracle), Alan Pitt (Hermann/Schlemil/Crespel), Robert Caruso (Luther), Howard Fried (Spalanzani); Walter Herbert, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Allen Charles Klein, designer

Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi

October 17, 19, 1968
Anne Elgar (Gilda), Yvonne Garcia (Countess Ceprano/page), Roxana Cherico (Giovanna), Dorothy Dallas (Maddalena), Michael Trimbel (the Duke), Jamison Gill (Borsa), Peter Glossop (Rigoletto), Alan Pitt (Marullo), Gilbert Sloan (Ceprano), Alan Gilbert (Monterone), Harold Enns (Sparafucile); Walter Herbert, conductor; Rexford Harrower, director; Lorenzo Ghiglia, designer

La bohème

Giacomo Puccini

November 14, 16, 1968
Lee Venora (Mimì), Peggy Bonini (Musetta), John Stewart (Rodolfo), Lee Owens/Jack Craig (Parpignol), Richard Fredricks (Marcello), Raymond Gibbs (Schaunard), Harold Enns (Colline), Gimi Beni (Benoit), Fred Rigby (Alcindoro), Alan Pitt (customs guard); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Peggy Kellner, designer

Don Quixote

Jules Massenet

April 24, 26, 1969
Nedda Casei (Dulcinea), Lila Deis (Pilar), Dorothy Dallas (Inez), Ken Remo (Rodriguez), Gene Bullard (Juan), Andrew Foldi (Sancho Panza), Michael Devlin (Don Quixote), Forrest Ganz (bandit chief); Francisco Aguirre, John Hermann (servants); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Glen Holse, sets

Salome

Richard Strauss

November 10, 11, 1967
Felicia Weathers (Salome), Claramae Turner (Herodias), Andree Jordan (Page), Judith Owens (slave), Arturo Sergi (Herod), Chris Lachona (Narraboth), Joshua Hecht (Jochanaan); Howard Fried, Raymond Gagan, Raymond Manton, Morris Crisci, Alan Pitt (five Jews); Harold Enns, William Bahrt (Nazarenes); Tony Lind, Robert Lynch (soldiers); Louis MacKay (a Cappadocian); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Peggy Kellner, designer

Carmen

Georges Bizet

March 14, 16, 1968
Maralin Niska (Micaëla), Sylvia Davis (Frasquita), Dorothy Krebil (Carmen), Dorothy Dallas (Mercedes), William Olvis (Don José), Ken Remo (Remendado), Norman Treigle (Escamillo), Alan Pitt (Zuniga), William Leyerle (Morales), Robert Glover (Dancaire); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director

The Magic Flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

May 2, 4, 1968
Rita Shane (Queen of the Night), Heather Thomson (Pamina), Sylvia Davis (Papagena); Janet Pavek, Barbara Patton, Donna Peterson (three ladies); William Blankenship (Tamino), Howard Fried (Monostatos), Thomas Palmer (Papageno), Thomas O'Leary (Sarastro), Harold Enns (speaker), Leslie Cozzens (priest); Sam Baris, Bruce Bolger, Louis MacKay, Jr. (three spirits); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; William Barbe, costumes

Aida

Giuseppe Verdi

November 3, 5, 1966
Lucine Amara (Aida), Jean Stone (high priestess), Irene Kramarich (Amneris), Giovanni Gibin (Radames), Joshua Hecht (Amonasro), John A. Ford (Ramfis), Edward Baird (King), Leonard Johnson (messenger); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Mario Cristini, sets

The Young Lord

Hans Werner Henze

February 17, 18, 1967
United States Premiere
Norma Lynn (Luise), Louise Parker (Begonia), Claramae Turner (Baroness Greenweasel), Gwen Curatilo (Mrs. Harethrasher), Margot Blum (Mrs. Hoofnail), Carol Toscano (Ida), Lizanne Wilson (parlormaid), Glenn Cole (Lord Barrat), Kenneth Riegel (Wilhelm), Ken Remo (Amintore), John Ellsworth (Sir Edgar), Richard Fredricks (secretary), Gimi Beni (Burgomaster), Orville White (Harethrasher), Lloyd Hanna (Sharp), Howard Fried (von Mucker), Louis MacKay (lamplighter), Lee Owens (Monsieur la Truiare), Morgan Lane (Meadows), Ray Collymore (Jeremy); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets; Peggy Kellner, costumes

Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

May 4, 6, 1967
Eileen Schauler (Tosca), Paula Chastain (shepherd), Plácido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Howard Fried (Spoletta), Chester Ludgin (Scarpia), Gimi Beni (sacristan), Eugene Brundage (Angelotti), Allan Pitt (Sciarrone), Louis MacKay (jailer); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Jack Montgomery, sets

Faust

Charles Gounod

May 19, 21, 1966
Carol Todd (Marguerite), Melvin Brown (Siébel), Mary MacKenzie (Marthe), Plácido Domingo (Faust), Dominic Cossa (Valentin), Raymond Gibbs (Wagner), Norman Treigle (Méphistophélès); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Larry Kane, sets

The Barber of Seville

Gioachino Rossini

June 2, 4, 1966
Patricia Velsir (Berta), Anne Elgar (Rosina), Gene Bullard (Almaviva), Richard Fredricks (Figaro), Richard Wentworth (Bartolo), John A. Ford (Basilio), Raymond Gibbs (Fiorello), Morgan Lane (Ambrogio), George Endsley (officer), R. Lee Owens (notary); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Jack McCullagh, sets

La bohème

Giacomo Puccini

May 5m, 6, 7, 8, 1965
Maralin Niska (Mimì), Margery Mackay (Musetta), Nicholas Di Virgilio/John Craig (7) (Rodolfo), Neil Gilbert Oehl (Parpignol), Benjamin Rayson (Marcello), William Beck (Schaunard), Harold Enns (Colline), Charles Gonzales (Benoit), John Powell (Alcindoro), Raymond Gibbs (customs guard); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Peggy Kellner, designer