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Production History
1989–1990 Season
Boris Godunov
Soviet Arts Festival
October 21, 24, 27, 29, 31, 1989: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music and Libretto by Modest Moussorgsky
Conducted by Jansoug Kakhidze
Directed by Nathaniel Merrill
Boris Godunov: Alexander Morozov
Pimen: Gia Asatiani
GrIgori / Dmitri: Allan Glassman
Xenia: Sylvia Wen
Fyodor: Julia Jamison
Prince Shuisky: Thomas Booth
Varlaam: Omar Khoperia
Marina: Irina Bogacheva
Stchelkalov: Robert Gailbraith
Missail: Bernard Fitch
Rangoni: Stephen West
Simpleton: Teimuraz Gugushvili
Nurse: Martha Jane Weaver
Nikitich / Lavitsky: Philip Larson
Boyar Khrushchov: Michael Darcy
Mityukha / Chernikovsky / Border Guard: William Nolan
Set Designer: Wolfram Skalicki
Costume Designer: Suzanne Mess
Recital: Carol Neblett, soprano
November 19, 1989: Sherwood Auditorium
Piano: Thomas Pasatieri
La bohème
January 20, 23, 26, 28, 31, 1990: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by John Copley
Rodolfo: Dennis O’Neill
Mimì: Ilona Tokody
Marcello: Theodore Baerg
Musetta: Irena Welhasch
Colline: Kevin Langan
Schaunard: Harlan Foss
Benoit / Alcindoro: Italo Tajo
Parpignol: Daniel S. Leal
Customs Guard: John Polhamus
Sergeant: Joseph Grienenberger
Set Designer: John Conklin
Costume Designer: Vicki Feitscher
Dialogues of the Carmelites
February 10, 13, 16, 18, 1990: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music and Libretto by Francis Poulenc
Conducted by Richard Bonynge
Directed by Bliss Hebert
Blanche: Nova Thomas
Marquis de la Force: Peter Van Derick
Chevalier de la Force: Kip Wilborn
Madame de Croissy: Maureen Forrester
Madame Lidoine: Carol Neblett
Mother Marie: Heather Begg
Mother Jeanne: Judith Christin
Sister Constance: Cheryl Parrish
Sister Mathilde: Martha Jane Howe
Thierry: Joseph Grienenberger
Javelinot: Jeffrey L. Shipman
Father Confessor: Martin Chambers
First Commissioner: Michael Ballam
Second Commissioner / Jailer: Harlan Foss
Officer: Michael Darcy
Set Designer: Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume Designer: Allen Charles Klein
The Daughter of the Regiment (La fille du régiment)
March 3, 6, 9, 11, 1990: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard
Conducted by Richard Bonynge
Directed by Lou Galterio
Marie: Nova Thomas
Tonio: Paul Hartfield
Sergeant Sulpice: John Del Carlo
Countess of Birkenfeld: Heather Begg
Hortensius: Harlan Foss
Corporal: William Nolan
Peasant: Daniel S. Leal
Duchess of Crackenthorp: Kit Goldman
Set and Costume Designer: Beni Montreso
The Great Richard Wagner Concert
March 20, 1990: San Diego Civic Theatre
Conductor Heinz Fricke
Soloists: Johanna Meier, Gary Lakes, John Macurdy
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)
April 14, 17, 20, 22, 25, 1990: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Conducted by Karen Keltner
Directed by Wolfgang Weber
Tamino: Denes Gulyas
Papageno: David Malis
Pamina: Hei-Kyung Hong
Queen of the Night: Virginia Sublett
Sarastro: Kenneth Cox
Monostatos: Anthony Laciura
Speaker: Herbert Eckhoff
Papagena: Sylvia Wen
Three Ladies: Joan Gibbons, Gale Fuller, Deidra Palmour
Three Spirits: Celeste Tavera, Diana Tash, Julia Jamison
Priests / Armored Men: Hong-Shen Li, J. Raymond Fielder
Set and Costume Designer: Maurice Sendak
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