News & Reviews
Production History
1990–1991 Season
Recital: Hans Peter Blochwitz, tenor
October 21, 1990: Sherwood Auditorium
Piano: Peter Grunberg
Recital: Dimitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
October 28, 1990: Sherwood Auditorium
Piano: Mikhail Arkadiev
Così fan tutte
January 19, 22, 25, 27, 30, 1991: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conducted by Thomas Schuback
Directed by John Copley
Fiordiligi: Carol Vaness
Dorabella: Judith Forst
Ferrando: Keith Lewis
Guglielmo: Håkan Hagegård
Don Alfonso: Peter Strummer
Despina: Barbara Bonney
Set Designer: Peter Cooke
Costume Designer: Michael Stennett
Albert Herring
February 9, 12, 15, 17, 1991: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Eric Crozier
Conducted by Steuart Bedford
Directed by Colin Graham
Albert Herring: Barton Green
Nancy: Susan Graham
Mrs. Herring: Patricia Kern
Lady Billows: Christine Brewer
Florence: Martha Jane Howe
Miss Wordsworth: Judith Lovat
Vicar Gedge: Harlan Foss
Mayor Upfold: Francis Egerton
Superintendent Budd: James Scott Sikon
Sid: Matthew Carey
Emmie: Mary Dombek
Cis: Patricia Prunty
Harry: Christopher Johnson
Set Designer: Neil Peter Jampolis
Costume Designer: Debra Hanson
Die Fledermaus
March 2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 1991: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Johann Strauss, Jr.
Libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée
Conducted by Karen Keltner
Directed by Wolfgang Weber
Rosalinda: Karen Huffstodt
Adele: Cheryl Parrish
Prince Orlofsky: Suzanna Guzmán
Gabriel von Eisenstein: Ronald Stevens
Alfred: Douglas Johnson
Dr. Blind: Beau Palmer
Frank: Richard McKee
Dr. Falke: Victor Ledbetter
Frosch: Zale Kessler
Set Designer: Oliver Smith
Costume Designer: Ann Roth
The Passion of Jonathan Wade
West Coast Premiere
April 13, 16, 19, 21, 1991: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music and Libretto by Carlisle Floyd
Conducted by Kenneth Montgomery
Directed by Carlisle Floyd
Colonel Jonathan Wade: Erich Parce
Celia Townsend: Sheryl Woods
Judge Townsend: Julian Patrick
Lieutenant Patrick: Eric Perkins
Young Girl: Bridget Knott
Nicey Bridges: Débria Brown
J. Tertius Riddle: Harlan Foss
Lucas Wardlaw: Joseph Evans
Enoch Pratt: John Duykers
Union League Orator: Daniel S. Leal
Judge James C. Bell: Michel Warren Bell
Sergeant Branch / Wounded Soldier: William Nolan
Rector: David Downing
Senator: Michael Morgan
Soldiers: Adam Russell, Joseph Grienenberger
Carpetbaggers: Edward Badrak, Max Chodos
Young Boy: Tom Touw
Youths: Shalonda French, Warren Nolan, Phillips Edwards, Scott Jones
Set Designer: Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume Designer: Allen Charles Klein
La traviata
May 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 1991: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by Wolfgang Weber
Violetta Valéry: Christine Weidinger,
Frances Ginsberg (May 11)
Alfredo Germont: Fernando de la Mora,
Walter MacNeil (May 11)
Giorgio Germont: Richard Stilwell,
Richard J. Clark (May 11)
Flora Bervoix: Gale Fuller
Annina: Patricia Minton Smith
Gastone: Beau Palmer
Baron Douphol: Harlan Foss
Marchese d’Obigny: Mark Anderson
Doctor Grenvil: David Downing
Giuseppe: Daniel S. Leal
Flora’s Servant: Jeffrey L. Shipman
Messenger: Joseph Grienenberger
Set Designer: John Conklin
Costume Designer: David Walker
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