Production History

1991–1992 Season

Der Rosenkavalier

January 18, 21, 24, 26, 29, 1992: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conducted by Heinz Fricke
Directed by Wolfgang Weber

The Marschallin: Ashley Putnam
Octavian: Susanne Mentzer
Baron Ochs: Artur Korn
Sophie van Faninal: Barbara Kilduff
Herr von Faninal: Georg Tichy*
Marianne: Patricia Minton Smith
Valzacchi: Bernard Fitch
Annina: Suzanna Guzmán
Notary: David Downing
Police Inspector: Kevin Bell
Italian Singer: Jonathan Welch, Jorge Lopez-Yanez (Jan 29)
Three Noble Orphans: Dawn Veree Harrison, Angela Milia, Katherine Lundeen
Milliner: Betsy McLean
Animal Vendor / Faninal’s Major-domo / Innkeeper: Beau Palmer
The Marschallin’s Major-domo: Daniel S. Leal
Waiters / Lackeys: Matthew Alexander, James Banner, Joel Snyder, Gerald Whitney
Set Designer: Allen Charles Klein
Costume Designer: Ray Diffen

The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)

February 8, 11, 14, 16, 19, 1992: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conducted by Edoardo Müller, Karen Keltner (Feb 19)
Directed by John Copley

Figaro: John Pringle*
Susanna: Cheryl Parrish
Countess Almaviva: Rita Cullis*
Count Almaviva: David Malis
Cherubino: Emily Manhart
Marcellina: Judith Christin/Martha, Jane Howe (02/19)
Bartolo: François Loup
Basilio: Jerold Siena
Don Curzio: Beau Palmer
Antonio: James Scott Sikon
Barbarina: Sylvia Wen
Country Girls: Betsy McLean, Katherine Lundeen
Set and Costume Designer: Zack Brown

Recital: Hermann Prey, baritone

February 15, 1992: Sherwood Auditorium

Piano: Leonard Hokanson

Recital: Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano

February 23, 1992: Sherwood Auditorium

Piano: Massimiliano Murrali

The Rape of Lucretia

February 29, March 3, 6, 8, 11, 1992: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Ronald Duncan
Conducted by Christopher Keene
Directed by Jonathan Eaton

Lucretia: Melanie Sonnenberg
Collatinus: Mark S. Doss
Junius: Richard Zeller
Tarquinius: Louis Otey
Bianca: Martha Jane Howe
Lucia: Judith Lovat
Female Chorus: Rita Cullis
Male Chorus: Robert Tear
Set Designer: Neil Peter Jampolis
Costume Designer: Debra Hanson

The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe)

April 4, 7, 10, 12, 15, 1992: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Franz Lehár
Libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein
Conducted by Karen Keltner
Directed by Lou Galterio

Hanna: Glenys Fowles
Count Danilo: Theodore Baerg
Baron Zeta: John Del Carlo
Valencienne: Sunny Joy Langton
Camille: Gregory Kunde
Njegus: Beau Palmer
Kromow: Jeffrey Calof
Bogdanowitsch: David Downing
Raoul de St. Brioche: Dennis McNeil
Viscount Cascada: Richard Byrne
Sylviane / Frou-Frou: Catherine Stapleton
Olga / Margot: Melody Rossi
Pritschitsch: William Nolan
Praskowia / Dodo: Anita Colet
Lolo: Betsy McLean
Jou-Jou: Erica Rose
Clo-Clo: Dawn Veree Harrison
Set and Costume Designer: Carl Toms

Carmen

April 25, 28, May 1, 3, 6, 1992: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Conducted by Kees Bakels
Directed by Rosalind Elias

Carmen: Adria Firestone
Don José: Arthur Davies
Micaëla: Ai-Lan Zhu
Escamillo: Richard Paul Fink
Zuniga: Mark S. Doss
Frasquita: Jeralyn Refeld
Mercédès: Gale Fuller
Dancaïre: Matthew Carey
Remendado: Dennis McNeil
Morales: Richard Byrne
Set Designer: John Conklin
Costume Designer: Peter J. Hall

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