Production History

1992–1993 Season

Concert: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

October 22, 1992: San Diego Sports Arena

Conductor: Leone Magiera

The Barber of Seville

January 23, 26, 29, 31, February 3, 1993: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by John Copley

Figaro: Jeffrey Black, David Malis (Jan 29)
Rosina: Delores Ziegler
Count Almaviva: Don Bernardini
Bartolo: François Loup
Basilio: Kevin Langan
Berta: Ellen Rabiner
Fiorello: Roberto Gomez
Ambrogio: Barry Dennen, Christopher Harlan (Jan 31)
Officer: Edward Badrak
Set Designer: John Conklin
Costume Designer: Michael Stennett

Madama Butterfly

February 13, 16, 19, 21, 24, 1993: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by Adelaide Bishop

Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly: Elizabeth Hynes
Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton: César Hernández
Suzuki: Yun Deng
Sharpless: Richard Stilwell
Goro: Douglas Perry
The Bonze: Michel Warren Bell
Imperial Commissioner: Scott Raines
Official Registrar: Joseph Grienenberger
Prince Yamadori: Roberto Gomez
Kate Pinkerton: Sarah Blaze
Set Designer: John Scheffler
Costume Designer: Zack Brown

Don Giovanni

March 6, 9, 12, 14, 17, 1993: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by Wolfgang Weber

Don Giovanni: Ferruccio Furlanetto
Donna Anna: Rita Cullis
Donna Elvira: Patricia Schuman
Don Ottavio: Hans Peter Blochwitz
Leporello: Dean Peterson
Zerlina: Emily Manhart
Masetto: Victor Ledbetter
Commendatore (Don Pedro): John Macurdy
Set and Costume Designer: Carl-Friedrich Oberle

The Pearl Fishers (Les pêcheurs de perles)

March 27, 30, April 2, 4, 7, 1993: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré
Conducted by Karen Keltner
Directed by Johnathon Pape

Leïla: Jan Grissom
Nadir: Patrick Power
Zurga: Michael Lewis
Nourabad: Mark S. Doss
Set Designer: Darren Scott Maynard
Costume Designer: Marjorie McCown

Werther

April 17, 20, 23, 25, 28, 1993: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet, and Georges Hartmann
Conducted by Richard Bonynge
Directed by Bliss Hebert

Werther: Richard Leech
Charlotte: Jean Rigby
Sophie: Jeanine Thames
Albert: Vernon Hartman
Le Bailli: Herbert Eckhoff
Schmidt: Beau Palmer
Johann: James Scott Sikon
Brühlmann: Mark Andrew Richards
Kätchen: Anita Colet
Set and Costume Designer: Allen Charles Klein

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