Production History

1998–1999 Season

Recital: Helen Donath, soprano

December 6, 1998

Piano: Klaus Donath

Falstaff

January 23, 26, 29, 31, February 3, 1999: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Arrigo Boito
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by Ian Campbell*

Sir John Falstaff: Phillip Joll
Ford: David Malis
Alice Ford: Deborah Riedel
Nanetta: Annelies Chapman
Meg Page: Carla Wood
Mistress Quickly: Sharon Graham
Fenton: Bruce Fowler
Doctor Caius: Paul Ferris
Bardolfo: Peter Blanchet
Pistola: Ryan Allen
Set Designer: Peter Dean Beck
Costume Designer: Charles R. Caine

Of Mice and Men

February 13, 16, 19, 21, 1999: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music and Libretto by Carlisle Floyd
Conducted by Karen Keltner
Directed by Rhoda Levine

Lennie Small: Anthony Dean Griffey
George Milton: Erich Parce
Curley: Joel Sorensen
Curley’s Wife: Diane Alexander
Candy: Kenneth Cox
Slim: Stephen Powell
Carlson: Beau Palmer
Ballad Singer: John Bellemer
Set Designer: John Conklin
Costume Designer: Jess Goldstein

The Great Richard Wagner Concert

February 20, 1999: San Diego Civic Theatre

Conducted by Heinz Fricke

Soprano: Katarina Dalaymann
Tenor: Thomas Sunnegårdh
Bass: Kenneth Cox

Così fan tutte

March 6, 9, 12, 14, 17, 1999: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conducted by Peter Erckens*
Directed by Leon Major

Fiordiligi: Barbara Shirvis
Dorabella: Margaret Lattimore
Ferrando: John Osborn
Guglielmo: Stephen Powell
Don Alfonso: François Loup
Despina: Sheryl Woods
Set Designer: Allen Moyer
Costume Designer: David O. Roberts

Hansel and Gretel

April 10, 13, 16, 18, 1999: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Engelbert Humperdinck
Libretto by Adelheid Wette
Conducted by Karen Keltner
Directed by Frank Corsaro and Amy Hutchinson

Gretel: Clare Gormley
Hansel: Jane Bunnell
The Witch: Adria Firestone
Peter: James Maddalena
Gertrude: RoseMarie Freni
Dew Fairy / Sandman: Evelyn de la Rosa
Designer: Maruice Sendak

A Masked Ball (Un ballo in maschera)

May 1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 1999: San Diego Civic Theatre

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by Michael Hampe

Riccardo / Gustavo: Richard Leech
Amelia: Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet
Renato: Mark Rucker
Oscar: Elisabeth Comeaux
Ulrica: Barbara Dever
Judge / Servant: Joseph Hu
Silvano / Cristiano: James Scott Sikon
Tom / Count Ribbing: David Downing
Sam / Count Horn: Alexander Anisimov
Set Designer: Ezio Frigerio
Costume Designer: Mauro Pagano

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