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Production History
2000–2001 Season
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)
January 20, 23, 26, 28, 31, 2001: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Conducted by John Fiore
Directed by Michael Hampe
Tamino: John Osborn
Papageno: Johannes Mannov*
Pamina: Jennifer Casey Cabot
Queen of the Night: Yan-Guang Cui*
Sarastro: Kevin Langan
Monostatos: Peter Blanchet
Speaker: Daniel Sumegi
Papagena: Annelies Chapman
First Lady: Barbara Divis
Second Lady: Priti Gandhi
Third Lady: Suzanna Guzmán
First Genie: Sylvia Wen
Second Genie: Suzanne Lustgarten
Third Genie: Eva-Maria Clements
Second Priest: Beau Palmer
First Armed Man: Todd Geer
Second Armed Man: Ryan Allen
Set Designers: Michael Hampe and Alberto Andreis
Costume Designer: Zandra Rhodes*
Faust
February 17, 20, 23, 25, 28, 2001: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Charles Gounod
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Conducted by Richard Bonynge
Directed by Linda Brovsky
Faust: Octavio Arevalo*
Méphistophélès: Ferruccio Furlanetto
Marguerite: Izabela Labuda
Valentin: Jeff Mattsey
Wagner: William Nolan
Siébel: Zheng Cao
Marthe: Judith Christin
Production Designer: Earl Staley
Cold Sassy Tree
March 24, 27, 30, April 1, 2001: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music and Libretto by Carlisle Floyd
Conducted by Karen Keltner
Directed by Garnett Bruce
Rucker Lattimore: Dean Peterson
Love Simpson: Patricia Racette
Mary Willis Tweedy: Cynthia Clayton
Loma Williams: Beth Clayton
Will Tweedy: John McVeigh
Lightfoot McClendon: Megan Weston
Camp Williams: Joel Sorensen
Effie Belle Tate: Judith Christin
Thelma Predmore: Martha Jane Howe
Hosie Roach: Chris Thompson
Clayton McAllister: Stephen Powell
Luther / Rufus Buford: John Edwards
Dr. Lomax / Sheriff: James Scott Sikon
Lula: Barbara Divis
Myrtis: Lori Stinson
Mayor: Todd Geer
Original Stage Direction by Bruce Beresford
Production Designer: Michael Yeargan
Idomeneo, King of Crete (Idomeneo, re di Creta)
April 14, 17, 20, 22, 2001: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by Lofti Mansouri
Idomeneo: Scott Wyatt
Ilia: Ute Selbig
Idamante: Ruxandra Donose
Elettra: Carol Vaness
Arbace: Todd Geer
High Priest: Joseph Hu
First Cretan Girl: Kathleen Halm
Second Cretan Girl: Eva-Maria Clements
First Trojan Man: Andrew Truett
Second Trojan Man: David Marshman
Voice of Neptune: Dean Elzinga
Set Designer: John Conklin
Costume Designer: Michael Stenne
Aida
May 5, 8, 11, 13, 15, 2001: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by Andrew Sinclair
Aida: Elena Zelenskaya
Radamès: Richard Margison
Amneris: Marianne Cornetti
Amonasro: Haijing Fu
Ramfis: Hao Jiang Tian
King of Egypt: Dean Elzinga
Messenger: Kenneth Morris
High Priestess: Kathleen Halm
Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer: Peter J. Hall
Choreographer: John Malashock
Verdi Requiem in Concert
May 19, 2001: San Diego Civic Theatre
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Soprano: Elena Zelenskaya
Mezzo-soprano: Marianne Cornetti
Tenor: Richard Leech
Bass-baritone: Dean Peterson
San Diego Opera Orchestra and Chorus
San Diego Master Chorale
Concert: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor and Cynthia Lawrence, soprano
June 30, 2001: Sports Arena
Conducted by Leone Magiera
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