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Production History
2003–2004 Season
Recital: Paata Burchuladze, bass
September 14, 2003
Piano: Ludmila Ivanova
Recital: Ewa Podleś, contralto
November 15, 2003
Piano: Ania Marchwinska
Turandot
January 24, 27, 30, February 1, 4, 2004: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by Lotfi Mansouri
Turandot: Anna Shafajinskaia
Calaf: Dario Volonté
Liù: Ai-Lan Zhu
Timur: Maxim Mikhailov
Ping: Scott Hendricks
Pang: Beau Palmer
Pong: Joseph Hu
Emperor Altoum: Joseph Frank
Mandarin: Joe Pechota
Set Designer: David Hockney
Costume Designer: Ian Falconer
The Pearl Fishers (Les pêcheurs de perles)
February 14, 17, 20, 22, 2004: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré
Conducted by Karen Keltner
Directed by Andrew Sinclair
Leïla: Isabel Bayrakdarian
Nadir: Michael Schade
Zurga: Russell Braun
Nourabad: José Gallisa
Production Designer (Sets and Costumes): Zandra Rhodes
Recital: Russell Braun, baritone and Michael Schade, tenor
February 28, 2004
Piano: Carolyn Maule
Don Carlo
March 27, 30, April 2, 4, 7, 2004: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by Lotfi Mansouri
Don Carlo: Sergej Larin
Elizabeth of Valois: Sondra Radvanovsky
King Philip II: Ferruccio Furlanetto
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa: Rod Gilfry
Princess Eboli: Mariana Pentcheva
Count Lerma: Joseph Hu
Grand Inquisitor: Louis Lebherz
Monk: Daniel Borowski
Tebaldo / Celestial Voice: Laura Portune
Production Designer: Zack Brown
Katya Kabanova
March 27, 30, April 2, 4, 7, 2004: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music and Libretto by Leoš Janácek
Conducted by John Fiore
Directed by Ian Campbell
Katya Kabanova: Patricia Racette
Boris Grigorievitch: Raymond Very
Tichon Kabanov: Jay Hunter Morris
Pavel Dikoy: James Scott Sikon
Marfa Kabanova (Kabanicha): Dame Josephine Barstow
Varvara: Priti Gandhi
Vanya Kudryash: Doug Jones
Kuligin: Nicolai Janitzky
Glasha: Kelly Gebhardt
Feklusha: Ilse Apéstegui
Set Designer: Jane LaMotte
La traviata
May 8, 11, 14, 16, 19, 2004: San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Conducted by Edoardo Müller
Directed by Ian Campbell
Violetta Valéry: Anja Harteros
Alfredo Germont: Richard Troxell
Giorgio Germont: James Westman
Flora Bervoix: Kelly Gebhardt
Annina: Ilse Apestegui
Gastone: Joseph Hu
Baron Douphol: Nicolai Janitzky
Marchese d’Obigny: James Scott Sikon
Doctor Grenvil: Ethan Herschefeld
Giuseppe: Chad Frisque
Set Designer: John Conklin
Costume Designer: David Walker
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