Performance History

Stephanie Blythe, mezzo soprano, Craig Terry, Piano

Ailyn Pérez, soprano, Stephen Costello, tenor, Danielle Orlando, Piano

Morgan Smith (Marcello), Harold Meers (Rodolfo), Christian Van Horn (Colline), Malcolm MacKenzie (Schaunard), Scott Sikon (Benoit/Alcindor), Alyson Cambridge (Mimì), Sara Gartland (Musetta), Enrique Toral (Parpignol), Bernardo Bermudez (Customs Guard), Christopher James Stephens (Sergeant), Chad Frisque (Vendor), John Yokoyama (Child); Karen Keltner, Conductor; Isabella Bywater, Director; Isabella Bywater, Scenic and Costume Designer; Thomas C. Hase, Lighting Designer.

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Stephanie Blythe (mezzo soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), San Diego Opera Chorus, San Diego Master Chorale, San Diego Symphony, Massimo Zanetti, conductor.

Piotr Beczala (Gustav III, King of Sweden), Krassimira Stoyanova (Amelia), Aris Argiris (Count Anckarstrom), Kathleen Kim (Oscar), Stephanie Blythe (Madame Arvidson), Joseph Hu (Judge/Servant), Scott Sikon (Cristiano), Kevin Langan (Count Ribbing), Ashraf Sewailam (Count Horn), Massimo Zanetti, conductor; Lesley Koenig, director; John Conklin, costume designer; Kenneth Von Heidecke, choreographer; Gary Marder, lighting designer.

Giuseppe Filianoti (Nemorino), Tatiana Lisnic (Adina), Malcolm MacKenzie (Belcore), Kevin Burdette (Dulcamara), Stephanie Weiss (Gianetta), Karen Kamensek, conductor; Stephen Lawless, director; Johan Engles, scenic and costume designer; Joan Sullivan Genthe, lighting designer.

Stephen Powell (Tonio), Frank Porretta (Canio), Joel Sorensen (Beppe), Adina Nitescu (Nedda), David Adam Moore (Silvio), Yves Abel, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; John Coyne, scenic designer; Ed Kotanen, costume designer; Michael Whitfield, lighting designer.

Malcolm Mackenzie (Hortensio), Ewa Podleś (Marquise de Birkenfeld), Enrique Toral (A Peasant), Kevin Burdette (Sergant Sulpice), L’ubica Vargicová (Marie), Stephen Costello (Tonio), Scott Sikon (Corporal), Carol Vaness (Duchess of Krakenthrop), Yves Abel, conductor; Emilio Sagi, director; Julio Galan, scenic and costume designer; Marie Barrett, lighting designer.

Clifton Forbis (Samson), Mikhail Svetlov (Abimelech), Anooshah Golesorkhi (High Priest of Dagon), Doug Jones (1st Philistine), Scott Sikon (2nd Philistine), Greg Fedderly (Philistines’ Messenger), Gregory Reinhart (An Old Hebrew), Nadia Krasteva (Delilah), Karen Keltner, conductor; Lesley Koenig, director; Kenneth von Heidecke, choreographer; Douglas Schmidt, scenic designer; Carrie Robbins, costume designer; Gary Marder, lighting designer.

Brian Shircliffe (Mark), Brittany Wheeler (Diana), Octavio Moreno (Laurentino), Saúl Avalos (Cucho), Cecilia Duarte (Renata), Vanessa Cerda-Alonzo (Lupita), David Guzmán (Rafael), Juan Mejia (Victor), Adrien Bautista (Young Rafael), Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán; Leonard Foglia, director; Keturah Stickann, choreographer; Leonard Foglia, scenic designer; Cesar Galindo, costume designer; Brian Nason, lighting designer.

Ferruccio Furlanetto (Thomas Becket), Allan Glassman (Herald), Joel Sorensen (First Tempter/First Knight), Malcolm MacKenzie (Second Tempter/Second Knight), Ashraf Sewailam (Third Tempter/Third Knight), Kevin Langan (Fourth Tempter/Fourth Knight), Greg Fedderly (First Priest), Kristopher Irmiter, (Second Priest) Gregory Reinhart (Third Priest), Susan Neves (First Chorister), Helene Schneiderman (Second Chorister), Donato Renzetti, conductor; Ian Campbell, director; Ralph Funicello, scenic designer; Denitsa Bliznakova, costume designer; Alan Burrett, lighting designer.

Latonia Moore (Aida), Jill Grove (Amneris), Walter Fraccaro (Radames), Mark S. Doss (Amonasro), Reinhard Hagen (Ramfis), Ashraf Sewailam (King) Greg Fedderly (Messenger), Priti Gandhi (High Priestess), Daniele Callegari, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; Kenneth von Heidecke, Choreographer; Zandra Rhodes, scenic and costume designer; Chris Maravich, lighting designer.

Sean Pannikar (Narraboth), Suzanna Guzmán (A Page), Jamie Offenbach (First Soldier), Philip Skinner (Second Soldier), Ashraf Sewailam (A Cappadocian), Greer Grimsley (John the Baptist), Lise Lindstrom (Salome), Patricia McAfee (A Slave), Allan Glassman (Herod), Irina Mishura (Herodias), Joseph Frank (First Jew), Doug Jones (Second Jew), Simeon Esper (Third Jew), Joseph Hu (Fourth Jew), Kristopher Irmiter (Fifth Jew), Scott Sikon (First Nazarene), Nick Munson (Second Nazarene), Steuart Bedford, conductor, Seán Curran, director; Bruno Schwengl, scenic and costume designer; Christopher Maravich, lighting designer.

Jonathan Lemalu (Queequeg), Jonathan Boyd (Greenhorn), Matthew O’Neill (Flask), Morgan Smith (Starbuck), Robert Orth (Stubb), Talise Trevigne (Pip), Ben Heppner (Captain Ahab - February 18, 2012), Jay Hunter Morris (Captain Ahab - February 21, 24 and 26, 2012), Ernest Pinamonti (Tashtego), Kenneth Anderson (Daggoo), Chad Frisque (Nantucket Sailor), James Schindler (Spanish Sailor), Malcolm Mackenzie (Captain Gardiner), Joseph Mechavich, conductor; Leonard Foglia, director; Robert Brill, scenic designer; Jane Greenwood, costume designer; Donald Holder, lighting designer.

John Del Carlo (Don Pasquale), Jeff Mattsey (Dr. Malatesta), Charles Castronovo (Ernesto), Danielle de Niese (Norina), David Marsham (Notary), Robert Dahey (Hopsing), Marco Guidarini, conductor; David Gately, director; Tony Fanning, scenic designer; Helen E. Rodgers, costume design; Harry Frehner, lighting design.

Renée Fleming, soprano, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor

Scott Sikon (Fiorello), John Osborn (Count Almaviva), Lucas Meachem (Figaro), Silvia Tro Santafé (Rosina), Carlos Chausson (Dr. Bartolo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Basilio), Suzanna Guzmán (Berta), Michael Blinco (Sergeant), Matthew Roehl (Ambrogio), Antonello Allemandi, conductor; Herbert Kellner, director; John Conklin, scenic designer; Michael Stennett, costume designer; Gary Marder, lighting designer.

Scott Sikon (A Mandarin), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Carlo Ventre (Calàf), Reinhard Hagen (Timur), Jeff Mattsey (Ping), Joel Sorensen (Pang), Joseph Hu (Pong), Joseph Frank (Emperor Altoum), Lise Lindstrom (Princess Turandot), Manuel Paz Castillo (Prince of Persia), Tiffany Carmel (Handmaiden), Anishka Lee-Skorepa (Handmaiden), Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; David Hockney, Scenic Designer; Ian Falconer, Costume Designer; Michael Whitfield, Lighting Designer.

Anke Vondung (Octavian), Twyla Robinson (The Marschallin), John Duykers (The Marschalllin’s Major Domo), Andrew Greenan (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau), Natalie Mann (Noble Orphan), Ava Baker Liss (Noble Orphan), Cherylyn Larson (Noble Orphan), Tiffany Carmel (A Milliner), Manuel Paz Castillo (An Animal Trainer), Joel Sorensen (Valzacchi), Stephen Costello (A Singer), Kevin Langan (A Notary/Police Commissioner), Helene Schneiderman (Annina), Hans-Joachim Ketelsen/Peter Strummer (4/12) (Herr von Faninal), Stephanie Weiss (Marianne Leitmetzerin), Simeon Esper (Von Faninal’s Major Domo/Innkeeper), Patrizia Ciofi (Sophie von Faninal), Andrew Bennett (Waiter), Stephen Branch (Waiter), Anthony Ballard (Waiter), Michael Blinco (Waiter), Matthew Roehl (Leopold), Francis Goonan (Mohamet); Christof Perick, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Thierry Bosquet, set and costume designer.

Stephen Costello (Faust), Greer Grimsley (Méphistophélès), Brian Mulligan (Valentin), Scott Sikon (Wagner), Sarah Castle (Siébel), Ailyn Pérez (Marguerite), Jane Bunnell (Marthe Schwerlein), Karen Keltner, conductor; David Gately, director; Robert Perdziola, scenic and costume design; Michael Whitfield, lighting design.

Scott Sikon (Morales), Talise Trevigne (Micaëla), Kevin Langan (Zuniga), Richard Leech (Don José), Nino Surguladze (Carmen), Rachel Copeland (Frasquita), Priti Gandhi (Mercédès), Wayne Tigges (Escamillo), Jeff Mattsey (Dancaïre), Joseph Hu (Remendado), Edoardo Müller, conductor; Sonja Frisell, director; John Conklin, scenic designer; Susan Memmott-Allred, costume designer; Gary Marder, lighting designer; Kristina Cobarrubia, choreographer.

Jeff Mattsey (Marcello), Piotr Beczala (Rodolfo), Alfred Walker (Colline), Malcolm MacKenzie (Schaunard), Scott Sikon (Benoit/Alcindor), Ellie Dehn (Mimì), Priti Gandhi (Musetta), Chad Frisque (Parpignol), David Marshman (Customs Guard), Christopher Stephens (Sergeant), Spike Sommers (Child); Karen Keltner, Conductor; E. Loren Meeker, Director; John Conklin, Scenic Designer; Martin Pakledinaz, Costume Designer; Michael Whitfield, Lighting Designer.

Raymond Aceto (Zaccaria), Arthur Shen (Ismaele), Susana Poretsky (Fenena), Sylvie Valayre (Abigaille), Richard Paul Fink (Nabucco), Priti Gandhi (Anna), Alfred Walker (High Priest of Baal), Joseph Hu (Abdallo); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Michael Yeargan, Scenic Designer; Jane Greenwood and Marie-Louis Waleck, Costume Designers; Michael Whitfield, Lighting Designer.

Joel Sorensen (Tybalt), Paul Hindemith (Count Paris), Scott Sikon (Count Capulet), Ailyn Pérez (Juliet), David Adam Moore (Mercutio), Stephen Costello (Romeo), Suzanna Guzmán (Gertrude), Malcolm MacKenzie (Gregorio), Kevin Langan (Friar Laurence), Sarah Castle (Stephano), Joseph Hu (Benvolio), Philip Skinner (Duke of Verona / Friar John); Karen Keltner, conductor; Cynthia Stokes, director; Eric Felding, Scenic Designer; Susan Memmott-Allred, Costume Designer; Ruth Hutson, Lighting Designer.

Elizabeth Futral (Violetta), Suzanna Guzmán (Flora), Kristopher Irmiter (Dr. Grenvil), Joseph Hu (Gaston), Scott Sikon (Marquis d’Obigny), Marius Brenciu (Alfredo Germont), Nicolai Janitzky (Baron Douphol), Rebecca Skaar (Annina), Nick Munson (Giuseppe), Alan Opie (Giorgio Germont), Michael Stephen Blinco (Messenger), Joe Pechota (Flora’s servant); Karen Keltner, conductor (April 17); Renato Palumbo, conductor (April 20, 23 and 25); Andrew Sinclair, director; John Conklin, Scenic Designer; David Walker, Costume Designer; Marie Barrett, Lighting Designer.

Sylvie Valayre (Tosca), Marcus Haddock (Cavaradossi), Greer Grimsley (Scarpia), Jamie Offenbach (Angelotti/Sciarrone), Scott Sikon (Sacristan), Joseph Hu (Spoletta), Laura Portune (Shepherd Boy), Samuel Spade (Jailer); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; Jean-Pierre Ponelle, scenic designer; Suzanne Mess, costume designer.

Ferruccio Furlanetto (Don Quixote), Denyce Graves (Dulcinea), Eduardo Chama (Sancho Panza), Joel Sorensen (Rodriguez), Bryan Register (Juan), Laura Portune (Pedro), Rebecca Skaar (Garcias), Hervé Blanquart (Bandit Chief), Bill Nolan (Bandit), Anthony Ballard (Bandit), Robert Taylor (Bandit), Joseph Grienenberger (Bandit) Will Earl Spanheimer (Servant), Samuel Spade (Servant),; Karen Keltner, conductor; Ian Campbell, director; Nicola Bowie, choreographer; Ralph Funicello, scenic designer; Missy West, costume designer.

Lado Ataneli (Rigoletto), Giuseppe Gipali (Duke of Mantua), L’ubica Vargicová (Gilda), Kirstin Chávez (Maddalena), Arutjun Kotchinian (Sparafucile), Joseph Hu (Borsa), Crystal Jarrell (Countess Ceprano/Page), Malcolm MacKenzie (Marullo), Samuel Spade (Count Ceprano), Scott Sikon (Count Monterone), Martha Jane Howe (Giovanna), David Marshman (Guard); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Keturah Stickann, choreographer; Carl Toms, scenic and costume designer.

Anthony Dean Griffey (Peter Grimes), Jennifer Casey Cabot (Ellen Orford), Rod Gilfry (Captain Balstrode), John Del Carlo (Swallow), Andrew Collis (Hobson), Kristopher Irmiter (Ned Keene), Joseph Frank (Rev. Horace Adams), Greg Fedderly (Bob Boles), Judith Christin (Auntie), Priya Palekar (Niece), Priti Gandhi (Niece), Janice Meyerson (Mrs. Sedley), Steuart Bedford, conductor; John Copley, director; Carl Toms, scenic designer; Tanya Moiseiwitsch, costume designer.

Patricia Racette (Cio-Cio-San), Carlo Ventre (B.F. Pinkerton), Suzanna Guzmán (Suzuki), Malcolm MacKenzie (Sharpless), Joseph Hu (Goro), Joe Pechota (Imperial Commissioner), Tom Oberjat (Registrar), Scott Sikon (The Bonze), Jason Detwiler (Prince Yamadori), Crystal Jarrell (Kate Pinkerton), Billy Temple (Trouble); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Garnett Bruce, director; Michael Yeargan, scenic designer; Anita Yavich, costume designer.

Petra Lang (Venus), Robert Gambill (Tannhäuser) Laura Portune (Shepherd Boy), Reinhard Hagen (Landgraf Hermann), Martin Zysset (Walter von der Vogelweide), Andrew Greenan (Biterolf), Russell Braun (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Simeon Esper (Heinrich der Schreiber), Scott Sikon (Reinmar von Zweter), Camilla Nylund (Elisabeth), Victoria Esper (Noble Page), Julia Teal Kermott (Noble Page), Amber Lister (Noble Page), Elena Vizuet (Noble Page); Gabor Örtvás, conductor; Michael Hampe, director; Nicola Bowie, choreographer; Günther Schneider-Siemssen and James Mulder, scenic and projection designers; Patricia Zipprodt, costume designer.

Kate Aldrich (Elizabeth), Reinhard Hagen (Talbot), Andrew Greenan (Lord Cecil), Yeghishe Manucharyan (Earl of Leicester), Susanna Poretsky (Anna), Angela Gilbert/Ermanelo Jaho(Feb 16)(Mary, Queen of Scots); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; Ming Cho Lee, scenic designer; Ingeborg Bernerth, costume designer.

Richard Leech (Turiddu), Carter Scott (Santuzza), Judith Christin (Mamma Lucia), Bruno Caproni/Mark Rucker (March 25 and 28) (Alfio), Sarah Castle (Lola); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; John Coyne, scenic designer; Ed Kotanen, costume designer.

Bruno Caproni /Mark Rucker (March 25 and 28) (Tonio), José Cura (Canio), Simeon Esper (Beppe), Elizabeth Futral (Nedda), Scott Hendricks (Silvio); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; John Coyne, scenic designer; Ed Kotanen, costume designer.

Reinhard Hagen (Ramfis), Carlo Ventre (Radames), Mariana Pentcheva (Amneris), Indra Thomas (Aida), José Gallisa (King of Egypt), Kenneth Morris (Messenger), Priti Gandhi (Priestess), Mark Rucker (Amonasro); Valéry Ryvkin, conductor; Garnett Bruce, director; Kenneth von Heidecke, choreographer; Michael Yeargan, scenic designer; Peter J. Hall, costume designer.

Malcolm MacKenzie (Zurga), Charles Castronovo (Nadir), Ekaterina Siurina (Leïla), José Gallisa (Nourabad); Karen Keltner, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; John Malashock, choreographer; Zandra Rhodes, scenic and costume designer.

Ferruccio Furlanetto (Boris Godunov), Vitalij Kowaljow (Pimen), Jay Hunter Morris (Dimitri/Grigori), Allan Glassman (Prince Shuisky), Mikhail Svetlov (Varlaam), Inna Dukach (Xenia), Lisa Agazzi (Feodor), Nicolai Janitzky (Thchelkalov), Joseph Frank (Missail), Judith Christin (Hostess of the Inn), Doug Jones (The Simpleton), Martha Jane Howe (Old Nurse), Louis Lebherz (Policeman); Valéry Ryvkin, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Robert Dahlstrom, set and costume design.

Clifton Forbis (Samson), Denyce Graves (Delilah) Greer Grimsley (High Priest of Dagon), Philip Skinner (Abimelech), José Gallisa (Old Hebrew), Brian Register (First Philistine), Scott Sikon (Second Philistine), Joseph Hu (Messenger); Karen Keltner, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Douglas Schmidt, set design; Carrie Robbins, costume design; Ken von Heidecke, choreography.

Paoletta Marrocu (Leonora), Darío Volonté/Eduardo Villa (April 4) (Manrico), Alexandru Agache (Count di Luna), Marianne Cornetti (Azucena), Hao Jiang Tian (Ferrando), Joseph Hu (Ruiz/Messenger); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Stephen Lawless, director; Benoit Dugardyn, set design; Martin Pakledinaz, costume design.

Franz Hawlata (Wozzeck), Nina Warren (Marie), Chris Merritt (The Captain), Dean Peterson (The Doctor), Jay Hunter Morris (Drum Major), Joel Sorensen (Andres), Susana Poretsky (Margret), Joseph Frank (Idiot); Karen Keltner, conductor; Des McAnuff, director; Robert Brill, set design; Catherine Zuber, costume design.

Pamela Armstrong (Countess Almaviva), Mariusz Kwiecien (Count Almaviva), Richard Bernstein (Figaro), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Susanna), Sarah Castle (Cherubino), Delores Zeigler (Marcellina), Kevin Langan (Dr. Bartolo), Martin Zysset (Basilio), Scott Sikon (Antonio), Joseph Hu (Don Curzio), Priya Palekar (Barbarina); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Linda Brovsky, director; Zack Brown, set and costume design.

Kirstin Chávez (Rosina), Lawrence Brownlee (Almaviva), Christopher Maltman (Figaro), Eduardo Chama (Bartolo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Basilio), Judith Christin (Berta), James Scott Sikon (Fiorello), J. Sherwood Montgomery (Ambrogio), Robert Taylor (Sergeant); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Desmond Heeley, sets and costumes.

Angela Gilbert (Lucia), Richard Leech (Edgardo), Dalibor Jenis (Enrico), Reinhard Hagen (Raimondo), Kenneth Morris (Normanno), Brian Register (Arturo), Kathleen Halm (Alisa); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; Henry Bardon, set designer; Peter J. Hall, costume designer.

Marina Domashenko (Carmen), César Hernández (Don José), Malcolm MacKenzie (Escamillo), Barbara Divis (Micaëla), Jeff Mattsey (Dancaire), Malinda Haslett (Frasquita), Lisa Agazzi (Mercedes), James Scott Sikon (Morales), Beau Palmer (Remendado); Karen Keltner, conductor; Mark Lamos, director; Michael Yeargan, set designer; Francois St. Aubin, costume designer; Juanita Franco, choreographer.

Ewa Podles (Julius Caesar), Lisa Saffer (Cleopatra), Vivica Genaux (Sesto), Suzanna Guzman (Cornelia), Brian Asawa (Tolomeo), Alfred Walker (Achilla), James Scott Sikon (Curio), Mark Crayton (Nireno); Kenneth Montgomery, conductor; John Copley, director; John Pascoe, set designer; Michael Stennet, costume designer.

Ute Selbig (Pamina), Cheryl Evans (Queen of the Night), Rainer Trost (Tamino), Paul Armin Edelmann (Papageno), Siphiwe McKenize (Papagena), Daniel Borowski (Sarastro), Reinhard Dorn (Speaker), Martin Zysset (Monostatos), Barbara Divis (First Lady), Priti Gandhi (Second Lady), Lisa Agazzi (Third Lady), Stacey Fraser (May 6)/ Priya Palekar (First Genie), Sylvia Wen (Second Genie), Diana Tash (Third Genie), Joseph Hu (Second Priest), Kenneth Morris (First Armed Man), James Scott Sikon (Second Armed Man); Christof Perick, conductor; Michael Hampe, director; Michael Hampe and Alberto Andreis, set designer; Zandra Rhodes, costume designer.

John Osborn (Alfred), Siphiwe McKenzie (Adele), Noëmi Nadelmann (Rosalinde), Peter Edelmann (Eisenstein), Joseph Frank (Dr. Blind), Paul Armin Edelmann (Dr. Falke), John Del Carlo (Frank), Diana Tash (Ida), Dean Peterson (Ivan), Brian Asawa (Orlofsky), J. Sherwood Montgomery (Frosch); Valéry Ryvkin, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Peggy Hickey, choreographer; Wolfram Skalicki, set designer; Thierry Bosquet, costume designer.

Michael Schade (Ferrando), Russell Braun (Guglielmo), Dean Peterson (Don Alfonso), Jennifer Casey Cabot (Fiordiligi), Phyllis Pancella (Dorabella), Sheryl Woods (Despina); Karen Keltner, conductor; Leon Major, director; Allen Moyer, set designer; David O. Roberts, costume designer.

Lado Ataneli (Simon Boccanegra), Anja Harteros (Amelia), Arutjun Kotchinian (Jacopo Fiesco), Carlo Ventre (Gabriele), James Westman (Paolo), John Marcus Bindel (Pietro); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director, John Coyne, set designer; Anna Marie Heinrich, costume designer.

Margaret Lattimore (Erika), James Scott Sikon (Nicholas), Carol Vaness (Vanessa), John McVeigh (Anatol), Judith Forst (Baroness), Richard Stilwell (Doctor); Karen Keltner, conductor; Garnett Bruce, director; Michael Yeargan, set designer; Martin Pakledinaz, costume designer.

Scott Hendricks (Marcello), Richard Leech (Rodolfo), Andrew Collis (Colline), James Scott Sikon (Schaunard), Ryan Allen (Benoit/Alcindoro), Fabiana Bravo (Mimì), Ute Selbig (Musetta), Tom Oberjat (Parpignol)/Juan Carlos Acosta (Parpignol on 5/13), Tom Corbeil (Customs Guard), William Nolan (Sergeant); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Ian D. Campbell, director; John Conklin, set designer; Martin Pakledinaz, costume designer.

Ludmila Ivanova, piano

Anna Shafajinskaia (Turandot), Dario Volonté (Calaf), Ai-Lan Zhu (Liu), Maxim Mikhailov (Timur), Scott Hendricks (Ping), Beau Palmer (Pang), Joseph Hu (Pong), Joseph Frank (Emperor), Joe Pechota (Mandarin); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; David Hockney, set design; Ian Falconer, costume design.

Isabel Bayrakdarian (Leïla), Michael Schade (Nadir), Russell Braun (Zurga), José Gallisa (Nourabad); Karen Keltner, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; Zandra Rhodes, production design (sets and costumes).

Sergej Larin (Don Carlo), Sondra Radvanovsky (Queen Elizabeth), Ferruccio Furlanetto (King Philip), Rod Gilfry (Marquis of Posa), Mariana Pentcheva (Princess Eboli), Louis Lebherz (Grand Inquisitor), Joseph Hu (Count Lerma), Daniel Borowski (Monk), Laura Portune (Tebaldo, Celestial Voice). Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Zack Brown, production design.

Patricia Racette (Katya Kabanova), Raymond Very (Boris Grigorievitch), Jay Hunter Morris (Tichon Kabanov), James Scott Sikon (Pavel Dikoi), Dame Josephine Barstow (Marfa Kabanicha), Priti Gandhi (Varvara), Doug Jones (Vanya Kudriash), Nicolai Janitzky (Kuligin), Kelly Gebhardt ( Glasha), Ilse Apéstegui (Feklusha). John Fiore, conductor; Ian Campbell, director; Jane LaMotte, set design.

Anja Harteros (Violetta), Richard Troxell (Alfredo), James Westman (Germont), James Scott Sikon (Marquis), Kelly Gebhardt (Flora), Ilse Apestegui (Annina), Joseph Hu (Gaston), Nicolai Janitzky (Douphol), Ethan Herschefeld (Dr. Grenvil), Chad Frisque (Giuseppe). Edoardo Müller, conductor; Ian Campbell, director; John Conklin, set design; David Walker, costume design.

Ania Marchwinska, piano

Carolyn Maule, piano

Larissa Gergieva, piano

Martin Zysset (Jaquino), Ute Selbig (Marzelline), Reinhard Hagen (Rocco), Eva Johansson (Leonore), Greer Grimsley (Pizarro), Chad Frisque (First prisoner), James Newman (Second prisoner), John Keyes (Florestan), Pavel Daniluk (Don Fernando), Christof Perick, conductor, Michael Hampe, stage director, John Gunter, set/costume designer

Pavel Daniluk (Oroveso), Hugh Smith (Pollione), Beau Palmer (Flavio), Galina Gorchakova (Norma), Mariana Pentcheva (Adalgisa), Richard Bonynge, conductor, John Copley, stage director, John Conklin, set/costume designer

Dame Josephine Barstow (Madame Lisette Raquin), Kirstin Chávez (Thérèse Raquin), Gordon Gietz (Camille Raquin), Christopher Maltman (Laurent), Sheryl Woods (Suzanne Michaud), Kevin Langan (Olivier Michaud), Peter Kazaras (Monsieur Grivet), Karen Keltner, conductor, Herbert Kellner, stage director, Marie-Jeanne Lecca, set/costume designer

James Scott Sikon (Montano), Richard Troxell (Cassio), Alexandru Agache (Iago), Joseph Hu (Roderigo), Sergej Larin (Otello), Marina Mescheriakova (Desdemona), Priti Gandhi (Emilia), David Marshman (Herald), Julien Robbins (Lodovico), Edoardo Müller, conductor, Sonja Frisell, stage director, Zack Brown, set/costume designer

Richard Leech (B.F. Pinkerton), Joseph Hu (Goro), Mika Shigematsu (Suzuki), Stephen Powell (Sharpless), Chen Sue Panariello (Cio-Cio-San), Joe Pechota (Imperial Commissioner), Tom Oberjat (Registrar), James Scott Sikon (The Bonze), Gregorio Gonzalez (Prince Yamadori), Laura Portune (Kate Pinkerton), Edoardo Müller, conductor, Francesca Zambello, original stage direction, Garnett Bruce, stage director, Michael Yeargan, set designer, Anita Yavich, costume designer

Andrew Smith, piano

Frank Porretta (Duke), Beau Palmer (Borsa), Eva-Maria Clements (Ceprano's wife), Mark Rucker (Rigoletto), Malcolm MacKenzie (Marullo), Jamie Offenbach (Ceprano), James Scott Sikon (Monterone), Jeffrey Wells (Sparafucile), Maureen O'Flynn (Gilda), Megan Dey-Tóth (Giovanna), Suzanne Lustgarten (Page), Suzanna Guzmán (Maddalena), William Nolan (Guard), Karen Keltner, conductor, Bruce Beresford, original production, Christopher Harlan, stage director, Jean Isaacs, choreographer, John Stoddart, set designer, Johann Stegmeir, costume designer.

Rosemary Joshua (Ginevra), Christine Brandes (Dalinda), David Walker (Polinesso), Vivica Genaux (Ariodante), Julien Robbins (King of Scotland), Andrew Truett (Odoardo), Bruce Fowler (Lurcanio), Kenneth Montgomery, conductor, John Copley, stage director, Kenneth von Heidecke, choreographer, John Conklin, set designer, Michael Stennett, costume designer.

Blair McMillan, piano

Jamie Offenbach (Angelotti/Sciarrone), François Loup (Sacristan), Richard Leech (Cavaradossi), Galina Gorchakova (Tosca), Kimm Julian (Scarpia), Joseph Hu (Spoletta), Robert Olson (Shepherd Boy), Joe Pechota (Jailer), Edoardo Müller, conductor, Ian Campbell, stage director, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, set designer, Suzanne Mess and Ray Diffen, costume designer.

Bruno Praticò (Don Pasquale), Christopher Schaldenbrand (Malatesta), Matthew Polenzani (Ernesto), Ying Huang (Norina), David Marshman (Notary), Edoardo Müller, conductor, David Gately, stage director, Tony Fanning, set designer, Helen E. Rodgers, costume designer

Daniel Sumegi (Daland), Joseph Hu (Steersman), Robert Hale (The Dutchman), Ilse Apéstegui (Mary), Rita Cullis (Senta), John Keyes (Erik), Karen Keltner, conductor, David Edwards, director, Constantinos Kritikos, set designer, Zack Brown, costume designer

John Osborn (Tamino), Barbara Divis (First Lady), Priti Gandhi (Second Lady), Suzanna Guzmán (Third Lady), Johannes Mannov*(Papageno), Yan-Guang Cui* (Queen of the Night), Peter Blanchet (Monostatos), Jennifer Casey Cabot (Pamina), Sylvia Wen (First Genie), Suzanne Lustgarten (Second Genie), Eva-Maria Clements (Third Genie), Daniel Sumegi (Speaker), Beau Palmer (Second Priest), Kevin Langan (Sarastro), Todd Geer (First Armed Man), Ryan Allen (Second Armed Man), Annelies Chapman (Papagena), John Fiore, conductor, Michael Hampe, director and set designer, Zandra Rhodes*, costume designer, Alberto Andreis, co-set designer.

Izabela Labuda (Marguerite), Zheng Cao (Siébel), Judith Christin (Marthe), Octavio Arevalo* (Faust), Jeff Mattsey (Valentin), William Nolan (Wagner), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Méphistophélès), Ricahrd Bonynge, conductor, Linda Brovsky, director, Earl Stalaey, production designer.

Dean Peterson (Rucker Lattimore), Patricia Racette (Love Simpson), Cynthia Clayton (Mary Willis Tweedy), Beth Clayton (Loma Williams), John McVeigh (Will Tweedy), Megan Weston (Lightfoot McClendon), Joel Sorensen (Camp Williams), Judith Christin (Effie Belle Tate), Martha Jane Howe (Thelma Predmore), Chris Thompson (Hosie Roach), Stephen Powell (Clayton McAllister) John Edwards (Luther/Rufus Buford), James Scott Sikon (Dr. Lomax/Sheriff), Barbara Divis (Lula), Lori Stinson (Myrtis), Todd Geer (Mayor), Karen Keltner, conductor, Bruce Beresford, original stage direction, Garnett Bruce, stage director, Michael Yeargan, production designer.

Ute Selbig (Ilia), Ruxandra Donose (Idamante), Kathleen Halm (First Cretan Girl), Eva-Maria Clements (Second Cretan Girl), Andrew Truett (First Trojan Man), David Marshman (Second Trojan Man), Carol Vaness (Elettra), Todd Geer (Arbace), Scott Wyatt (Idomeneo), Joseph Hu ( High Priest), Dean Elzinga (Voice of Neptune), Edoardo Müller, conductor, Lofti Mansouri, director, John Conklin, set designer, Michael Stennett, costume designer.

Hao Jiang Tian (Ramfis), Richard Margison (Radames), Marianne Cornetti (Amneris), Elena Zelenskaya (Aida), Dean Elzinga (King of Egypt), Kenneth Morris (Messenger), Kathleen Halm (Priestess), Haijing Fu (Amonasro), Edoardo Müller, conductor, Andrew Sinclair, stage director, John Malashock, choreographer, Michael Yeargan, set designer, Peter J. Hall, costume designer.

Civic Theatre: Elena Zelenskaya, Soprano; Marianne Cornetti, Mezzo-soprano; Richard Leech, Tenor; Dean Peterson, Bass-baritone; San Diego Opera Orchestra and Chorus; San Diego Master Chorale; Edoardo Müller, Conductor.

Sports Arena: Leone Magiera, conductor

Ted Taylor, piano

Sondra Radvanovsky (Leonora), Patricia McAfee(Inez), Kathryn Day (Azucena), Richard Margison (Manrico), Peter Blanchet (Ruiz), Richard Zeller (di Luna), Brian Matthews(Ferrando); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Ian Campbell, director; John David Peters, sets; John Conklin, costumes

Eva Johansson (Elsa), Mariana Pentcheva (Ortrud), John Keyes (Lohengrin), Greer Grimsley (Telramund), Reinhard Hagen(Heinrich), Kimm Julian (King's herald); John Klacka, Michael Frees, David Marshman, Daniel Koehn (nobles of Brabant); Suzanne Lustgarten, Patricia McAfee, Eva Clements, Lois Myers (Pages); Heinz Fricke, conductor; Andrew Sinclair, director; John Napier, sets/costumes

Julius Tilghman, piano

Deborah Riedel (Anna), Jennifer Casey Cabot (Elvira), Eirian James (Zerlina), Gregory Kunde (Ottavio), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Giovanni), Michael Chioldi (Masetto), Louis Lebherz (Commendatore), Reinhard Dorn (Leporello); Leopold Hager, conductor; Michael Hampe, director; Michael Hampe, sets; Carlo Diappi, costumes

Sheryl Woods (Blanche), Elizabeth Futral (Stella), Suzanna Guzmán (Eunice Hubble), Anthony Dean Griffey (Mitch), Jeffrey Lentz (Newspaper boy), David Okerlund (Stanley), James Scott Sikon (Steve Hubble); Karen Keltner, conductor; Brad Dalton, director; Michael Yeargan, sets/costumes

Izabela Labuda (Mimì), Cynthia Clayton (Musetta), Fernando de la Mora (Rodolfo), Joe Sundstrom (Parpignol), Hector Vasquez (Marcello), Oziel Garza-Ornelas (Schaunard), Kevin Langan (Colline), James Scott Sikon (Benoit/Alcindoro), Harold Skelly (customs guard), Joe Pechota (sergeant); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Sharon Ott, director; John Conklin, sets; Martin Pakledinaz, costumes

Iain Burnside, piano

Klaus Donath, piano

Deborah Riedel (Alice Ford), Annelies Chapman (Nanetta), Carla Wood (Mistress Page), Sharon Graham (Quickly), Bruce Fowler (Fenton), Paul Ferris (Caius), Peter Blanchet (Bardolph), Phillip Joll (Falstaff), David Malis (Ford), Ryan Allen (Pistol); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Ian Campbell*, director; Peter Dean Beck, sets; Charles R. Caine, costumes

Diane Alexander (Curley's Wife), Anthony Dean Griffey (Lennie), Joel Sorensen (Curley), Beau Palmer (Carlson), John Bellemer (Ballad Singer), Erich Parce (George), Stephen Powell (Slim), Kenneth Cox (Candy); Karen Keltner, conductor; Rhoda Levine, director; John Conklin, sets; Jess Goldstein, costumes

Katarina Dalaymann, Thomas Sunnegårdh, Kenneth Cox, soloists; Heinz Fricke, conductor

Barbara Shirvis (Fiordiligi), Sheryl Woods (Despina), Margaret Lattimore (Dorabella), John Osborn (Ferrando), Stephen Powell (Guglielmo), Francois Loup (Don Alfonso); Peter Erckens*, conductor; Leon Major, director; Allen Moyer, sets; David O. Roberts, costumes

Clare Gormley (Gretel), Evelyn de la Rosa (dew fairy/sandman), Jane Bunnell (Hansel), RoseMarie Freni (Gertrude), Adria Firestone (Witch), James Maddalena (Peter); Karen Keltner, conductor; Frank Corsaro/Amy Hutchinson, director; Maruice Sendak, designer

Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet (Amelia), Elisabeth Comeaux (Oscar), Barbara Dever (Ulrica), Richard Leech (Riccardo/Gustavus), Mark Rucker (Renato), Joseph Hu (servant/judge), James Scott Sikon (Silvano/Christiano), Alexander Anisimov (Sam/Count Horn), David Downing (Tom/Count Ribbing); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Michael Hampe, director; Ezio Frigerio, sets; Mauro Pagano, costumes

Martin Dubé, piano

Ellen Rabiner (Berta), Vivica Genaux (Rosina), Bruce Fowler (Almaviva), Richard Byrne (Jan 24, 27)/ Robert Orth (Jan 30, Feb 1m, 4) (Figaro), John Del Carlo (Bartolo), Julien Robbins (Basilio), Duane McDevitt (Fiorello), Bob Borntrager (Ambrogio), Joseph Grienenberger (officer), William Doyle(notary); Karen Keltner, conductor; Michael Hampe, director; Mauro Pagano, set and costume designer

Kristine Ciesinski (Salome); Katherine Ciesinski (Herodias); Emily Manhart (Page); Patricia McAfee (slave); Alan Woodrow (Herod); Richard Brunner (Narraboth); Robert Hayward (Jochanaan); Joseph Frank, Alan Fischer, Douglas Perry, Melvin Lowery, Stephen Morscheck (five Jews); David Downing (First Nazarene); Andrew Richards (Second Nazarene); James Scott Sikon (First soldier); Philip Skinner (Second soldier); Philip Larson (a Cappadocian); Karen Keltner, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Allen Charles Klein, designer

Yoko Watanabe (Cio-Cio-San), Zheng Cao (Suzuki), Catherine Ireland (Kate), Fernando de la Mora (Pinkerton), Douglas Perry (Goro), Kim Josephson (Sharpless), James Scott Sikon (The Imperial Commissioner), Roberto Gomez (Yamadori), David Downing (Bonze); Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor; Francesca Zambello/ Garnett Bruce, director; Michael Yeargan, sets; Anita Yavich*, costumes

Rosemary Joshua (Juliet), Kate Butler (Stephano), Martha Jane Howe (Gertrude), Richard Leech (Romeo), Beau Palmer (Tybalt), Jeff Mattsey (Mercutio), Duane McDevitt (Gregorio), David Downing (Duke of Verona), James Scott Sikon (Capulet), Mark S. Doss (Friar Lawrence), Joe Pechota (Paris), Joseph Hu (Benvolio), David Marshman (Friar John); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Pasquale Grossi, sets; Allen Charles Klein, costume and lighting designer

Emily Magee (Countess), Ute Selbig*(Susanna), Catherine Ireland (Barbarina), Margaret Lattimore (Cherubino), Judith Christin (Marcellina), Marcia Whittier, Sandra Camarena (peasant girls), Francis Egerton (Basilio/Curzio), Rod Gilfry (Count), Andrew Wentzel (Figaro), Francois Loup (Bartolo), James Scott Sikon (Antonio); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lesley Koenig, director; Zack Brown, set and costume designer

James Levine, conductor
Vadim Repin, violin

William Vendice, piano

Cynthia Clayton (Micaëla), Sylvia Wen (Frasquita), Adria Firestone (Carmen), Sarah Blaze (Mercedes), Richard Leech (Don José), Beau Palmer (Remendado), Louis Otey (Escamillo), James Butler (Zuniga), Roberto Gomez (Morales), Stephen Powell (Dancaire); Richard Bonynge, conductor; James de Blasis, director; John Conklin, sets; Peter J. Hall, costumes

Anita De Simone (Elvira), Vivica Genaux (Isabella), Ava Baker Liss (Zulma), Bruce Fowler (Lindoro), Reinhard Dorn* (Taddeo), James Butler (Haly), John Del Carlo (Mustafá); Karen Keltner, conductor; Leon Major, director; Zack Brown, sets/costumes

World Premiere
Elizabeth Hynes (Elena), Kerry O'Brien (Ghost of Leonora), Vivica Genaux (Isabel), Adria Firestone (Francisca), Diane Winterton (Catalina), Richelle Marie Triglia (Mariana), Lee Jessica Froelich (Leonor), Chelsea Basler (Anica), Jerry Hadley (Luis), Beau Palmer (Alvaro), John Duykers (Chief Inquisitor), Louis Otey (the Viceroy), James Scott Sikon (Baltasar), David Downing (Gaspar), Stephen Powell (Felipe Núñez), Philip Larson (Machado), Duane McDevitt (Dr. Ribera), Kenneth Cox (Sahagún), Casey McKinley (Miguel), Scot Fagerland (Jorge), Mark Loewen (Antonio), John Slivon (Officer), Walter Du Melle (Merchant), David Shaffer (Landowner); Karen Keltner, conductor; Sharon Ott, director; Kent Dorsey, sets; Deborah Dryden, costumes

Deborah Riedel (Violetta), Patricia McAfee (Annina), Carter Scott (Flora), Jorge Lopez- Yañez (Alfredo), Joseph Hu (Gaston), Richard Zeller (Germont), Duane McDevitt (Douphol), David Downing (Grenvil), James Scott Sikon (Marchese d'Obigny), John Slivon (Giuseppe), Jeffrey L. Shipman (servant), Walter Du Melle (messenger); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; John Conklin, sets; David Walker, costumes

Edoardo Müller, conductor

Jane Eaglen (Turandot), Ai-Lan Zhu (Liù), Diane Winterton, Deanna Barraza (Handmaidens), Richard Margison (Calaf), Alan Fischer (Altoum), Beau Palmer (Pang), Joseph Hu (Pong), Stephen Powell (Ping), Roberto Gomez (Mandarin), Kevin Langan (Timur), Chad Berlinghieri (Prince of Persia); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; David Hockney, sets; Ian Falconer, costumes

Steven Blier, piano

Nelly Miricioiu (Tosca), Casey McKinley(shepherd), César Hernández (Cavaradossi), Alan Fischer (Spoletta), James Morris (Scarpia), Roberto Gomez (sacristan), David Downing (Angelotti/Sciarrone), Philip Larson (jailer); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Deborah Riedel (Adina), Sylvia Wen (Giannetta), Patrick Power (Nemorino), David Malis (Belcore), Andrew Shore* (Dulcamara); Karen Keltner, conductor; John Cox, director; Roger Butlin, sets; Stephen Brimson-Lewis, costumes

Sheryl Woods (Celia), Débria Brown (Nicey), Deanna Barraza (girl), Erich Parce (Wade), Beau Palmer (Lt. Patrick), David Downing (Riddle), Joseph Evans (Wardlaw), John Duykers (Pratt), Michel Warren Bell (Judge Bell), Julian Patrick (Townsend), William Nolan (wounded soldier/Branch), Daniel S. Leal (Union leaguer); Ryan Lowe, Joseph Grienenberger (soldiers); David Downing (Rector); Joseph Sundstrom, Walter Du Melle (carpetbaggers); Arthur Wheatfall (senator); Kaira Cooper, Remy Abraham, Epherium Morgan, Warren Nolan (youths); Kenneth Montgomery, conductor; Carlisle Floyd, director; Günther Schneider-Siemssen, sets; Allen Charles Klein, costumes

Evelyn de la Rosa (Clorinda), Margaret Lattimore (Cinderella), Carter Scott (Tisbe), Bradley Williams (Don Ramiro), Erich Parce (Dandini), François Loup (Don Magnifico), Kevin Langan (Alidoro); Karen Keltner, conductor; Linda Brovsky, director; Claude Girard/ Bernard Uzan, sets/costumes

Michèle Crider* (Aida), Sherri Dukes Williams (high priestess), Stefania Kaluza (Amneris), Lando Bartolini (Radames), Mark Rucker (Amonasro), Hao Jiang Tian (Ramfis), Andrew Wentzel (King), Matthew Bitetti (messenger); Michelangelo Veltri, conductor; Dejan Miladinovic, director; Michael Yeargan, sets; Peter J. Hall, costumes

Renée Fleming (Rusalka), Adrienne Dugger (foreign princess), Carter Scott (Jezibaba); Judith Lovath, Manhua Zhan, Annette Daniels (nymphs); Neil Rosenshein (Prince), Mark S. Doss (Water Sprite), Roberto Gomez (hunter); Albert Rosen, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Günther Schneider-Siemssen, sets; Dietmar Solt, costumes

Martile Rowland (Lucia), Sarah Blaze (Alisa), Ramón Vargas (Edgardo), Joseph Hu (Arturo), Beau Palmer (Normanno), Haijing Fu (Enrico), Richard Vernon (Raimondo); Willie Anthony Waters, conductor; Johnathon Pape, director; Neil Peter Jampolis, sets; Peter J. Hall, costumes

Marquita Lister/Charlae Olaker (9, 11m, 12) (Bess), Luvenia Garner/Angela R. Simpson (9, 11m, 12) (Serena), Kimberly Jones (Clara), Ann Duquesnay (Maria), Sabrina Carten (Annie), Lou Ann Pickett (Lily), Hope Briggs (strawberry woman), Larry Marshall (Sportin' Life), Alvy Powell/Terry Cook (9, 11m, 12) (Porgy), Stacey Robinson/Lester Lynch (8, 10, 11)/Jeffrey La Var (12) (Crown), Elex Lee Van (Jake), Keith Crawford (Frazier), Barron Coleman (Mingo), Richard Taylor (Robbins), Stanley Jackson (Peter), Mathew J. Minor (Jim), Henry Jones (Undertaker), John Lesane (Nelson), David Lee Brewer (crab man), Charles Sanders (detective), Russell Johnson (coroner), Richard Taylor (African drummer); John deMain/Douglas Fisher (12), conductor; Hope Clarke, director; Kenneth Foy, sets; Judy Dearing, costumes; co-production with Houston Grand Opera

Craig Rutenberg, piano

Rosalind Plowright (Lady Macbeth), Patricia McAfee (nurse); E.J. Mout, Erick Rarick (apparitions); Antonio Barasorda (Macduff), Roman Tsymbala (Malcolm), Michael Stevens (servant/herald), Timothy Noble (Macbeth), Ronald Banks (assassin/apparition), Kenneth Cox (Banquo), Philip Larson (Doctor); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Davis West, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Patricia Racette (Mimì), Rosemary Musoleno (Musetta), Richard Leech (Rodolfo), Daniel S. Leal (Parpignol), Mark Oswald (Marcello), Jeff Mattsey (Schaunard), Yanni Yannissis (Colline), James Scott Sikon (Benoit/Alcindoro), David Shaffer (customs guard), Ronald Banks (sergeant); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lesley Koenig, director; John Conklin, sets; Martin Pakledinaz, costumes

Enrique Ricci, piano

Renée Fleming (Tatiana), Kathleen Hegierski (Olga), Martha Jane Howe (Larina), Débria Brown (Filipievna), Hans Peter Blochwitz (Lenski), Douglas Perry (Triquet), Jeffrey Black (Onegin), Stefan Szkafarowsky (Gremin), David Downing (captain/Zaretski); Kenneth Montgomery, conductor; John Copley, director; Robin Don, sets; Michael Stennett, costumes

Sheryl Woods (Gilda), Sarah Blaze (Countess Ceprano/page), Martha Jane Weaver (Giovanna), Suzanna Guzmán (Maddalena), Fernando de la Mora (the Duke), Beau Palmer (Borsa), Haijing Fu (Rigoletto), David Downing (Marullo), Michael L. Morgan (Ceprano), James Scott Sikon (Monterone), Valentin Peytchinov (Sparafucile); Elio Boncompagni, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Zack Brown, sets/costumes

United States Premiere
North American Voices Project
Encarnación Vásquez (Beatriz), Ellen Rabiner (Isabella); Patricia Minton, Andrea Mays, Diane Winterton (off-stage voices); Fernando de la Mora (Giovanni), Ignacio Clapés (Dr. Baglioni), Oscar Sámano (Dr. Rappaccini); Eduardo Diazmuñoz, conductor; Johnathon Pape, director; John Conklin, sets; Barbara Bush, costumes

Deborah Riedel* (Amina), Patricia McAfee (Teresa), Sylvia Wen (Lisa), Ramón Vargas (Elvino), Julien Robbins (Rodolfo), James Wood (Alessio), Adam Russell (notary); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Leon Major, director; Zack Brown, sets/costumes

Nova Thomas (Olympia/Giulietta/Antonia/Stella), Jean Rigby (Nicklaus/muse), Patricia McAfee (voice of Antonia's mother), Jerry Hadley (Hoffmann), Graeme Ewer* (Andrés/Cochenille/Pittichinaccio/Frantz), César Ulloa (Nathanael/Spalanzani), James Wood (Hermann/Schlemil), Louis Otey (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dapertutto/Dr. Miracle), Herbert Eckhoff (Luther/Crespel); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Günther Schneider-Siemssen, sets; Hill Reihs-Gromes, costumes

Leone Magiera, conductor

Delores Ziegler (Rosina), Ellen Rabiner (Berta), Don Bernardini (Almaviva), Jeffrey Black/David Malis (29) (Figaro), François Loup (Bartolo), Kevin Langan (Don Basilio), Roberto Gomez (Fiorello), Barry Dennen/Christopher Harlan (31m) (Ambrogio), Edward Badrak (officer); Edoardo Müller, conductor; John Copley, director; John Conklin, sets; Michael Stennett, costumes

Elizabeth Hynes (Cio-Cio-San), Yun Deng (Suzuki), Sarah Blaze (Kate), César Hernández (Pinkerton), Douglas Perry (Goro), Richard Stilwell (Sharpless), Scott Raines (commissioner), Roberto Gomez (Yamadori), Joseph Grienenberger (registrar), Michel Warren Bell (Bonze); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Adelaide Bishop, director; John Scheffler, sets; Zack Brown, costumes

Rita Cullis (Anna), Patricia Schuman (Elvira), Emily Manhart (Zerlina), Hans Peter Blochwitz (Ottavio), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Giovanni), Victor Ledbetter (Masetto), John Macurdy (Commendatore), Dean Peterson (Leporello); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Carl-Friedrich Oberle, sets/costumes

Jan Grissom (Leila), Patrick Power (Nadir), Michael Lewis (Zurga), Mark S. Doss (Nourabad); Karen Keltner, conductor; Johnathon Pape, director; Darren Scott Maynard, sets; Marjorie McCown, costumes

Jeanine Thames (Sophie), Jean Rigby (Charlotte), Anita Colet (Kätchen), Richard Leech (Werther), Beau Palmer (Schmidt), Vernon Hartman (Albert), Herbert Eckhoff (Le Bailli), James Scott Sikon (Johann), Mark Andrew Richards (Brühlmann); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets/costumes

Ashley Putnam (Feldmarschallin), Barbara Kilduff (Sophie), Patricia Minton Smith (Marianne), Susanne Mentzer (Octavian), Suzanna Guzmán (Annina); Dawn Veree Harrison, Angela Milia, Katherine Lundeen (three noble orphans); Betsy McLean (milliner), Jonathan Welch/Jorge Lopez-Yanez (29) (singer), Bernard Fitch (Valzacchi), Beau Palmer (animal vendor/major-domo/innkeeper), Georg Tichy* (Herr von Faninal), Artur Korn (Baron Ochs), Daniel S. Leal (major-domo), David Downing (notary); Matthew Alexander, James Banner, Joel Snyder, Gerald Whitney (lackeys/waiters); Kevin Bell (commissioner); Heinz Fricke, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets; Ray Diffen, costumes

Rita Cullis* (Countess), Cheryl Parrish (Susanna), Sylvia Wen (Barbarina), Emily Manhart (Cherubino), Judith Christin/Martha Jane Howe (19) (Marcellina); Betsy McLean, Katherine Lundeen (country girls); Jerold Siena (Basilio), Beau Palmer (Curzio), David Malis (Count), John Pringle* (Figaro), François Loup (Bartolo), James Scott Sikon (Antonio); Edoardo Müller/Karen Keltner (19), conductors; John Copley, director; Zack Brown, sets/costumes

Leonard Hokanson, piano

Massimiliano Murrali, piano

Rita Cullis (female chorus), Judith Lovat (Lucia), Melanie Sonnenberg (Lucretia), Martha Jane Howe (Bianca), Robert Tear (male chorus), Louis Otey (Tarquinius), Richard Zeller (Junius), Mark S. Doss (Collatinus); Christopher Keene, conductor; Jonathan Eaton, director; Neil Peter Jampolis, sets; Debra Hanson, costumes

Glenys Fowles (Hanna), Sunny Joy Langton (Valencienne), Catherine Stapleton (Sylviane/Frou-Frou), Melody Rossi (Olga/Margot), Anita Colet (Praskowia/Dodo), Betsy McLean (Lolo), Erica Rose (Jou-Jou), Dawn Veree Harrison (Clo-Clo), Theodore Baerg (Danilo), Gregory Kunde (Camille), John Del Carlo (Baron Zeta), Richard Byrne (Cascada), Dennis McNeil (St. Brioche), David Downing (Bogdanowitsch), Jeffrey Calof (Kromow), William Nolan (Pritschitsch), Beau Palmer (Njegus); Karen Keltner, conductor; Lou Galterio, director; Carl Toms, sets/costumes

Ai-Lan Zhu (Micaëla), Jeralyn Refeld (Frasquita), Adria Firestone (Carmen), Gale Fuller (Mercedes), Arthur Davies (Don José), Dennis McNeil (Remendado), Richard Paul Fink (Escamillo), Mark S. Doss (Zuniga), Richard Byrne (Morales), Matthew Carey (Dancaire); Kees Bakels, conductor; Rosalind Elias, director; John Conklin, sets; Peter J. Hall, costumes

Peter Grunberg, piano

Mikhail Arkadiev, piano

Carol Vaness (Fiordiligi), Barbara Bonney (Despina), Judith Forst (Dorabella), Keith Lewis (Ferrando), Håkan Hagegård (Guglielmo), Peter Strummer (Don Alfonso); Thomas Schuback, conductor; John Copley, director; Peter Cooke, sets; Michael Stennett, costumes

Christine Brewer (Lady Billows), Judith Lovat (Miss Wordsworth), Susan Graham (Nancy), Patricia Kern (Mrs. Herring), Martha Jane Howe (Florence), Barton Green (Albert Herring), Francis Egerton (Mayor), Harlan Foss (Vicar), Matthew Carey (Sid), James Scott Sikon (Supt. Budd); Mary Dombek (Emmie), Patricia Prunty (Cis), Christopher Johnson (Harry); Steuart Bedford, conductor; Colin Graham, director; Neil Peter Jampolis, sets; Debra Hanson, costumes

Karen Huffstodt (Rosalinda), Cheryl Parrish (Adele), Suzanna Guzmán (Orlofsky), Ronald Stevens (Eisenstein), Douglas Johnson (Alfred), Beau Palmer (Blind), Richard McKee (Frank), Victor Ledbetter (Falke), Zale Kessler (Frosch); Karen Keltner, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Oliver Smith, sets; Ann Roth, costumes

West Coast Premiere
Sheryl Woods (Celia), Débria Brown (Nicey), Bridget Knott (girl), Erich Parce (Wade), Eric Perkins (Lt. Patrick), Harlan Foss (Riddle), Joseph Evans (Wardlaw), John Duykers (Pratt), Michel Warren Bell (Judge Bell), Julian Patrick (Townsend), William Nolan (wounded soldier/Branch), Daniel S. Leal (Union leaguer); Adam Russell, Joseph Grienenberger (soldiers); David Downing (Rector); Edward Badrak, Max Chodos (carpetbaggers); Michael Morgan (senator); Tom Touw (young boy); Shalonda French, Warren Nolan, Phillips Edwards, Scott Jones (youths); Kenneth Montgomery, conductor; Carlisle Floyd, director; Günther Schneider-Siemssen, sets; Allen Charles Klein, costumes

Christine Weidinger/Frances Ginsberg (11m) (Violetta), Patricia Minton Smith (Annina), Gale Fuller (Flora), Fernando de la Mora/Walter MacNeil (11m) (Alfredo), Beau Palmer (Gaston), Richard Stilwell/Richard J. Clark (11m) (Germont), Harlan Foss (Douphol), David Downing (Grenvil), Mark Anderson (Marchese d'Obigny), Daniel S. Leal (Giuseppe), Jeffrey L. Shipman (servant), Joseph Grienenberger (messenger); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; John Conklin, sets; David Walker, costumes

Soviet Arts Festival
Sylvia Wen (Xenia), Irina Bogacheva (Marina), Martha Jane Howe (innkeeper), Martha Jane Weaver (nurse), Julia Jamison (Fyodor), Thomas Booth (Prince Shuisky), Teimuraz Gugushvili (simpleton), Allan Glassman (Gregory), Alexander Morozov (Boris Godunov), Robert Gailbraith (Stchelkalov), Gia Asatiani (Pimen), Omar Khoperia (Varlaam), Philip Larson (Nikitich/Lavitsky), (officer), William Nolan (Mityukha/border guard/Chernikovsky), Bernard Fitch (Missail), Michael Darcy (a boyar/Khrustchov), Stephen West (Rangoni); Jansoug Kakhidze, conductor; Nathaniel Merrill, director; Wolfram Skalicki, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Thomas Pasatieri, piano

Ilona Tokody (Mimì), Irena Welhasch (Musetta), Dennis O'Neill (Rodolfo), Daniel S. Leal (Parpignol), Theodore Baerg (Marcello), Harlan Foss (Schaunard), Kevin Langan (Colline), Italo Tajo (Benoit/Alcindoro), John Polhamus (customs guard), Joseph Grienenberger (sergeant); Edoardo Müller, conductor; John Copley, director; John Conklin, sets; Vicki Feitscher, costumes

Nova Thomas (Blanche), Cheryl Parrish (Constance), Carol Neblett (Lidoine), Heather Begg (Marie), Maureen Forrester (Mme. de Croissy), Judith Christin (Jeanne), Martha Jane Howe (Mathilde), Kip Wilborn (Chevalier de la Force), Peter Van Derick (Marquis de la Force), Martin Chambers (Father), Michael Darcy (officer), Joseph Grienenberger (Thierry), Jeffrey L. Shipman (Javelinot), Michael Ballam (commissary), Harlan Foss (commissary/jailer); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Günther Schneider-Siemssen, sets; Allen Charles Klein, costumes

Nova Thomas (Marie), Heather Begg (Countess of Birkenfeld), Kit Goldman (Duchess of Crackenthorp), Paul Hartfield (Tonio), Daniel S. Leal (peasant), John Del Carlo (Sulpice), Harlan Foss (Hortensio), William Nolan (corporal); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Lou Galterio, director; Beni Montresor, sets/costumes

Johanna Meier, Gary Lakes, John Macurdy, soloists; Heinz Fricke, conductor

Virginia Sublett (Queen of the Night), Hei-Kyung Hong (Pamina), Sylvia Wen (Papagena); Joan Gibbons, Gale Fuller, Deidra Palmour (three ladies); Denes Gulyas (Tamino), Anthony Laciura (Monostatos), David Malis (Papageno), Kenneth Cox (Sarastro), Herbert Eckhoff (speaker); Hong-Shen Li, J. Raymond Fielder (priests/armored men); Celeste Tavera, Diana Tash, Julia Jamison (three spirits); Karen Keltner, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Maurice Sendak, sets/costumes

Gail Dobish (Lucia), Suzanna Guzmán (Alisa), Richard Leech (Edgardo), Paul Austin Kelly (Arturo), Martin Chambers (Normanno), J. Patrick Raftery/Pablo Elvira (27, 29m) (Enrico), Kevin Langan (Raimondo); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Rhoda Levine, director; Neil Peter Jampolis

Sabine Hass/Elizabeth Connell (14) (Leonora), Sunny Joy Langton (Marzelline), Graeme Matheson-Bruce (Florestan), Randall Outland (Jacquino), Tom Fox (Don Pizarro), Artur Korn (Rocco), Harry Dworchak (Don Fernando); Bruce Johnson, William Nolan (prisoners); Edward Downes, conductor; Robert Tannenbaum, director; Neil Peter Jampolis, sets/costumes

Russel Miller, piano

Cheryl Parrish (Norina), Mark DuBois/Carroll Freeman (7, 10, 12m) (Ernesto), Victor Ledbetter (Malatesta), François Loup (Pasquale), Ronald Banks (notary); Karen Keltner, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; John Conklin, sets

Martin Katz, piano

Hiroko Nishida (Cio-Cio-San), Robynne Redmon (Suzuki), Anne De Vries (Kate), Jonathan Welch (Pinkerton), Joseph Frank (Goro), Harlan Foss (Sharpless), Matthew Carey (commissioner), William Nolan (Yamadori), John Polhamus (registrar), Stephen West (Bonze); Kees Bakels, conductor; Adelaide Bishop, director; John Scheffler, sets; Zack Brown, costumes

Hei-Kyung Hong (Gilda), Kathleen O'Brien (Countess Ceprano), Deborah Clague (page), Martha Jane Weaver (Giovanna), Suzanna Guzmán (Maddalena), Diego d'Auria (the Duke), Bernard Fitch (Borsa), John Rawnsley (Rigoletto), Harlan Foss (Marullo), David Downing (Ceprano), Stephen West (Monterone), Jeffrey Wells (Sparafucile); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Robert Tannenbaum, director; Lawrence Schafer, sets/costumes

Glenys Fowles (Adina), Deborah Clague (Giannetta), Denes Gulyas (Nemorino), David Malis (Belcore), John Del Carlo (Dulcamara); Willie Anthony Waters, conductor; Lou Galterio, director; Robert Darling, sets/costumes

Warren Jones, piano

Warren Jones, piano

Warren Jones, piano

Diana Soviero (Marguerite), Jane Bunnell (Siébel), Judith Christin (Marthe), Richard Leech (Faust), David Malis (Valentin), William Nolan (Wagner), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Méphistophélès); Karen Keltner, conductor; Francesca Zambello, director; Earl Staley, sets/costumes

Susan Dunn (Leonora), Dolora Zajick (Azucena), Jane Bunnell (Inez), Ruben Dominguez (Manrico), Bernard Fitch (Ruiz), Jonathan Summers (di Luna), Jeffrey Wells (Ferrando), Ronald Banks (old gypsy); Thomas Fulton, conductor; Richard Gregson, director; Ming Cho Lee, sets

Carol Neblett, Dolora Zajick, Dennis O'Neill, Jeffrey Wells, soloists; San Diego Opera Orchestra and Chorus, San Diego Master Chorale; Thomas Fulton, conductor

Marilyn Zschau (Tosca), Deidra Palmour (shepherd), Vladimir Popov (Cavaradossi), Richard Brunner (Spoletta), George Fortune (Scarpia), Richard McKee (sacristan), David Bernard (Angelotti), David Downing (Sciarrone), Iosif Buibas (jailer); Thomas Fulton, conductor; Sam Wanamaker, director; Allen Charles Klein/Sam Wanamaker, sets/costumes

Cristina Deutekom (Norma), Delores Ziegler (Adalgisa), Deidra Palmour (Clotilda), Antonio Barasorda (Pollione), Richard Brunner (Flavio), Nicola Ghiuselev (Oroveso); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Bernd Benthaak, director; Carl Toms, sets; Jose Varona, costumes

Robert Rosenberger, piano

Richard Bonynge, conductor

Siegfried Mauser, piano

Sabine Hass (Senta), Jane Shaulis (Mary), Siegfried Jerusalem (Erik), Michael Sylvester (Steersman), Roger Roloff (Dutchman), Kevin Langan (Daland); Matthias Kuntzsch, conductor; Bernd Benthaak, director; William Gorgensen, sets

Susanne Mentzer (Rosina), Jane Shaulis (Berta), Mark DuBois (Almaviva), Hermann Prey (Figaro), François Loup (Bartolo), Kevin Langan (Basilio), Rod Gilfry (Fiorello), Stan Case (Ambrogio), Ronald Banks (officer); Karen Keltner, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Alfred Siercke, sets/costumes

Martin Katz, piano

Carmen Balthrop/Henrietta Davis (6, 7, 8) (Bess), Priscilla Baskerville/Theresa Hamm (6, 7, 8) (Serena), Rita McKinley (Clara), Marjorie Wharton (Maria), Geraldine McMillian (Annie), Yvette Matthews (Lily), Denise Woods (strawberry woman), Larry Marshall/Kriss St. Hill (5, 7m, 8m) (Sportin' Life), Donnie Ray Albert/Michel Warren Bell (6, 7, 8) (Porgy), William Bradley-Johnson/Michael Edward-Stevens (6, 7, 8) (Crown), Jubilant Sykes (Jake), Russell St. John (Frazier), Ronn K. Smith (Mingo), Irwin Reese (Robbins), Mervin Wallace (Peter), Bryon Onque (Jim), Autris Paige (Undertaker), Robert McDaniel (Nelson), Cornelius White (crab man), Alfred J. Kiggins (detective), Ted Bouton (policeman), Richert Easley (coroner), Kiah Jackson (Scipio), Nelms McKelvain (Jasbo Brown); Roger Cantrell, conductor; Jack O'Brien, director; Douglas Schmidt, sets; Nancy Potts, costumes; co-production with Houston Grand Opera

Amy Burton (Lucy), Wayne Turnage (Ben); Karen Keltner, conductor; Gian Carlo Menotti, director; Zack Brown, sets/costumes

Nadia Pelle (Monica), Beverly Evans (Madame Flora), Barbara Hocher (Mrs. Gobineau), Nancy Carol Moore (Mrs. Nolan), Francis Menotti (Toby), Harlan Foss (Mr. Gobineau); Karen Keltner, conductor; Gian Carlo Menotti, director; Zack Brown, sets/costumes

Nelly Miricioiu (Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta/Stella), Judith Forst (Muse/Nicklaus), Suzanna Guzmán (voice of Antonia's mother), Luis Lima (Hoffmann), Leonard Eagleson (Andrés/Cochenille/Frantz/Pittichinaccio), Robert Schmorr (Nathanael/Spalanzani), James Morris (Lindorff/Coppélius/Dr. Miracle/Dappertutto), Carlos Chausson (Hermann/Schlemil), Richard Crist (Luther/Crespel); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Nathaniel Merrill, director; Günther Schneider-Siemssen, sets; Hill Reihs-Gromes, costumes

Kathryn Bouleyn (Tatiana), Kathleen Hegierski (Olga), Lisa Turetsky (Larina), Fredda Rakusin (Filipievna), Richard Greager (Lenski), Bernard Fitch (Triquet), Michael Devlin (Onegin), Don Garrard (Gremin), Richard Paul Fink (captain/Zaretski); Stuart Challender, conductor; John Copley, director; Robin Don, sets; Michael Stennett, costumes

Kathryn Bouleyn (Countess), Faith Esham (Susanna), Julia Holland (Barbarina), Susan Quittmeyer (Cherubino), Heather Begg (Marcellina); Carolyn Whyte, Anita Colet (country girls); Jeffrey Thomas (Basilio), David Hall (Curzio), Alan Titus (Count), J. Patrick Raftery (Figaro), Kevin Langan (Bartolo), Carlos Chausson (Antonio); Thomas Schuback, conductor; John Copley, director; Carl Toms, sets; Zack Brown, costumes

Ilona Tokody (Desdemona), Suzanna Guzmán (Emilia), Giuseppe Giacomini/Richard Cassilly (14) (Otello), Jon Garrison (Cassio), David Rudat (Roderigo), Silvano Carroli (Iago), Richard Vernon (Lodovico), James Patterson (Montano), Ronald Banks (herald); Michelangelo Veltri, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Wolfram Skalicki, sets/costumes

Michael Ballam (Sandy/Officer 1), Harlan Foss (Blazes/Officer 2), James Butler (Arthur/Officer 3/voice of the cards); Karen Keltner, conductor; Jack O'Brien, director; Kent Dorsey, sets; Sally Cleveland, costumes

Robert de Ceunynck, piano

Patricia Craig (Ellen), Judith Christin (Auntie); Amy Burton, Candace Rogers (nieces); Luretta Bybee (Mrs. Sedley), Richard Cassilly (Peter Grimes), Michael Sylvester (Bob Boles), Joseph Frank (Rev. Adams), Peter Glossop (Balstrode), Harlan Foss (Ned Keene), Paul Hudson (Swallow), Kenneth Cox (Hobson), Robin Smith (Dr. Crabbe); James Lockhart, conductor; Richard Gregson, director; Carl Toms, sets/costumes

Rosalind Plowright/Rosario Andrade (14m) (Violetta), Candace Rogers (Annina), Jane Shaulis (Flora), Antonio Barasorda (Alfredo), Robert Schmorr (Gaston), J. Patrick Raftery (Germont), Harlan Foss (Douphal), Kenneth Cox (Grenvil), Robert Tota (Marquese d'Obigny), Gerald Whitney (Giuseppe), Gary Nichols (servant), Jeffrey L. Shipman (messenger); Thomas Fulton, conductor; David Walsh, director; Carl Toms, sets/costumes

Betsy Norden (Gretel), Amy Burton (dew fairy), Rosanne Creffield (Hansel), RoseMarie Freni (Gertrude), Maureen Forrester (Witch), Robin Tabachnik (sandman), William Workman (Peter); Karen Keltner, conductor; Bruce Donnell, director; Harold Laxton, sets/costumes

Josephine Barstow (Hanna), Leigh Munro (Valencienne), Robin Tabachnik (Sylviane/Frou-Frou), Deidra Palmour (Olga/Margot), Luretta Bybee (Praskowia/ Dodo), Carolyn Whyte (Lolo), Anita Colet (Jou-Jou), Phillis Williams (Clo-Clo), Jacque Trussel (Danilo), Jon Garrison (Camille), David Rae Smith (Baron Zeta), Harlan Foss (Cascada), Jon David Gruett (St. Brioche), Philip Larson (Bogdanowitsch), Robert Tota (Kromow), Richard Paul Fink (Pritschitsch), David Hall (Njegus); Scott Bergeson, conductor; Robert Helpmann, director; Carl Toms, sets/costumes

Hei-Kyung Hong (Mimì), Leigh Munro (Musetta), Alexandru Ionitza (Rodolfo), Henry Fiske (Parpignol), Frederick Burchinal (Marcello), Harlan Foss (Schaunard), Jeffrey Wells (Colline), David Hall (Benoit/Alcindoro), John Moir (customs guard), Ronald Banks (sergeant); Robin Stapleton, conductor; Rhoda Levine, director; John Scheffler, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

United States Professional Premiere
Rachel Gettler (Leonora), Susanne Marsee (Cuniza), Carol Kaszar (Imelda), Carlos Montané (Riccardo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Oberto); Kees Bakels, conductor; Fabrizio Melano, director; Bill Gorgensen, sets; Charles Caine, costumes

Emerson Buckley, conductor

Stephanie Sundine (Elsa), Pauline Tinsley (Ortrud), William Neill (Lohengrin), William Justus (Telramund), John Tomlinson* (Heinrich), Carlos Chausson (King's herald); Robert Schmorr, Neil Wilson, Steven Savino, Kenneth Cox (nobles of Brabant); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Jay Lesenger, director; Beni Montresor sets/costumes

Gianna Rolandi (Ophelia), RoseMarie Freni (Gertrude), Michael Cousins (Laertes), William Justus (Hamlet), Robert Hale (Claudius), Neil Wilson (Marcellus), Steven Savino (Horatio/gravedigger), Kenneth Cox (ghost of Hamlet's father), J. Raymond Fielder (Polonius), Joseph Pechota (gravedigger); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets

Amy Burton (Clorinda), Ann Murray (Cinderella), Jane Shaulis (Tisbe), John Aler (Don Ramiro), Alan Titus (Dandini), Richard McKee (Don Magnifico), Kenneth Cox (Alidoro); Karen Keltner, conductor; Robert Tannenbaum, director; Maurice Strike, sets

Katia Ricciarelli (Anna Bolena), Susanne Marsee (Giovanna Seymour), Susan Quittmeyer (Smeaton), Bruce Reed (Lord Riccardo Percy), Robert Hale (Henry VIII), Juan Pedro Garcia Marques (Lord Rochefort), Robert Schmorr (Hervey); Eve Queler, conductor; Jay Lesenger, director; Bill Gorgensen, sets

Faye Robinson (Anna), Marianna Christos (Elvira), Melanie Sonnenberg (Zerlina), Stuart Burrows (Ottavio), Michael Devlin (Giovanni), Harlan Foss (Masetto), Kenneth Cox (Commendatore), Richard McKee (Leporello); Christopher Keene, conductor; Wolfgang Weber, director; Toni Businger, sets

Pamela Myers (Micaëla), Amy Burton (Frasquita), Rachel Gettler (Carmen), Jane Shaulis (Mercedes), Jacque Trussel (Don José), David Hall (Remendado), Charles Long (Escamillo), Juan Pedro Garcia Marques (Zuniga), David Hamilton (Morales), Steven Savino (Dancaire); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Anthony Besch, director; John Conklin, sets

Verdi Festival
Joan Sutherland (Amalia), Gordon Greer (Carlo), Kirk Redmann (Arminio), Antonio Salvadori (Francesco), Alfredo Zanazzo (Massimiliano), Kenneth Cox (Moser), Steven Savino (Rolla); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Bill Gorgensen, sets

Verdi Festival
Martina Arroyo (Amelia), Annette Winchell (maid), Adriaan van Limpt (Adorno), Sherrill Milnes (Simon), Carlos Chausson (Paolo), Nicola Ghiuselev (Fiesco), Steven Savino (Pietro), Max R. Chodos (captain); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Nathaniel Merrill, director; Toni Businger, sets

United States Premiere
Rosalind Plowright (Gwendoline), J. Patrick Raftery (Arald), Jerold Norman (Armel), Melvin Lowery (Erik), Steven Savino (Aella), Edward Badrak (Dane); Antonio Tauriello, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Beni Montresor, sets/costumes

Martina Arroyo (Cio-Cio-San), Mimi Lerner (Suzuki), Wendy Hillhouse (Kate), Joseph Evans (Pinkerton), Joaquin Romaguera (Goro), Frederick Burchinal (Sharpless), David Hamilton (commissioner), Melvin Lowery (Yamadori), Joseph Pechota (registrar), Stephen West (Bonze); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Rhoda Levine, director; John Scheffler, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Leigh Munro (la Périchole), Carol Kaszar (Estrella), Amy Burton (Guadalena), Sarah Pruetti (Virginella), Virginia Sublett (Ninetta), Dru McCain (Brambilla), Susan Lord (Manuelita), Diane Jennings (Frasquinella), William Workman (Paquillo), David Rae Smith (Don Andres), David Hall (Count of Panatellas), Harlan Foss (Don Pedro); Melvin Lowery, David Hamilton (notaries); Steven Savino (Marquis), Joaquin Romaguera (old prisoner), Richard LaBarge (turnkey); Andrew Litton/Karen Keltner, conductors; Jack Eddleman, director; John Scheffler, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

United States Professional Premiere
Cristina Deutekom (Catherine of Aragon), Brenda Boozer (Anne Boleyn), Nancy Carol Moore (Lady Clarence), Jacque Trussel (Don Gomez), Sherrill Milnes (Henry VIII), Kenneth Cox (Cardinal Campeggio), Robert Schmorr (Earl of Surrey), Kevin Langan (Duke of Norfolk); Joseph Pechota, Robert Toschak, Steven Savino, Ronald Banks (courtiers); Neil Wilson-Nease (garter king-at-arms), Enrique Baquerizo (Cranmer), Edward Badrak (usher); Antonio Tauriello, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Thomas Munn/Bill Gorgensen, set designers

Gilda Cruz-Romo (Aida), Carol Kaszar (high priestess), Rachel Gettler*/Mariana Paunova (2, 5) (Amneris), Adriaan van Limpt (Radames), Joseph Shore (Amonasro), Dimitri Kavrakos (Ramfis), Thomas Paul (King), Neil Wilson-Nease (messenger); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Robert Tannenbaum, director; Mario Cristini/Bill Gorgensen, set designers; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Joan Sutherland (Adriana Lecouvreur), Amy Burton (Mlle. Jouvenot), Stella Silva (Princess de Bouillon), Jane Shaulis (Mlle. Dangeville), Diane Jennings (maid), Vasile Moldoveanu (Maurizio), John Brácheler (Michonnet), David Hall (Poisson), Ricardo Cassinelli* (the Abbé), Carlos Chausson (Quinault), Arnold Voketaitis (Prince of Bouillon), Steven Savino (major-domo); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Robert O'Hearn, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Giovanna Cassolla* (Madeleine), Jane Shaulis (Countess), Susanna Lodato (Bersi), Nancy Carol Moore (Madelon), Carlo Bini (Andréa Chénier), Melvin Lowery (the Abbé), Joseph Frank (Incredibile), Gary Nichols (major-domo), William Justus (Charles Gerard), David Dunlap (Fléville), Edward Badrak (Dumas), Steven Savino (Fouquier-Tinville), Paul Cheak (Schmidt), Enrique Baquerizo (Roucher), Stephen West (Mathieu); Antonio Tauriello, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Robert O'Hearn, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Patricia Craig (Susannah), Virginia Sublett (Mrs. Gleaton), Marilyn Anderson (Mrs. Hayes), Jane Shaulis (Mrs. McClean), Grace Magee (Mrs. Ott), Richard Cassilly (Sam), Melvin Lowery (Little Bat), Samuel Ramey (Blitch), Stephen West (McClean), Neil Breeden (Hayes), Steven Savino (Ott), William Eichorn (Gleaton); Christopher Keene, conductor; Carlisle Floyd, director; Paul Shortt, sets; Patton Campbell, costumes

October 1981 (Palm Springs)Pamela Myers/Inga Nielsen [Palm Springs] (Marguerite), Susanne Lodato (Siébel), Nancy Carol Moore (Marthe), John Brecknock/Joseph Evans [Palm Springs] (Faust), J. Patrick Raftery/Joseph Shore [Palm Springs] (Valentin), David Dunlap (Wagner), Robert Hale (Méphistophélès); Joseph De Rugeriis, conductor; Charles Hamilton*/Robert Tannenbaum [Palm Springs], director; Wolfram Skalicki, sets/costumes

Dame Joan Sutherland, Teresa Berganza, Pamela Myers, Robert Hale, J. Patrick Raftery (soloists); Kurt Herbert Adler, Bruno Bartoletti, Richard Bonynge, Karen Keltner, Clay Pendergrass, Joseph De Rugeriis, conductors

United States Premiere
Giovanna Cassola (Giulietta), Virginia Sublett (first lady), Sarah Pruetti (second lady), Joan Zajac (a woman), Sandra Dudek (Isabella), Carlo Bini (Romeo), Bruce Reed (singer), John Brácheler (Tebaldo), Leonard Eagleson (Gregorio), Steven Savino (Sansone), Joaquin Romaguera (a Montague), Carlos Chausson (constable/Bernabo), Ed Badrak (servant); Michelangelo Veltri, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets/principal constumes

RoseMarie Freni (Rosina), Nancy Carol Moore (Berta), Bruce Reed (Almaviva), J. Patrick Raftery (Figaro), James Billings (Bartolo), Paul Plishka (Basilio), Steven Savino (Fiorello), Gary Prettyman (Ambrogio), Joaquin Romaguera (officer), Ed Badrak (notary); Joseph De Rugeriis, conductor; Robert Tannenbaum, director; Peter Hall, sets/costumes

Cristina Deutekom (Turandot), Pamela Myers (Liù), Carlo Bini (Calaf), Joaquin Romaguera (Altoum), David Hall (Pang), Joseph Frank (Pong), Harlan Foss (Ping), Carlos Chausson (Mandarin), Paul Plishka (Timur), Joseph Pechota (Prince of Persia); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Jay Lesenger, director; Robert Darling, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Verdi Festival
Rosalind Plowright (Medora), June Anderson (Gulnara), Alfonso Navarrete (Corrado), J. Patrick Raftery (Seid), Steven Savino (Giovanni), Joaquin Romaguera (Selim) Joseph Pechota (eunuch), Gary Nichols (slave); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Bill Gorgensen, sets

Verdi Festival
Josephine Barstow (Amelia), Janice Hall (Oscar), Gwynn Cornell (Ulrica), Adriaan van Limpt (Riccardo), Cornelis Opthof (Renato), Steven Savino (servant), Joaquin Romaguera (Judge), Carlos Chausson (Silvano), John Seabury (Sam), Kenneth Cox (Tom); Michelangelo Veltri, conductor; Michael Rennison, director; Zack Brown, sets/costumes

Verdi Festival
Shirley Verrett, June Anderson, Rosalind Plowright, Gwynn Cornell, Alfonso Navarrete, J. Patrick Raftery (soloists); Edoardo Müller/Michelangelo Veltri/Karen Keltner, conductors

Pauline Tinsley (Elektra), Anne Evans (Chrysothemis), Kerstin Meyer (Klytemnestra), Aleicia Byrnes (overseer), Sallye Graves (trainbearer), Annette Winchell (confidante); Jane Westbrook, Nancy Jones, Sandra Dudek, Juliane Gondek, Pamela Hicks (maids); Mallory Walker (Aegisth), John Brácheler (Orest), Stephen West (Tutor), David Bates (young servant), Steven Savino (old servant); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Regina Resnik, director; Lawrence Schafer, sets; Alfred Siercke, costumes

Joan Sutherland (Rosalinda), Beverly Sills (Adele), Regina Resnik (Orlofsky), Alan Titus (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Campora (Alfred), Joseph Frank (Blind), Spiro Malas (Frank), Jake Gardner (Falke), Leonard Frey (Frosch); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Zack Brown, sets; Oliver Smith, costumes

Pamela Hicks (Sophie), Katherine Ciesinski (Charlotte), John Brecknock (Werther), Robert Schmorr (Schmidt), J. Patrick Raftery (Albert), Stephen West (Le Bailli), Steven Savino (Johann); Antonio Tauriello, conductor; Jay Lesenger, director; John Conklin, sets/costumes

Martina Arroyo (Tosca), Marcia Cope (shepherd), Carlo Bini (Cavaradossi), Joseph Frank (Spoletta), Richard Fredricks (Scarpia), Steven Savino (sacristan), Carlos Chausson (Angelotti/jailer), Gary Nichols (Sciarrone); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Gianna Rolandi (Lucia), Sandra Dudek (Alisa), Barry McCauley (Edgardo), David Hall (Arturo), Melvin Lowery (Normanno), John Brácheler (Enrico), John Seabury (Raimondo); Joseph De Rugeriis, conductor; Patrick Bakman, director; Marsha Louis Eck, sets; Jose Varona, costumes

RoseMarie Freni (Fata Morgana), Sandra Dudek (Linetta), Suzanne Lodato (Nicoletta), Kathleen Hegierski (Smeraldina), Melanie Sonnenberg (Princess Clarissa), Janice Hall (Ninetta), Joseph Evans (the Prince), David Hall (Truffaldino), Melvin Lowery (master of ceremonies), Harlan Foss (Pantalone), Richard McKee (King of Clubs), Vincent Russo (Farfarello), Ralph Bassett (herald/Tchelio), Carlos Chausson (Leandro), Louis Lebherz (cook); Calvin Simmons/Karen Keltner (5), conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Mario Vanarelli, sets/costumes

Verdi Festival
Cristina Deutekom (Abigaille), Aleicia Byrnes (Anna), Sandra Dudek (Fenena), John Sayers (Ismaele), Melvin Lowery (Abdallo), Kari Nurmela (Nabucco), Ezio Flagello (Zaccaria), Carlos Chausson (High Priest); Maurizio Arena, conductor; Ghita Hager, director; Nicola Benois, sets/costumes

Verdi Festival
Arlene Saunders (Marchesa), Susanne Marsee (Giulietta), Bruce Reed (Edoardo), Melvin Lowery (Ivrea), J. Patrick Raftery (Belfiore), Harlan Foss (Kelbar), James Billings (Rocca), Steven Savino (Delmonte); Calvin Simmons, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Verdi Festival
Cristina Deutekom, Susanne Marsee, Jon Fredric West, Ezio Flagello (soloists); San Diego Master Chorale; Theo Alcantara, conductor

Anne Evans (Elizabeth), Susan Lynn Dixon (celestial voice), Pamela Hicks (Tebaldo), Giuseppina Dalle Molle* (Princess Eboli), Luis Lima (Don Carlos), Neil Breeden (Count Lerma), Juan Pons (Rodrigo), Paul Plishka (Philip), Chester Ludgin (Grand Inquisitor), Carlos Chausson (friar), Gerald Whitney (herald); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Bodo Igesz, director; Henry Bardon, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Benita Valente (Constanze), Gianna Rolandi (Blonde), Dale Smith (Belmonte), David Hall (Pedrillo), Spiro Malas (Osmin), Von Schauer (Pasha Selim); John Balme, conductor; Nathaniel Merrill, director; Toni Businger, sets

Ashley Putnam (Olympia/Giulietta/Antonia), Hilda Harris (Nicklaus/voice of Antonia's mother), Barry McCauley (Hoffmann), David Hall (Andrés/Cochenille/Pittichinaccio/Frantz), Gerald Whitney (Nathanael), Michael Devlin (Lindorf/Coppélius/ Dapertutto/Dr. Miracle), Steven Savino (Hermann), Carlos Chausson (Luther/Crespel/Schlemil), Melvin Lowery (Spalanzani); Joseph De Rugeriis, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Ming Cho Lee, sets; Jose Varona, costumes

Jeannine Altmeyer (Margherita/Elena), Beverly Evans (Pantalis/Marta), Enrico di Giuseppe (Faust), Melvin Lowery (Wagner/Nereus), Robert Hale (Mefistofele); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Gigi Denda, director; David Mitchell, sets; Hal George, costumes

Beverly Sills (Norina), Rico Serbo (Ernesto), Richard Fredricks (Malatesta), Melvin Lowery (Notary), Giorgio Tozzi (Don Pasquale); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Robert O'Hearn, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Diana Soviero/Madelyn Renee (8m) (Mimì), Inga Nielsen (Musetta), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), David Bates (Parpignol), Jan Derksen (Marcello), J. Patrick Raftery (Schaunard), Robert Hale (Colline), Steven Savino (Benoit), Melvin Lowery (Alcindoro), Robert Roseberry (customs guard), Gary Nichols (sergeant); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; John Scheffler, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

West Coast Premiere
Verdi Festival
Adriana Maliponte (Giovanna), Luis Lima (Carlo VII), Melvin Lowery (Delil), Pablo Elvira (Giacomo), Carlos Chausson (Talbot); Edoardo Müller, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Wolfram Skalicki, sets

Verdi Festival
Martina Arroyo (Leonora), Juliane Gondek (Inez), Stella Silva (Azucena), Carlo Bini (Manrico), Melvin Lowery (Ruiz), Juan Pons (di Luna), Boris Martinovich (Ferrando), Steven Savino (old gypsy); Calvin Simmons, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Ming Cho Lee, sets

Verdi Festival
Martina Arroyo, Adriana Maliponte, Carlo Bini, Pablo Elvira, Juan Pons, Boris Martinovich (soloists); Saddleback Concert Chorale

West Coast Premiere
Ashley Putnam (Ophelia), Isabel Veale* (Gertrude), Joseph Evans (Laertes), Sherrill Milnes (Hamlet), Robert Hale (Claudius), Joaquin Romaguera (Marcellus/gravedigger), David Dunlap (Horatio), Carlos Chausson (ghost of Hamlet's father), James Courtney (Polonius), Vincent Russo (gravedigger); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets

Janice Hall (Gilda), Nancy Jones (Countess Ceprano), Pamela Hicks (page), Joyce Jones (Giovanna), Adrienne Leonetti (Maddalena), Enrico di Giuseppe (the Duke), Gary Fisher (Borsa), Gary Nichols (herald), Louis Quilico (Rigoletto), Vincent Russo (Marullo), David Dunlap (Ceprano), James Courtney (Monterone), Carlos Chausson (Sparafucile); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Ronald Adler*, director; John Naccarato, sets; Carrie Robbins, costumes

Sung-Sook Lee (Fiordiligi), Katherine Hindrelet-Brydon (Despina), Susanne Marsee (Dorabella), Joseph Evans (Ferrando), Lenus Carlson (Guglielmo), Andrew Foldi (Don Alfonso); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Jan Bouws*, director; John Naccarato, sets; John Naccarato/Edguard Johnson, costume designers

Ilona Simon (Manon Lescaut), Marnie Clark (singer), Carlo Bini (des Grieux), Gary Fisher (Edmondo), Cary Archer Smith (Lescaut), Carlos Chausson (Geronte), Vincent Russo (innkeeper), Joseph Frank (dancing master/lamplighter), David Dunlap (sergeant), Gary Nichols (captain); John Mauceri, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Marsha Louis Eck, sets

Marvellee Cariaga (Santuzza), Melanie Sonnenberg (Lola), Jane Westbrook (Mamma Lucia), Harry Theyard (Turiddu), William Justus (Alfio); Joseph De Rugeriis, conductor; Fabrizio Melano, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets

Diana Soviero (Nedda), Harry Theyard (Canio), David Hall (Beppe), William Justus (Tonio), John Del Carlo (Silvio); Robert Roseberry, Gerald Whitney (villagers); Joseph De Rugeriis, conductor; Fabrizio Melano, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets

World Premiere
Beverly Sills (Juana), Susanne Marsee (Dona Manuela), Jane Westbrook (nurse); Marcia Cope, Martha Jane Howe (ladies-in-waiting); Joseph Evans (Miguel de Ferrera), John Brácheler (Felipe/Fernando/Carlos V), Vincent Russo (chaplain), Robert Hale (Ximenes de Cisneros), Carlos Chausson (Marques de Denia); Calvin Simmons, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Mario Vanarelli, sets/costumes

West Coast Premiere
Verdi Festival
Cristina Deutekom (Giselda), Lynne Martindale-Schafer (Viclinda), Leslie Richards (Sofia), Rico Serbo (Arvino), Carlo Bergonzi (Oronte), Paul Plishka (Pagano), Carlos Chausson (Pirro), Michael Magiera (Prior), J. Patrick Raftery (Acciano); Maurizio Arena, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Mario Vanarelli, sets

Verdi Festival
Diana Soviero (Violetta), Martha Jane Howe (Annina), Jane Westbrook (Flora), Vittorio Terranova (Alfredo), Michael Magiera (Gaston), John Brácheler (Germont), J. Patrick Raftery (Douphol), David Dunlap (Grenvil), Vincent Russo (Marchese d'Obigny), James Flynn (Giuseppe), Jeffrey L. Shipman (messenger), Gary Nichols (servant); Hans Vonk*, conductor; Charles Nelson Reilly, director; Carl Toms, sets/costumes

Verdi Festival
Christina Deutekom, Leslie Richards, Carlo Bergonzi, Rico Serbo, John Brácheler, Paul Plishka, J. Patrick Raftery (soloists); Saddleback Concert Chorale; John Balme/Michael Parker, conductors

Beverly Sills (Hanna), Glenys Fowles (Valencienne), Mara Baygulova (Sylviane/Frou-Frou), Jane Westbrook (Olga/Margot), Melanie Sonnenberg (Praskowia/Dodo), Patricia Goodwin (Lolo), Cary Shipman (Jou-Jou), Lizanne Maxfield (Clo-Clo), Alan Titus (Danilo), Nolan Van Way (Camille), Andrew Foldi (Baron Zeta), Vincent Russo (Cascada), Ryan Allen (St. Brioche), William Mallory (Bogdanowitsch), Timothy Braden (Kromow), Thomas Simmons (Pritschitsch), David Rae Smith (Njegus); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets/costumes

Anne Evans* (Anna), Ashley Putnam (Elvira), Janice Hall (Zerlina), Joseph Evans (Ottavio), Robert Hale (Giovanni), Carlos Chausson (Masetto), David Cornell (Commendatore), Richard Van Allen (Leporello); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Horacio Aragon, director; John Wright Stevens, sets

Josella Ligi/Janice Hall (25) (Micaëla), Katherine Kennedy (Frasquita), Katherine Pring* (Carmen), Melanie Sonnenberg (Mercedes), Salvador Novoa (Don José), Howard Fried (Remendado), William Justus/Robert Hale (21, 23m, 25) (Escamillo), Carlos Chausson (Zuniga), Vincent Russo (Morales), Thomas Simmons (Dancaire); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Sarah Ventura, director; Terry Gates, sets; Howard Bay, costumes

Nancy Shade (Alice Ford), Kathryn Bouleyn (Nanetta), Melanie Sonnenberg (Mistress Page), Muriel Costa-Greenspan (Quickly), David Hall (Fenton), Joaquin Romaguera (Caius), Melvin Lowery (Bardolph), Spiro Malas (Falstaff), John Brácheler* (Ford), David Cornell (Pistol); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Elemer Nagy, designer

March 15, 1978 (Palm Springs)
Atsuko Azuma (Cio-Cio-San), Hilda Harris (Suzuki), Melanie Sonnenberg (Kate), Rico Serbo (Pinkerton), Howard Fried (Goro), John Brácheler (Sharpless), John Del Carlo/Vincent Russo (15) (commissioner), Gary Fisher (Yamadori), Robert Roseberry (registrar), Michael Gallup (Bonze); Bruno Rigacci/Joseph De Rugeriis (15), conductor; Sarah Ventura, director; John Scheffler, designer

West Coast Premiere
Diane Curry (Fata Morgana), Mara Baygulova (Linetta), Carolyne McDaniel (Nicoletta), Melanie Sonnenberg (Smeraldina), Muriel Costa-Greenspan (Princess Clarissa), Kathryn Bouleyn (Ninetta), Joseph Evans (The Prince), David Hall (Truffaldino), Leslie Harrington (Master of Ceremonies), John Del Carlo (Pantalone), Harold Enns (King of Clubs), Vincent Russo (Farfarello), William Dansby (herald), John Darrenkamp (Leandro), William Dansby (Tchelio), David Cornell (cook); Calvin Simmons, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Mario Vanarelli, sets/costumes

Verdi Festival
Martina Arroyo (Aida), Aprile Millo (high priestess), Carol Wyatt* (Amneris), Carlo Bini (Radames), Norman Mittelmann (Amonasro), Robert Hale (Ramfis), Phillip Booth (King), Gary Fisher (messenger); Antonio Tauriello, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Mario Cristini, sets

Verdi Festival
Martina Arroyo, Carol Wyatt, Carlo Bini, Robert Hale (soloists); San Diego Symphonic Chorale; Antonio Tauriello, conductor

Lynne Strow Piccolo* (Desdemona), Adrienne Leonetti (Emilia), Jon Andrew (Otello), Gary Fisher (Cassio), Robert Grayson (Roderigo), Thomas Tipton (Iago), Louis Lebherz (Lodovico), Vincent Russo (Montano), Ralph Bassett (herald); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; Patrick Bakman, director; Peter Wexler, sets/costumes

Lorna Haywood (Annina), Lynn Cole-Adcock (Carmela), Beverly Wolff (Desideria), Jane Westbrook (Assunta), Joyce Jones (Maria Corona), Halle Kelly (Concettina), Lucille Mayer (old woman), Phillis Moody (young woman), Martha Hamilton (girl), Enrico Di Giuseppe (Michele), Aaron Bornstein (Corona's son), Richard Torigi (Don Marco), Andrew Taylor (Salvatore), Gerald Whitney (young man), Thomas Simmons (bartender/second guest), Gary Fisher (first guest), Jamison Gill (man's voice); Theo Alcantara/Monroe Kanouse (7), conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Beeb Salzer, sets

Johanna Meier (Rosalinda), Gianna Rolandi (Adele), David Rae Smith (Orlofsky), Cornelis Opthof (Eisenstein), Ragnar Ulfung (Alfred), Thomas Simmons (Blind), Michael Terry (Frank), John Darrenkamp (Falke), Robert Schmorr (Frosch); Judith Somogi/Monroe Kanouse (30), conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Brian Jackson, sets

Anna Green (Brünnhilde), Adrienne Leonetti (Gutrune), Marvellee Cariaga (Waltraute/second norn), Carolyne McDaniel (first norn), Joan Zajac (third norn), Pamela Lasalle (Woglinde), Shirley Harned (Wellgunde), Carolyn Maia (Flosshilde), Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Adair McGowen (Gunther), Harold Enns (Alberich), William Wildermann/Thomas O'Leary (25, 27) (Hagen); Henry Holt, conductor; George London, director; John Naccarato, sets/costumes

April 9, 1977 (Palm Springs)
April 14, 16, 1977 (Pasadena)
Beverly Sills/Nancy Shade (9) (Violetta), Dora Walker (Annina), Adrienne Leonetti (Flora), William McDonald/Joseph Evans (9, 14, 16) (Alfredo), Gary Fisher (Gaston), Ryan Edwards (Germont), Ryan Allen (Douphol), Vincent Russo (Grenvil), Thomas Simmons (Marchese d'Obigny), Gerald Whitney (Giuseppe); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano); Richard Bonynge, piano

Rachel Mathes (Leonora), Peggy Castle (Inez), Lili Chookasian (Azucena), Richard Kness (Manrico), Howard Fried (Ruiz), Eugene Holmes (di Luna), Harold Enns (Ferrando); Bruno Rigacci, conductor; William Roesch, director; Sally Jacobs, sets

United States Professional Premiere
Kathryn Bouleyn (Rusalka), Gwendolyn Killebrew (Jeibaba/Foreign Princess); Elaine Pavlick, Teri Sinclair, Melanie Sonnenberg (nymphs); William McDonald (Prince), Spiro Malas (Water Sprite); Theo Alcantara, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Santo Loquasto, sets/costumes

Marvellee Cariaga (Brünnhilde), Ashley Putnam (Forest Bird), Geraldine Dekker (Erda), Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Paul Crook (Mime), Noel Tyl (Wotan), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Thomas O'Leary (Fafner); Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor; Ghita Hager, director; John Naccarato, sets/costumes

Johanna Meier (Feldmarschallin), Patricia Wise (Sophie), Lila Stuart (Marianne), Sylvia Anderson (Octavian), Adrienne Leonetti (Annina); Dora Walker, Pat Goodwin, Nancy Tripp Smith (three noble orphans); Carolee Thornburgh (milliner), Aaron Bergell (singer), Howard Fried (Valzacchi), Gerald Whitney (animal vendor/innkeeper), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Faninal), Richard Van Allan (Baron Ochs), Thomas Simmons (major-domo), Michael Gallup (notary/commissary/major-domo); Paul Raabe, Dave Rush, John Hermann, David Garven (lackeys); Stefan Minde, conductor; Richard Abrams, director; Elizabeth Dalton, sets/costumes

Beverly Sills (Norma), Tatiana Troyanos (Adalgisa), Adrienne Leonetti (Clotilde), John Alexander (Pollione), Robert Grayson (Flavio), Robert Hale (Oroveso); Charles Mackerras, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; Carl Toms, sets; Jose Varona, costumes
Prior to this date accurate information is not available for United States debuts.

Catherine Malfitano (Manon), Patricia Smith (Pousette), Teri Sinclair (Javotte), Diana Davidson (Rosette), Raymond Gibbs (des Grieux), Ken Remo (Guillot de Morfontaine), Douglas Lawrence (Lescaut), Michael Gallup (De Brétigny), Thomas Simmons (innkeeper), Harry Dworchak (Count des Grieux); Walter Herbert, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets

Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Peggy Castle (Alisa), Franco Tagliavini (Edgardo), Gordon Greer (Arturo), Richard Wagner (Normanno), John Darrenkamp (Enrico), Robert Hale (Raimondo); Richard Bonynge, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Henry Bardon, sets; Peter Hall, costumes

Patricia Wells (Vreli), Paula Copeland (pastry woman/slim girl), Martha Jane Howe (wheel of fortune woman/wild girl), Paula McDonnell (cheap jewelry woman), Carolee Thornburgh (woman), John Stewart (Sali), Cary Smith (Marti/fruit man/bargeman), Samuel Van Dusen (Manz/knick-knack man/hunchbacked bass fiddler/bargeman), David Holloway (dark fiddler), David Caylor (doll and puppet man), Frank Hallock (peasant), Jerry Whitney (indigent hornplayer), John Gruett (bargeman); Walter Herbert, conductor; Frank Corsaro, director; Theoni V. Aldredge, costumes

Johanna Meier (Sieglinde), Anna Green (Brünnhilde), Marvellee Cariaga (Fricka), Barbara Wilkinson (Helmwige), LaVerne Williams (Ortlinde), Marlene Delavan (Gerhilde), Adrienne Leonetti (Waltraute), Kathleen O'Brien (Siegrune), Barbara McAlister (Rossweisse), Emily Tracy (Grimgerde), Mara Baygulow (Schwertleite), Jon Andrew (Siegmund), Noel Tyl (Wotan), Samuel Van Dusen (Hunding); Walter Herbert, conductor; Ghita Hager, director; John Naccarato, sets/costumes

Karan Armstrong (Mimì), Maria Di Giglio (Musetta), Raymond Gibbs (Rodolfo), John Gruett/David Caylor (Parpignol), John Darrenkamp (Marcello), David Myrvold (Schaunard), Harry Dworchak (Colline), Michael Gallup (Benoit/Alcindoro); Walter Herbert, conductor; Patrick Bakman, director; John Scheffler, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Nancy Shade (Margherita/Elena), Kay Creed (Margherita's mother/Pantalis), Salvador Novoa (Faust), David Hall (Wagner/Nereus), Norman Treigle (Mefistofele); Werner Torkanovsky, conductor; Tito Capobianco, director; David Mitchell, sets; Hal George, costumes

Esther Hinds (Micaëla), Jeanne Garson (Frasquita), Ann Howard (Carmen), Lila Stuart (Mercedes), William Dupre (Don José), Edgar Stone (Remendado), David Myrvold (Escamillo), Harold Enns (Zuniga), Charles Curtis (Morales), Howard Fried (Dancaire); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Roesch, director; Terry Gates, sets; Howard Bay, costumes

Johanna Meier (Countess), Joy Clements (Susanna), Katherine Hindrelet-Brydon (Barbarina), Susanne Marsee (Cherubino), Carol Weiss (Marcellina), Carolyn McDaniels, Barbara Park (country girls), James Atherton (Basilio/Curzio), John Darrenkamp (Count), Norman Treigle (Figaro) William Powers (Bartolo), Joseph Galiano (Antonio); Walter Herbert, conductor; James de Blasis, director; Henry Heymann, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Constance Haldeman (Freia), Patricia Smith (Woglinde), Katherine Hinderlet-Brydon (Wellgunde), Marvellee Cariaga (Fricka), Christine Krooskos (Erda/Flosshilde), Howard Fried (Mime), John Guarnieri (Froh), Ticho Parly (Loge), David Ward (Wotan), Alfred Anderson (Donner), Phillip Booth (Fasolt), Andrew Foldi (Alberich), Samuel Van Dusen (Fafner); Walter Herbert, conductor; George London, director; John Naccarato, sets/costumes

Marisa Galvany (Tosca), Eileen Moss (shepherd), Ermanno Mauro (Cavaradossi), Joseph Pinedo (Spoletta), Eugene Holmes (Scarpia), Michael Gallup (sacristan), Don Watts (Angelotti), Thomas Simmons (Sciarrone), Louis MacKay (jailer); Walter Herbert, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets

Beverly Sills (Marie), Beverly Evans (Countess of Berkenfeld), Peggy Castle (Duchess of Crackenthorp), Grayson Hirst (Tonio), Doug Burton (peasant), Spiro Malas (Sulpice), Don Watts (Hortensio), Thomas Simmons (corporal); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Roesch, director; Beni Montresor, sets/costumes

Felicia Weathers/Alpha Floyd (20, 22) (Aida), Barbara Park (high priestess), Sandra Warfield (Amneris), Jon Andrew (Radames), Eugene Holmes (Amonasro), Michael Devlin (Ramfis), Don Watts (King), Jamison Gill/Gerald Whitney (20)/David Caylor (22) (messenger); Walter Herbert, conductor; Ross Allen, director; Mario Cristini, sets

World Premiere: Irene Dalis/Marvellee Cariaga (1,3) (Medea), Marvellee Cariaga/Joyce Jones (1,3) (Nurse), Glade Peterson (Jason), Samuel Van Dusen (Creon), Thomas McKinney (Tutor); Walter Herbert, conductor; Ghita Hager, director; Robert Darling, sets/costumes

Eilene Shelle (Juliet), Julia Shelley/Barbara Park (9, 11) (Stephano), Joyce Jones (Gertrude), Raymond Gibbs (Romeo), Howard Fried (Tybalt), John Fiorito (Mercutio), Thomas Simmons (Gregory), Charles Curtis (Duke of Verona), Samuel Van Dusen (Capulet), Michael Devlin (Friar Lawrence); Charles Rosecrans, conductor; James de Blasis, director; Henry Heymann, sets; Suzanne Mess, costumes

Beverly Sills (Marie), Beverly Evans (Countess of Berkenfeld), Marion Strickler (Duchess of Crackenthorp), Grayson Hirst (Tonio), Gerald Whitney (peasant), Spiro Malas (Sulpice), Don Watts (Hortensio), Thomas Simmons (corporal), Dmitri Bess (dancing master), Arthur Sousa (notary); Walter Herbert, conductor; Lotfi Mansouri, director; Beni Montresor, sets/costumes

Klara Barlow (Turandot), Esther Hinds (Liù), Richard Cassilly (Calaf), William Royal (Altoum), Howard Fried (Pang), Edgar Stone (Pong), John Fiorito (Ping), Thomas Simmons (Mandarin), Raymond Michalski (Timur); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Davis West, sets; Catherine Hand, costumes

Joy Clements (Rosina), Marvellee Cariaga (Berta), John Stewart (Almaviva), Thomas Palmer (Figaro), Andrew Foldi (Bartolo), Michael Devlin (Basilio), Ellison Glattly (Fiorello), Morgan Lane (Ambrogio), Thomas Simmons (officer); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; William McCullach, sets; Peggy Kellner, costumes

Constance Haldeman (Xenia), Nedda Casei (Marina), Edna Garabedian (innkeeper/nurse), Nico Castel (Prince Shuisky/simpleton), Gene Bullard (Gregory), Norman Treigle (Boris Godunov), Thomas McKinney (Stchelkalov), Samuel Van Dusen (Pimen/Varlaam), Michael Gallup (Nikitich/officer), Howard Fried (Missail), Tom Nelson (Fyodor), John McClellan (a boyar/Khrustchov); Walter Herbert, conductor; Jacobo Kaufmann, director; Ming Cho Lee, sets; Bess Dimitri, costumes

Carolyn Lewis (Lauretta), Jeanne Garson (Nella), Lila Stuart (Ciesca), Marvellee Cariaga (Zita), Perry Price (Rinuccio), Tom Nelson (Gherardino), Howard Fried (Gherardo), Norman Treigle (Gianni Schicchi), Thomas Simmons (Marco), John Fiorito (Betto), Samuel Van Dusen (Simone), Alfred Dennis (Spinelloccio/notary), Don Watts (Pinellino); Walter Herbert, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Davis West, sets; Peggy Kellner, costumes

Margaret Immerman (Emily), Marvellee Cariaga (Newkirk), Sarah Fleming (Euterpova), Howard Fried (Timothy), John Fiorito (Stone), Thomas McKinney (Tony), Alfred Dennis (Lavendar-Gas), Samuel Van Dusen (Turtlespit); Walter Herbert, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Davis West, sets; Bess Dimitri, costumes

Gilda Cruz-Romo (Violetta), Dorothy Dallas (Annina), Gwen Jones (Flora), William Blankenship (Alfredo), Ron Stevens (Gaston), Seymour Schwartzman (Germont), Chris Webb (Douphal), Eugene Brundage (Grenvil), Roger Winell (Marchese d'Obigny), Louis McKay (Giuseppe); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Davis West, sets; Franco Zeffirelli, costumes

Felicia Weathers (Cio-Cio-San), Marlena Kleinman (Suzuki), Sharon Atack (Kate), Chris Lachonas (Pinkerton), Howard Fried (Goro), John Robert Dunlop (Sharpless), Tom Masuko (commissioner/Yamadori), Desmond Vaughan (registrar), Michael Gallup (Bonze); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Roesch, director; Ming Cho Lee, sets/costumes

Judith de Paul (Nedda), Robert Nagy (Canio), Ken Remo (Beppe), Julian Patrick (Tonio), Raymond Gibbs (Silvio); Jack Craig, Tony Avendano (villagers); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Robert Darling, sets

Ken Remo (narrator), Julian Patrick (St. Peter), Louis MacKay (farmer), Tony Avendano (mayor); Alan Pitt, Raymond Gibbs, Howard Fried, Orville White (four fellows); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Robert Darling, sets

Klara Barlow (Elisabeth), Janis Martin (Venus), Kathleen Knight (shepherdess), Richard Martell (Tannhèuser), Perry Price (Walther), Val Stuart (Heinrich), John Reardon (Wolfram), Harold Enns (Hermann), Alan Pitt (Biterolf), Eugene Brundage (Reinmar); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; John Naccarato, sets

Heather Thomson (Marguerite), Perry Price (Siébel), Marvellee Cariaga (Marthe), John Walker (Faust), Bernard Turgeon (Valentin), Robert Austin (Wagner), Norman Treigle (Méphistophélès); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Jack McCullagh, designer

Beverly Sills (Olympia/Giulietta/Antonia/Stella), Nancy Williams (Nicklaus), Christina Krooskos (voice of Antonia's mother), Jean Cox (Hoffmann), Nico Castel (Andrés/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio/ Frantz),Ron Nelem (Nathanael), Norman Treigle (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dappertutto/Dr. Miracle), Alan Pitt (Hermann/Schlemil/Crespel), Robert Caruso (Luther), Howard Fried (Spalanzani); Walter Herbert, conductor; Bliss Hebert, director; Allen Charles Klein, designer

Anne Elgar (Gilda), Yvonne Garcia (Countess Ceprano/page), Roxana Cherico (Giovanna), Dorothy Dallas (Maddalena), Michael Trimbel (the Duke), Jamison Gill (Borsa), Peter Glossop (Rigoletto), Alan Pitt (Marullo), Gilbert Sloan (Ceprano), Alan Gilbert (Monterone), Harold Enns (Sparafucile); Walter Herbert, conductor; Rexford Harrower, director; Lorenzo Ghiglia, designer

Lee Venora (Mimì), Peggy Bonini (Musetta), John Stewart (Rodolfo), Lee Owens/Jack Craig (Parpignol), Richard Fredricks (Marcello), Raymond Gibbs (Schaunard), Harold Enns (Colline), Gimi Beni (Benoit), Fred Rigby (Alcindoro), Alan Pitt (customs guard); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Peggy Kellner, designer

Nedda Casei (Dulcinea), Lila Deis (Pilar), Dorothy Dallas (Inez), Ken Remo (Rodriguez), Gene Bullard (Juan), Andrew Foldi (Sancho Panza), Michael Devlin (Don Quixote), Forrest Ganz (bandit chief); Francisco Aguirre, John Hermann (servants); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Glen Holse, sets

Felicia Weathers (Salome), Claramae Turner (Herodias), Andree Jordan (Page), Judith Owens (slave), Arturo Sergi (Herod), Chris Lachona (Narraboth), Joshua Hecht (Jochanaan); Howard Fried, Raymond Gagan, Raymond Manton, Morris Crisci, Alan Pitt (five Jews); Harold Enns, William Bahrt (Nazarenes); Tony Lind, Robert Lynch (soldiers); Louis MacKay (a Cappadocian); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Peggy Kellner, designer

Maralin Niska (Micaëla), Sylvia Davis (Frasquita), Dorothy Krebil (Carmen), Dorothy Dallas (Mercedes), William Olvis (Don José), Ken Remo (Remendado), Norman Treigle (Escamillo), Alan Pitt (Zuniga), William Leyerle (Morales), Robert Glover (Dancaire); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director

Rita Shane (Queen of the Night), Heather Thomson (Pamina), Sylvia Davis (Papagena); Janet Pavek, Barbara Patton, Donna Peterson (three ladies); William Blankenship (Tamino), Howard Fried (Monostatos), Thomas Palmer (Papageno), Thomas O'Leary (Sarastro), Harold Enns (speaker), Leslie Cozzens (priest); Sam Baris, Bruce Bolger, Louis MacKay, Jr. (three spirits); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; William Barbe, costumes

Lucine Amara (Aida), Jean Stone (high priestess), Irene Kramarich (Amneris), Giovanni Gibin (Radames), Joshua Hecht (Amonasro), John A. Ford (Ramfis), Edward Baird (King), Leonard Johnson (messenger); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Mario Cristini, sets

United States Premiere
Norma Lynn (Luise), Louise Parker (Begonia), Claramae Turner (Baroness Greenweasel), Gwen Curatilo (Mrs. Harethrasher), Margot Blum (Mrs. Hoofnail), Carol Toscano (Ida), Lizanne Wilson (parlormaid), Glenn Cole (Lord Barrat), Kenneth Riegel (Wilhelm), Ken Remo (Amintore), John Ellsworth (Sir Edgar), Richard Fredricks (secretary), Gimi Beni (Burgomaster), Orville White (Harethrasher), Lloyd Hanna (Sharp), Howard Fried (von Mucker), Louis MacKay (lamplighter), Lee Owens (Monsieur la Truiare), Morgan Lane (Meadows), Ray Collymore (Jeremy); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Allen Charles Klein, sets; Peggy Kellner, costumes

Eileen Schauler (Tosca), Paula Chastain (shepherd), Plácido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Howard Fried (Spoletta), Chester Ludgin (Scarpia), Gimi Beni (sacristan), Eugene Brundage (Angelotti), Allan Pitt (Sciarrone), Louis MacKay (jailer); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Jack Montgomery, sets

Carol Todd (Marguerite), Melvin Brown (Siébel), Mary MacKenzie (Marthe), Plácido Domingo (Faust), Dominic Cossa (Valentin), Raymond Gibbs (Wagner), Norman Treigle (Méphistophélès); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Larry Kane, sets

Patricia Velsir (Berta), Anne Elgar (Rosina), Gene Bullard (Almaviva), Richard Fredricks (Figaro), Richard Wentworth (Bartolo), John A. Ford (Basilio), Raymond Gibbs (Fiorello), Morgan Lane (Ambrogio), George Endsley (officer), R. Lee Owens (notary); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Jack McCullagh, sets

Maralin Niska (Mimì), Margery Mackay (Musetta), Nicholas Di Virgilio/John Craig (7) (Rodolfo), Neil Gilbert Oehl (Parpignol), Benjamin Rayson (Marcello), William Beck (Schaunard), Harold Enns (Colline), Charles Gonzales (Benoit), John Powell (Alcindoro), Raymond Gibbs (customs guard); Walter Herbert, conductor; William Adams, director; Peggy Kellner, designer