1969-70 Season

Pagliacci – Ruggiero Leoncavallo

October 9, 11, 1969
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

The Moon – Carl Orff

October 9, 11, 1969
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

Tannhäuser – Richard Wagner

November 13, 15, 1969
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

Faust – Charles Gounod

February 19, 21, 1970
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

The Tales of Hoffmann – Jacques Offenbach

April 23, 25, 1970
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