1972-73 Season

Performance History

Aida – Giuseppe Verdi

October 18, 20, 22, 1972
Felicia Weathers/Alpha Floyd (10/20, 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(10/20)/David Caylor(10/22) – messenger | Walter Herbert – conductor | Ross Allen – director | Mario Cristini – sets

Medea – Alva Henderson

November 29, December 1, 3(m), 1972
World Premiere
Irene Dalis/Marvellee Cariaga (12/1,3) – Medea | Marvellee Cariaga/Joyce Jones (12/1,3) – Nurse | Glade Peterson – Jason | Samuel Van Dusen – Creon | Thomas McKinney – Tutor | Walter Herbert – conductor | Ghita Hager – director | Robert Darling – sets/costumes

Romeo and Juliet – Charles Gounod

February 7, 9, 11(m), 1973
Eilene Shelle – Juliet | Julia Shelley/Barbara Park (02/9, 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

The Daughter of the Regiment – Gaetano Donizetti

March 21, 23, 25(m), 1973
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

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