1976-77 Season

Otello – Giuseppe Verdi

October 9, 12, 15, 17(m), 1976
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

The Saint of Bleecker Street – Gian Carlo Menotti

December 1, 3, 5(m), 7, 1976
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 (12/07) – conductor | Tito Capobianco – director | Beeb Salzer – sets

Die Fledermaus – Johann Strauss, Jr.

January 23, 25, 28, 30(m), 1977
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 (01/30) – conductor | Lotfi Mansouri – director | Brian Jackson – sets

Gátterdämmerung – Richard Wagner

February 19, 22, 25, 27(m), 1977
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 (02/25, 27) – Hagen | Henry Holt – conductor | George London – director | John Naccarato – sets/costumes

La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi

March 26, 29, April 1, 3(m), 1977
April 9, 1977 (Palm Springs)
April 14, 16, 1977 (Pasadena)
Beverly Sills/Nancy Shade (04/09) – Violetta | Dora Walker – Annina | Adrienne Leonetti – Flora | William McDonald/Joseph Evans (04/9, 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