1980-81 Season

Elektra – Richard Strauss

September 18, 21(m), 24, 27, 1980
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

Die Fledermaus – Johann Strauss, Jr.

October 5(m), 8, 11, 16, 19(m), 1980
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

Werther – Jules Massenet

October 24, 26(m), 29, November 1, 1980
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

Tosca – Giacomo Puccini

May 8, 11, 14, 17(m), 1981
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

Lucia di Lammermoor – Gaetano Donizetti

May 16, 18, 22, 24(m), 1981
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

The Love for Three Oranges – Sergei Prokofiev

May 30, June 1, 5, 7(m), 1981
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(06/05) – conductor | Tito Capobianco – director | Mario Vanarelli – sets/costumes

Nabucco – Giuseppe Verdi

June 19, 21(m), 27, 1981
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

Un Giorno Di Regno – Giuseppe Verdi

June 20, 26, 28(m), 1981
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

Concert: Verdi Requiem – Giuseppe Verdi

June 25, 1981 | On the Green at Rancho Bernardo
Verdi Festival
Cristina Deutekom, Susanne Marsee, Jon Fredric West, Ezio Flagello, soloists | San Diego Master Chorale | Theo Alcantara, conductor