1981-82 Season

Performance History

Andréa Chenier – Umberto Giordano

September 11, 13(m), 16, 19, 1981
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

Susannah – Carlisle Floyd

September 25, 27(m), 30, October 3, 1981
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

Faust – Charles Gounod

October 9, 11(m), 14, 17, 1981
Pamela Myers (Palm Springs)/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

Concert – Gala Benefit Concert to help the San Diego Symphony Orchestra Assocation

October 18, 1981
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

Giulietta e Romeo – Riccardo Zandonai

April 23, 25(m), 28, May 1, 1982
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

The Barber of Seville – Gioachino Rossini

May 6, 8, 12, 16(m), 1982
Rose Marie 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

Turandot – Giacomo Puccini

May 21, 23(m), 26, 29, 1982
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

Il Corsaro – Giuseppe Verdi

June 18, 20(m), 26, 1982
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

A Masked Ball – Giuseppe Verdi

June 19, 25, 27(m), 1982
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 1982 Jubilee V

June 24, 1982
Verdi Festival
Shirley Verrett, June Anderson, Rosalind Plowright, Gwynn Cornell, Alfonso Navarrete, J. Patrick Raftery, soloists | Edoardo Müller/Michelangelo Veltri/Karen Keltner, conductors

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