1983-84 Season

Lohengrin – Richard Wagner

September 23, 25(m), 28, October 1, 1983
Stephanie Sundine – Elsa | Pauline Tinsley – Ortrud | William Neill – Lohengrin | William Justus – Telramund | John Tomlinson* – Heinrich | Carlos Chausson – King’s herald | Robert Schmorr, Neil Wilson, Steven Savino, Kenneth Cox – nobles of Brabant | Theo Alcantara – conductor | Jay Lesenger – director | Beni Montresor – sets/costumes

Hamlet – Ambroise Thomas

October 7, 9(m), 12, 15, 1983
Gianna Rolandi – Ophelia | RoseMarie Freni – Gertrude | Michael Cousins – Laertes | William Justus – Hamlet | Robert Hale – Claudius | Neil Wilson – Marcellus | Steven Savino – Horatio/gravedigger | Kenneth Cox – ghost of Hamlet’s father | J. Raymond Fielder – Polonius | Joseph Pechota – gravedigger | Bruno Rigacci – conductor | Tito Capobianco – director | Carl Toms – sets

Cinderella – Gioachino Rossini

October 21, 23(m), 26, 29, 1983
Amy Burton – Clorinda | Ann Murray – Cinderella | Jane Shaulis – Tisbe | John Aler – Don Ramiro | Alan Titus – Dandini | Richard McKee – Don Magnifico | Kenneth Cox – Alidoro | Karen Keltner – conductor | Robert Tannenbaum – director | Maurice Strike – sets

Anna Bolena – Gaetano Donizetti

February 10, 12(m), 15, 18, 1984
Katia Ricciarelli – Anna Bolena | Susanne Marsee – Giovanna Seymour | Susan Quittmeyer – Smeaton | Bruce Reed – Lord Riccardo Percy | Robert Hale – Henry VIII | Juan Pedro Garcia Marques – Lord Rochefort | Robert Schmorr – Hervey | Eve Queler – conductor | Jay Lesenger – director | Bill Gorgensen – sets

Don Giovanni – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

February 24, 26(m), 29, March 3, 1984
Faye Robinson – Anna | Marianna Christos – Elvira | Melanie Sonnenberg – Zerlina | Stuart Burrows – Ottavio | Michael Devlin – Giovanni | Harlan Foss – Masetto | Kenneth Cox – Commendatore | Richard McKee – Leporello | Christopher Keene – conductor | Wolfgang Weber – director | Toni Businger – sets

Carmen – Georges Bizet

March 8, 11(m), 14, 17, 1984
Pamela Myers – Micaëla | Amy Burton – Frasquita | Rachel Gettler – Carmen | Jane Shaulis – Mercedes | Jacque Trussel – Don José | David Hall – Remendado | Charles Long – Escamillo | Juan Pedro Garcia Marques – Zuniga | David Hamilton – Morales | Steven Savino – Dancaire | Theo Alcantara – conductor | Anthony Besch – director | John Conklin – sets

I Masnadieri – Giuseppe Verdi

June 21, 24(m), 30, 1984
Verdi Festival
Joan Sutherland – Amalia | Gordon Greer – Carlo | Kirk Redmann – Arminio | Antonio Salvadori – Francesco | Alfredo Zanazzo – Massimiliano | Kenneth Cox – Moser | Steven Savino – Rolla | Richard Bonynge – conductor | Tito Capobianco – director | Bill Gorgensen – sets

Simon Boccanegra – Giuseppe Verdi

June 23, 29, July 1(m), 1984
Verdi Festival
Martina Arroyo – Amelia | Annette Winchell – maid | Adriaan van Limpt – Adorno | Sherrill Milnes – Simon | Carlos Chausson – Paolo | Nicola Ghiuselev – Fiesco | Steven Savino – Pietro | Max R. Chodos – captain | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Nathaniel Merrill – director | Toni Businger – sets