1991-92 Season

Der Rosenkavalier – Richard Strauss

January 18, 21, 24, 26(m), 29, 1992
Ashley Putnam – Feldmarschallin | Barbara Kilduff – Sophie | Patricia Minton Smith – Marianne | Susanne Mentzer – Octavian | Suzanna Guzmán – Annina | Dawn Veree Harrison, Angela Milia, Katherine Lundeen – three noble orphans | Betsy McLean – milliner | Jonathan Welch/Jorge Lopez-Yanez (01/29) – singer | Bernard Fitch – Valzacchi | Beau Palmer – animal vendor/major-domo/innkeeper | Georg Tichy* – Herr von Faninal | Artur Korn – Baron Ochs | Daniel S. Leal – major-domo | David Downing – notary | Matthew Alexander, James Banner, Joel Snyder, Gerald Whitney – lackeys/waiters | Kevin Bell – commissioner | Heinz Fricke – conductor | Wolfgang Weber – director | Allen Charles Klein – sets | Ray Diffen – costumes

The Marriage of Figaro – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

February 8, 11, 14, 16(m), 19, 1992
Rita Cullis* – Countess | Cheryl Parrish – Susanna | Sylvia Wen – Barbarina | Emily Manhart – Cherubino | Judith Christin/Martha Jane Howe (02/19) – Marcellina | Betsy McLean, Katherine Lundeen – country girls | Jerold Siena – Basilio | Beau Palmer – Curzio | David Malis – Count | John Pringle* – Figaro | François Loup – Bartolo | James Scott Sikon – Antonio | Edoardo Müller/Karen Keltner (02/19) – conductors | John Copley – director | Zack Brown – sets/costumes

Recital – Hermann Prey, baritone

February 15, 1992 | Sherwood Auditorium
Leonard Hokanson, piano

Recital – Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano

February 23, 1992 | Sherwood Auditorium
Massimiliano Murrali, piano

The Rape of Lucretia – Benjamin Britten

February 29, March 3, 6, 8(m), 11, 1992
Rita Cullis – female chorus | Judith Lovat – Lucia | Melanie Sonnenberg – Lucretia | Martha Jane Howe – Bianca | Robert Tear – male chorus | Louis Otey – Tarquinius | Richard Zeller – Junius | Mark S. Doss – Collatinus | Christopher Keene – conductor | Jonathan Eaton – director | Neil Peter Jampolis – sets | Debra Hanson – costumes

The Merry Widow – Franz Lehár

April 4, 7, 10, 12(m), 15, 1992
Glenys Fowles – Hanna | Sunny Joy Langton – Valencienne | Catherine Stapleton – Sylviane/Frou-Frou | Melody Rossi – Olga/Margot | Anita Colet – Praskowia/Dodo | Betsy McLean – Lolo | Erica Rose – Jou-Jou | Dawn Veree Harrison – Clo-Clo | Theodore Baerg – Danilo | Gregory Kunde – Camille | John Del Carlo – Baron Zeta | Richard Byrne – Cascada | Dennis McNeil – St. Brioche | David Downing – Bogdanowitsch | Jeffrey Calof – Kromow | William Nolan – Pritschitsch | Beau Palmer – Njegus | Karen Keltner – conductor | Lou Galterio – director | Carl Toms – sets/costumes

Carmen – Georges Bizet

April 25, 28, May 1, 3(m), 6, 1992
Ai-Lan Zhu – Micaëla | Jeralyn Refeld – Frasquita | Adria Firestone – Carmen | Gale Fuller – Mercedes | Arthur Davies – Don José | Dennis McNeil – Remendado | Richard Paul Fink – Escamillo | Mark S. Doss – Zuniga | Richard Byrne – Morales | Matthew Carey – Dancaire | Kees Bakels – conductor | Rosalind Elias – director | John Conklin – sets | Peter J. Hall – costumes