2003-04 Season

Recital – Paata Burchuladze, bass

September 14, 2003
Ludmila Ivanova, piano

Turandot – Giacomo Puccini

January 24, 27, 30, February 1(m), 4, 2004
Anna Shafajinskaia – Turandot | Dario Volonté – Calaf | Ai-Lan Zhu – Liu | Maxim Mikhailov – Timur | Scott Hendricks – Ping | Beau Palmer – Pang | Joseph Hu – Pong | Joseph Frank – Emperor | Joe Pechota – Mandarin | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Lotfi Mansouri – director | David Hockney – set design | Ian Falconer – costume design

The Pearl Fishers – Georges Bizet

February 14, 17, 20, 22(m), 2004
Isabel Bayrakdarian – Leïla | Michael Schade – Nadir | Russell Braun – Zurga | José Gallisa – Nourabad | Karen Keltner – conductor | Andrew Sinclair – director | Zandra Rhodes – production design (sets and costumes)

Don Carlo – Giuseppe Verdi

March 27, 30, April 2, 4(m), 7, 2004
Sergej Larin – Don Carlo | Sondra Radvanovsky – Queen Elizabeth | Ferruccio Furlanetto – King Philip | Rod Gilfry – Marquis of Posa | Mariana Pentcheva – Princess Eboli | Louis Lebherz – Grand Inquisitor | Joseph Hu – Count Lerma | Daniel Borowski – Monk | Laura Portune – Tebaldo, Celestial Voice | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Lotfi Mansouri – director | Zack Brown – production design

Katya Kabanova – Leoš Janácek

April 17, 20, 23, 25(m), 2004
Patricia Racette – Katya Kabanova | Raymond Very – Boris Grigorievitch | Jay Hunter Morris – Tichon Kabanov | James Scott Sikon – Pavel Dikoi | Dame Josephine Barstow – Marfa Kabanicha | Priti Gandhi – Varvara | Doug Jones – Vanya Kudriash | Nicolai Janitzky – Kuligin | Kelly Gebhardt – Glasha | Ilse Apéstegui – Feklusha | John Fiore – conductor | Ian Campbell – director | Jane LaMotte – set design

La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi

May 8, 11, 14, 16(m), 19, 2004
Anja Harteros – Violetta | Richard Troxell – Alfredo | James Westman – Germont | James Scott Sikon – Marquis | Kelly Gebhardt – Flora | Ilse Apestegui – Annina | Joseph Hu – Gaston | Nicolai Janitzky – Douphol | Ethan Herschefeld – Dr. Grenvil | Chad Frisque – Giuseppe | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Ian Campbell – director | John Conklin – set design | David Walker – costume design

Recital – Ewa Podles, contralto

November 15, 2003
Ania Marchwinska, piano

Recital – Russell Braun, baritone & Michael Schade, tenor

February 28, 2004
Carolyn Maule, piano