2024-25 Season

La bohème – Music by Giacomo Puccini | Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa  

November 1, 2, and 3 (m), 2024
San Diego Civic Theatre
Joshua Blue* – Rodolfo (Nov. 1 & 3) | César Delgado* – Rodolfo (Nov. 2) | Kathleen O’Mara* – Mimì (Nov. 1 & 3) | Sarah Tucker – Mimì (Nov. 2) | Leroy Davis* – Marcello | Latonia Moore – Musetta | Harold Wilson* – Colline | Søren Pedersen – Schaunard | Michael Sokol – Alcindoro

Lidiya Yankovskaya* – Conductor | Keturah Stickann – Director | Nicolás A. Garcia – Assistant Director | Bruce Stasyna – Chorus Master/Musical Preparation | Emanuela Patroncini – Italian Diction | Oxana Bulgakova – Supertitle Caller | Tim Wallace – Scenic/Projection Designer | Susan Allred – Costume Designer | Chris Rynne – Lighting Designer | Peter Herman – Hair and Makeup Designer | Peter Nictakis – Stage Manager

Making Merry: A Choral Holiday Celebration

December 7, 2024
Balboa Theatre
Alisa Jordheim – Soprano | Raúl Prieto Ramirez – Organist | Bruce Stasyna – Music Director, Pianist, Arranger and Chorus Master | Ross Goldman – Sound Designer | Jason Bieber – Lighting Designer | Laura Zingle – Stage Manager

Featuring the San Diego Opera Chorus:
Sopranos: Talar Arslanian*, Carly Cummings, Laynee Dell, Maria Miller, Lisa Parente, Katherine Polit
Altos: Mary Boles Allen, Abigail Allwein, Laura Bueno, Sarah-Nicole Carter, Leslie Leytham, Karin Wilcox
Tenors: Alexis Alfaro, Adam Caughey, Anthony Malerich, Cole Tornberg
Bass: Joshua David Cavanaugh, Shelby Condray, Malachi Marshall, David Marshman, James Schindler, Michael Sokol

Salome – Music by Richard Strauss | Libretto by Hedwig Lachmann

March 21, 22, and 23(m), 2025
San Diego Civic Theatre
Marcy Stonikas – Salome (March 21 & 23) | Kirsten Chambers* – Salome (March 22) | Dennis Petersen* – Herod Antipas | Kyle Albertson – Jochanaan | Nina Warren – Herodias | Benjamin Werley* – Narraboth | Karin Wilcox* – Page of Herodias | Travis Sherwood* – First Nazarene | DeAndre Simmons – First Soldier | Malachi Marshall* – Second Soldier | Joel Sorensen – First Jew | Alexis Alfaro – Second Jew | Bernardo Bermudez – Third Jew | Tony Baek – Fourth Jew | Michael Sokol – Fifth Jew | Joshua David Cavanaugh* – Second Nazarene | Leslie Ann Leytham – A Slave | Travis Sherwood* – A Cappadocian

Yves Abel – Conductor | Jose Maria Condemi – Director | Alan E. Hicks – Assistant Director | Eric Malson, Catherine Miller, Bruce Stasyna – Musical Preparation | Sigrid Pate, Katina Mitchell – Diction Coaches | Abigail Allwein – Supertitle Caller | Tim Wallace – Scenic Designer | Jason Bieber – Lighting Designer | Anita Yavich – Costume Designer | Peter Herman – Hair and Makeup Designer | Nan Luchini – Stage Manager

La traviata – Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

April 25, 26, and 27 (m), 2025
San Diego Civic Theatre

Andriana Chuchman – Violetta Valéry | Zach Borichevsky* – Alfredo Germont | Hunter Enoch* – Giorgio Germont | Felipe Prado – Gastone de Letorières | Travis Sherwood – Baron Douphol | DeAndre Simmons – Marchese D’Obigny | Michael Sokol – Doctor Grenville | Tzytle Steinman – Flora Bervoix | Erika Alatorre* – Annina | Frank Napolitano – Giuseppe | David Marshman – Messenger | Jeong Sang Lyu – Flora’s Servant

Yves Abel – Conductor | Kyle Lang – Director/Choreographer | Tim Wallace – Set and Projection Designer | Abigail Hoke-Brady – Lighting Designer | Jess Goldstein – Costume Designer | Jenn Hill – Hair and Makeup Designer | Matthew Haney – Assistant Director | Bruce Stasyna – Chorus Master | Catherine Miller – Musical Preparation | Emanuela Patroncini – Diction Coach | Oxana Bulgakova – Supertitle Caller | Carmen Catherine Alfaro – Stage Manager

*San Diego Opera debut