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Production History
2022-2023 Season
*San Diego Opera debut
El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego)
World Premiere
October 29, November 1, 4, 6, 2022 | San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Gabriela Lena Frank
Libretto by Nilo Cruz
Conducted by Roberto Kalb*
Directed by Lorena Maza*
Frida Kahlo: Guadalupe Paz
Diego Rivera: Alfredo Daza*
Catrina: Maria Katzarava*
Leonardo: Key’mon W. Murrah*
Guadalupe Ponti: Kaitlin Barron*
Young Man: Dongwhi Tony Baek*
Villager 1: Søren Pederson*
Villager 2: Felipe Prado
Villager 3: Shelby Condray
Frida 1: Tasha Koontz
Frida 2: Sarah-Nicole Carter
Frida 3: Leslie Leytham*
Scenic Designer: Jorge Ballina*
Lighting Designer: Victor Zapatero
Costume Designer: Eloise Kazan*
Concert:
Isabel Leonard*, mezzo-soprano and Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitar
December 1, 2022 | dētour Series at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall, Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
Co-Presentation with La Jolla Music Society
The Puccini Duo (Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi)
February 11, 14, 17, 19, 2023 | San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretti by Giovacchino Forzano
Conducted by Yves Abel
Directed and Choreographed by Kyle Lang
Suor Angelica:
Suor Angelica: Marina Costa-Jackson*
La Zia Principessa: Stephanie Blythe
La Badessa: Claudia Chapa*
La Zelatrice: Megan Moore*
La Maestra delle Novizie: Guadalupe Paz
Una Conversa: Maria Miller*
La Conversa II: Emily Weinberg*
Una Novizia: Amy Mein*
La Novizia II: Karen Wilcox*
Suor Osmina: Abigail Allwein*
Suor Genovieffa: Tasha Koontz
Suor Dolcina: Sarah-Nicole Carter
La Sorella Infermiera: Mary Boles-Allen*
First Tourière: Katie Polit*
Second Tourière: Maria Caughey*
Gianni Schicchi:
Gianni Schicchi: Stephanie Blythe
Lauretta: Marina Costa-Jackson
Rinuccio: Piotr Buszewski*
Zita: Claudia Chapa
Gherardo: Dongwhi Tony Baek
Nella: Tasha Koontz
Gherardino: Ella June Pearce*
Betto: Colin Ramsey
Simone: Philip Cokorinos*
Marco: Andrew Craig Brown*
La Ciesca: Megan Moore
Maestro Spinelloccio / Notary: Michael Sokol
Pinellino: Walter DuMelle
Guccio: Shelby Condray
Scenic Designer: Tim Wallace
Lighting Designer: Thomas C. Hase
Suor Angelica Costume Designers: Pier Paolo Bisleri* and Melanie Taylor Burgess*
Gianni Schicchi Costume Designer: Ingrid Helton
Tosca
March 25, 28, 3, April 2, 2023 | San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Conducted by Valerio Galli
Directed by Alan E. Hicks
Floria Tosca: Michelle Bradley
Mario Cavaradossi: Marcelo Puente*
Baron Scarpia: Greer Grimsley
Sacristan: Michael Sokol
Spoletta: Joel Sorensen
Sciarrone: DeAndre Simmons*
Angelotti / Jailer: Andrew Craig Brown
Shepherd Boy: Abigail Allwein
Scenic Designer: Andrew Horn
Lighting Designer: Chris Rynne
Costume Designers: Andrew Marley and Heidi Zamora
Ghosts
World Premiere
April 14, 15, 16, 2023 | dētour Series at the Balboa Theatre
Music by Nicolas Reveles
Eden Libretto by John De Los Santos
Dormir Libretto by Michael Vegas Mussman
House Libretto by Nicolas Reveles
Conducted by Bruce Stasyna
Directed by John de los Santos
Eden:
Clay: Andrew Acosta*
Dormir:
Yadira: Ann McMahon Quintero*
Javier: Andrew Acosta
Mr. Costello: Michael Sokol
House:
Woman: Emily Fons
Scenic Designer: Tim Wallace
Lighting Designer: Jason Bieber
Costume Designer: Faith James Steenbergen*
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