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Production History
2024-2025 Season
*San Diego Opera debut
La bohème
November 1, 2, 3, 2024 | San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya*
Directed by Keturah Stickann
Rodolfo: Joshua Blue* (Nov 1, 3), César Delgado* (Nov 2)
Mimì: Kathleen O’Mara* (Nov 1, 3), Sarah Tucker (Nov 2)
Marcello: Leroy Davis*
Musetta: Latonia Moore
Colline: Harold Wilson
Schaunard: Søren Pedersen
Alcindoro: Michael Sokol
Scenic and Projection Designer: Tim Wallace
Lighting Designer: Chris Rynne
Costume Designer: Susan Allred
Hair and Makeup Designer: Peter Herman
Assistant Director: Nicolás A. Garcia
Stage Manager: Peter Nictakis
Musical Preparation and Chorus Master: Bruce Stasyna
Italian Diction: Emanuela Patroncini
Supertitle Caller: Oxana Bulgakova
Making Merry: A Choral Holiday Celebration
December 7, 2024 | Balboa Theatre
Soprano: Alisa Jordheim
Organist: Raúl Prieto Ramirez
Music Director, Pianist, Arranger, and Chorus Master: Bruce Stasyna
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
Basses: Joshua David Cavanaugh, Shelby Condray, Malachi Marshall, David Marshman, James Schindler, Michael Sokol
Sound Designer: Ross Goldman
Lighting Designer: Jason Bieber
Stage Manager: Laura Zingle
Salome
March 21, 22, 23, 2025 | San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hedwig Lachmann
Conducted by Yves Abel
Directed by Jose Maria Condemi
Salome: Marcy Stonikas (Mar 21, 23), Kirsten Chambers* (Mar 22)
Herod: Dennis Petersen*
Herodias: Nina Warren
Jochanaan: Kyle Albertson
Narraboth: Benjamin Werley*
Page of Herodias: Karin Wilcox*
First Jew: Joel Sorensen
Second Jew: Alexis Alfaro
Third Jew: Bernardo Bermudez
Fourth Jew: Tony Baek
Fifth Jew: Michael Sokol
First Nazarene: Travis Sherwood*
Second Nazarene: Joshua David Cavanaugh*
First Soldier: DeAndre Simmons
Second Soldier: Malachi Marshall*
A Cappadocian: Travis Sherwood*
A Slave: Leslie Ann Leytham
Scenic Designer: Tim Wallace
Lighting Designer: Jason Bieber
Costume Designer: Anita Yavich
Hair and Makeup Designer: Peter Herman
Assistant Director: Alan E. Hicks
Stage Manager: Nan Luchini
Musical Preparation: Eric Malson, Catherine Miller, and Bruce Stasyna
German Diction Coaches: Sigrid Pate and Katina Mitchell
Supertitle Coordinator: Abigail Allwein
La traviata
April 25, 26, 27, 2025 | San Diego Civic Theatre
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Conducted by Yves Abel
Directed by Kyle Lang
Violetta Valéry: Andriana Chuchman
Alfredo Germont: Zach Borichevsky*
Giorgio Germont: Hunter Enoch*
Flora Bervoix: Tzytle Steinman
Annina: Erika Alatorre*
Gastone: Felipe Prado
Baron Douphol: Travis Sherwood
Marchese d’Obigny: DeAndre Simmons
Doctor Grenvil: Michael Sokol
Giuseppe: Frank Napolitano
Flora’s Servant: Jeong Sang Lyu
Messenger: David Marshman
Set and Projection Designer: Tim Wallace
Lighting Designer: Abigail Hoke-Brady
Costume Designer: Jess Goldstein
Hair and Makeup Designer: Jenn Hill
Choreographer: Kyle Lang
Assistant Director: Matthew Haney
Stage Manager: Carmen Catherine Alfaro
Chorus Master: Bruce Stasyna
Musical Preparation: Catherine Miller
Italian Diction Coach: Emanuela Patroncini
Supertitle Coordinator: Oxana Bulgakova
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