1973-74 Season

Mefistofele – Arrigo Boito

September 9, 12, 15, 1973
Nancy Shade – Margherita/Elena | Kay Creed – Margherita’s mother/Pantalis | Salvador Novoa – Faust | David Hall – Wagner/Nereus | Norman Treigle – Mefistofele | Werner Torkanovsky – conductor | Tito Capobianco – director | David Mitchell – sets | Hal George – costumes

Carmen – Georges Bizet

October 31, November 2, 4(m), 1973
Esther Hinds – Micaëla | Jeanne Garson – Frasquita | Ann Howard – Carmen | Lila Stuart – Mercedes | William Dupre – Don José | Edgar Stone – Remendado | David Myrvold – Escamillo | Harold Enns – Zuniga | Charles Curtis – Morales | Howard Fried – Dancaire | Walter Herbert – conductor | William Roesch – director | Terry Gates – sets | Howard Bay – costumes

The Marriage of Figaro – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

November 28, 30, December 2, 1973
Johanna Meier – Countess | Joy Clements – Susanna | Katherine Hindrelet-Brydon – Barbarina | Susanne Marsee – Cherubino | Carol Weiss – Marcellina | Carolyn McDaniels, Barbara Park – country girls | James Atherton – Basilio/Curzio | John Darrenkamp – Count | Norman Treigle – Figaro | William Powers – Bartolo | Joseph Galiano – Antonio | Walter Herbert – conductor | James de Blasis – director | Henry Heymann – sets | Suzanne Mess – costumes

The Rhinegold – Richard Wagner

February 6, 8, 10(m), 1974
Constance Haldeman – Freia | Patricia Smith – Woglinde | Katherine Hinderlet-Brydon – Wellgunde | Marvellee Cariaga – Fricka | Christine Krooskos – Erda/Flosshilde | Howard Fried – Mime | John Guarnieri – Froh | Ticho Parly – Loge | David Ward – Wotan | Alfred Anderson – Donner | Phillip Booth – Fasolt | Andrew Foldi – Alberich | Samuel Van Dusen – Fafner | Walter Herbert – conductor | George London – director | John Naccarato – sets/costumes

Tosca – Giacomo Puccini

March 27, 29, 31, 1974
Marisa Galvany – Tosca | Eileen Moss – shepherd | Ermanno Mauro – Cavaradossi | Joseph Pinedo – Spoletta | Eugene Holmes – Scarpia | Michael Gallup – sacristan | Don Watts – Angelotti | Thomas Simmons – Sciarrone | Louis MacKay – jailer | Walter Herbert – conductor | Bliss Hebert – director | Allen Charles Klein – sets

The Daughter of the Regiment – Gaetano Donizetti

April 15, 22, 1974 (Phoenix only)
Beverly Sills – Marie | Beverly Evans – Countess of Berkenfeld | Peggy Castle – Duchess of Crackenthorp | Grayson Hirst – Tonio | Doug Burton – peasant | Spiro Malas – Sulpice | Don Watts – Hortensio | Thomas Simmons – corporal | Walter Herbert – conductor | William Roesch – director | Beni Montresor – sets/costumes