1974-75 Season

Manon – Jules Massenet

October 30, November 1, 3(m), 1974
Catherine Malfitano – Manon | Patricia Smith – Pousette | Teri Sinclair – Javotte | Diana Davidson – Rosette | Raymond Gibbs – des Grieux | Ken Remo – Guillot de Morfontaine | Douglas Lawrence – Lescaut | Michael Gallup – De Brétigny | Thomas Simmons – innkeeper | Harry Dworchak – Count des Grieux | Walter Herbert – conductor | Bliss Hebert – director | Allen Charles Klein – sets

Lucia di Lammermoor – Gaetano Donizetti

December 4, 6, 8(m), 1974
Joan Sutherland – Lucia | Peggy Castle – Alisa | Franco Tagliavini – Edgardo | Gordon Greer – Arturo | Richard Wagner – Normanno | John Darrenkamp – Enrico | Robert Hale – Raimondo | Richard Bonynge – conductor | Bliss Hebert – director | Henry Bardon – sets | Peter Hall – costumes

A Village Romeo and Juliet – Frederick Delius

January 15, 17, 19(m), 1975
Patricia Wells – Vreli | Paula Copeland – pastry woman/slim girl | Martha Jane Howe – wheel of fortune woman/wild girl | Paula McDonnell – cheap jewelry woman | Carolee Thornburgh – woman | John Stewart – Sali | Cary Smith – Marti/fruit man/bargeman | Samuel Van Dusen – Manz/knick-knack man/hunchbacked bass fiddler/bargeman | David Holloway – dark fiddler | David Caylor – doll and puppet man | Frank Hallock – peasant | Jerry Whitney – indigent hornplayer | John Gruett – bargeman | Walter Herbert – conductor | Frank Corsaro – director | Theoni V. Aldredge – costumes

The Valkyrie – Richard Wagner

February 26, 28, March 2(m), 1975
Johanna Meier – Sieglinde | Anna Green – Brünnhilde | Marvellee Cariaga – Fricka | Barbara Wilkinson – Helmwige | LaVerne Williams – Ortlinde | Marlene Delavan – Gerhilde | Adrienne Leonetti – Waltraute | Kathleen O’Brien – Siegrune | Barbara McAlister – Rossweisse | Emily Tracy – Grimgerde | Mara Baygulow – Schwertleite | Jon Andrew – Siegmund | Noel Tyl – Wotan | Samuel Van Dusen – Hunding | Walter Herbert – conductor | Ghita Hager – director | John Naccarato – sets/costumes

La bohème – Giacomo Puccini

April 9, 11, 13(m), 1975
Karan Armstrong – Mimì | Maria Di Giglio – Musetta | Raymond Gibbs – Rodolfo | John Gruett/David Caylor – Parpignol | John Darrenkamp – Marcello | David Myrvold – Schaunard | Harry Dworchak – Colline | Michael Gallup – Benoit/Alcindoro | Walter Herbert – conductor | Patrick Bakman – director | John Scheffler – sets | Suzanne Mess – costumes