1982-83 Season

Gwendoline – Emmanuel Chabrier

October 2, 5, 8, 10(m), 1982
United States Premiere
Rosalind Plowright – Gwendoline | J. Patrick Raftery – Arald | Jerold Norman – Armel | Melvin Lowery – Erik | Steven Savino – Aella | Edward Badrak – Dane | Antonio Tauriello – conductor | Tito Capobianco – director | Beni Montresor – sets/costumes

Madama Butterfly – Giacomo Puccini

October 9, 12, 15, 17(m), 1982
Martina Arroyo – Cio-Cio-San | Mimi Lerner – Suzuki | Wendy Hillhouse – Kate | Joseph Evans – Pinkerton | Joaquin Romaguera – Goro | Frederick Burchinal – Sharpless | David Hamilton – commissioner | Melvin Lowery – Yamadori | Joseph Pechota – registrar | Stephen West – Bonze | Bruno Rigacci – conductor | Rhoda Levine – director | John Scheffler – sets | Suzanne Mess – costumes

La Périchole – Jacques Offenbach

October 23, 26, 29, 31(m), 1982
Leigh Munro – la Périchole | Carol Kaszar – Estrella | Amy Burton – Guadalena | Sarah Pruetti – Virginella | Virginia Sublett – Ninetta | Dru McCain – Brambilla | Susan Lord – Manuelita | Diane Jennings – Frasquinella | William Workman – Paquillo | David Rae Smith – Don Andres | David Hall – Count of Panatellas | Harlan Foss – Don Pedro | Melvin Lowery, David Hamilton – notaries | Steven Savino – Marquis | Joaquin Romaguera – old prisoner | Richard LaBarge – turnkey | Andrew Litton/Karen Keltner – conductors | Jack Eddleman – director | John Scheffler – sets | Suzanne Mess – costumes

Henry VIII – Camille Saint-Saëns

February 12, 15, 18, 20(m), 1983
United States Professional Premiere
Cristina Deutekom – Catherine of Aragon | Brenda Boozer – Anne Boleyn | Nancy Carol Moore – Lady Clarence | Jacque Trussel – Don Gomez | Sherrill Milnes – Henry VIII | Kenneth Cox – Cardinal Campeggio | Robert Schmorr – Earl of Surrey | Kevin Langan – Duke of Norfolk | Joseph Pechota, Robert Toschak, Steven Savino, Ronald Banks – courtiers | Neil Wilson-Nease – garter king-at-arms | Enrique Baquerizo – Cranmer | Edward Badrak – usher | Antonio Tauriello – conductor | Tito Capobianco – director | Thomas Munn/Bill Gorgensen – set designers

Aida – Giuseppe Verdi

February 25, 27(m), March 2, 5, 1983
Gilda Cruz-Romo – Aida | Carol Kaszar – high priestess | Rachel Gettler*/Mariana Paunova (03/2,5) – Amneris | Adriaan van Limpt – Radames | Joseph Shore – Amonasro | Dimitri Kavrakos – Ramfis | Thomas Paul – King | Neil Wilson-Nease – messenger | Theo Alcantara – conductor | Robert Tannenbaum – director | Mario Cristini/Bill Gorgensen – set designers | Suzanne Mess – costumes

Adriana Lecouvreur – Francesco Cilea

May 22, 26, 29(m), June 1, 1983
Joan Sutherland – Adriana Lecouvreur | Amy Burton – Mlle. Jouvenot | Stella Silva – Princess de Bouillon | Jane Shaulis – Mlle. Dangeville | Diane Jennings – maid | Vasile Moldoveanu – Maurizio | John Brácheler – Michonnet | David Hall – Poisson | Ricardo Cassinelli* – the Abbé | Carlos Chausson – Quinault | Arnold Voketaitis – Prince of Bouillon | Steven Savino – major-domo | Richard Bonynge – conductor | Tito Capobianco – director | Robert O’Hearn – sets | Suzanne Mess – costumes