1986-87 Season

Tosca – Giacomo Puccini

October 11, 14, 17, 19(m), 1986
Marilyn Zschau – Tosca | Deidra Palmour – shepherd | Vladimir Popov – Cavaradossi | Richard Brunner – Spoletta | George Fortune – Scarpia | Richard McKee – sacristan | David Bernard – Angelotti | David Downing – Sciarrone | Losif Buibas – jailer | Thomas Fulton – conductor | Sam Wanamaker – director | Allen Charles Klein/Sam Wanamaker – sets/costumes

Norma – Vincenzo Bellini

October 25, 28, 31, November 2(m), 1986
Cristina Deutekom – Norma | Delores Ziegler – Adalgisa | Deidra Palmour – Clotilda | Antonio Barasorda – Pollione | Richard Brunner – Flavio | Nicola Ghiuselev – Oroveso | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Bernd Benthaak – director | Carl Toms – sets | Jose Varona – costumes

Recital – Anna Russell, raconteuse extraordinaire

November 7, 8, 9, 10, 1986 | Old Globe Theatre
Robert Rosenberger, piano

Concert – Dame Joan Sutherland, soprano

January 23, 1987 | Civic Theatre
Richard Bonynge, conductor

Recital – Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor

January 26, 1987 | Old Globe Theatre
Siegfried Mauser, piano

The Flying Dutchman – Richard Wagner

February 7, 10, 13, 15(m), 1987
Sabine Hass – Senta | Jane Shaulis – Mary | Siegfried Jerusalem – Erik | Michael Sylvester – Steersman | Roger Roloff – Dutchman | Kevin Langan – Daland | Matthias Kuntzsch – conductor | Bernd Benthaak – director | William Gorgensen – sets

The Barber of Seville – Gioachino Rossini

February 21, 24, 27, March 1(m), 1987
Susanne Mentzer – Rosina | Jane Shaulis – Berta | Mark DuBois – Almaviva | Hermann Prey – Figaro | François Loup – Bartolo | Kevin Langan – Basilio | Rod Gilfry – Fiorello | Stan Case – Ambrogio | Ronald Banks – officer | Karen Keltner – conductor | Wolfgang Weber – director | Alfred Siercke – sets/costumes

Recital – Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

February 28, 1987 | Civic Theatre
Martin Katz, piano

Porgy and Bess – George Gershwin

March 5, 6, 7(m), 7, 8(m), 8, 1987
Carmen Balthrop/Henrietta Davis (03/6, 7, 8) – Bess | Priscilla Baskerville/Theresa Hamm (03/6, 7, 8) – Serena | Rita McKinley – Clara | Marjorie Wharton – Maria | Geraldine McMillian – Annie | Yvette Matthews – Lily | Denise Woods – strawberry woman | Larry Marshall/Kriss St. Hill (03/5, 7(m), 8(m)) – Sportin’ Life | Donnie Ray Albert/Michel Warren Bell (03/6, 7, 8) – Porgy | William Bradley-Johnson/Michael Edward-Stevens (03/6, 7, 8) – Crown | Jubilant Sykes – Jake | Russell St. John – Frazier | Ronn K. Smith – Mingo | Irwin Reese – Robbins | Mervin Wallace – Peter | Bryon Onque – Jim | Autris Paige – Undertaker | Robert McDaniel – Nelson | Cornelius White – crab man | Alfred J. Kiggins – detective | Ted Bouton – policeman | Richert Easley – coroner | Kiah Jackson – Scipio | Nelms McKelvain – Jasbo Brown | Roger Cantrell – conductor | Jack O’Brien – director | Douglas Schmidt – sets | Nancy Potts – costumes | co-production with Houston Grand Opera

The Telephone – Gian Carlo Menotti

May 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 1987 | Old Globe Theatre
Amy Burton – Lucy | Wayne Turnage – Ben | Karen Keltner – conductor | Gian Carlo Menotti – director | Zack Brown – sets/costumes

The Medium – Gian Carlo Menotti

May 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 1987 | Old Globe Theatre
Nadia Pelle – Monica | Beverly Evans – Madame Flora | Barbara Hocher – Mrs. Gobineau | Nancy Carol Moore – Mrs. Nolan | Francis Menotti – Toby | Harlan Foss – Mr. Gobineau | Karen Keltner – conductor | Gian Carlo Menotti – director | Zack Brown – sets/costumes