1987-88 Season

Rigoletto – Giuseppe Verdi

October 10, 13, 16, 18(m), 1987
Hei-Kyung Hong – Gilda | Kathleen O’Brien – Countess Ceprano | Deborah Clague – page | Martha Jane Weaver – Giovanna | Suzanna Guzmán – Maddalena | Diego d’Auria – the Duke | Bernard Fitch – Borsa | John Rawnsley – Rigoletto | Harlan Foss – Marullo | David Downing – Ceprano | Stephen West – Monterone | Jeffrey Wells – Sparafucile | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Robert Tannenbaum – director | Lawrence Schafer – sets/costumes

The Elixir of Love – Gaetano Donizetti

October 31, November 3, 6, 8(m), 1987
Glenys Fowles – Adina | Deborah Clague – Giannetta | Denes Gulyas – Nemorino | David Malis – Belcore | John Del Carlo – Dulcamara | Willie Anthony Waters – conductor | Lou Galterio – director | Robert Darling – sets/costumes

Recital – Carol Vaness, soprano

November 16, 1987 | Sherwood Auditorium
Warren Jones, piano

Recital – Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano

January 25, 1988 | Sherwood Auditorium
Warren Jones, piano

Recital – Håkan Hagegård, baritone

February 8, 1988 | Sherwood Auditorium
Warren Jones, piano

Faust – Charles Gounod

February 13, 16, 19, 21(m), 1988
Diana Soviero – Marguerite | Jane Bunnell – Siébel | Judith Christin – Marthe | Richard Leech – Faust | David Malis – Valentin | William Nolan – Wagner | Ferruccio Furlanetto – Méphistophélès | Karen Keltner – conductor | Francesca Zambello – director | Earl Staley – sets/costumes

Il trovatore – Giuseppe Verdi

February 27, March 1, 4, 6(m), 1988
Susan Dunn – Leonora | Dolora Zajick – Azucena | Jane Bunnell – Inez | Ruben Dominguez – Manrico | Bernard Fitch – Ruiz | Jonathan Summers – di Luna | Jeffrey Wells – Ferrando | Ronald Banks – old gypsy | Thomas Fulton – conductor | Richard Gregson – director | Ming Cho Lee – sets

Concert: Verdi Requiem – Giuseppe Verdi

March 9, 1988 | Civic Theatre
Carol Neblett, Dolora Zajick, Dennis O’Neill, Jeffrey Wells, soloists | San Diego Opera Orchestra and Chorus, San Diego Master Chorale | Thomas Fulton, conductor