1993-94 Season

Recital – José Carreras, tenor

July 5, 1993 | Civic Theatre
Enrique Ricci, piano

Eugene Onegin – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

January 22, 25, 28, 30(m), February 2, 1994
Renée Fleming – Tatiana | Kathleen Hegierski – Olga | Martha Jane Howe – Larina | Débria Brown – Filipievna | Hans Peter Blochwitz – Lenski | Douglas Perry – Triquet | Jeffrey Black – Onegin | Stefan Szkafarowsky – Gremin | David Downing – captain/Zaretski | Kenneth Montgomery – conductor | John Copley – director | Robin Don – sets | Michael Stennett – costumes

Rigoletto – Giuseppe Verdi

February 12, 15, 18, 20(m), 23, 1994
Sheryl Woods – Gilda | Sarah Blaze – Countess Ceprano/page | Martha Jane Weaver – Giovanna | Suzanna Guzmán – Maddalena | Fernando de la Mora – the Duke | Beau Palmer – Borsa | Haijing Fu – Rigoletto | David Downing – Marullo | Michael L. Morgan – Ceprano | James Scott Sikon – Monterone | Valentin Peytchinov – Sparafucile | Elio Boncompagni – conductor | Wolfgang Weber – director | Zack Brown – sets/costumes

Rappaccini’s Daughter – Daniel Catán

March 5, 8, 11, 13(m), 16, 1994
United States Premiere
North American Voices Project
Encarnación Vásquez – Beatriz | Ellen Rabiner – Isabella | Patricia Minton, Andrea Mays, Diane Winterton – off-stage voices | Fernando de la Mora – Giovanni | Ignacio Clapés – Dr. Baglioni | Oscar Sámano – Dr. Rappaccini | Eduardo Diazmuñoz – conductor | Johnathon Pape – director | John Conklin – sets | Barbara Bush – costumes

La sonnambula – Vincenzo Bellini

April 9, 12, 15, 17(m), 20, 1994

Deborah Riedel* – Amina | Patricia McAfee – Teresa | Sylvia Wen – Lisa | Ramón Vargas – Elvino | Julien Robbins – Rodolfo | James Wood – Alessio | Adam Russell – notary | Richard Bonynge – conductor | Leon Major – director | Zack Brown – sets/costumes

The Tales of Hoffmann – Jacques Offenbach

April 30, May 3, 6, 8(m), 11, 1994

Nova Thomas – Olympia/Giulietta/Antonia/Stella | Jean Rigby – Nicklaus/muse | Patricia McAfee – voice of Antonia’s mother | Jerry Hadley – Hoffmann | Graeme Ewer* – Andrés/Cochenille/Pittichinaccio/Frantz | César Ulloa – Nathanael/Spalanzani | James Wood – Hermann/Schlemil | Louis Otey – Lindorf/Coppélius/Dapertutto/Dr. Miracle | Herbert Eckhoff – Luther/Crespel | Richard Bonynge – conductor | Wolfgang Weber – director | Günther Schneider-Siemssen – sets | Hill Reihs-Gromes – costumes