1994-95 Season

Rusalka – Antonin Dvorák

January 21, 24, 27, 29(m), February 1, 1995
Renée Fleming – Rusalka | Adrienne Dugger – foreign princess | Carter Scott – Jezibaba | Judith Lovath, Manhua Zhan, Annette Daniels – nymphs | Neil Rosenshein – Prince | Mark S. Doss – Water Sprite | Roberto Gomez – hunter | Albert Rosen – conductor | Wolfgang Weber – director | Günther Schneider-Siemssen – sets | Dietmar Solt – costumes

Lucia di Lammermoor – Gaetano Donizetti

February 11, 14, 17, 19(m), 22, 1995
Martile Rowland – Lucia | Sarah Blaze – Alisa | Ramón Vargas – Edgardo | Joseph Hu – Arturo | Beau Palmer – Normanno | Haijing Fu – Enrico | Richard Vernon – Raimondo | Willie Anthony Waters – conductor | Johnathon Pape – director | Neil Peter Jampolis – sets | Peter J. Hall – costumes

Porgy and Bess – George Gershwin

March 8, 9, 10, 11(m), 11, 12, 1995
Marquita Lister/Charlae Olaker (03/9, 11(m), 12) – Bess | Luvenia Garner/Angela R. Simpson (03/9, 11(m), 12) – Serena | Kimberly Jones – Clara | Ann Duquesnay – Maria | Sabrina Carten – Annie | Lou Ann Pickett – Lily | Hope Briggs – strawberry woman | Larry Marshall – Sportin’ Life | Alvy Powell/Terry Cook (03/9, 11(m), 12) – Porgy | Stacey Robinson/Lester Lynch (03/8, 10, 11)/Jeffrey La Var (03/12) – Crown | Elex Lee Van – Jake | Keith Crawford – Frazier | Barron Coleman – Mingo | Richard Taylor – Robbins | Stanley Jackson – Peter | Mathew J. Minor – Jim | Henry Jones – Undertaker | John Lesane – Nelson | David Lee Brewer – crab man | Charles Sanders – detective | Russell Johnson – coroner | Richard Taylor – African drummer | John deMain/Douglas Fisher (03/12) – conductor | Hope Clarke – director | Kenneth Foy – sets | Judy Dearing – costumes | co-production with Houston Grand Opera

Recital – Jerry Hadley, tenor | Thomas Hampson, baritone

March 18, 1995 | Civic Theatre
Craig Rutenberg, piano

Macbeth – Giuseppe Verdi

March 25, 28, 31, April 2(m), 5, 1995
Rosalind Plowright – Lady Macbeth | Patricia McAfee – nurse | E.J. Mout, Erick Rarick – apparitions | Antonio Barasorda – Macduff | Roman Tsymbala – Malcolm | Michael Stevens – servant/herald | Timothy Noble – Macbeth | Ronald Banks – assassin/apparition | Kenneth Cox – Banquo | Philip Larson – Doctor | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Wolfgang Weber – director | Davis West – sets | Suzanne Mess – costumes

La bohème – Giacomo Puccini

April 22, 25, 28, 30(m), May 3, 1995
Patricia Racette – Mimì | Rosemary Musoleno – Musetta | Richard Leech – Rodolfo | Daniel S. Leal – Parpignol | Mark Oswald – Marcello | Jeff Mattsey – Schaunard | Yanni Yannissis – Colline | James Scott Sikon – Benoit/Alcindoro | David Shaffer – customs guard | Ronald Banks – sergeant | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Lesley Koenig – director | John Conklin – sets | Martin Pakledinaz – costumes