1995-96 Season

Recital – Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

September 17, 1995 | Civic Theatre
Steven Blier, piano

Tosca – Giacomo Puccini

January 20, 23, 26, 28(m), 31, 1996
Nelly Miricioiu – Tosca | Casey McKinley – shepherd | César Hernández – Cavaradossi | Alan Fischer – Spoletta | James Morris – Scarpia | Roberto Gomez – sacristan | David Downing – Angelotti/Sciarrone | Philip Larson – jailer | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Bliss Hebert – director | Jean-Pierre Ponnelle – sets | Suzanne Mess – costumes

The Elixir of Love – Gaetano Donizetti

February 10, 13, 16, 18(m), 21, 1996
Deborah Riedel – Adina | Sylvia Wen – Giannetta | Patrick Power – Nemorino | David Malis – Belcore | Andrew Shore* – Dulcamara | Karen Keltner – conductor | John Cox – director | Roger Butlin – sets | Stephen Brimson-Lewis – costumes

The Passion of Jonathan Wade – Carlisle Floyd

March 2, 5, 8, 10(m), 1996
Sheryl Woods – Celia | Débria Brown – Nicey | Deanna Barraza – girl | Erich Parce – Wade | Beau Palmer – Lt. Patrick | David Downing – Riddle | Joseph Evans – Wardlaw | John Duykers – Pratt | Michel Warren Bell – Judge Bell | Julian Patrick – Townsend | William Nolan – wounded soldier/Branch | Daniel S. Leal – Union leaguer | Ryan Lowe, Joseph Grienenberger – soldiers | David Downing – Rector | Joseph Sundstrom, Walter Du Melle – carpetbaggers | Arthur Wheatfall – senator | Kaira Cooper, Remy Abraham, Epherium Morgan, Warren Nolan – youths | Kenneth Montgomery – conductor | Carlisle Floyd – director | Günther Schneider – Siemssen – sets | Allen Charles Klein – costumes

Cinderella – Gioachino Rossini

April 6, 9, 12, 14(m), 1996
Evelyn de la Rosa – Clorinda | Margaret Lattimore – Cinderella | Carter Scott – Tisbe | Bradley Williams – Don Ramiro | Erich Parce – Dandini | François Loup – Don Magnifico | Kevin Langan – Alidoro | Karen Keltner – conductor | Linda Brovsky – director | Claude Girard/ Bernard Uzan – sets/costumes

Aida – Giuseppe Verdi

April 27, 30, May 3, 5(m), 8, 1996
Michèle Crider* – Aida | Sherri Dukes Williams – high priestess | Stefania Kaluza – Amneris | Lando Bartolini – Radames | Mark Rucker – Amonasro | Hao Jiang Tian – Ramfis | Andrew Wentzel – King | Matthew Bitetti – messenger | Michelangelo Veltri – conductor | Dejan Miladinovic – director | Michael Yeargan – sets | Peter J. Hall – costumes