1996-97 Season

Carmen – Georges Bizet

January 18, 21, 24, 26(m), 29, 1997
Cynthia Clayton – Micaëla | Sylvia Wen – Frasquita | Adria Firestone – Carmen | Sarah Blaze – Mercedes | Richard Leech – Don José | Beau Palmer – Remendado | Louis Otey – Escamillo | James Butler – Zuniga | Roberto Gomez – Morales | Stephen Powell – Dancaire | Richard Bonynge – conductor | James de Blasis – director | John Conklin – sets | Peter J. Hall – costumes

The Italian Girl in Algiers – Gioachino Rossini

February 8, 11, 14, 16(m), 1997
Anita De Simone – Elvira | Vivica Genaux – Isabella | Ava Baker Liss – Zulma | Bruce Fowler – Lindoro | Reinhard Dorn* – Taddeo | James Butler – Haly | John Del Carlo – Mustafá | Karen Keltner – conductor | Leon Major – director | Zack Brown – sets/costumes

The Conquistador – Myron Fink

March 1, 4, 7, 9(m), 1997
World Premiere
Elizabeth Hynes – Elena | Kerry O’Brien – Ghost of Leonora | Vivica Genaux – Isabel | Adria Firestone – Francisca | Diane Winterton – Catalina | Richelle Marie Triglia – Mariana | Lee Jessica Froelich – Leonor | Chelsea Basler – Anica | Jerry Hadley – Luis | Beau Palmer – Alvaro | John Duykers – Chief Inquisitor | Louis Otey – the Viceroy | James Scott Sikon – Baltasar | David Downing – Gaspar | Stephen Powell – Felipe Núñez | Philip Larson – Machado | Duane McDevitt – Dr. Ribera | Kenneth Cox – Sahagún | Casey McKinley – Miguel | Scot Fagerland – Jorge | Mark Loewen – Antonio | John Slivon – Officer | Walter Du Melle – Merchant | David Shaffer – Landowner | Karen Keltner – conductor | Sharon Ott – director | Kent Dorsey – sets | Deborah Dryden – costumes

La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi

April 5, 8, 11, 13(m), 16, 1997
Deborah Riedel – Violetta | Patricia McAfee – Annina | Carter Scott – Flora | Jorge Lopez- Yañez – Alfredo | Joseph Hu – Gaston | Richard Zeller – Germont | Duane McDevitt – Douphol | David Downing – Grenvil | James Scott Sikon – Marchese d’Obigny | John Slivon – Giuseppe | Jeffrey L. Shipman – servant | Walter Du Melle – messenger | Richard Bonynge – conductor | Wolfgang Weber – director | John Conklin – sets | David Walker – costumes

Concert – Plácido Domingo, tenor | Ainhoa Arteta, soprano

April 10, 1997 | Civic Theatre
Edoardo Müller, conductor

Turandot – Giacomo Puccini

April 26, 29, May 2, 4(m), 7, 1997
Jane Eaglen – Turandot | Ai-Lan Zhu – Liù | Diane Winterton,Deanna Barraza – Handmaidens | Richard Margison – Calaf | Alan Fischer – Altoum | Beau Palmer – Pang | Joseph Hu – Pong | Stephen Powell – Ping | Roberto Gomez – Mandarin | Kevin Langan – Timur | Chad Berlinghieri – Prince of Persia | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Lotfi Mansouri – director | David Hockney – sets | Ian Falconer – costumes