2005-06 Season

The Barber of Seville – Gioachino Rossini

January 28, February 31, 3, 5(m), and 8, 2006
Kirstin Chávez – Rosina | Lawrence Brownlee – Almaviva | Christopher Maltman – Figaro | Eduardo Chama – Bartolo | Ferruccio Furlanetto – Basilio | Judith Christin – Berta | James Scott Sikon – Fiorello | J. Sherwood Montgomery – Ambrogio | Robert Taylor – Sergeant | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Lotfi Mansouri – director | Desmond Heeley – sets and costumes

Lucia di Lammermoor – Gaetano Donizetti

February 18, 21, 24, and 26(m), 2006
Angela Gilbert – Lucia | Richard Leech – Edgardo | Dalibor Jenis – Enrico | Reinhard Hagen – Raimondo | Kenneth Morris – Normanno | Brian Register – Arturo | Kathleen Halm – Alisa | Richard Bonynge – conductor | Andrew Sinclair – director | Henry Bardon – set designer | Peter J. Hall – costume designer

Carmen – Georges Bizet

March 25, 28, 31, April 2(m), and 5, 2006
Marina Domashenko – Carmen | César Hernández – Don José | Malcolm MacKenzie – Escamillo | Barbara Divis – Micaëla | Jeff Mattsey – Dancaire | Malinda Haslett – Frasquita | Lisa Agazzi – Mercedes | James Scott Sikon – Morales | Beau Palmer – Remendado | Karen Keltner – conductor | Mark Lamos – director | Michael Yeargan – set designer | Francois St. Aubin – costume designer | Juanita Franco – choreographer

Julius Caesar in Egypt – George Frideric Handel

April 15, 18, 21, and 23(m), 2006
Ewa Podles – Julius Caesar | Lisa Saffer – Cleopatra | Vivica Genaux – Sesto | Suzanna Guzman – Cornelia | Brian Asawa – Tolomeo | Alfred Walker – Achilla | James Scott Sikon – Curio | Mark Crayton – Nireno | Kenneth Montgomery – conductor | John Copley – director | John Pascoe – set designer | Michael Stennet – costume designer

The Magic Flute – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

May 6, 9, 12, 14(m), and 17, 2006
Ute Selbig – Pamina | Cheryl Evans – Queen of the Night | Rainer Trost – Tamino | Paul Armin Edelmann – Papageno | Siphiwe McKenize – Papagena | Daniel Borowski – Sarastro | Reinhard Dorn – Speaker | Martin Zysset – Monostatos | Barbara Divis – First Lady | Priti Gandhi – Second Lady | Lisa Agazzi – Third Lady | Stacey Fraser (05/06)/Priya Palekar – First Genie | Sylvia Wen – Second Genie | Diana Tash – Third Genie | Joseph Hu – Second Priest | Kenneth Morris – First Armed Man | James Scott Sikon – Second Armed Man | Christof Perick – conductor | Michael Hampe – director | Michael Hampe and Alberto Andreis – set designer | Zandra Rhodes – costume designer