2008-09 Season

Tosca – Giacomo Puccini

January 24, 27, 30, February 1(m), and 4, 2009
Sylvie Valayre – Tosca | Marcus Haddock – Cavaradossi | Greer Grimsley – Scarpia | Jamie Offenbach – Angelotti/Sciarrone | Scott Sikon – Sacristan | Joseph Hu – Spoletta | Laura Portune – Shepherd Boy | Samuel Spade – Jailer | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Andrew Sinclair – director | Jean-Pierre Ponelle – scenic designer | Suzanne Mess – costume designer

Don Quixote (Don Quichotte) – Jules Massenet

February 14, 17, 20, 22(m), 2009
Ferruccio Furlanetto – Don Quixote | Denyce Graves – Dulcinea | Eduardo Chama – Sancho Panza | Joel Sorensen – Rodriguez | Bryan Register – Juan | Laura Portune – Pedro | Rebecca Skaar – Garcias | Hervé Blanquart – Bandit Chief | Bill Nolan – Bandit | Anthony Ballard – Bandit | Robert Taylor – Bandit | Joseph Grienenberger – Bandit | Will Earl Spanheimer – Servant | Samuel Spade – Servant | Karen Keltner – conductor | Ian Campbell – director | Nicola Bowie – choreographer | Ralph Funicello – scenic designer | Missy West – costume designer

Rigoletto – Giuseppe Verdi

March 28, 31, April 3, 5(m), and 8, 2009
Lado Ataneli – Rigoletto | Giuseppe Gipali – Duke of Mantua | L’ubica Vargicová – Gilda | Kirstin Chávez – Maddalena | Arutjun Kotchinian – Sparafucile | Joseph Hu – Borsa | Crystal Jarrell – Countess Ceprano/Page | Malcolm MacKenzie – Marullo | Samuel Spade – Count Ceprano | Scott Sikon – Count Monterone | Martha Jane Howe – Giovanna | David Marshman – Guard | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Lotfi Mansouri – director | Keturah Stickann – choreographer | Carl Toms – scenic and costume designer

Peter Grimes – Benjamin Britten

April 18, 21, 24, and 26(m), 2009
Anthony Dean Griffey – Peter Grimes | Jennifer Casey Cabot – Ellen Orford | Rod Gilfry – Captain Balstrode | John Del Carlo – Swallow | Andrew Collis – Hobson | Kristopher Irmiter – Ned Keene | Joseph Frank – Rev. Horace Adams | Greg Fedderly – Bob Boles | Judith Christin – Auntie | Priya Palekar – Niece | Priti Gandhi – Niece | Janice Meyerson – Mrs. Sedley | Steuart Bedford – conductor | John Copley – director | Carl Toms – scenic designer | Tanya Moiseiwitsch – costume designer

Madama Butterfly – Giacomo Pucccini

May 9, 12, 15, 17(m), and 20, 2009
Patricia Racette – Cio-Cio-San | Carlo Ventre – B.F. Pinkerton | Suzanna Guzmán – Suzuki | Malcolm MacKenzie – Sharpless | Joseph Hu – Goro | Joe Pechota – Imperial Commissioner | Tom Oberjat – Registrar | Scott Sikon – The Bonze | Jason Detwiler – Prince Yamadori | Crystal Jarrell – Kate Pinkerton | Billy Temple – Trouble | Edoardo Müller – conductor | Garnett Bruce – director | Michael Yeargan – scenic designer | Anita Yavich – costume designer