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May 10, 2008
OPERA: LA TRAVIATA (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
CAST:
Violetta Valéry - Renée Fleming
Alfredo Germont - Matthew Polenzani
Giorgio Germont - Thomas Hampson
Baron Douphol - Philip Kraus
Flora Bervoix - Buffy Baggott
Annina - Marjorie Owens
Gastone - David Portillo
Marquis D’Obigny - Phillip Dothard
Dr, Grenvil - Paul Corona
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: Frank Corsaro
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Donald Nally
May 17, 2008
OPERA: DOCTOR ATOMIC (in English)
COMPOSER: John Adams
LIBRETTIST: Peter Sellars
CAST:
J. Robert Oppenheimer - Gerald Finley
Kitty Oppenheimer - Jessica Rivera
Edward Teller - Richard Paul Fink
General Leslie Groves - Eric Owens
Robert Wilson - Thomas Glenn
Pasqualita - Meredith Arwady
Jack Hubbard - James Maddalena
Capt. James Nolan - Roger Honeywell
CONDUCTOR: Robert Spano
STAGE DIRECTOR: Peter Sellars
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Donald Nally
May 24, 2008
OPERA: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini
CAST:
Almaviva - John Osborn
Rosina - Joyce DiDonato
Figaro - Nathan Gunn
Bartolo - Andrew Shore
Basilio - Wayne Tigges
Berta - Lauren Curnow
Fiorello - Daniel Billings
Sergeant - David Portillo
CONDUCTOR: Donato Renzetti
STAGE DIRECTOR: John Copley
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Donald Nally
May 31, 2008
OPERA: EUGENE ONEGIN (in Russian)
COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
CAST:
Eugene Onegin - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Tatyana - Dina Kuznetsova
Lensky - Frank Lopardo
Olga - Nino Surguladze
Prince Grenin - Vitalij Kowaljow
Filipyevna - Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Mme. Larina - Marie Plette
Triquet - Keith Jameson
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: Paula Suozzi
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Donald Nally
June 7, 2008
OPERA: JULIUS CAESAR (in Italian)
COMPOSER: George Frederic Handel
CAST:
Caesar - David Daniels
Cleopatra - Danielle de Niese
Cornelia - Patricia Bardon
Sextus - Maite Beaumont
Ptolemy - Christophe Dumaux
Achilla - Wayne Tigges
Nirenus - Gerald Thompson
Curio - Darren Stokes
CONDUCTOR: Emmanuelle Haïm
STAGE DIRECTOR: David McVicar
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Donald Nally
June 14, 2008
OPERA: LA BOHEME (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
CAST:
Mimi - Elaine Alvarez
Rodolfo - Roberto Aronica
Musetta - Nicole Cabell
Marcello - Quinn Kelsey
Colline - Andrea Silvestrelli
Schaunard - Levi Hernandez
Benoit/Alcindoro - Dale Travis
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: Renata Scotto
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Donald Nally
June 21, 2008
OPERA: DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
CAST:
Empress - Deborah Voigt
Dyer’s Wife - Christine Brewer
Nurse - Jill Grove
Emperor - Robert Dean Smith
Barak - Franz Hawlata
Spirit Messenger - Quinn Kelsey
Voice of the Falcon - Stacey Tappan
Hunchbacked Brother - John Easterlin
One-Eyed Brother - Daniel Sutin
One-Armed Brother - Andrew Funk
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: Paul Curran
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Donald Nally
June 28, 2008
OPERA: FALSTAFF (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
CAST:
Falstaff - Andrew Shore
Alice - Veronica Villarroel
Ford - Boaz Daniel
Mistress Quickly - Meredith Arwady
Meg Page - Elizabeth De Shong
Nannetta - Stacey Tappan
Fenton - Bryan Griffin
Dr. Caius - David Cangelosi
Bardolfo - Rodell Rosel
Pistola - Andrew Funk
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: Olivier Tambosi
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Donald Nally |
