PERFORMANCE HISTORY
of the COMPANY
2002-2003 Productions
 
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (March 2, 3, 2002)
 
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Fritz Weaver
First Performed at the Court Theatre, Vienna
September 18, 1788
 
Conductor: Ron De Fesi
Director: Ron De Fesi
Production: Renato Cesarino
Costumes: Jean-Pierre Ponelle*
 
FIGARO, Joshua Parrillo (bass-baritone)
SUSANNA, Andrea Garritano* (soprano)
DOCTOR BARTOLO, Andrew Martens (bass)
MARCELLINA, Catherine Flynn (mezzo-soprano)
CHERUBINO, Mariella Nocetti (mezzo-soprano)
THE COUNT OF ALMAVIVA, Timothy S. Hill (baritone)
DON BASILIO, Argun Tekant (tenor)
THE COUNTESS OF ALMAVIVA, Karen Suchy (soprano)
ANTONIO, Laurence Kaiser (bass)
DON CURZIO, Alan Reese (tenor)
BARBARINA, Leilah Dione Kushner* (soprano)
   
   
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (April 13, 14, 2002)
 
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
After the Play, “Madame Butterfly” by David Bellasco
First Performed at La Scala, Milan — February 18, 1904
 
Conductor: Ron De Fesi
Director: Ron De Fesi
Production Design: Renato Cesarino
Costumes: C. Clara George
 
MADAME BUTTERFLY, Elizabeth Anne Beers (soprano)
SUZUKI, Lisa Marion Smith (mezzo-soprano)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PINKERTON, Michael G. Anthony* (tenor)
SHARPLESS, Dennis Gurwitt (baritone)
GORO, Jacob Feldman* (tenor)
PRINCE YAMADORI, Alan Reese (tenor)
LO ZIO BONZO, John Costello (bass)
YAKUSIDÉ, Laurence Kaiser (bass)
THE IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER, Lindley Wood (baritone)
THE OFFICIAL REGISTRAR, John Person (tenor)
CIO-CIO SANS COUSIN, Lois Reese (soprano)
CIO-CIO SANS AUNT, Susan Gempler (mezzo-soprano)
CIO-CIO SANS MOTHER, Joan Saporta* (mezzo-soprano)
KATE PINKERTON, Susan Gempler (mezzo-soprano)
TROUBLE, Paige Spano*
 
 
Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann (June 1 & 2, 2002)
 
 
Music by Jacques Offenbach
Libretto by Jacques Offenbach
After the Stories of E. T. A. Hoffmann
First Performed at the Comédie Française, ParisSeptember 18, 1878
 
Conductor: Ron De Fesi
Director: Ron De Fesi
Production Design: Stephen Mitchell*
Costumes: C. Clara George
 
E. T. A. HOFFMANN, Michael G. Anthony (tenor)
NICKLAUSSE / THE MUSE OF POETRY, Amanda Serra (mezzo-soprano)
OLYMPIA, Heather Connolly (soprano)
GIULIETTA, Kathleen Corke (soprano)
ANTONIA, Annette Nauraine (soprano)
LINDORF / DAPPERTUTTO, Robert Garner* (baritone)
COPPÉLIUS / DR. MIRACLE, Andrew Martens (bass)
ANDRÈS / SPALANZANI / FRANTZ, Argun Tekant (tenor)
NATHANAËL / COCHENILLE / PITTICHINACCIO, Jay P. Winston* (tenor)
LUTHER / SCHLÉMIL / CRESPEL, Ilberto Lagana (bass-baritone)
THE VOICE OF THE MOTHER, Christa Damaris (contr’alto)
LA STELLA, Kathleen Corke
 
* Début Artist   
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