 2007
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The Little Prince by Rachel Portman, libretto by Nicholas Wright after the novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupèry
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Actors:
Designers: Maria Bjørnson |
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Cyrano de Bergerac by Franco Alfano
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia
Actors: Plácido Domingo, Sondra Radvanovsky
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Anita Yavich (costumes)
Choreographer: Thomas Baird |
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Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
Washington National Opera
Actors: Plácido Domingo, Anja Kampe, Alan Held, Linda Watson
Designers: Michael Yeargan (sets), Anita Yavich (costumes)
Choreographer: John Carrafa |
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Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin
Los Angeles Opera
Actors: Kevin Short, Alfred Walker, Morenike Fadayomi, Indira Mahajan
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Paul Tazewell (costumes)
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten
Pittsburgh Opera
Actors: Nathan Gunn, Greer Grimsley, Robin Leggate |
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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Actors: Erwin Schrott, Reinhard Hagen, Robert Lloyd, Anna Netrebko, Marina Poplavskaya
Designers: Maria Björnson
Choreographer: Stephen Mear |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid by Doug Wright, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, and Howard Ashman
Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Ellie Caulkins Opera House
Designers: Georg Tsypin (sets), Tatiana Noginova (costumes)
Choreographer: Stephen Mear |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid by Doug Wright, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, and Howard Ashman
On Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater
Designers: Georg Tsypin (sets), Tatiana Noginova (costumes)
Choreographer: Stephen Mear |
 2006
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Cyrano de Bergerac by Franco Alfano
The Metropolitan Opera
Actors: Plácido Domingo, Sondra Radvanovsky
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Anita Yavich (costumes)
Choreographer: Thomas Baird |
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La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
Royal Albert Hall
Actors: Majella Cullagh, Mark Stone, Anne Sophie Duprels, Victor Ryan Robertson, Dean Robinson, Richard Burkhard
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Sue Willmington (costumes)
Choreographer: Arthur Pita |
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Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner
Washington National Opera
Actors: Elizabeth Bishop, Detlef Roth, Robin Leggate, Gordon Hawkins, Gary Rideout, John Marcus Bindel
Designers: Michael Yeargan (sets), Anita Yavich (costumes), |
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Cyrano de Bergerac by Franco Alfano
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Actors: Plácido Domingo, Sondra Radvanovsky
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Anita Yavich (costumes)
Choreographer: Thomas Baird |
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Showboat by Jerome Kern
Royal Albert Hall
Actors:
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Sue Willmington (costumes)
Choreographer: Arthur Pita |
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Prairie by Rachel Portman, Beth Henley, and Donna DiNovelli
New York Stage & Film: Martel Musicals (in the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film)
Actors:
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Sue Willmington (costumes)
World premiere concert reading |
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Rebecca by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay
Raimund Theater
Actors:
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Birgit Hutter (costumes)
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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Salome by Richard Strauss
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Actors: Deborah Voigt, Kim Begley, Alan Held, Judith Forst
Designers: George Tsypin (sets), Tatyana Noginova (costumes)
Choreographer: Jane Comfort |
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Carmen by Georges Bizet
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Actors: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Marina Domashenko, Jonas Kaufmann, Marco Berti, Ildebrando D'Archangelo, Laurent Naouri
Designers: |
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The Queen of Spades by Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Actors: Vladimir Galouzine, Vassily Gerello, Gerald Finley, Larissa Diadkova, Mlada Khudoley, Enkelejda Shkosa, Robin Leggate
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Nicky Gillibrand (costumes)
Choreographer: Vivienne Newport |
 2005
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Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
The Dallas Opera
Actors: Ruth Ann Swenson, Nicola Rossi Giordano
Designers: Michael Yeargan |
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The Love for Three Oranges by Sergey Prokofiev
Opera Australia
Actors: Bruce Martin, John Mac Master, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Designers: George Tsypin |
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The Little Prince by Rachel Portman, libretto by Nicholas Wright after the novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupèry
Boston Lyric Opera
Actors: Keith Phares, Hugh Russell, Laura Choi Stuart, David M. Cushing
Designers: Maria Bjørnson |
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Florencia in the Amazons by Daniel Catán, libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain
Seattle Opera
Actors: Nancy Gustafson, Wendy Hill, Nathan Gunn, Frances Lucey
Designers: Robert Israel |
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War and Peace by Sergey Prokofiev
Opera National de Paris
Actors: Bo Skovhus, Olga Guryakova, Anna Kiknadze, Leonid Bomshteyn
Designers: John MacFarlane |
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Boris Godunov by Modest Moussorgsky
Paris Opera
Actors: Samuel Ramey, Vladimir Vaneev, Gaële Le Roi, Aleksandra Zamojska
Designers: Wolfgang Gussmann |
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Cyrano de Bergerac by Franco Alfano, libretto by Henri Cain
Metropolitan Opera
Actors: Sondra Radvanovsky, Plácido Domingo, Raymond Very, Anthony Michaels-Moore
Designers: Peter Davison |
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Hildegard by Hildegard von Bingen, libretto by Donna DiNovelli
Performances in San Franciso with Chanticleer
Actors:
Designers: |
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Porgy and Bess by
Washington National Opera
Actors: Indira Mahajan,
Designers: |
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An American Tragedy by Tobias Picker
Metropolitan Opera
Actors: Patricia Racette, Nathan Gunn, Susan Graham, Dolora Zajick
Designers: Adrianne Lobel (sets), Dunya Ramicova (costumes) |
 2004
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The Little Prince by Rachel Portman, libretto by Nicholas Wright after the novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupèry
BBC Wales Music/BBC TWO Filmed production to air at Christmastime
Actors: Lesley Garrett
Designers: Maria Bjørnson |
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Tibet Through the Red Box by David Henry Hwang
Seattle Childrens Theater
Actors: Tommy Fleming, Peter Cook, Marianne Owen, Randy Reyes
Designers: Jan Hartley (projections), Anita Yavich (costumes), Carey Wong (sets) |
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La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
Royal Albert Hall
Conductor: David Parry
Singers: Mary Plazas, Indira Mahajan, Peter Wedd, Gerard Powers
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Sue Willmington (costumes) |
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The Little Prince by Rachel Portman, libretto by Nicholas Wright after the novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupèry
Skylight Opera Theatre, Milwaukee
Conductor: Pasquale Laurino
Singers: Nathaniel Irvin, Andrew Riehle, Shon Sims, Shawn Bartels, Kirk Eichelberger
Designers: Maria Bjørnson |
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Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner
Lithuanian Opera, Vilnius
Conductor: Gintaras Rinkevicius
Singers: Johannes von Duisburg, Jane Ohmes
Designers: Alison Chitty (sets), Carrie Bayliss (costumes) |
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Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten
De Nederlandse Opera, Het Muziektheater Amsterdam
Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
Singers: Kim Begley, Brigitte Hahn
Designers: Richard Hudson |
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Fiery Angel by Sergey Prokofiev
Bolshoi Theater, Moscow
Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov
Singers: Oksana Krovytska
Designers: Georgy Tzipin (sets), Tatiana Noginova (costumes) |
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West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
Bregenz Festival, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Floating Stage
Conductor: Wayne Marshall
Singers: Marisol Montalvo, Jesper Tydén, Sibylle Wolf, Anita Franzen, Andreas Wolfram
Designers: George Tsypin
Choreographer: Richard Wherlock |
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The Nose by Dmitrii Shostakovich
Bard Summer Festival
Conductor: Leon Botstein
Singers: Igor Tarassov, Alexandre Podbolotov, Leonid Bomstein, Sheila Nadler, Andrei Antonov, Wendy Hill
Designers: Rafael Viñoly, scenic designer; Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili, costume designer; Mark McCullough, lighting designer |
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The Cherry Tree Towers by Dmitrii Shostakovich
Bard SummerScape Festival
Conductor: Sergei Dreznin
Singers: Lauren Skuce, Jonathan Hays, Peter Kazaras, Keith Jameson, Andrei Antonov, Aleksandr Kravets, Makvala Karashvili, Joshua Winograde, Wendy Hill
Designers: G.W. Mercier, set and costume designer; Mark McCullough, lighting designer |
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Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten
The Washington Opera |
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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Houston Grand Opera |
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Dialogues des Carmelites by Francis Poulenc
Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Bastille |
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Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten
Teatro Regio, Parma, Italy |
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Jenufa by Leos Janacek
The Dallas Opera
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Singers: Patricia Racette, Robert Brubaker, Judith Forst, Jay Hunter Morris
Designers: Alison Chitty |
 2003
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Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky
English National Opera, London Coliseum
Conductor: Oleg Caetani
Singers: W.W. White, J. Grove, J. Tomlinson, D. Rendall
Designers: Alison Chitty |
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Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz
Metropolitan Opera, New York
Conductor: James Levine
Singers: D. Voigt, B. Heppner, L. Hunt Lieberson
Designers: Maria Bjørnson |
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Guillaume Tell by Gioacchino Rossini
Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Bastille
Conductor: Bruno Campanella
Singers: T. Hampson, N. Gubisch, G. Le Roi
Designers: Peter Davison |
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Pique Dame by Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Covent Garden Production |
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Thérèse Raquin by Tobias Picker, based on the novel by Émile Zola
San Diego Opera, Civic Theatre
Conductor: Karen Keltner
Singers: Dame J. Barstow, K. Chávez, G. Gietz, C. Maltman
Designers: Marie-Jeanne Lecca |
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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
San Diego Opera, Civic Theatre
Conductor: Edoardo Müller
Singers: C. Sue Panariello, R. Leech, J. Hu
Designers: Michael Yeargan (sets), Anita Yavich (costumes) |
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Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven
The Washington Opera, DAR Constitution Hall
Conductor: Heinz Fricke
Singers: S. B. Anthony, C. Ventris
Designers: Peter Davison (sets), Anita Yavich (costumes) |
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The Little Prince by by Rachel Portman, libretto by Nicholas Wright after the novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupèry
Houston Grand Opera, Wortham Theater Center
Conductor: Patrick Summers, James Lowe
Singers: N. Irvin, K. Reiersen, T. T. Rhodes
Designers: Maria Bjørnson |
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West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
Bregenz Festival, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Floating Stage
Conductor: Wayne Marshall
Singers: M. Montalvo, J. Tydén, S. Wolf, A. Franzen, A. Wolfram
Designers: George Tsypin
Choreographer: Richard Wherlock |
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Alcina by George Frideric Handel
New York City Opera, New York State Theater
Conductor: Daniel Beckwith
Singers: C. Goerke, L. Skuce, K. Goeldner, J. Dudley
Designers: Neil Patel (sets), Martin Pakledinaz (costumes) |
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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Royal Opera House, London
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Singers: G. Finley, I. Bostridge, A. Netrebko, N. Focile, E. Schrott
Designers: Maria Bjørnson |
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Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Bastille
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
Singers: R. Alagna, D. Zajick, S. Radvanvosky, Z. Lucic
Designers: Maria Bjørnson, Adrian Linford (sets), Sue Willmington (costumes) |
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Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
The Washington Opera, DAR Constitution Hall
Conductor: Heinz Fricke
Singers: P. Domingo, A. Kampe, M. Khoudoley, L. Watson, E. Zaremba, A. Held
Designers: Peter Davison (sets), Anita Yavich (costumes) |
 2002
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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Conductor: Collin Davis, Charles Mackerras
Singers: B. Terfel, A. Held
Designers: Maria Bjørnson |
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Of Mice and Men by Carlisle Floyd, based on the novel by John Steinbeck
Houston Grand Opera
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Singers: Anthony Dean Griffey
Designers: Richard Hudson |
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The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner
Bordeaux Opera, Bordeaux, France
Conductor: Gunther Neuhold
Singers: P. Hunka
Designers: Alison Chitty |
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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Pittsburgh Opera
Conductor: John Mauceri
Singers: P. Racette, A. Portilla |
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La Vestale by Gasparo Spontini
Opera House
Conductor: David Parry
Singers: J. Eaglen
Designers: Alison Chitty |
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Boris Godunov by Modest Moussorgsky
Canadian Opera Company
Conductor: Richard Bradshaw
Singers: V. Zaplechny, G. Saks
Designers: Hildegard Bechtler, Nicky Gillibrand |
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Dmitrii Shostakovich
Opera Australia
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Singers: E. Whitehouse, D. Shanks, G. Tomlinson, K. Schreibmayer, M. Haggart, D. Humble, G. Harris
Designers: Hildegard Bechtler, Tess Schofield |
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Thérèse Raquin by Tobias Picker, based on the novel by Émile Zola
L'Opera de Montreal
Conductor: Mark Flint
Singers: J. Raven, D. Soviero, S. Woods, G. Gietz, N. Wentworth, G. Andrasy, P. Kazaras
Designers: Marie-Jeanne Lecca |
 2001
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Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catán, based on the work of Gabriel García Márquez
Houston Grand Opera
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Singers: Patricia Schuman, Mark S. Doss, Ana Maria Martinez, Chad Shelton, Suzanna Guzmán, Hector Vasquez, Oren Gradus
Designers: Robert Israel, Catherine Zuber, Paul Pyant |
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The Queen of Spades by Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky
Royal Opera House, London
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Singers: Vladimir Galouzine, Nikolai Putilin, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Robin Leggate, Jeremy White, Henry Moss, Harry Nicoll, Josephine Barstow, Karita Mattila, Frances McCafferty, Elizabeth Sikora, Jenny Grahn
Designers: Peter J. Davison, Nicky Gillibrand, Mark McCullough |
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Of Mice and Men by Carlisle Floyd, based on the novel by John Steinbeck
Bregenz Festival
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Singers: Nancy Allen Lundy, Peter Coleman-Wright, Anthony Dean Griffey, Joseph Evans, Gordon Hawkins, Douglas Nasrawi, Julian Patrick
Designers: Richard Hudson, Wolfgang Göbbel |
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Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti
Filming in Spain for the BBC production, featuring Pablo Strong, Robert Tear, and Patricia Racette |
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Arshak II by Tigran Chukhadjian
San Francisco Opera
Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian
Singers: Christopher Robertson, Anooshah Golesorkhi, Hasmik Papian, Nora Gubisch, Mzia Nioradze, Gordon Gietz, Tigran Martirossian, Ayk Martirossian, Philip Webb, David Okerlund, Katia Escalera
Designers: John Coyne, Anita Yavich, Mark McCullough |
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Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten
Opéra de Paris |
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BBC1 Musical Gala |
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Of Mice and Men by Carlisle Floyd, based on a novel by John Steinbeck
Washington Opera
Conductor: Karen Keltner
Singers: Michael Hendrick, Rod Nelman, Joseph Evans, Diane Alexander |
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The Bartered Bride by Bedrich Smetana
Royal Opera House, London |
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Jenufa by Leos Janacek
San Francisco Opera
Conductor: Jiri Kout
Singers: Janice Watson, Elizabeth Connell, Jay Hunter Morris, Anthony Dean Griffey, Helga Dernesch
Designers: Alison Chitty, Jennifer Tipton |
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Thérèse Raquin by Tobias Picker, based on the novel by Émile Zola
The Dallas Opera World Premiere
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Singers: Sara Fulgoni, Richard Bernstein, Diana Soviero, Gordon Gietz
Designers: Marie-Jeanne Lecca, Mark McCullough |
 2000
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War and Peace by Sergei Prokofiev
Opéra de Paris
Conductor: Gary Bertini
Singers: Olga Gouriakova, Robert Brubaker, Nathan Gunn, Vassily Gerello, Elena
Obraztsova, Anatoly Kotcherga
Designers: John Macfarlane, Nicky Gillibrand, Dominique Bruguière
Televised and recorded and released on DVD
Received Grand Prix of Critic's Circle |
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Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
San Francisco Opera
Conductor: Donald Runnicles
Singers: Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Gidon Saks
Designers: Micheal Yeargan, Dunya Ramicova, Mark McCoullough |
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Napoleon by Andrew Sabiston and Tim Williams
Shaftesbury Theatre, London
Conductor: David Abell
Singers: Uwe Kroeger, Paul Baker, Anastazia Barzee, David Burt
Designers: Micheal Yeargan, Marie-Jeanne Lecca, Rick Fisher, Jan Hartley |
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Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten
Netherlands Opera
Conductor: Edo de Waart
Singers: Kim Begley, Janice Watson, Phillip Joll
Designers: Richard Hudson, Jennifer Tipton |
 1999
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Paul Bunyan by Benjamin Britten
Royal Opera, Covent Garden at Sadler's Wells
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Singers: Susan Gritton, Peter Coleman-Wright
Designers: Hildegard Bechtler, Nicky Gillibrand, Wolfgang Göbbel
Recorded by Harmonia Mundi |
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Otello by Giuseppi Verdi
Bayerisches Staatsoper, Munich
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Singers: Amanda Roocroft, Vladimir Bogachov, Ruggero Raimondi
Designers: Alison Chitty, Mimi Sherin
Opening Production of Munich Summer Festival |
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Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc
Santa Fe Opera
Conductor: Stéphane Denève
Singers: Patricia Racette, Christine Goerke, Sheila Nadler
Designers: Alison Chitty, Jennifer Tipton |
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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
Opéra de Paris, Bastille
Conductor: James Conlon
Singers: Jane Eaglen, Patricia Racette, Franco Farina
Designers: Alison Chitty, Dominique Brugier
Received Prague Biennale Award for the design |
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Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc
Opéra de Paris, Palais Garnier
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Singers: Patricia Racette, Felicity Palmer, Nancy Gustafson
Designers: Hildegard Bechtler, Jean Kalman
Joint Production with Saito Kinen Festival, Japan |
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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg
Singers: Ines Salazar, Petra Lang, Franco Farina
Designers: Alison Chitty, Wolfgang Göbbel |
 1998
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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Co-production with Houston Grand Opera, The Dallas Opera, San Diego Opera, and Grand Théâtre de Genève
Conductor: Armin Jordan
Singers: Young-Song
Designers: Michael Yeargan, Anita Yavich, Alan Burett
Video made by ARTE and telecast throughout Europe |
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The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner
Opéra de Bordeaux
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing
Singers: Susan Anthony, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Peter Rose
Designers: Alison Chitty, Rick Fisher |
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Emmeline by Tobias Picker
New York City Opera
Conductor: George Manahan
Singers: Patricia Racette, Anne-Marie Owens, Victor Ledbetter,
Kevin Peterson, Kevin Langan
Designers: Robert Israel, Dunya Ramicova, Amy Appleyard
New York Premiere
Directed national telecast for WNET's Great Performances |
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Salammbô by Philippe Fénélon
Opé de Paris, Bastille
Conductor: Gary Bertini
Singers: Emily Golden, John Dascek, Frank Ferrari
Designers: Robert Israel, Marie-Jeanne Lecca, Dominique Brugier
World Premiere
First new opera in the Bastille |
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Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner
Seattle Opera
Conductor: George Manahan
Singers: Jane Eaglen, Michelle DeYoung, Ben Heppner
Designers: Alison Chitty, Mimi Sherin
All artists' debuts in roles
Received production of the year award from USA Today |
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Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc
Saito Kinen Festival, Japan co-production with Opé de Paris
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Singers: Patricia Racette, Christine Goerke, Felicity Palmer
Designers: Hildegard Bechtler, Jean Kalman
Telecast for Japan and Asia |
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Boris Godunov by Modest Moussorgsky
English National Opera
Conductor: Paul Daniel
Singers: John Tomlinson, Robert Tear
Designers: Hildegard Bechtler, Nicky Gillibrand, Wolfgang Göbbel
Nomination for Best Opera Production Olivier Awards
Received Evening Standard Award for Best Performance John Tomlinson |
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The Bartered Bride by Bedrich Smetana
Royal Opera, Covent Garden at Sadler's Wells
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Singers: Zvetelina Vassileva, Jorma Silvasti, Franz Hawlata
Designers: Alison Chitty, Wolfgang Göbbel
Re-opening of Sadler's Wells Theatre
Telecast live on BBC 3 |
 1997
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Lady in the Dark by Kurt Weill
Royal National Theatre, London
Conductor: Mark Davies
Singers: Maria Friedman
Designers: Adrianne Lobel, Nicky Gillibrand, Rick Fisher
Choreographer: Quinny Sacks
Recorded by First Nights
Received Evening Standard Award for Best Musical |
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La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Opéra de Bordeaux
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Singers: Leontina Vaduva, Edward Tumagian
Designers: Marina Draghici, Dominique Prunier
Telecast on French National Television |
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Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Glimmerglass Opera and New York City Opera
Conductor: Jane Glover
Singers: Christine Goerke, William Burden, Nathan Gunn
Designers: Marina Draghici, Dunya Ramicova, Mimi Sherin |
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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
Opéra de Paris, Bastille
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Singers: Sharon Sweet, Barbara Frittoli, Sergei Larin
Designers: Alison Chitty, Dominique Brugier
Opening of season |
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Paul Bunyan by Benjamin Britten
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden at the Aldeburgh Festival
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Singers: Susan Gritton, Peter Coleman-Wright
Designers: Hildegard Bechtler, Nicky Gillibrand, Wolfgang Göbbel
Received Olivier Award for Best Opera Production
Received Evening Standard Award for Best Company Achievement
Recorded by Harmonia Mundi |
 1996
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Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten
Opéra de Paris, Bastille
Conductor: Gary Bertini
Singers: Rodney Gilfry
Designers: Alison Chitty, Alan Burett
Received French Grand Prix des Critiques for Best Opera Production |
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Emmeline by Tobias Picker
Santa Fe Opera
Conductor: George Manahan
Singers: Patricia Racette, Anne-Marie Owens, Victor Ledbetter,
Kevin Peterson, Kevin Langan
Designers: Robert Israel, Dunya Ramicova, Amy Appleyard
World Premiere |
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The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach
Staat Theater, Aalto, Essen
Conductor: Myung Chen
Singers: Jeffrey Dowd
Designers: Bettina Munzer |
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Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin
San Francisco Opera
Conductor: Alexander Anissimov
Singers: Elena Zaremba, Sergei Leiferkus, Paata Burchuladze
Designers: Zack Brown, Thomas J. Munn
Opening of season |
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner
Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen
Conductor: Heinz Fricke
Singers: Tina Kiberg, Stig Anderson
Designers: Alison Chitty, Alan Burett |
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Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catán, based on the work of Gabriel García Márquez
Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, Cervantes Festival, Opera Bogota
Conductor: Daniel Catán
Singers: Sheri Greenawald
Designers: Robert Israel, Catherine Zuber, Paul Pyant
World Premiere
Recorded by EMI |
 1995
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Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Conductor: Robert Spano
Singers: Rodney Gilfry, John Tomlinson, Graham Clark
Designers: Alison Chitty, Alan Burett
Four-Act Original Version
Received Olivier Award for Best Opera Production |
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Street Scene by Kurt Weill
Theater des Westens
Conductor: John Demain
Singers: Ashley Putnam, Marc Embree
Designers: Adrianne Lobel, Martin Pakledinaz
Berlin Premiere
Telecast on WDR-TV, ARTE, and ARTS-USA
Received Best Opera Video of the Year Prize for Europe from Global Video Arts |
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Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner
Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen
Conductor: Dietfried Bernet
Singers: Tina Kiberg, Stig Fogh Anderson
Designers: Bruno Schwengl |
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Modern Painters by David Lang and Manuela Hoelterhoff
Santa Fe Opera Festival
Conductor: George Manahan
Singers: François Le Roux, Ann Panagulias
Designers: Alison Chitty, Mimi Sherin
World Premiere |
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Arianna by Claudio Monteverdi and Alexander Goehr
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Singers: Susan Graham
Designers: Alison Chitty, Alan Burett
World Premiere |
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Demons by Robert Brustein
American Repertory Theater A.R.T. New Stages, Loeb Center, Cambridge
Designers: Robert Israel
World Premiere |
 1994
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Street Scene by Kurt Weill
Houston Grand Opera
Conductor: Ward Holmquist
Singers: Sheri Greenawald, Teri Hansen, Kip Wilborn, Wendy Hill
Designers: Adrianne Lobel, Martin Pakledinaz, Mimi Sherin |
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Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten
Grand Théâtret de Genève
Conductor: Roderick Brydon
Singers: Rodney Gilfry, Willard White, Robert Tear
Designers: Alison Chitty, Heather Carson
Swiss telecast for European distribution |
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La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini
Opera North, Leeds, England
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
Singers: Helen Field, Tito Beltran
Designers: Bruno Schwengl, Alan Burett
English Premiere |
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The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini
Santa Fe Opera Festival
Conductor: Evelino Pidò
Singers: Dolores Ziegler, Jeffrey Francis, Dwayne Croft
Designers: John Macfarlane, Stephen Strawbridge |
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Blond Eckbert by Judith Weir
Santa Fe Opera Festival
Conductor: George Manahan
Singers: Elizabeth Futral, James Michael MacGuire
Designers: Alison Chitty, Mimi Sherin
American Premiere |
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Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky
English National Opera, London
Conductor: Sian Edwards
Singers: Willard White, Kim Begley, Gwynne Howell
Designers: Alison Chitty, Paul Pyant
Received Olivier Award for Best Opera Production |
 1993
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Jenufa by Leos Janacek
The Dallas Opera
Conductor: Berislav Klobucar
Singers: Renée Fleming, Marilyn Zschau, Mark Baker
Designers: Alison Chitty, Heather Carson |
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Orphée by Philip Glass
Co-production by the American Repertory Theater, Harvard, and Brooklyn Academy of Music
Conductor: George Manahan
Singers: Elizabeth Futral, Wendy Hill, LeRoy Villanueva
Designers: Robert Israel, Catherine Zuber, Patricia Collins
World Premiere |
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Cherevichki by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Wexford Festival, Ireland
Conductor: Alexander Anissimov
Singers: Vladimir Matorin
Designers: Bruno Schwengl
Premiere of the work outside Russia |
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The Midsummer Marriage by Michael Tippett
New York City Opera
Conductor: Christopher Keene
Singers: Elizabeth Futral, Brad Cresswell
Designers: Kevin Rupnik, Heather Carson
New York Premiere |
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La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Roman Arena of the Orange Festival, France
Conductor: George Manahan
Singers: Roberto Alagna
Designers: Bruno Schwengl
Telecast in France on Channel 4-Arte |
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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
Göteborg Opera, Sweden
Conductor: Robin Dunn
Singers: Ingvar Wixell
Designers: Alison Chitty |
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Il Pirata by Vincenzo Bellini
Théâtre Municipal de Lausanne, Switzerland
Conductor: Bruno Campanella
Singers: Lucia Aliberti
Designers: Bruno Schwengl |
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Romulus Hunt by Carly Simon
Metropolitan Opera, New York
Conductor: George Manahan
Singers: Wendy Hill, Greer Grimsley
Designers: Paul Steinberg
World Premiere
Recorded by EMI |
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The Honey Spike by Patrick Mason
Abbey Theatre, Dublin
World Premiere |
 1992
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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Metropolitan Opera, New York
Conductor: Marcello Panni
Singers: June Anderson, Richard Leech, Juan Pons, Paul Plishka
Designers: John Conklin, Martin Pakledinaz, Patricia Collins |
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Il Pirata by Vincenzo Bellini
Zurich Opera House
Conductor: Nello Santi
Singers: Mara Zampieri
Designers: Bruno Schwengl
Swiss Premiere |
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The Sorrows of Young Werther by Hans-Jürgen von Bose
Santa Fe Opera Festival
Conductor: George Manahan
Singers: Kurt Ollman, Ann Panagulias
Designers: Bruno Schwengl
American Premiere |
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L'Elisir d'Amore by Gaetano Donizetti
Teatro Regio, Parma, Italy
Conductor: Bruno Campanella
Singers: Chris Merritt, Nuccia Focile
Designers: Angela Spocci |
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Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Conductor: John Nelson
Singers: Chris Merritt, Jeffrey Black, Paul Plishka
Designers: John Macfarlane
Swiss Premiere |
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L'Occasione fa il Ladro by Gioacchino Rossini
Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Sicily
Conductor: Bruno Campanella
Singers: Lucia Aliberti, Alfonso Antoniozzi
Designers: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle |
 1991
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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Dublin Grand Opera
Conductor: Evelino Pidò
Singers: Alexandrina Pendachanska
Designers: Bruno Schwengl |
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L'Assedio di Calais by Gaetano Donizetti
Wexford Festival, Ireland
Conductor: Evelino Pidò
Singers: Ann Panagulias, Alice Bake
Designers: Alison Chitty, Paul Pyant
20th century re-premiere |
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Le Troyens by Hector Berlioz
Los Angeles Music Center Opera
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Singers: Gary Lakes, Carol Neblett, Nadine Secunde
Designers: John Conklin, Bruno Schwengl, Patricia Collins
American Premiere of Complete Work |
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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
Earl's Court Arena, London
Conductor: Jacques Delacôte
Singers: Josephine Barstow, Ingvar Wixell, Marcello Giordani
Designers: Neil Peter Jampolis
Eight performances with 12,000 seating capacity plus live relay |
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La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
Teatro Regio, Parma, Italy
Conductor: Bruno Campanella
Singers: Giuseppie Sabbatini, Nuccia Focile
Designers: Angela Spocci
Received Italian Prize for Best Production of the Year in Regional Opera |
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Oedipus by Wolfgang Rihm
Sante Fe Opera Festival
Conductor: George Manahan
Singers: Rodney Gilfry, Emily Golden
Designers: Bruno Schwengl
American Premiere |
 1990
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La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Skylight Opera Theater, Milwaukee
Conductor: Carol Palca
Singers: Ann Panagulias, Paul Austin Kelly, Victor Ledbetter
Designers: Bettina Munzer
Special treatment rewritten with text of Dumas |
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Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss
Rome Opera
Conductor: Jan Latham-Koenig
Singers: Katerina Ikonomou, Sumi Jo, Wolfgang Fassler
Designers: Luigi Marchione, Bruno Schwengl |
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War and Peace by Sergei Prokofiev
Seattle Goodwill Festival
Conductor: Mark Elder
Singers: Sheri Greenawald, Vladimir Chernov, Nicolai Okhotnikov
Designers: John Conklin, Bruno Schwengl, Neil Peter Jampolis
Filmed in High Definition, and telecast in Japan, England, and France |
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Xerxes by George Friederic Handel
Antwerp Festival, Belgium
Conductor: Mark Doss
Singers: Cast from La Monnaie Young Arts Program |
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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini
Seattle Opera
Conductor: George Manahan |
 1989
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L'Occasione fa il Ladro by Gioacchino Rossini
Telecast |
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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
Merola Program, San Francisco Opera |
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Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci by Pietro Mascagni and Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Miami Opera, Florida |
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Der Templer und die Jüdin by Heinrich August Marschner
Wexford Festival, Ireland |
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Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Chicago Early Music Opera |
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Gli Orazi ei Curiazi by Domenico Cimarosa
Rome Opera |
 1988
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La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
San Francisco Opera
Video/Telecast with Luciano Pavarotti |
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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
New Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv |
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Salomé by Richard Strauss
Houston Grand Opera
Designers: Jim Dine |
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The Devil and Kate by Antonín Dvorák
Wexford Festival, Ireland
Video/Telecast in the UK and Ireland |
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Faust by Charles François Gounod
Seattle Opera and San Diego Opera |
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Carmen by Georges Bizet
Skylight Opera Theater |
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L'Elisir d'Amore by Gaetano Donizetti
Teatro Regio, Parma |
 1987
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La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini
Opera Theater of Saint Louis |
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Bianca e Falliero by Gioacchino Rossini
Miami Opera, Florida
American Premiere |
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Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini
Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy
Singers: June Anderson |
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Faust by Charles François Gounod
San Francisco Opera
Conductor:
Singers:
Designers: |
 1986
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Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci by Pietro Mascagni and Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Miami Opera, Florida |
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Faust by Charles François Gounod
Houston Grand Opera |
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The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini
National Opera of Iceland |
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Carmen by Georges Bizet
Texas Opera Theater |
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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
Puerto Rico Opera
Singers: Placido Domingo |
 1985
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Rossini Double Bill
Wolf Trap Farm Park, Washington DC |
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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti
Skylight Opera Theater |
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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
National Opera of Puerto Rico |
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The Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan
National Opera of Iceland |
 1984
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L'Enfant et les Sortilèges by Maurice Ravel
Wolf Trap Farm Park, Washington DC |
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Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Houston Grand Opera |
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Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
Savonlinna Opera Festival, Finland |
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The Makropolous Case by Leos Janacek
Skylight Opera Theater |
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La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
San Francisco Opera, student cast |