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The Little Prince by Rachel Portman, libretto by Nicholas Wright after the novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupèry
San Francisco Opera
Actors: Tovi Wayne, Tyler Polen, Eugene Brancoveanu, Thomas Glenn, Marie Lenormand, Ji Young Yang, Tamara Wapinsky
Designers: Maria Bjørnson
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner
San Francisco Opera
Actors: Mark Delavan, Stefan Margita, Richard Paul Fink, Jennifer Larmore, Jill Grove, David Cangelosi, Andrea Silvestrelli, Günther Groissböck, Charles Taylor, Lauren McNeese, Buffy Baggott, Catherine Cangiano, Jason Collin, Tamara Wapinsky
Designers: Michael Yeargan (sets), Catherine Zuber (costumes), Mark McCullough (lighting)
Choreographer: Lawrence Pech |
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Show Boat (semi-staged production) by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
Carnegie Hall
Actors: Becky Ann Baker, Carolee Carmello, Alteouise deVaughn, Gregg Edelman, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Hadary, Gavin Lee, John Bedford, Alvy Powell, Celena Shafer, Megan Sikora, Carly Rose Sonenclar
Designers: Gregg Barnes (costumes), Alan Adelman (lighting), S. Katy Tucker (video and projections)
Choreographer: |
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Little House on the Prairie music by Rachel Portman, book by Rachel Sheinkin, lyrics by Donna di Novelli, based on the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Guthrie Theater
Actors: Melissa Gilbert, Kara Lindsay, Steve Blanchard, Jenn Gambatese, Maeve Moynihan, Sara Jean Ford, Kevin Massey
Designers: Adrian Lobel (sets), Jeff Goldstein (costumes), Mark McCullough (lights)
Choreographer: Michele Lynch |
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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Royal Opera House
Actors: Simon Keenlyside, Mariusz Kwiecien, Patrizia Ciofi, Marina Poplavskaya, Ramón Vargas, Robert Murray, Ian Bostridge, Joyce DiDonato, Emma Bell, Lorenzo Regazzo, Kyle Ketelsen, Alex Esposito, Robert Gleadow, Rebecca Evans, Miah Persson, Eric Halfvarson
Designers: Maria Bjørnson
Choreographer: Stephen Mear |
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Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, Dubose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Actors: Gordon Hawkins, Lester Lynch, Morenike Fadayomi, Lisa Daltrius, Terry Cook, Jonita Lattimore, Laquita Mitchell, Marietta Simpson, Jermaine Smith, Eric Greene
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Paul Tazewell (costumes)
Choreographer: Original choreography by Denni Sayers |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid by Doug Wright, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, and Howard Ashman
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Actors: Sierra Boggess, Sherie Rene Scott, Sean Palmer, Norm Lewis, Tituss Burgess
Designers: George Tsypin (scenic design), Tatiana Noginova (costumes), Natasha Katz (lighting)
Choreographer: Stephen Mear |
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Rebecca by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay
Raimund Theater
Actors: Wietske van Tongeren, Uwe Kröger, Susan Rigvava-Dumas, Carsten Lepper, Carin Filipcic, Kerstin Ibald, André Bauer, Norberto Bertassi
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Birgit Hutter (costumes)
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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Disney's 'Aladdin' - A Musical Spectacular music & lyrics by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice, book by Chad Beguelin, adapted from the screenplay by Roger Allers, Ron Clements, Ted Elliott, John Musker & Terry Rossio
Disney's California Adventure, Hyperion Theater
Designers: Peter J. Davison (sets), Anita Yavitch (costumes), Mark McCullough (lights)
Choreographer: Lynne Taylor-Corbett |
 From "Carmen" (Royal Opera House production)
Photo by Catherine Ashmore, All Rights Reserved |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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: Original choreography by 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: Denni Sayers |
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Show Boat 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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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Boris Godunov by Modest Moussorgsky
Paris Opera
Actors: Samuel Ramey, Vladimir Vaneev, Gaële Le Roi, Aleksandra Zamojska
Designers: Wolfgang Gussmann
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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:
Choreographer: Original choreography by Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers
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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers |
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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers
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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers
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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers
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
Choreographer: Denni Sayers
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 |
