Opera History
- Theatre Arts Program
1952-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1990 | 2000-present
1979 OPERA PROGRAM
Suor Anjelica and Gianni Schicchi
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Giovacchino Forzano
English Translation: Percy Pitt
Director: Leon Major
Conductor: Ernesto Barbini
Set Designer: Josef Svoboda
Costume Designer: Jan Skalicky
1978 OPERA PROGRAM
Sganarelle
- world premiere
Composer: Violet Archer
Libbretto: compiled by the composer from Samual A. Eliot Jr.'s free
translation on that of Philip Moeller
Musical Director: William Shookhoff
Stage Director: George Ross
The Stronger
Composer:
Hugo Weisgall
Musical Director: William Shookhoff
Stage Director: George Ross
Cosi fan tutte
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Conductor: Bryan Balkwill
Director: James Lucas
Set Designer: David L. Lovett
Costume Designer: Malabar
Lighting Designer: David Hignell
1977 OPERA PROGRAM
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica
Novel: Scenes de la Vie de Boheme by Henry Murger
Director: James Lucas
Conductor: Helmuth Froschauer
Set Designer: David Lovett
Costume Designer: Suzanne Mess
Lighting Designer: David Hignell
1976 OPERA PROGRAM
The Tender Land
Composer: Aaron Copeland
Director: Perrette Alarie
Conductor: William Shookhoff
Set Designer: James Andraza
Costume Designer: Valerie Quigley
Lighting Designer: James Andraza
Cinderella
Composer: Gioacchino
Rossini
Libretto: Jacopo Ferretti
English Translation: Ruth & Thomas Martin
Director: James Lucas
Conductor: Bryan Balkwill
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Lighting Designer: David Hignell
1975 OPERA PROGRAM
Don Pasquale
Composer: Gaetano
Donizetti
Libretto: Giovanni Ruffini
Director: Carlo Maestrini
Conductor: Bryan Balkwill
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Lighting Designer: David Hignell
1974 OPERA PROGRAM
The Marriage of Figaro
Composer: Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
English Translation: Ruth & Thomas Martin
Director: James Lucas
Conductor: Bryan Balkwill
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Costume Designer: Helen Hutton
Lighting Designer: David Hignell
1973 OPERA PROGRAM
The Magic Flute
Composer: Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
English Translation: Ruth & Thomas Martin
Director: Andrew Downie
Conductor: Alfred Strombergs
Set Designer: John Graham
Costume Designer: Liliane Johnson
Lighting Designer: David Hignell
The Threepenny Opera
Composer: Kurt Weill
Libretto: Bertold Brecht
English Translation: Hugh MacDiarmid
Conductor: Alfred Strombergs
Set Designer: Rob Lefroy
Lighting Designer: Jim Frank
1972 OPERA PROGRAM
Deirdre
Composer: Healey Willan
Libretto: John Coulter
Director: Andrew Downie
Conductor: Alfred Strombergs
Set Designer: John W. Graham
Costume Designer: Liliane Johnson
Lighting Designer: David Hignell
1971 OPERA PROGRAM
Susannah
By Carlisle Floyd
Director: Robert H. Cowden
Conductor: William Shookhoff
Set Designer: Greg Chandler
Costume Designer: Janet Knechtel
Lighting Designer: Greg Chandler
1970 OPERA PROGRAM
Hansel and Gretel
Composer: Englebert
Humperdinck
Libretto: Adelheid Wette
Director: Constance Fisher
Conductor: W. James Craig
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Costume Designer: Liliane Johnson
Lighting Designer: David Hignell