SAN FRANCISCO OPERA - NEW PRODUCTIONS 2005 - 2010

2005 - 2006
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI	ELVIRA	LINDORO
Gioachino Rossini	Jane Archibald	William Burden
CONDUCTOR	ZULMA	ISABELLA
Donald Runnicles	Catherine Cook	Olga Borodina
DIRECTOR	MUSTAFÀ	TADDEO
Chris Alexander	Ildar Abdrazakov	Ricardo Herrera
SET DESIGNER	HALY
Robert Innes Hopkins	Bojan Knezevic
COSTUME DESIGNER	First Performance: 10 September 2005
David C. Woolard	Opera House, San Francisco
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Duane Schuler
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
RODELINDA	RODELINDA	BERTARIDO
Georg Friedrich Händel	Catherine Naglestad	David Daniels
CONDUCTOR	GRIMOALDO	UNULFO
Roy Goodman	Paul Nilon	Gerald Thompson
DIRECTOR	GARIBALDO	FLAVIO
David Alden	Umberto Chiummo	Alec Page
SET DESIGNER	EDUIGE
Paul Steinberg	Phyllis Pancella
COSTUME DESIGNER	First Performance: 17 September 2005
Buki Shiff	Opera House, San Francisco
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Pat Collins
SOUND DESIGNER
Roger Gans
DOCTOR ATOMIC	EDWARD TELLER	CAPTAIN JAMES NOLAN
John Adams	Richard Paul Fink	Jay Hunter Morris
CONDUCTOR	J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER	PASQUALITA
Donald Runnicles	Gerald Finley	Beth Clayton
DIRECTOR	ROBERT WILSON	PETER OPPENHEIMER
Peter Sellars	Thomas Glenn	Seth Durant
SET DESIGNER	KITTY OPPENHEIMER	CLOUD FLOWER BLOSSOM
Adrianne Lobel	Kristine Jepson	Bliss Dowman
		Cynthia Drayer
COSTUME DESIGNER	GENERAL LESLIE GROVES	Brook Broughton
Dunya Ramicova	Eric Owens	Katherine Wells
LIGHTING DESIGNER	JACK HUBBARD
James F. Ingalls	James Maddalena
CHOREOGRAPHER	First Performance: 1 October 2005
Lucinda Childs	Opera House, San Francisco
SOUND DESIGNER
Mark Grey
NORMA	OROVESO	NORMA
Vincenzo Bellini	Attila Jun	Catherine Naglestad
CONDUCTOR	POLLIONE	ADALGISA
Oleg Caetani	Zoran Todorovich	Irina Mishura
STAGE DIRECTOR	FLAVIO	CLOTILDE
James Robinson	Sean Panikkar	Kimwana Doner
SET DESIGNER	First Performance: 23 October 2005
Allen Moyer	Opera House, San Francisco
COSTUME DESIGNER
Anna Oliver
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Heather Carson
SOUND DESIGNER
Roger Gans
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO	MARCHESE DI CALATRAVA	HOSTESS
Giuseppe Verdi	Philip Skinner	Mitzie Weiner
CONDUCTOR	DONNA LEONORA DI VARGAS	MELITONE, A FRIAR
Nicola Luisotti	Andrea Gruber	Lucas Meachem
STAGE DIRECTOR	CURRA	PADRE GUARDIANO, ABBOT OF HORNACHUELOS
Ron Daniels	Catherine Cook	Orlin Anastassov
SET DESIGNER	DON ALVARO	THE SURGEON
Roland Aeschlimann	Vladimir Kuzmenko	Jere Torkelsen
COSTUME DESIGNER	THE ALCALDE OF HORNACHUELOS	SOLDIER
Andrea Schmidt-Futterer	Peter Strummer	Michael Rogers
		Andrew Truett
LIGHTING DESIGNER	DON CARLO DI VARGAS	Phillip Pickens
Manfred Voss	Zeljko Lucic
		MARIA
SOUND DESIGNER	TRABUCO	Dvora Djoraev
Roger Gans	Dennis Petersen
CHOREOGRAPHER	PREZIOSILLA
Robert Moses	Jill Grove
DRAMATURG	First Performance: 2 November 2005
Wolfgang Willaschek	Opera House, San Francisco
ASSISTANT SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER
Daniela Juckel
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
ORLEANSKAYA DYEVA	THIBAUT	KING CHARLES VII
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Philip Skinner	Misha Didyk
CONDUCTOR	RAYMOND	DUNOIS
Donald Runnicles	Sean Panikkar	Philip Cutlip
DIRECTOR	JOAN OF ARC	AGNÈS SOREL
Chris Alexander	Dolora Zajick	Karen Slack
SET DESIGNER	BERTRAND	LAURET
Robert Dahlstrom	Peter Strummer	Valery Portnov
COSTUME DESIGNER	A SOLDIER	THE ARCHBISHOP
Walter Mahoney	Torlef Borsting	Giorgio Giuseppini
LIGHTING DESIGNER	VOICE FROM THE ANGELIC CHOIR	LIONEL
Robert Hill	Virginia Pluth	Rod Gilfry
CHOREOGRAPHER	SOLO DANCER
Lawrence Pech	David Bier
CHORUS DIRECTOR	First Performance: 3 June 2006
Ian Robertson	Opera House, San Francisco
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO	FIGARO	COUNTESS ALMAVIVA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	John Relyea	Ruth Ann Swenson
CONDUCTOR	SUSANNA	ANTONIO
Roy Goodman	Camilla Tilling	Peter Strummer
DIRECTOR	DR. BARTOLO	BARBARINA
John Copley	Dale Travis	Nikki Einfeld
LIGHTING DESIGNER	MARCELLINA	DON CURZIO
Robert Hill	Catherine Cook	John Easterlin
CHORUS DIRECTOR	CHERUBINO	FIRST BRIDESMAID
Ian Robertson	Claudia Mahnke	Mary Finch
	COUNT ALMAVIVA	SECOND BRIDESMAID
	Peter Mattei	Sally Mouzon
	DON BASILIO
	Greg Fedderly
	First Performance: 10 June 2006
	Opera House, San Francisco
2006 - 2007
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE	A SAILOR	TRISTAN
Richard Wagner	Sean Panikkar	Thomas Moser
CONDUCTOR	ISOLDE	MELOT
Donald Runnicles	Christine Brewer	Matthew O'Neill
DIRECTOR	BRANGÄNE	KING MARKE
Thor Steingraber	Jane Irwin	Kristinn Sigmundsson
PRODUCTION	KURWENAL	A SHEPHERD
David Hockney	Boaz Daniel	Sean Panikkar
LIGHTING DESIGNER	First Performance: 5 October 2006	A STEERSMAN
Duane Schuler	Opera House, San Francisco	Jere Torkelsen
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
MANON LESCAUT	EDMONDO	MADRIGALIST
Giacomo Puccini	Sean Panikkar	Virginia Pluth
		Dvora Djoraev
CONDUCTOR	CHEVALIER DES GRIEUX	Rachelle Perry
Donald Runnicles	Misha Didyk	Sally Mouzon
DIRECTOR	LESCAUT	A DANCING MASTER
Olivier Tambosi	John Hancock	Matthew O'Neill
PRODUCTION	AN INNKEEPER	A POLICE SERGEANT
Frank Philipp Schlössmann	Eugene Brancoveanu	David Kekuewa
LIGHTING DESIGNER	GERONTE DE RAVOIR	A LAMPLIGHTER
Duane Schuler	Eric Halfvarson	Matthew O'Neill
CHORUS DIRECTOR	MANON LESCAUT	SERGEANT OF THE ARCHERS
Ian Robertson	Karita Mattila	Jeremy Galyon
	A SINGER	A NAVAL CAPTAIN
	Kendall Gladen	Eugene Brancoveanu
	First Performance: 19 November 2006
	Opera House, San Francisco
DON GIOVANNI	LEPORELLO	DONNA ELVIRA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Oren Gradus	Twyla Robinson
CONDUCTOR	DONNA ANNA	ZERLINA
Donald Runnicles	Elza van den Heever	Claudia Mahnke
PRODUCTION	DON GIOVANNI	MASETTO
David McVicar	Mariusz Kwiecien	Luca Pisaroni
DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER	THE COMMENDATORE	MASETTO'S BROTHER
Leah Hausman	Kristinn Sigmundsson	Phillip Pickens
PRODUCTION DESIGNER	DON OTTAVIO
John Macfarlane	Charles Castronovo
LIGHTING DESIGNER	First Performance: 2 June 2007
Jennifer Tipton	Opera House, San Francisco
ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER
Scott Bolman
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
IPHIGÉNIE EN TAURIDE	IPHIGÉNIE	PYLADE
Christoph Willibald Gluck	Susan Graham	Paul Groves
CONDUCTOR	FIRST PRIESTESS	ORESTE
Patrick Summers	Virginia Pluth	Bo Skovhus
PRODUCTION	SECOND PRIESTESS	A MINISTER
Robert Carsen	Sally Mouzon	Jeremy Galyon
DIRECTOR	THOAS	A GREEK MAIDEN
Jean Michel Criqui	Mark S. Doss	Melody Moore
PRODUCTION DESIGNER	A SCYTHIAN	DIANE
Tobias Hoheisel	Torlef Borsting	Heidi Melton
ASSISTANT TO THE DESIGNER	First Performance: 14 June 2007
Remo Arpagaus	Opera House, San Francisco
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Peter van Praet
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
CHOREOGRAPHER
Philippe Giraudeau
2007 - 2008
TANNHÄUSER	THE BOY	BITEROLF
Richard Wagner	Cezar Mendoza (actor)	Gregory Reinhart
CONDUCTOR	THE DOORKEEPER	HEINRICH DER SCHREIBER
Donald Runnicles	Tom Carlisle (actor)	Matthew O'Neill
	Sally Warren (actor)
DIRECTOR		REINMAR VON ZWETER
Graham Vick	VENUS	Richard Lugo
	Petra Lang
PRODUCTION DESIGNER		WOLFRAM VON ESCHINBACH
Paul Brown	TANNHÄUSER	James Rutherford
	Peter Seiffert
LIGHTING DESIGNER		ELISABETH
Adam Silverman	SHEPHERD	Petra Maria Schnitzer
	Ji Young Yang
CHORUS DIRECTOR		A PAGE
Ian Robertson	LANDGRAF HERMANN	Toran Davenport
	Eric Halfvarson	Gregory Foken
CHOREOGRAPHER		Clarens Caine
Ron Howell	WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE	Jack Garlin
	Stefan Margita
	First Performance: 18 September 2007
	Opera House, San Francisco
APPOMATTOX	JULIA DENT GRANT	AN OLD MAN
Philip Glass	Rhoslyn Jones	Frederick Matthews
CONDUCTOR	MARY CUSTIS LEE	A YOUNG MAN
Dennis Russell Davies	Elza van den Heever	Antoine Garth
DIRECTOR	JULIA AGNES LEE	FREED SLAVE
Robert Woodruff	Ji Young Yang	Alexander Taite
		Anthony Russell
SET DESIGNER	MARY TODD LINCOLN
Riccardo Hernandez	Heidi Melton	A NAVAL OFFICER
		William Pickersgill
COSTUME DESIGNER	ELIZABETH KECKLEY
Gabriel Berry	Kendall Gladen	WILMER MCLEAN
		Torlef Borsting
LIGHTING DESIGNER	ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Christopher Akerlind	Jeremy Galyon	CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHER
		Virginia Pluth
CHORUS DIRECTOR	ULYSSES S. GRANT
Ian Robertson	Andrew Shore	CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHER
		Claudia Siefer
	BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN A. RAWLINS	Antoine Garth
	Jere Torkelsen	Frederick Matthews
	COLONEL ELI PARKER	CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
	Richard Walker	David Kekuewa
	ROBERT E. LEE	A CAPTAIN
	Dwayne Croft	William Pickersgill
	GENERAL HOWELL COBB	A BRIGADIER GENERAL
	John Minágro	Kevin Courtemanche
	BRIGADIER GENERAL EDWARD ALEXANDER	EDGAR RAY KILLEN
	Chad Shelton	Philip Skinner
	T. MORRIS CHESTER
	Noah Stewart
	First Performance: 5 October 2007
	Opera House, San Francisco
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE	TAMINO	FIRST BOY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Piotr Beczala	Christopher Borglum
CONDUCTOR	FIRST LADY	SECOND BOY
Donald Runnicles	Elza van den Heever	Zachary Marius Pedersen
ORIGINAL DIRECTOR	SECOND LADY	THIRD BOY
Peter Hall	Kendall Gladen	John Ribeiro-Broomhead
REVIVAL DIRECTOR	THIRD LADY	THE SPEAKER
Stanley M. Garner	Katharine Tier	Philip Skinner
PRODUCTION DESIGNER	PAPAGENO	SARASTRO
Gerald Scarfe	Christopher Maltman	Georg Zeppenfeld
ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGNER	QUEEN OF THE NIGHT	FIRST PRIEST
Richard Pilbrow	Erika Miklósa	Matthew O'Neill
REVIVAL LIGHTING DESIGNER	FIRST SLAVE	SECOND PRIEST
Michael Gottlieb	William Pickersgill	Ricardo Lugo
CHORUS DIRECTOR	SECOND SLAVE	THIRD PRIEST
Ian Robertson	Daniel Harper	Claire Kelm
	THIRD SLAVE	PAPAGENA
	Dale Tracy	Rhoslyn Jones
	MONOSTATOS	FIRST ARMORED MAN
	Greg Fedderly	Richard Walker
	PAMINA	SECOND ARMORED MAN
	Dina Kuznetsova	Eric Jordan
	First Performance: 13 October 2007
	Opera House, San Francisco
LA RONDINE	YVETTE	FLOWER GIRL
Giacomo Puccini	Rhoslyn Jones	Kathleen Bayler
		Claire Kelm
CONDUCTOR	BIANCA	Carole Schaffer
Ion Marin	Melody Moore	Mitzie Weiner
PRODUCTION	PRUNIER	ADOLFO
Nicolas Joël	Gerard Powers	Phillip Pickens
DIRECTOR	MAGDA DE CIVRY	GEORGETTE
Stephen Barlow	Angela Gheorghiu	Dvora Djoraev
SET DESIGNER	LISETTE	A STUDENT
Ezio Frigerio	Anna Christy	Richard Walker
COSTUME DESIGNER	SUZY	GABRIELLE
Franca Squarciapino	Katharine Tier	Mary Finch
LIGHTING DESIGNER	RAMBALDO FERNANDEZ	LOLETTE
Duane Schuler	Philip Skinner	Virginia Pluth
CHORUS DIRECTOR	GOBIN	RABONIER
Ian Robertson	Phillip Pickens	David Kekuewa
CHOREOGRAPHER	CRÉBILLON	A SINGER
Lawrence Pech	Jere Torkelsen	Ji Young Yang
	PÉRICHAUD	A BUTLER
	David Kekuewa	Valery Portnov
	RUGGERO LASTOUC
	Misha Didyk
	First Performance: 7 November 2007
	Opera House, San Francisco
MACBETH	MACBETH	LADY-IN-WAITING
Giuseppe Verdi	Thomas Hampson	Elza van den Heever
CONDUCTOR	BANQUO	A DOCTOR
Massimo Zanetti	Raymond Aceto	Jeremy Galyon
DIRECTOR	LADY MACBETH	LADY MACDUFF
David Pountney	Georgina Lukács	Laurel Winzler (actor)
Nicola Raab
	A SERVANT	AN ASSASSIN
SET DESIGNER	Jere Torkelsen	Clifton Romig
Stefanos Lazaridis
	DUNCAN, KING OF SCOTLAND	FIRST APPARITION
COSTUME DESIGNER	Chiharu Shibata	William Pickersgill
Marie-Jeanne Lecca
	MACDUFF, A SCOTTISH NOBLEMAN	SECOND APPARITION
LIGHTING DESIGNER	Alfredo Portilla	Josephine Hicks-Jablons
Jürgen Hoffman
	MALCOLM, SON OF DUNCAN	THIRD APPARITION
CHORUS DIRECTOR	Noah Stewart	Jack Gorlin
Ian Robertson
	FLEANCE, SON OF BANQUO
CHOREOGRAPHER	Ben Seigel
Vivienne Newport
	First Performance: 14 November 2007
	Opera House, San Francisco
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS	TOM RAKEWELL	MOTHER GOOSE
Igor Stravinsky	William Burden	Catherine Cook
CONDUCTOR	ANNE TRULOVE	BABA THE TURK
Donald Runnicles	Laura Aikin	Denyce Graves
DIRECTOR	TRULOVE	SELLEM
Robert Lepage	Kevin Langan	Steven Cole
Sybille Wilson
	NICK SHADOW	KEEPER OF THE MADHOUSE
SET DESIGNER	James Morris	William Pickersgill
Carl Fillion
	First Performance: 23 November 2007
COSTUME DESIGNER	Opera House, San Francisco
François Barbeau
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Etienne Boucher
VIDEO DESIGNER
Boris Firquet
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
CHOREOGRAPHER
Michael Keegan-Dolan
THE LITTLE PRINCE	THE PILOT	THE BUSINESSMAN
Rachel Portman	Eugene Brancoveanu	Brian Leerhuber
CONDUCTOR	THE LITTLE PRINCE	THE LAMPLIGHTER
Sara Jobin	Tovi Wayne	Andrew Bidlack
DIRECTOR	BAOBAB	THE SNAKE
Francesca Zambello	Andrew Bidlack	Thomas Glenn
	Kenneth Kellogg
DIRECTOR	Brian Leerhuber	HUNTER
Sarah Meyers	Adam Paul Lau	Andrew Bidlack
		Kenneth Kellogg
DESIGNER	THE ROSE	Brian Leerhuber
Maria Bjørnson	Ji Young Yang	Adam Paul Lau
ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGNER	THE KING	THE FOX
Rick Fisher	Kenneth Kellogg	Marie Lenormand
ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER	THE VAIN MAN	THE WATER
Christopher Sprague	Thomas Glenn	Tamara Wapinsky
CHORUS DIRECTOR	THE DRUNKARD
Ian Robertson	Andrew Bidlack
	First Performance: 2 May 2008
	Opera House, San Francisco
DAS RHEINGOLD	WOGLINDE	FASOLT
Richard Wagner	Catherine Cangiano	Andrea Silvestrelli
CONDUCTOR	WELLGUNDE	FAFNER
Donald Runnicles	Lauren McNeese	Günther Groissböck
DIRECTOR	FLOSSHILDE	FROH
Francesca Zambello	Buffy Baggott	Jason Collins
SET DESIGNER	ALBERICH	DONNER
Michael Yeargan	Richard Paul Fink	Charles Taylor
COSTUME DESIGNER	FRICKA	LOGE
Catherine Zuber	Jennifer Larmore	Stefan Margita
LIGHTING DESIGNER	WOTAN	MIME
Mark McCullough	Mark Delavan	David Cangelosi
PROJECTION DESIGNER	FREIA	ERDA
Jan Hartley	Tamara Wapinsky	Jill Grove
ASSOCIATE PROJECTION DESIGNER	First Performance: 3 June 2008
S. Katy Tucker	Opera House, San Francisco
CHOREOGRAPHER
Lawrence Pech
ARIODANTE	GINEVRA	POLINESSO'S SQUIRE
Georg Friedrich Händel	Ruth Ann Swenson	Anders Froehlich
CONDUCTOR	DALINDA	THE KING OF SCOTLAND
Patrick Summers	Veronica Cangemi	Eric Owens
DIRECTOR	POLINESSO	ODOARDO
John Copley	Sonia Prina	Andrew Bidlack
SET DESIGNER	ARIODANTE	LURCANIO
John Conklin	Susan Graham	Richard Croft
COSTUME DESIGNER	First Performance: 15 June 2008
Michael Stennett	Opera House, San Francisco
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Duane Schuler
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
CHOREOGRAPHER
Kenneth von Heidecke
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR	NORMANNO	ALISA
Gaetano Donizetti	Matthew O'Neill	Cybele-Teresa Gouverneur
CONDUCTOR	ENRICO ASHTON	EDGARDO RAVENSWOOD
Jean-Yves Ossonce	Gabriele Viviani	Giuseppe Filianoti
DIRECTOR	RAIMONDO BIDEBENT	ARTURO
Graham Vick	Oren Gradus	Andrew Bidlack
Marco Gandini
	LUCIA
PRODUCTION DESIGNER	Natalie Dessay
Paul Brown
	First Performance: 17 June 2008
LIGHTING DESIGNER	Opera House, San Francisco
Nick Chelton
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
2008 - 2009
THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER	RUTH YOUNG KAMEN	ART KAMEN
Stewart Wallace	Zheng Cao	James Maddalena
CONDUCTOR	LULING LIU YOUNG	A TAOIST PRIEST
Steven Sloane	Ning Liang	Wu Tong
DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER	PRECIOUS AUNTIE	CHANG THE COFFINMAKER
Chen Shi-Zheng	Qian Yi	Hao Jiang Tian
SET DESIGNER	A CHEF	WANG TAI-TAI
Walt Spangler	Wu Tong	Catherine Cook
COSTUME DESIGNER	MARTY KAMEN	CHANG'S WIFE
Han Feng	Valery Portnov	Mary Finch
LIGHTING DESIGNER	DORY KAMEN	CHANG'S WIFE
Scott Zielinski	Madelaine Matej	Natasha Ramirez Leland
PROJECTION DESIGNER	ARLENE KAMEN	CHANG'S WIFE
Leigh Haas	Catherine Cook	Erin Neff
SOUND DESIGNER	FIA KAMEN
Mark Grey	Rose Frazier
CHORUS DIRECTOR	First Performance: 13 September 2008
Ian Robertson	Opera House, San Francisco
CHOREOGRAPHER
Wang Yuqing
DIE TOTE STADT	BRIGITTA	VICTORIN
Erich Wolfgang Korngold	Katharine Tier	Alek Shrader
CONDUCTOR	FRANK	COUNT ALBERT
Donald Runnicles	Lucas Meachem	Andrew Bidlack
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION	PAUL	FRITZ
Willy Decker	Torsten Kerl	Lucas Meachem
DIRECTOR	MARIE/MARIETTA	GASTON
Meisje Hummel	Emily Magee	Bryan Ketron
PRODUCTION DESIGNER	JULIETTE	PAUL'S DOUBLE
Wolfgang Gussmann	Ji Young Yang	Ben Bongers
LIGHTING DESIGNER	LUCIENNE
Wolfgang Göbbel	Daniela Mack
CHORUS DIRECTOR	First Performance: 23 September 2008
Ian Robertson	Opera House, San Francisco
BORIS GODUNOV	NIKITICH, A POLICE OFFICER	THE INNKEEPER
Modest Mussorgsky	Kenneth Kellogg	Catherine Cook
CONDUCTOR	MITYUKHA, A PEASANT	MISSAIL, A VAGABOND MONK
Vassily Sinaisky	Valery Portnov	Matthew O'Neill
PRODUCTION	SHCHELKALOV, SECRETARY OF THE DUMA	VARLAAM, A VAGABOND MONK
Stein Winge	Nicolai Janitzky	Vladimir Ognovenko
DIRECTOR	PRINCE SHUISKY	XENIA, DAUGHTER OF BORIS
Julia Pevzner	John Uhlenhopp	Ji Young Yang
SET DESIGNER	BORIS GODUNOV	FYODOR, SON OF BORIS
Göran Wassberg	Samuel Ramey	Jack Gorlin
COSTUME DESIGNER	PIMEN, A MONK AND CHRONICLER	NURSE
Kari Gravklev	Vitalij Kowaljow	Daveda Karanas
LIGHTING DESIGNER	GRIGORY (THE PRETENDER DIMITRI)	THE SIMPLETON
Duane Schuler	Vsevolod Grivnov	Andrew Bidlack
CHORUS DIRECTOR	First Performance: 22 October 2008
Ian Robertson	Opera House, San Francisco
L'ELISIR D'AMORE	GIANNETTA	BELCORE
Gaetano Donizetti	Ji Young Yang	Giorgio Caoduro
CONDUCTOR	ADINA	DR. DULCAMARA
Bruno Campanella	Inva Mula	Alessandro Corbelli
DIRECTOR	NEMORINO
James Robinson	Ramón Vargas
SET DESIGNER	First Performance: 29 October 2008
Allen Moyer	Opera House, San Francisco
COSTUME DESIGNER
Martin Pakledinaz
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Paul Palazzo
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
THREE DECEMBERS	CHARLIE	MADELINE MITCHELL
Jake Heggie	Keith Phares	Frederica von Stade
CONDUCTOR	BEATRICE
Patrick Summers	Kristin Clayton
DIRECTOR AND DESIGNER	First Performance: 11 December 2008
Leonard Foglia	Opera House, San Francisco
COSTUME DESIGNER
Cesar Galindo
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Brian Nason
TOSCA	CESARE ANGELOTTI	SPOLETTA
Giacomo Puccini	Jordan Bisch	Joel Sorensen
CONDUCTOR	SACRISTAN	SCIARRONE
Marco Armiliato	Dale Travis	Austin Kness
DIRECTOR	MARIO CAVARADOSSI	SHEPHERD BOY
Jose Maria Condemi	Carlo Ventre	Zachary Weisberg
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER	FLORIA TOSCA	JAILER
Thierry Bosquet	Adrianne Pieczonka	Kenneth Kellogg
LIGHTING DESIGNER	BARON SCARPIA
Christopher Maravich	Lado Ataneli
CHORUS DIRECTOR	First Performance: 2 June 2009
Ian Robertson	Opera House, San Francisco
PORGY AND BESS	PORGY, A CRIPPLED BEGGAR	FRAZIER, A "LAWYER"
George Gershwin	Eric Owens	Kenneth Overton
CONDUCTOR	BESS	ANNIE
John DeMain	Laquita Mitchell	Malesha Jessie
DIRECTOR	CROWN, A STEVEDORE	LILY, PETER'S WIFE
Francesca Zambello	Lester Lynch	Amber Mercomes
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR	SERENA, ROBBINS'S WIFE	STRAWBERRY WOMAN
Rita D'Angelo Tikador	Karen Slack	Samantha McElhaney
SET DESIGNER	CLARA, JAKE'S WIFE	JIM, A COTTON PICKER
Peter J. Davison	Angel Blue	Earl Hazell
COSTUME DESIGNER	MARIA, KEEPER OF THE COOKSHOP	UNDERTAKER
Paul Tazewell	Alteouise deVaughn	Darren K. Stokes
LIGHTING DESIGNER	JAKE, A FISHERMAN	NELSON
Mark McCullough	Eric Greene	Frederick Matthews
CHORUS DIRECTOR	SPORTIN' LIFE, A DOPE PEDDLER	CRAB MAN
Ian Robertson	Chauncey Packer	Ashley Faatoalia
CHOREOGRAPHER	MINGO	DETECTIVE
Denni Sayers	Michael Bragg	Richard Farrell
	ROBBINS	POLICEMAN
	Michael Austin	Louis Landman
	PETER, THE HONEY MAN	CORONER
	Calvin Lee	John Minágro
	First Performance: 9 June 2009
	Opera House, San Francisco
LA TRAVIATA	VIOLETTA VALÉRY	ALFREDO GERMONT
Giuseppe Verdi	Anna Netrebko	Charles Castronovo
CONDUCTOR	DOCTOR GRENVIL	GIUSEPPE
Donald Runnicles	Kenneth Kellogg	Dale Tracy
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCTION DESIGNER	BARON DOUPHOL	GIORGIO GERMONT
Marta Domingo	Dale Travis	Dwayne Croft
LIGHTING DESIGNER	FLORA BERVOIX	A MESSENGER
Mark McCullough	Leann Sandel-Pantaleo	Bojan Knezevic
CHORUS DIRECTOR	MARQUIS D'OBIGNY	A MATADOR
Ian Robertson	Austin Kness	Jekyns Pelaez
CHOREOGRAPHER	ANNINA	A GUEST
Kitty McNamee	Renée Tatum	William Pickersgill
	GASTONE
	Andrew Bidlack
	First Performance: 13 June 2009
	Opera House, San Francisco
2009 - 2010
IL TROVATORE	FERRANDO	AZUCENA
Giuseppe Verdi	Burak Bilgili	Stephanie Blythe
CONDUCTOR	INEZ	A GYPSY
Nicola Luisotti	Renée Tatum	Bojan Knezevic
DIRECTOR	LEONORA	A MESSENGER
David McVicar	Sondra Radvanovsky	Dale Tracy
REVIVAL DIRECTOR	COUNT DI LUNA	RUIZ
Walter Sutcliffe	Dmitri Hvorostovsky	Andrew Bidlack
SET DESIGNER	MANRICO
Charles Edwards	Marco Berti
COSTUME DESIGNER	First Performance: 11 September 2009
Brigitte Reiffenstuel	Opera House, San Francisco
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Jennifer Tipton
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
IL TABARRO	MICHELE	IL TINCA
Giacomo Puccini	Paolo Gavanelli	Matthew O'Neill
CONDUCTOR	A LOVER	IL TALPA
Patrick Summers	Tamara Wapinsky	Andrea Silvestrelli
DIRECTOR	A LOVER	LA FRUGOLA
James Robinson	David Lomelí	Catherine Cook
SET DESIGNER	GIORGETTA	SONG VENDOR
Allen Moyer	Patricia Racette	Thomas Glenn
COSTUME DESIGNER	LUIGI
Bruno Schwengl	Brandon Jovanovich
LIGHTING DESIGNER	First Performance: 15 September 2009
Christopher Maravich	Opera House, San Francisco
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
SUOR ANGELICA	SISTER MONITOR	A SISTER
Giacomo Puccini	Catherine Cook	Claire Kelm
		Mary Finch
CONDUCTOR	FIRST LAY SISTER	Rachelle Perry
Patrick Summers	Daniela Mack	Sally Mouzon
DIRECTOR	SECOND LAY SISTER	SISTER ANGELICA
James Robinson	Mary Finch	Patricia Racette
SET DESIGNER	MISTRESS OF THE NOVICES	THE NURSING SISTER
Allen Moyer	Daveda Karanas	Heidi Melton
COSTUME DESIGNER	THE NOVICE	FIRST ALMS SISTER
Bruno Schwengl	Renée Tatum	Tamara Wapinsky
LIGHTING DESIGNER	SISTER GENOVIEFFA	SECOND ALMS SISTER
Christopher Maravich	Rebekah Camm	Dvora Djoraev
CHORUS DIRECTOR	SISTER OSMINA	THE ABBESS
Ian Robertson	Virginia Pluth	Meredith Arwady
	SISTER DOLCINA	THE PRINCESS
	Leah Crocetto	Ewa Podles
	First Performance: 15 September 2009
	Opera House, San Francisco
GIANNI SCHICCHI	BUOSO DONATI	MARCO
Giacomo Puccini	Michael Harvey	Austin Kness
CONDUCTOR	ZITA	LA CIESCA
Patrick Summers	Meredith Arwady	Catherine Cook
DIRECTOR	RINUCCIO	GIANNI SCHICCHI
James Robinson	David Lomelí	Paolo Gavanelli
SET DESIGNER	GHERARDO	LAURETTA
Allen Moyer	Thomas Glenn	Patricia Racette
COSTUME DESIGNER	NELLA	SPINELLOCCIO
Bruno Schwengl	Rebekah Camm	Bojan Knezevic
LIGHTING DESIGNER	GHERARDINO	AMANTIO DI NICOLAO
Christopher Maravich	Kyle Reidy	Levi Hernandez
	BETTO	PINELLINO
	Jake Gardner	Kenneth Kellogg
	SIMONE	GUCCIO
	Andrea Silvestrelli	Valery Portnov
	First Performance: 15 September 2009
	Opera House, San Francisco
DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL	BELMONTE	CONSTANZE
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Matthew Polenzani	Mary Dunleavy
CONDUCTOR	OSMIN	BLONDE
Cornelius Meister	Peter Rose	Anna Christy
DIRECTOR	PEDRILLO	JANNISSARY
Chas Rader-Shieber	Andrew Bidlack	Virginia Pluth
		Sally Munro
PRODUCTION DESIGNER	PASHA SELIM	Dale Tracy
David Zinn	Charles Shaw Robinson	Jere Torkelsen
LIGHTING DESIGNER	First Performance: 23 September 2009
Christopher Akerlind	Opera House, San Francisco
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT	HORTENSIUS	TONIO
Gaetano Donizetti	Jake Gardner	Juan Diego Flórez
CONDUCTOR	THE MARQUISE OF BERKENFELD	A CORPORAL
Andriy Yurkevych	Meredith Arwady	Kenneth Kellogg
DIRECTOR	A PEASANT	THE DUCHESS OF KRAKENTHORP
Laurent Pelly	Chester Pidduck	Sheila Nadler
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR	SULPICE	A NOTARY
Roy Rallo	Bruno Praticò	Keith Perry
DRAMATURG	MARIE
Agathe Mélinand	Diana Damrau
SET DESIGNER	First Performance: 13 October 2009
Chantal Thomas	Opera House, San Francisco
COSTUME DESIGNER
Laurent Pelly
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Joël Adam
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
SALOME	NARRABOTH	HERODIAS
Richard Strauss	Garrett Sorenson	Irina Mishura
CONDUCTOR	A PAGE	FIRST JEW
Nicola Luisotti	Elizabeth DeShong	Beau Gibson
DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER	FIRST SOLDIER	SECOND JEW
Séan Curran	Andrew Funk	Robert MacNeil
CONSULTING DIRECTOR AND DRAMATURG	SECOND SOLDIER	THIRD JEW
James Robinson	Bojan Knezevic	Matthew O'Neill
PRODUCTION DESIGNER	A CAPPADOCIAN	FOURTH JEW
Bruno Schwengl	Kenneth Kellogg	Corey Bix
LIGHTING DESIGNER	JOKANAAN	FIFTH JEW
Christopher Maravich	Greer Grimsley	Jeremy Milner
	SALOME	FIRST NAZARENE
	Nadja Michael	Julien Robbins
	A SLAVE	SECOND NAZARENE
	Renée Tatum	Austin Kness
	HEROD	EXECUTIONER
	Kim Begley	Broc Johnson
	First Performance: 18 October 2009
	Opera House, San Francisco
OTELLO	MONTANO	DESDEMONA
Giuseppe Verdi	Julien Robbins	Zvetelina Vassileva
CONDUCTOR	CASSIO	EMILIA
Nicola Luisotti	Beau Gibson	Renée Tatum
PRODUCTION	IAGO	A HERALD
Peter Hall	Marco Vratogna	Austin Kness
REVIVAL DIRECTOR	RODERIGO	LODOVICO
Stephen Barlow	Daniel Montenegro	Eric Halfvarson
PRODUCTION DESIGNER	OTELLO
John Gunter	Johan Botha
LIGHTING DESIGNER	First Performance: 8 November 2009
Duane Schuler	Opera House, San Francisco
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
FAUST	FAUST	SIEBEL
Charles Gounod	Stefano Secco	Daniela Mack
CONDUCTOR	MÉPHISTOPHÉLÈS	VALENTIN
Maurizio Benini	John Relyea	Brian Mulligan
DIRECTOR	MARGUERITE	MARTHE
Jose Maria Condemi	Patricia Racette	Catherine Cook
PRODUCTION DESIGNER	WAGNER
Robert Perdziola	Austin Kness
LIGHTING DESIGNER	First Performance: 5 June 2010
Duane Schuler	Opera House, San Francisco
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Ian Robertson
CHOREOGRAPHER
Lawrence Pech
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST	JAKE WALLACE	TRIN
Giacomo Puccini	Trevor Scheunemann	Matthew O'Neill
CONDUCTOR	HARRY	LARKENS
Nicola Luisotti	David Lomelí	Brian Leerhuber
DIRECTOR	JOE	SHERIFF JACK RANCE
Lorenzo Mariani	Brian Jagde	Roberto Frontali
SET DESIGNER	HANDSOME	ASHBY
Maurizio Balò	Austin Kness	Kevin Langan
COSTUME DESIGNER	SID	MINNIE
Gabriel Berry	Kenneth Overton	Deborah Voigt
LIGHTING DESIGNER	HAPPY	PONY EXPRESS RIDER
Duane Schuler	Igor Vieira	Christopher Jackson
CHORUS DIRECTOR	BILLY JACKRABBIT	DICK JOHNSON, A.K.A. RAMERREZ
Ian Robertson	Jeremy Milner	Salvatore Licitra
	NICK	JOSÉ CASTRO
	Steven Cole	Bojan Knezevic
	SONORA	WOWKLE
	Timothy Mix	Maya Lahyani
	First Performance: 9 June 2010
	Opera House, San Francisco
DIE WALKÜRE	SIEGLINDE	HELMWIGE
Richard Wagner	Eva-Maria Westbroek	Tamara Wapinsky
CONDUCTOR	SIEGMUND	WALTRAUTE
Donald Runnicles	Christopher Ventris	Daveda Karanas
DIRECTOR	HUNDING	SCHWERTLEITE
Francesca Zambello	Raymond Aceto	Suzanne Hendrix
SET DESIGNER	WOTAN	ORTLINDE
Michael Yeargan	Mark Delavan	Molly Fillmore
COSTUME DESIGNER	BRÜNNHILDE	SIEGRUNE
Catherine Zuber	Nina Stemme	Maya Lahyani
LIGHTING DESIGNER	FRICKA	GRIMGERDE
Mark McCullough	Janina Baechle	Pamela Dillard
PROJECTION DESIGNER	GERHILDE	ROSSWEISSE
Jan Hartley	Wendy Bryn Harmer	Priti Gandhi
PROJECTION ASSOCIATE	First Performance: 10 June 2010
S. Katy Tucker	Opera House, San Francisco
CHOREOGRAPHER
Lawrence Pech