Il trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
Oct. 9, 14, 17, 19 / In Italian
Production owned by the Metropolitan Opera.
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| Count di Luna |
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Mario Zanasi |
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| Conductor |
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Bruno Bartoletti |
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| Stage Director |
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Christopher West |
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| Production Designer |
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Motley |
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| Chorus Master |
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Michael Lepore |
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COMPANY PREMIERE |
La Favorita
Gaetano Donizetti
Oct. 12, 16, 21, 24 / In Italian
Production owned by Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
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| Leonora di Gusman |
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Fiorenza Cossotto |
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| Alfonso XI |
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Sesto Bruscantini |
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| Solo Dancer |
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Kenneth Johnson |
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| Solo Dancer |
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Patricia Klekovic |
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| Solo Dancer |
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Dolores Lipinski |
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Carmen
Georges Bizet
Oct. 23, 26, 29 (student matinee), 31; Nov. 4 / In French
The Mrs. D. Eckhart Williams production.
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| Micaèla |
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Irma Gonzalez(Oct. 23) |
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| Micaèla |
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Nicoletta Panni (Oct. 26, 29, 31, Nov. 4) |
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Elizabeth Mannion |
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| Children's Chorus |
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Children's Choir of the First
Unitarian Church of Chicago |
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| Solo Dancer |
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Kenneth Johnson |
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| Solo Dancer |
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Patricia Klekovic |
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| Solo Dancer |
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Dolores Lipinski |
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| Solo Dancer |
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Charles Schick |
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| Stage Director |
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Marcel Lamy |
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| Scenery Designer |
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Piero Zuffi |
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| Costume Designer |
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Piero Zuffi |
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| Chorus Master |
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Michael Lepore |
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| Children's Chorus Master |
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Rev. Christopher Moore |
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Don Carlo
Giuseppe Verdi
Oct. 28, 30; Nov. 2, 7 / In Italian
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| Princess Eboli |
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Grace Bumbry (Nov. 2, 7) |
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| Princess Eboli |
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Fiorenza Cossotto (Oct. 28, 30) |
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| Elisabetta di Valois |
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Leyla Gencer |
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| Philip II |
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Nicolai Ghiaurov |
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| Flemish Deputy |
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K. Charles Graves |
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| Flemish Deputy |
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Bernard Izzo |
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| Flemish Deputy |
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Howard Nelson |
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| Flemish Deputy |
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Edward Pierson |
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| Flemish Deputy |
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Richard Schreiber |
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| Flemish Deputy |
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Robert Smith |
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| Celestial Voice |
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Carol Toscano |
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| Count Lerma |
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Robert Schmorr |
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| Grand Inquisitor |
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Bruno Marangoni |
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| Conductor |
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Bruno Bartoletti |
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| Chorus Master |
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Michael Lepore |
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COMPANY PREMIERE |
Ariadne auf Naxos
Richard Strauss
Nov. 6, 9, 14, 18 / In German
Production owned by the Metropolitan Opera.
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Theodor Uppman |
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| Major-Domo |
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Morley Meredith |
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| Composer |
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Irmgard Seefried |
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| Tenor (later Bacchus) |
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Jean Cox |
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| Dancing Master |
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Gerhard Unger |
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| Prima Donna (later Ariadne) |
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Régine Crespin |
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| Truffaldino |
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Giorgio Tadeo |
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| Scaramuccio |
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Herbert Kraus |
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| Stage Director |
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Josef Witt |
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| Chorus Master |
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Michael Lepore |
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La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
Nov. 8 (matinee), 12, 17, 24 / In Italian
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| Marcello |
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Sesto Bruscantini |
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| Custom House Sergeant |
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Richard Schreiber |
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| Custom House Guard |
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Howard Nelson |
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| Children's Chorus |
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Children's Choir of the First
Unitarian Church of Chicago |
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| Stage Director |
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Renzo Frusca |
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| Chorus Master |
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Michael Lepore |
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| Children's Chorus Master |
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Rev. Christopher Moore |
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La Cenerentola
Gioacchino Rossini
Nov. 11, 13, 19 (student matinee), 21, 23 / In Italian
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| Don Magnifico |
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Giorgio Tadeo |
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| Don Ramiro |
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Renzo Casellato |
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| Dandini |
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Sesto Bruscantini |
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| Conductor |
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Carlo Felice Cillario |
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| Stage Director |
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Riccardo Moresco |
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| Chorus Master |
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Michael Lepore |
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Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nov. 16, 20, 22 (matinee), 25 / In Italian
Production owned by the Dallas Opera.
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| Donna Anna |
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Teresa Stich-Randall |
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| Don Giovanni |
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Nicolai Ghiaurov |
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| Commendatore |
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Bruno Marangoni |
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| Don Ottavio |
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Alfredo Kraus |
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| Donna Elvira |
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Phyllis Curtin |
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| Stage Director |
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Wolfgang Weber |
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| Set Designer |
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Franco Zeffirelli |
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| Costume Designer |
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Peter J. Hall |
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| Chorus Master |
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Michael Lepore |
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Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
Nov. 27, 30; Dec. 2, 5 / In Italian
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| Cesare Angelotti |
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Renato Cesari |
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| Mario Cavaradossi |
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Richard Tucker |
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| Floria Tosca |
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Régine Crespin |
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| Shepherd Boy |
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Elizabeth Fischer |
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| Children's Chorus |
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Children's Choir of the First
Unitarian Church of Chicago |
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| Conductor |
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Bruno Bartoletti |
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| Stage Director |
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Riccardo Moresco |
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| Chorus Master |
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Michael Lepore |
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| Children's Chorus Master |
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Rev. Christopher Moore |
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