West Bay Opera - Maria Holt, General Director
Rigoletto
Dates:
1996 Feb. 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25
Production:
- Ernest Fredric Knell, Music Director
- Jun Nakabayashi, Assistant Conductor
(Maestro Nakabayashi leads the performances of Feb 22, 23, & 25)
- Lin White*, Stage Director
- John Rathman, Set Designer & Lighting Designer
- Richard W. Battle, Costume Designer
Cast:
(Listed in order of appearance.)
- The Duke of Mantua:
- Richard Nickol (Feb 16, 18, 22, 24),
Frederick Winthrop* (Feb 17, 23, 25)
- Borsa, a courtier:
- Dan Armistead
- Countess Ceprano:
- Victoria Cumming*
- Rigoletto, the Duke's court jester:
- William Berges* (Feb 16, 18, 22, 24),
Michael Rogers (Feb 17, 23, 25)
- Marullo, a courtier:
- Todd Donovan
- Count Ceprano:
- Otak Jump
- Count Monterone:
- Daniel Morris
- Sparafucile, an assassin:
- William Pickersgill
- Gilda, daughter of Rigoletto:
- Wendy Loder (Feb 16, 18, 22, 24),
Dvora Djoraev (Feb 17, 23, 25)
- Giovanna, her duenna:
- Julianne Booth
- A Page:
- Marcella Fassò
- A Court Usher:
- John Shelton
- Maddalena sister of Sparafucile:
- Buffy Baggott (Feb 16, 17, 18, 22),
Heather Torrijos* (Feb 23, 24, 25)
Chorus
Tom Almeida, Dan Armistead,
Rick Bogart, François Dorémieux*,
Bob Finke, David Hundsness*, Otak Jump, Stefan Justi, Kuang-Han Ke*,
Marc Meyer, Werner Rust, Peter Salo, Robert Sheaffer, John Shelton, Ron Shelton
Dancers
Marcella Fassò, Nicolette Holt, François Dorémieux,
David Hundsness, Werner Rust
Supernumeraries
John McQuaide, Rudy Schroeter
Orchestra
- Violin I:
- Kristina Anderson (concertmaster), Lina Bouze,
Judy Kmetko
- Violin II:
- Mary-Mignon Dawber, Andrei Bostan, Richard Ruby
- Viola:
- Andrew Berdahl, Janet Lynch
- Cello:
- Ellen Sanders, Anne Lerner
- Bass:
- Christy Crews
- Flute:
- Michelle Caimoto, Vivian Boudreaux Kohlbacher
- Oboe:
- Peter Lemberg, Kathleen Conner
- Clarinet:
- Karen Sremac, Robert Stanley
- Bassoon:
- Alice Benjamin, Gail Selburn
- Horn:
- William Minkel, Diane Ryan
- Trumpet:
- William Harvey, Steve Anderson
- Trombone:
- Steve Kohlbacher
- Timpani:
- Don Baker
- Percussion:
- Ken Piascik
Principal Technical Staff
- Michele Sullivan,
Production Manager
- Veronika Agranov-Dafoe, Accompanist
- Dina Viggiano, Italian Diction Coach
- Pat Markevitch, Stage Manager
- Jenny Hsin, Assistant Stage Manager
- Jean-François Revon, Technical Director
- Jack Wilkinson, Technical Run Manager, Sound Design
- Ben Brooks, Assistant Lighting Designer
- Bob Vaughan, Master Electrician
- Christopher Tani, Lighting Board Operator
- Keith Perrault, Sound Board Operator
- Bernie Ross,
Properties Artisan, Set Decoration, Millinery & Accessories
- Lisa Garbin, Wig & Makeup Design
- Fred Eiras, Master Carpenter
- Ken McCreight, Crew Chief
- Maria Crush, Costume Coordinator
- Kristina Kenney, Wardrobe Supervisor
(*First appearance with West Bay Opera)
18 Feb 1996