West Bay Opera
Madama Butterfly
Program
Dates:
1999 Oct 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, & 24
Production
- Henry Mollicone, Music Director
- Yefim Maizel, Stage Director
- Deborah Hammond*, Set Designer
- Chad Bonaker*, Lighting Designer
- Connie Strayer, Costume Designer
- Jack E. Wilkinson, Sound Designer
CAST (in order of appearance)
- Pinkerton:
Jorge Gomez
(10/15, 17, 21, 23),
Christopher Campbell*
(10/16, 22, 24)
- Goro:
Mark D. Lew*
(10/15, 17, 21, 23),
Christopher Fernandez*
(10/16, 22, 24)
- Suzuki:
Elspeth Franks
(10/15, 17, 21, 23),
Susan Halperin*
(10/16, 22, 24)
- Sharpless:
William Neely
(10/15, 17, 21, 23),
Michael Strelo-Smith*
(10/16, 22, 24)
- Cio-Cio-San:
Jillian Khuner
(10/15, 17, 21, 23),
Stacy Rigg
(10/16, 22, 24)
- The Cousin:
Christie Jacoban*
- The Mother:
Gladys Hernandez*
- Yakusidé:
Richard Bogart
- The Aunt:
Amanda Edwards*
- The Imperial Commissioner:
George Hernandez*
- The Registry Official:
Justin Garten*
- The Bonze:
James Brown
- Yamadori:
Charu Chandra*
- Trouble:
Charlotte Khuner*
(10/15, 17, 21, 23),
Amanda Ballard*
(10/16, 22, 24)
- Kate Pinkerton:
Heather Michele Meyer
(10/15, 17, 21, 23),
Barbara Sloss
(10/16, 22, 24)
Chorus
Shelley Ashitomi*, Riva Bacon, Barbara Benjamin, Jessica Bernard,
Joanne Bogart, Shirley Carroll*, Chris Ebangi, Amanda Edwards*,
Lisa Egert, Pat Ericson, Margaret Haneberg, Gladys Hernandez*,
Christie Jacoban*, Jutta Mohr, Kathy Mollicone, Laurie Rabin*,
Meggi Raeder*, Fenny Rosemann*
Mark Adams*, Richard Bogart, Justin Garten*, Myroslav Gryshchenko*,
Rasmus Munk Larsen*, David Lezan*, Irv Turkfeld*
Supernumeraries
Will Beckett, Caroline Damon, Adam Fleming*, Cathy Holmes*,
Shannon Jacklin, Chelsea Jennings, Ken Ju*,
Sophia Liu*, Klaudeen Shemirani*, Alain Truong*
Orchestra
- Violin I: Kristina Anderson (concertmaster), Lina Bouze, Virginia Smedberg,
Matthew Oshida
- Violin II: Nathaniel Basa, Alex Wurmbrand, Frida Pukhachevski
- Viola: Janet Lynch Gillespie, Camber Charlot
- Cello: Ellen Sanders, Warren Wu
- Bass: Christy Crews
- Flute: Dawn Walker, Vivian Boudreaux
- Piccolo: Vivian Boudreaux
- Oboe, English Horn: Roger Wiesmeyer
- Clarinet: Karen Sremac, Bruce Foster
- Bassoon: Alice Benjamin
- Horn: Carrie Campbell, Diane Ryan
- Trumpet: Richard Roper, Steve Anderson
- Trombone: Craig Whitwell
- Timpani: Don Baker
- Percussion: Norman Peck
- Harp: Agnes Lee
Principal Technical Staff
- Michele Sullivan-Williamson,
Production Manager
- Jean-François Revon,
Technical Director. Design Consultant
- Jun Nakabayashi,
Associate Conductor
- Veronika Agranov-Dafoe,
Dmitriy Cogan, Louise Costigan-Kerns, Accompanists
- Seiko Shimaoka, Machiko Shiozaki, Japanese Culture Consultants
- Alberto Fassò, Diction Coach
- Christy Crews, Orchestra Manager
- Jutta Mohr, Chorus Manager
- Will Beckett, Supernumerary Captain
- Barbara Sinasohn, Stage Manager
- Zoë Bogart, Assistant Stage Manager
- Charles Davidson, Assistant Technical Director
- Alice Louise Dickinson, Assistant Lighting Designer
- Chris Tate, Bob Vaughan, Master Electricians
- Christopher Tani, Lighting Board Operator
- M. R. Gafill, Melissa Lukes, Follow Spots
- Stan Ulrich, Projected Text Adapter and Operator
- Lisa Patnoe, Wig & Makeup Designer
- Sylvia Håkansson, Costume Coordinator
- Alexandria LaMarsh, Wardrobe Supervisor
- Nina Ollikainen, Scenic Artist
- Mark Wijsen, Master Carpenter
- Bernie Ross, Properties Designer
- Rosalie Banta, Properties Manager
- Jack E. Wilkinson,
Technical Run Manager
- Lucinda Surber,
Sound Board Operator
- Rudy Schroeter, Crew Chief
(*First appearance with West Bay Opera)
15 October, 1999