West Bay Opera Annals

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Operas Performed

All complete operas given by the West Bay Opera Association since its founding are included here. During its first four seasons West Bay Opera primarily presented programs composed of scenes or acts from several operas, sometimes including complete one-act operas. The first complete opera produced was Die Fledermaus, 10 January 1958, during the company's second season. *Extra-season summer performances

Conductors

This is a complete list of Music Directors and conductors of individual performances for all West Bay Opera productions with orchestra. West Bay Opera performed with orchestra occasionally from Spring 1974 through Winter 1977 and regularly thereafter. Music directors of other performances are listed in the Conductor/Accompanists section below.
Barnes, Arthur : Carmen W78; Fledermaus S80
Cai, Jindong : Merry Widow S07
Chun, Mary : Traviata F00; Rake's Progress S06
Cristler, Samuel : Ballo in maschera W85; Flying Dutchman W86; Bohème; F86; Eugene Onegin W88
Donovan-Jeffry, Peggy : Elixir of Love W81
Hennings, Patricia : Suor Angelica F95
Holt, Henry* : Barber of Seville F80; Ballad of Baby Doe W83; Madama Butterfly S89; Norma W92
Kanouse, Monroe : Comedy on the Bridge F78; Pagliacci F78; Merry Wives of Windsor F79
Katsman, Alexander : Ballo in maschera W03
Khuner, Jonathan : Tales of Hoffmann W89; Freischütz W90; Faust W91; Elixir of Love S92
Jobin, Sara : Macbeth F06
Knell, Ernest Fredric : Traviata W94; Rigoletto W96; Trovatore W98; Carmen W99; Queen of Spades W07
Kuntzsch, Matthias : Manon Lescaut W06
Mollicone, Henry : Cavalleria Rusticana F90; Emperor Norton F90; Face on the Barroom Floor S94; Cenerentola F94; Gianni Schicchi F95; Tosca W97; Don Pasquale F97; Consul S99; Madama Butterfly F99; Contes d'Hoffmann S01; Faust F01
Moscovich, José Luis : Zauberflöte F05; Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci F07; Fliegende Holländer S08
Nakabayashi, Jun : Carmen S93; Lucia di Lammermoor W95; Rigoletto W96; Barber of Seville F96
Picardi, Rudolph : Tosca W77
Popper, Jan : Bartered Bride W79; Gypsy Baron S81; Manon W87
Ramadanoff, David : Marriage of Figaro S78; Don Pasquale S79; Madama Butterfly F82; Rigoletto S83; Tosca W84; Marriage of Figaro S85; Cenerentola S86; Traviata S87
Ramsey, William : Madama Butterfly F77
Robertson, Stewart : Albert Herring F81; Don Giovanni S82
Setapen, James : Traviata W80
Sloss, David : Bohème W82, S95, S02; Lucia di Lammermoor F83, W05; Falstaff S84, F92; Carmen F84, S93; Pagliacci F85, S94; Gianni Schicchi F85; Manon W87; Così fan tutte F87, W00; Fledermaus S88, W93; Barber of Seville F88, W04; Tosca F89, F02; Daughter of the Regiment S90; Turk in Italy S91; Marriage of Figaro F91, W02; Count Ory F93; Candide S96; Magic Flute S97; Turn of the Screw S98; Italian Girl in Algiers F98; Mahagonny S00; Tartuffe W01; Don Giovanni S04; Clemenza di Tito F04
Straka, Donald : Elixir of Love S74; Magic Flute F74; Bohème S75; Marriage of Figaro F75; Ballo in maschera W76; Tales of Hoffmann F76
Turner, Barbara Day : La Périchole S03; Threepenny Opera S05; Così fan tutte W08
*nephew of founder Henry Holt.

Conductor / Accompanists

This list includes the music directors of all West Bay Opera productions accompanied at the keyboard from Fall 1961 through Spring 1977. Beginning Fall 1977, all except special extra-season performances were with orchestra.
Donovan, Peggy Ann : Bohème F63; Faust W64
Evans, Ethel : The Bear S76
Flath, Edwin : Macbeth F69; Fidelio W70
Holt, Henry (founder): Madama Butterfly F61; Carmen W62; Trovatore S62; Tiefland F62; Angélique S63; Pagliacci S63, F68; Fledermaus S64; Magic Flute F64; Gypsy Baron W65; Ballo in maschera S65; Tales of Hoffmann F65; Cavalleria Rusticana W66; Gianni Schicchi W66; gala S66; Carmen F66; Elixir of Love W67; Flying Dutchman W68; Bastien and Bastienne S68; Campanello S68; Suor Angelica F68; Otello W69; Manon S69
Sloss, David : Viva la mamma! F03
Straka, Donald : Gypsy Baron S70; Bohème F70; Faust W71; Fledermaus S71; Traviata F71; Marriage of Figaro W72; Mikado S72; Carmen F72; Old Maid and the Thief W73; Cavalleria Rusticana W73; Bartered Bride S73; Trovatore F73; Angélique W74; Pagliacci W74; Macbeth W75; Campanello S76; Daughter of the Regiment S77
unknown (probably Henry Holt, founder) : Merry Wives of Windsor W63; Madama Butterfly F67; Traviata S67

Stage Directors

This list includes the stage directors of all West Bay Opera productions since Fall 1961.
Alarie, Pierrette : Campanello S76; Daughter of the Regiment S77; Marriage of Figaro S78; Don Pasquale S79; Barber of Seville F80
Bander, Robert G. : Carmen W62
Barrett, Raymond : Madama Butterfly F61, F67; Tiefland F62; Bohème F63; Pagliacci S63; Angélique S63; Faust W64
Bernhard, Sandra Sachwitz : Traviata W94
Boerlage, Frans : Bartered Bride W79
Campbell, James : Bastien and Bastienne S68; Campanello S68
Chesley, Gene : Trovatore S62
Clark, Lincoln : Manon W87
Condemi, José Maria : Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci F07
Conrad, Arthur : Magic Flute F74; Bohème S75; Merry Wives of Windsor F79; Fledermaus S80; Albert Herring S81; Don Giovanni W82; Rigoletto S83; Tosca W84
Cuevas, Anthony : Elixir of Love S74; Ballo in maschera W76; Gypsy Baron S81
Donovan, Peggy : Fledermaus S64;
Dougherty, Rick : Turk in Italy S91; Fledermaus W93; Carmen S93; Face on the Barroom Floor S94; Pagliacci S94; Bohème S95
Evans, Ethel : The Bear S76
Ewers, Anne Catherine : Comedy on the Bridge F78; Pagliacci F78; Traviata W80
Farruggio, Matthew : Marriage of Figaro F91
Field, Jonathon : Eugene Onegin W88; Tales of Hoffmann W89; Madama Butterfly F89; Freischütz W90; Daughter of the Regiment S90; Candide S96; Magic Flute S97; Turn of the Screw S98; Consul S99; Mahagonny S00; Viva la mamma! F03; Rake's Progress S06
Griggs, Peter : Angélique W74; Pagliacci W74; Macbeth W75
Grote, David : Barber of Seville F88
Gunn, Willene : Gypsy Baron S70; Bohème F70; Faust W71; Fledermaus S71; Traviata F71; Marriage of Figaro W72, F75; Mikado S72; Carmen F72, W78; Old Maid and the Thief W73; Cavalleria Rusticana W73; Bartered Bride S73; Trovatore F73; Elixir of Love W81; Pagliacci F85; Gianni Schicchi F85; Count Ory F93; Cenerentola F94
Harlan, Christopher : Faust F01
Helfgot, Daniel : Marriage of Figaro S85; Cenerentola S86; Bohème F86; Traviata S87; Così fan tutte F87; Fledermaus S88; Elixir of Love S92, La Périchole S03; Zauberflöte F05; Macbeth F06
Holt, Henry (founder) : Merry Wives of Windsor W63; Ballo in maschera S65; Tales of Hoffmann F65; gala S66*; Carmen F66*; Cavalleria Rusticana / Gianni Schicchi W66*; Traviata S67; Flying Dutchman W68
Holt, Henry : Norma W92
Heuermann, Patricia : Falstaff F92
Jacobs, Marc : Suor Angelica F95; Gianni Schicchi F95
Klopotowski, Rafal : Traviata F00
Krywosz, Ben : Lucia di Lammermoor F83
Maizel, Yefim : Don Pasquale F97; Italian Girl in Algiers F98; Madama Butterfly F99; Merry Widow S07
Mraz, Doyne : Flying Dutchman W86;
Nagel, Douglas : Così fan tutte W08
Oliva, Frank : Ballad of Baby Doe W83
Ostwald, David F. : Tosca W97; Così fan tutte W00; Contes d'Hoffmann S01; Marriage of Figaro W02; Ballo in maschera W03; Barbiere di Siviglia W04; Lucia di Lammermoor W05; Manon Lescaut W06; Queen of Spades W07; Fliegende Holländer S08
Parr, David : Emperor Norton F90; Cavalleria rusticana F90; Faust W91
Picardi, Rudolph : Tosca W77
Prendergast, Monica : Madama Butterfly F77
Rowland, Kenneth : Bohème F81; Madama Butterfly F82; Falstaff S84; Carmen F84; Ballo in maschera W85
Sloss, David : Lucia di Lammermoor W95; Barber of Seville F96; Trovatore W98; Carmen W99
Tigar, Kenneth : Tartuffe W01; Bohème S02; Tosca F02; Don Giovanni S04; Threepenny Opera S05
Weinstock, Edgar : Tales of Hoffmann F76
White, Lin : Rigoletto W96
Winsor, Joan : Magic Flute F64; Gypsy Baron W65; gala S66*; Carmen F66*; Cavalleria Rusticana / Gianni Schicchi W66*; Elixir of Love W67; Suor Angelica / Pagliacci F68; Otello W69; Manon S69; Macbeth F69; Fidelio W70
*co-directors

2 June, 2008
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