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Performance History
(All performances were given in the original language unless otherwise noted.)
- Mozart: Così fan tutte
- 2008 Feb. 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24
- Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana;
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
- 2007 Oct. 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21
- Lehár: The Merry Widow
- 2007 May. 25, 26, 27, June 1, 2, 3
(English version by Sheldon Harnick & Lotfi Mansouri)
- Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
- 2007 Feb. 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
- Verdi: Macbeth
- 2006 Oct. 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22
- Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
- 2006 May 27, 28, June 2, 3, 4
- Puccini: Manon Lescaut
- 2006 Feb. 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
- Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
- 2005 Oct. 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
- Weill: The Threepenny Opera
- 2005 May. 27, 28, 29, June 3, 4, 5
(English version by Marc Blitzstein)
- Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
- 2005 Feb. 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27
- Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
(Concert performance)
- 2004 Oct. 16, 22, 24
- Mozart: Don Giovanni
- 2004 May 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30
- Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
- 2004 Feb. 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22
- Donizetti: Viva la mamma!
(English version by Michael Feingold)
- 2003 Oct. 10, 12
- Offenbach: La Périchole
(English version by Donald Pippin)
- 2003 May 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, June 1
- Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
- 2003 Feb. 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
- Puccini: Tosca
- 2002 Oct. 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20
- Puccini: La bohème
- 2002 May 24, 25, 26, 31, June 1, 2
- Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
(English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin)
- 2002 Feb. 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24
- Gounod: Faust
- 2001 Oct. 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21
- Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
- 2001 May 25, 26, 27, June 1, 2, 3
- Mechem: Tartuffe
- 2001 Feb. 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
- Verdi: La traviata
- 2000 Oct. 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22
- Weill: The Rise and Fall of
the City of Mahagonny
(English version by Michael Feingold)
- 2000 May 26, 27, 28, June 2, 3, 4
- Mozart: Così fan tutte
(English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin)
- 2000 Feb. 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- 1999 Oct. 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24
- Menotti: The Consul
- 1999 May 28, 29, 30, June 4, 5, 6
- Bizet: Carmen
- 1999 Feb. 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28
- Rossini: The Italian Girl in
Algiers
(English version by Donald Pippin)
- 1998 Oct. 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
- Britten: The Turn of the Screw
- 1998 May 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31
- Verdi: Il trovatore
- 1998 Feb. 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22
- Donizetti: Don Pasquale
(English version by Phyllis Mead)
- 1997 Oct. 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19
- Mozart: The Magic Flute
(English version by Ross Halper)
- 1997 May 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, June 1
- Puccini: Tosca
- 1997 Feb. 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
- Rossini: The Barber of Seville
(English version by Donald Pippin)
- 1996 Oct. 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20
- Bernstein: Candide
- 1996 May 24, 25, 26, 31, June 1, 2
- Verdi: Rigoletto
- 1996 Feb. 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25
- Puccini: Suor Angelica;
Gianni Schicchi
(English version by Anne & Herbert Grossman)
- 1995 Oct. 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22
- Extra outdoor free performance of Gianni Schicchi 1995 Sep. 24
- Puccini: La bohème
- 1995 May 26, 27, 28, 31, June 2, 3, 4
- Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
- 1995 Feb. 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
- Rossini: La Cenerentola
(English version by Donald Pippin)
- 1994 Oct. 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
- Mollicone:
The Face on the Barroom Floor;
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
- 1994 May 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 29
- Verdi: La traviata
- 1994 Feb. 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20
- Rossini: Count Ory
(English version by Donald Pippin)
- 1993 Oct. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17
- Bizet: Carmen
- 1993 May 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 30
- J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus
(English version by George A. Willey)
- 1993 Feb. 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21
- Verdi: Falstaff
(English version by Andrew Porter)
- 1992 Oct. 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18
- Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
- 1992 May 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 30
- Bellini: Norma
- 1992 Feb. 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15
- Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
(English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin)
- 1991 Oct. 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19
- Rossini: The Turk in Italy
(English version by Boris Goldovsky and Sarah Caldwell)
- 1991 May 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25
- Gounod: Faust
- 1991 Feb. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9
- Mollicone: Emperor Norton;
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
- 1990 Oct. 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20
- Donizetti: The Daughter of the Regiment
(English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin)
- 1990 May 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26
- Weber: Der Freischütz
- 1990 Feb. 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10
- Puccini: Tosca
- 1989 Oct. 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- 1989 May 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27
- Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann
(English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin)
- 1989 Feb. 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11
- Rossini: The Barber of Seville
(English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin)
- 1988 Oct. 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29
- J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus
(English version by George A. Willey)
- 1988 May 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28
- Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
- 1988 Feb. 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13
- Mozart: Così fan tutte
(English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin)
- 1987 Oct. 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31
- Verdi: La traviata
- 1987 May 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, June 6
- Massenet: Manon
- 1987 Jan 30, 31, Feb. 1, 5, 6, 7
- Puccini: La bohème
- 1986 Oct. 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, Nov. 1
- Rossini: La Cenerentola
(English version by Donald Pippin)
- 1986 May 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31
- Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
- 1986 Feb. 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, Mar. 1
- Leoncavallo: Pagliacci;
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
(English version by Anne & Herbert Grossman)
- 1985 Nov. 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16
- Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
- 1985 May 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, June 1
- Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
- 1985 Mar. 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16
- Bizet: Carmen
- 1984 Oct. 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20
- Verdi: Falstaff
- 1984 May 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19
- Puccini: Tosca
- 1984 Jan. 27, 28, 29, Feb. 2, 3, 4
- Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
- 1983 Oct. 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22
- Verdi: Rigoletto
- 1983 May 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21
- Moore: The Ballad of Baby Doe
- 1983 Feb. 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- 1982 Oct. 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23
- Mozart: Don Giovanni
- 1982 Apr. 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
- Puccini: La bohème
- 1981 Nov. 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14
- Britten: Albert Herring
- 1981 Sep. 11, 12, 13, 18, 19
- J. Strauss: The Gypsy Baron
(English version by Henry Holt & Anthony Cuevas)
- 1981 May 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23
- Donizetti: The Elixir of Love
(English version by Arthur Jacobs)
- 1981 Feb. 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21
- Rossini: The Barber of Seville
- 1980 Oct. 10, 12, 17, 24
- Rossini: The Barber of Seville
(English version courtesy Seattle Opera)
- 1980 Oct. 11, 16, 18, 25
- Chorus Concert
- 1980 Aug.
- J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus
(English version by George A Willey)
- 1980 May 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24
- Verdi: La traviata
- 1980 Feb. 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16
- Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor
(English version by Margaret Douglas Barrett & Henry Holt)
- 1979 Oct. 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27
- Donizetti: Don Pasquale
(English version by Phyllis Mead)
- 1979 May 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27
- Smetana: The Bartered Bride
(English version by Anthony Cuevas & Herbert Zipper)
- 1979 Feb. 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18
- Martinu: Comedy on the Bridge
(English version by Walter Schmolka);
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
- 1978 Oct. 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
- Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
(English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin)
- 1978 May 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28
- Bizet: Carmen
- 1978 Feb. 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- 1977 Oct. 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30
- Donizetti: The Daughter of the Regiment
- 1977 May 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
- Puccini: Tosca
- 1977 Feb. 18, 19, 20 (2)
- Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann
- 1976 Oct. 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31
- Walton: The Bear;
Donizetti: Il campanello
- 1976 May 21, 22, 23 (2)
- Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
- 1976 Feb. 20, 21, 22 (2)
- Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
- 1975 Nov. 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16
- Chorus Concert
- 1975 Oct.
- Puccini: La bohème
- 1975 May 30, 31, June 1 (2)
- Verdi: Macbeth
(English version by Anthony Cuevas and Dina Viggiano)
- 1975 Feb. 14, 15, 16 (2)
- Mozart: The Magic Flute
(English version by Margaret Douglas Barrett & Henry Holt)
- 1974 Oct. 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27
- Puccini: Il tabarro
- 1974 July
- Donizetti: The Elixir of Love
(English version)
- 1974 May 17, 18, 19 (2)
- Ibert: Angélique
(English version by Ezra Rachlin);
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
- 1974 Feb. 15, 16, 17 (2)
- Verdi: Il trovatore
- 1973 Oct. 26, 27, 28, Nov. 2, 3, 4
- Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
- 1973 July
- Smetana: The Bartered Bride
(English version by Marian Farquhar)
- 1973 June 1, 2, 3 (2)
- Menotti: The Old Maid and the Thief;
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana
- 1973 Feb. 23, 24, 25 (2)
- Bizet: Carmen
- 1972 Oct. 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22
- Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado
- 1972 May 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21
- Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
(English version)
- 1972 Feb. 25, 26, 27 (2)
- Verdi: La traviata
- 1971 Fall (4)
- J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus
(English version by George A. Willey)
- 1971 May 14, 15, 16 (2)
- Gounod: Faust
- 1971 Feb. 19, 20, 21 (2)
- Puccini: La bohème
- 1970 Oct. 23, 24, 25 (2)
- J. Strauss: The Gypsy Baron
(English version)
- 1970 May 15, 16, 17 (2)
- Beethoven: Fidelio
- 1970 Feb. 13, 14, 15 (2)
- Verdi: Macbeth
- 1969 Oct. 24, 25, 26 (2)
- Massenet: Manon
- 1969 May 16, 17, 18 (2)
- Verdi: Otello
- 1969 Feb. 14, 15, 16 (2)
- Puccini: Suor Angelica
(English version);
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
- 1968 Oct. 18, 19, 20 (2)
- Mozart: Bastien and Bastienne
(English version);
Donizetti: Il campanello
(English version)
- 1968 Apr. 19, 20, 21 (2)
- Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
- 1968 Feb. 16, 17, 18 (2)
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- 1967 Oct. 27, 28, 29 (2)
- Verdi: La traviata
- 1967 May 12, 13, 14 (2)
- Donizetti: The Elixir of Love
(English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin)
- 1967 Feb. 10, 11, 12 (2)
- Bizet: Carmen
- 1966 Oct. 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30
- Beethoven: Fidelio Act I, Scene 1 (English version);
Verdi: Il trovatore Act II;
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Act II (English version)
- 1966 May 20, 21, 22 (2)
- Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana;
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
(English version)
- 1966 Feb. 18, 19, 20 (2)
- Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann
(English version by Charles Henry Meltzer)
- 1965 Oct. 22, 23, 24 (2)
- Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
- 1965 May 21, 22, 23 (2)
- J. Strauss: The Gypsy Baron
(English version by Henry Holt & Anthony Cuevas)
- 1965 Feb. 19, 20, 21 (2)
- Mozart: The Magic Flute
(English version by Henry Holt & Margaret Douglas Barrett)
- 1964 Oct. 23, 24, 25 (2)
- J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus (English version by George Willey)
- 1964 May 15, 16, 17 (2)
- Gounod: Faust
- 1964 Feb. 14, 15, 16 (2)
- Puccini: La bohème
- 1963 Oct. 25, 26, 27 (2)
- Leoncavallo: Pagliacci;
Ibert: Angélique (in English)
- 1963 May 17, 18, 19 (2)
- Special free concert - scenes from Pagliacci,
The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, Don Pasquale,
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Die Fledermaus,
Madama Butterfly, Cavalleria rusticana, and
Il trovatore
- 1963 May 5
- Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor
(English version by Henry Holt & Margaret Douglas Barrett)
- 1963 Feb. 22, 23, 24 (2)
- D'Albert: Tiefland (in English)
- 1962 Oct. 26, 27, 28 (2)
- Verdi: Il trovatore
- 1962 May 25, 26, 27 (2), June 2
- Bizet: Carmen
- 1962 Feb. 16, 17, 18 (2), 24
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- 1961 Oct. 27, 28, 29 (2)
- Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana;
Elkus: The Outcasts of Poker Flat
- 1961 May 12, 13, 14 (2)
- J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus
(English version by George Willey)
- 1961 Feb. 17, 18, 19 (2), 24
- Verdi: La traviata
- 1960 Oct. 21, 22, 23, 24
- Verdi: Un ballo in maschera Act I;
Puccini: Suor Angelica (in English)
- 1960 May 20, 21, 22
- Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (in English)
- 1960 Feb. 19, 20 (2), 21
- Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Acts I & II;
Martinu: Comedy on the Bridge
(English version by Walter Schmolke)
- 1959 Oct. 23, 24
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly Act I;
Gianni Schicchi (in English);
Smetana: The Bartered Bride Act III (in English)
- 1959 May 15, 16, 17
- Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann (in English)
- 1959 Feb. 13, 14, 15
- Verdi: Otello Act I;
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (scene from Act II);
Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti
- 1958 Nov. 7, 8
- Mozart: Don Giovanni (scene);
Verdi: Aida Act IV;
Ibert: Angélique (in English)
- 1958 May 16, 17
- J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus
(English version by Ruth & Thomas Martin)
- 1958 Jan. 10, 11, 12 (2)
- Verdi: Il trovatore Act II;
Falstaff Act I scene 2;
Weber: Der Freischütz Act II, Act III finale
- 1957 Nov. 1, 2
- Scenes from Aida, Faust, Pagliacci, and Martha
- 1957 May 3, 4
- Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Act II;
Scenes from Cavalleria rusticana, Lakmé, Rigoletto,
and Carmen
- 1957 Feb. 15, 16
- Puccini: La bohème Act III;
Scenes from Faust, Der Rosenkavalier, Carmen and
Boris Godunov (Boris Godunov scene in English)
- 1956 Nov. 16
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