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Opera History 1970 to 1979 - Theatre Arts Program

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1952-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1990 | 2000-present

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1979 OPERA PROGRAM

Suor Anjelica and Gianni Schicchi

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Giovacchino Forzano
English Translation: Percy Pitt
Director: Leon Major
Conductor: Ernesto Barbini
Set Designer: Josef Svoboda
Costume Designer: Jan Skalicky

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1978 OPERA PROGRAM

Sganarelle - world premiere
Composer: Violet Archer
Libbretto: compiled by the composer from Samual A. Eliot Jr.'s free translation on that of Philip Moeller
Musical Director: William Shookhoff
Stage Director: George Ross

The Stronger
Composer: Hugo Weisgall
Musical Director: William Shookhoff
Stage Director: George Ross

Cosi fan tutte
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Conductor: Bryan Balkwill
Director: James Lucas
Set Designer: David L. Lovett
Costume Designer: Malabar
Lighting Designer: David Hignell

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1977 OPERA PROGRAM

< b> La Boheme

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica
Novel: Scenes de la Vie de Boheme by Henry Murger
Director: James Lucas
Conductor: Helmuth Froschauer
Set Designer: David Lovett
Costume Designer: Suzanne Mess
Lighting Designer: David Hignell

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1976 OPERA PROGRAM

The Tender Land

Composer: Aaron Copeland
Director: Perrette Alarie
Conductor: William Shookhoff
Set Designer: James Andraza
Costume Designer: Valerie Quigley
Lighting Designer: James Andraza

Cinderella

Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Libretto: Jacopo Ferretti
English Translation: Ruth & Thomas Martin
Director: James Lucas
Conductor: Bryan Balkwill
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Lighting Designer: David Hignell

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1975 OPERA PROGRAM

Don Pasquale

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto: Giovanni Ruffini
Director: Carlo Maestrini
Conductor: Bryan Balkwill
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Lighting Designer: David Hignell

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1974 OPERA PROGRAM

The Marriage of Figaro

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
English Translation: Ruth & Thomas Martin
Director: James Lucas
Conductor: Bryan Balkwill
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Costume Designer: Helen Hutton
Lighting Designer: David Hignell

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1973 OPERA PROGRAM

The Magic Flute

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
English Translation: Ruth & Thomas Martin
Director: Andrew Downie
Conductor: Alfred Strombergs
Set Designer: John Graham
Costume Designer: Liliane Johnson
Lighting Designer: David Hignell

The Threepenny Opera

Composer: Kurt Weill
Libretto: Bertold Brecht
English Translation: Hugh MacDiarmid
Conductor: Alfred Strombergs
Set Designer: Rob Lefroy
Lighting Designer: Jim Frank

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1972 OPERA PROGRAM

Deirdre

Composer: Healey Willan
Libretto: John Coulter
Director: Andrew Downie
Conductor: Alfred Strombergs
Set Designer: John W. Graham
Costume Designer: Liliane Johnson
Lighting Designer: David Hignell

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1971 OPERA PROGRAM

Susannah

By Carlisle Floyd
Director: Robert H. Cowden
Conductor: William Shookhoff
Set Designer: Greg Chandler
Costume Designer: Janet Knechtel
Lighting Designer: Greg Chandler

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1970 OPERA PROGRAM

Hansel and Gretel

Composer: Englebert Humperdinck
Libretto: Adelheid Wette
Director: Constance Fisher
Conductor: W. James Craig
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Costume Designer: Liliane Johnson
Lighting Designer: David Hignell

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