Past Productions
 
 
Macbeth
A Gala Concert Performance
Conductor: Valéry Ryvkin
Cast: Mark Rucker as Macbeth, Rosa D'Imperio as Lady Macbeth, Terry Cook as Banquo, Jeffrey Springer as Macduff, Chad Berlinghieri as Malcolm

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2010May
The Pirates of Penzance,
a Family Production
Stage Director: Miller James
Conductor: Robert Ashens
Cast: Paul Sahuc as Pirate King, Ani Maldijian as Mabel, Mathew Edwardsen as Frederick, J.R. Calvert as Major General, Victoria Hart as Ruth

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2009November
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
World Premiere
Composer & Librettist: Stephen Schwartz
Stage Director: Scott Schwartz
Conductor: Valéry Ryvkin
Cast: Lauren Flanigan as Myra, Kim Josephson as Bill Foster, Hila Plitmann as Mrs. Clayton, John Kimberling as Mr. Clayton, Craig Hart as Inspector Watts

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2009September/October
Carmen
Stage Director: Vernon Hartman
Conductor: Nir Kabaretti
Cast: Emily Langford Johnson as Carmen, Michael Hayes as Don Jose, Rena Harms as Micaela, Derrick Parker as Escamillo, Jamie Offenbach as Zuniga, Ciera Lamborn as Frasquita, Sara Campbell as Mercedes

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2009March
The Merry Widow
Stage Director: Yefim Maizel
Conductor: Valéry Ryvkin
Cast: Janette Zilioli as Hanna, Eugene Chan as Danillo, Ani Maldijian as Valencienne, Thorsteinn Arbjornsson as Camille

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2009March
The Magic Flute,
a Family Production
Stage Director: Miller James
Conductor: Valéry Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Michael Katz as Narrator, Ciera Lamborn as Pamina, Deborah Bertling as Queen of hte Night, Matthew Edwardsen as Pamino, Brian Hotchkin as Papageno, Sara Campbell as Papagena, Michael Stevens as Sarastro

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2008October
Cavalleria Rusticana
Stage Director: Linda Brovsky
Conductor: Valéry Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Allan Glassman as Turriddu, Layna Chianakas as Santuzza, Malcolm MacKenzie as Alfio, Victoria Hart as Mamma Lucia, Tihana Herceg as Lola

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2008February/March
Pagliacci
Stage Director: Linda Brovsky
Conductor: Valéry Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Allan Glassman as Canio, Barbara Divis as Nedda, Daniel Narducci as Silvio, Malcolm MacKenzie as Tonio, Matthew Pena & Brent Wilson as Beppe.

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2008February/March
L'Elisir d'Amore
Stage Director: Vernon Hartman
Conductor: Valéry Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Susan Holsonbak as Adina, Robert McPherson as Nemorino, Nicolai Janitzky as Belcore, Michael Wanko as Dulcamara, Erika Bucholz as Gianetta.

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2008February/March
Hansel & Gretel
A Special Family Production

Stage Director: Miller James
Conductor: Roger Cantrell
Stars (lead cast): Sarah Campbell as Hansel, Sarah Viola as Gretel, Teresa Brown as The Witch, Victoria Hart as Mother, Paul Sahuc as Father, Deborah Bertling as Sandman & Dew Fairy.

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2007October
Rigoletto
Stage Director: Stephanie Sundine
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Michael Corvino as Rigoletto, Hanan Alattar as Gilda, Harold Gray Meers as The Duke of Mantua, Tihana Herceg as Maddalena, Craig Hart as Sparafucile.

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2007February/March
A Masked Ball
Stage Director: Yefim Maizel
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Fabiana Bravo as Amelia, Richard Crawley as Riccardo, Malcolm MacKenzie as Renato, Anna Vikre as Oscar, Victoria Hart as Ulrica.

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2007February/March
Viva Verdi
Stage Director: James Marvel
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Author: Peter Frisch
Stars (lead cast): Greg Baber as Verdi, featuring Jane Ohmes, Olga Chernisheva, Tihana herceg, Robert MacNeil, Daniel Sutin & William Stone.

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2006September
Tosca
Stage Director: James Marvel
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Todd Thomas as Scarpia, Amy Johnson as Floria Tosca, Michael Hayes as Cavaradossi, Ronald Li-Paz as Cesare Angelotti, Michael Gallup as Sacristan.

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2006February/March
Suor Angelica
Stage Director: Linda Brovsky
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast):Oksana Krovytska as Suor Angelica, Victoria Hart as La Principessa, Tihana Herceg as La Badessa, Jessica Rivera as Suor Genevieve, Cynthia Thurber as La Maestra delle Novizie.

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2006February/March
Gianni Schicchi
Stage Director: Linda Brovsky
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast):David Small as Gianni Schicchi, Harold Gray Meers as Rinuccio, Jessica Rivera as Lauretta, Cindy Sadler as Zita, J. Raymond Meyers as Gherardo, Sara Campbell as La Ciesca, Matthew Trevino as Simone.

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2006February/March
Le Donne di Puccini
Stage Director: Chuck Hudson
Conductor: Cal Stewart Kellogg
Stars (lead cast): Carlo Scibelli as Giacomo Puccini, and Olga Chernisheva, Barbara Divis, Robin Follman, Susan Foster, and Shu-Ying Li as Le Donne

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2005October
L'Italiana in Algeri
Stage Director: Joseph Bascetta
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Linda Pavelka as Isabella, John Osborn as Lindoro, Jamie Offenback as Mustafa, Ryan Taylor as Taddeo, Ricardo Herrera as Haly, Deborah Bertling as Elvira, Sara Campbell as Zulma.

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2005March
Faust
Stage Director: James Marvel
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Neal Harrelson as Faust, Joshua Winograde as Mephistophele, Shon Sims as Valentin, Evan Hughes as Wagner, Tihana Herceg as Siebel, Shu-Ying Li as Marguerite, Victoria Hart as Marthe

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2004October
Cosi Fan Tutte
Stage Director: Chuck Hudson
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Jonathan Boyd as Ferrando, Bojan Knezevic as Guglielmo, Patryk Wroblewski as Don Alfonso, Jane Ohmes as Fiordiligi, Fenlon Lamb as Dorabella, Jessica Rivera as Despina
2004March
Madama Butterfly
Stage Director: Yefim Maizel
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Shu-Ying Li as Cio Cio San, Layna Chianakas as Suzuki, Nina Yoshida as Kate Pinkerton, Steven Harrison as Pinkerton, Mel Ulrich as Sharpless, J. Raymond Meyers as Goro, Kirk Eichelberger as The Bonze, James Anest as Prince Yamadori, Nikolaus Schiffmann as Imperial Commissioner, Amanda Ryvkin as Dolore, Tessa Jo Miller as Dolore
2003Oct
Don Giovanni
Stage Director: Linda Brovsky
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Jamie Offenbach as Leporello, Jane Ohmes as Donna Anna, Bradley Garvin as Don Giovanni, Todd Robinson as Commendatore, Robert MacNeil as Don Ottavio, Robin Follman as Donna Elvira, Shana Blake Hill as Zerlina, James Anest as Masetto
2003March
La Boheme
Stage Director: James Marvel
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Patryk Wroblewski as Marcello, Steven Harrison as Rodolfo, Daniel Cory as Colline, David Britton as Schaunard, J. Raymond Meyers as Benoit, Barbara Divis as Mimi, Temmo Korisheli as Parpignol, Adina Aaron as Musetta, J. Raymond Meyers as Alcindoro, Bruce Byers as Custom House Sergeant
2002Nov
Lucia di Lammermoor
Stage Director: Yefim Maizel
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Christina Bouras as Lucia, Carlo Scibelli as Edgardo, Bojan Knezevic as Enrico, Craig Hart as Raimondo, William Gorton as Arturo, Erik Sparks as Normanno, Jane Hahn as Alicia
2002April
Carmen
Stage Director: Bodo Igesz
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Justin Plank as Morales, Barbara Divis as Micaela, Ross Neill as Don Jose, James Anest as Zuniga, Layna Chianakas as Carmen, Hector Vasquez as Escamillo, Jessica Rivera as Frasquita, Kristin Noelle Anderson as Mercedes, Aram Barsamian as Dancaire, J. Raymond Meyers as Remendado
2002Feb
The Barber of Seville
Stage Director: Bodo Igesz
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Joshua Schneyer as Fiorello, Robert McPherson as Almaviva, Victoria Hart as Berta, Roberto Perlas Gomez as Figaro, Edyta Kulczak as Rosina, Emil Cristescu as Dr. Bartolo, Tony Miratti as Ambrogio, Jamie Offenbach as Don Basilio, Joshua Schneyer as Sergeant
2001May
La Traviata
Stage Director: Stephanie Sundine
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Carol Ann Manzi as Violetta Valery, Kristin Noelle Anderson as Flora Bervoix, Ken Ryals as Marquis d'Obigny, Fredric Griesinger as Baron Douphol, Emil Cristescu as Dr. Grenvil, Ricardo Pereira as Gastone de Letorieres, Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos as Alfredo Germont, Deborah Bertling as Annina, Brad Keating as Giorgio Germont, James Stenger as Giuseppi
2000Dec
La Cenerentola
Stage Director: Bodo Igesz
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Christine Abraham as Cenerentola, Robert McPherson as Prince Ramiro, Scott Hendricks as Dandini, Douglas Nagel as Don Magnifico, David Stoneman as Alidoro, Deborah Mayhan as Clorinda, Jane Hahn as Tisbe
2000March
The Marriage of Figaro
Stage Director: Linda Brovsky
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Dean Elzinga as Figaro, Shannon Coulter as Susanna, Marcus DeLoach as The Count, Kelley Nassief as The Countess, Anthony Roth Nassief as Cherubino
2000Jan
I Pagliacci
Stage Director: Ian D. Campbell
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Valadimir Shcherbakov as Canio/Pagliaccio, Barbara Divis as Nedda/Columbine, Michael Davidson as Tonio/Taddeo, Joseph Meyers as Beppe/Harlequin, David Stoneman as Silvio
1999Oct
Cavalleria Rusticana
Stage Director: Ian D. Campbell
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Tracy Saliefendic as Santuzza, Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos as Turiddu, Michael Davidson as Alfio, Tihana Herceg as Lola, Victoria Hart as Mamma Lucia
1999Oct
Madama Butterfly
Stage Director: Arthur Allen Seidelman
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Guiping Deng as Cio-Cio San, Greg Fedderly as Lt.Pinkerton, Teresa Brown as Suzuki, David Stoneman as Sharpless, Shieh-Yih Lim as Goro, Emil Dorian Cristescu as Prince Yamadori, Frederic Griesnger as Bonze, Deborah Marks Bertling as Kate Pinkerton, Takako Wakita as Cio-Cio San's Mother
1999April
Il Trovatore
Stage Director: None
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Frederic Griesinger as Ferrando, Lori Phillips as Leonora, Dauri Dennedy as Inez, Hector Vasquez as Count di Luna, Allan Glassman as Manrico, Irina Mishura as Azucena, William Christensen as Ruiz
1999Jan
Die Fledermaus
Stage Director: Bodo Igesz
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Shannon Coulter as Adele, Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos as Alfred, Rosemary Wagner-Scott as Rosalinda von Eisenstein, Daniel Ebbers as Gabriel Von Eisenstein, Alan August as Attorney Blind, Andrew Eisenmann as Dr. Falke, Donald Sherrill as Warden Frank, Tatyana Rashkovsky as Prince Orlofsky, Jane Hahn as Sally, Tony Miratti as Frosch, Christopher Story VI as Ivan
1998Dec
Don Pasquale
Stage Director: Bodo Igesz
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Donald Sherrill as Don Pasquale, Aram Barsamian as Dr. Malatesta, Carlo Scibelli as Ernesto, Sujung Kim as Norina, Joshua Schneyer as A Notary
1998Feb
Cosi fan tutte
Stage Director: Carmen Or
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): John Bellemer as Ferrando, Matthew Carey as Guglielmo, Emil Cristescu as Don Alfonso, Julia Kierstine as Fiordiligi, Jane Dutton as Dorabella, Shannon Coulter as Despina
1998Jan
Tosca
Stage Director: Bodo Igesz
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Juan Sanchez Lozano as Cesare Angelotti, Emil Cristescu as Sacristan, Randolph Locke as Mario Cavaradossi, Amy Johnson as Floria Tosca, Vernon Hartman as Baron Scarpia, Alan August as Spoletta, Carlos Aguirre as Sciarrone, Michael Grossman as Shepherd Boy, Irving Edgerton as Jailer, Father Virgil Cordano as The Cardinal, Bruce Byers as Roberti a spy
1997Sept
Rigoletto
Stage Director: Bodo Igesz
Conductor: Paul Polivnick
Stars (lead cast): James Anest as Marullo, Elaine Arnett as Giovanna, Alan August as Borsa, Debbie Bertling as Countess Ceprano, Emil Cristescu as Count Ceprano, Emile Fath as Rigoletto, Fred Griesinger as Monterone, Tatyana Rashkovsky as Maddalena, Clifton Romig as Sparafucile, Carlo Scibelli as The Duke, Celeste Tavera as Gilda, Stacey Vesterfelt as Page
1997March
Don Giovanni
Stage Director: Carmen Or
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Eduardo del Campo as Don Giovanni, Frances Ginsburg as Donna Anna, Renne Sousa as Donna Elvira, Ray Hornblower as Don Ottavio, Emil Cristescu as Leporello, Alayne Faraone as Zerlina, March Childs as Masetto, Raymond McLeod as The Commendatore
1997Jan
La Boheme
Stage Director: Bodo Igesz
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Cynthia Clayton as Mimi, Christopher Campbell as Rodolfo, Hector Vasquez as Marcello, Patricia Prunty as Musetta, Fredric Griesinger as Colline, James Anest as Schaunard, Nathan Rundlett as Benoit, Emil Cristescu as Alcindoro, Alan August as Parpignol
1996Nov
Carmen
Stage Director: Bodo Igesz
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Irina Mishura as Carmen, Reveka Mavrovitis as Carmen, Allan Glassman as Don Jose, Claudine Cote as Micaela, Eduardo Chama as Escamillo, Celeste Tavera as Frasquita, Vivian Vega-Rangel as Mercedes, Fredric Griesinger as Le Dancair, Alan August as Le Remendado, Amil Cristescu as Morales, James Anest as Zuniga
1996Aug
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Stage Director: Lin White
Conductor: Elizabeth Waterbury
Stars (lead cast): Gabriel Olvia as Amahl, Dyan McKinney as Mother, Christopher Campbell as King Kaspar, Frederic Griesinger as King Melchior, Michael Paul Smith as King Balthazar, Scott Reed as The Page
1995Dec
La Traviata
Stage Director: Fabrizio Melano
Conductor: Valery Alexander Ryvkin
Stars (lead cast): Frances Ginsberg as Violetta, Carlo Scibelli as Alfredo, Emile Fath as Germont, Nan-Maro Babakhanian as Flora, Mignonne Profant as Annina, Frederic Griesinger as Baron Douphal, Juan Sanchez Lozano as Doctor Grenville, Robert Waterbury as Marquis d'Obigny
1995July
Hansel and Gretel
Stage Director: Lin White
Conductor: Theodore Plute
Stars (lead cast): Patricia Prunty, Tihana Herceg, Nan Maro Babakhanian, Lesley Leighton, Paul Stephaneson, Elissa Johnston, and Lynn Houghton
1994Oct
Die Fledermaus
Stage Director: Laezer Schlomkowitz
Conductor: Camilla Kolchinsky
Stars (lead cast): Sterling Branton as Alfredo, Elisabeth Anderson as Adele, Joan Marie Tornes as Adele, Marilyn Gilbert as Rosalinda, Nathan Rundlett as Eisenstein, Roland Rusinek as Attorney Blind, Mark E. Childs as Dr. Falke, Timothy A. Schmidt as Warden Frank, Tihana Herceg as Prince Orlofsky, Jim Herman as Frosch
1993Dec
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