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Los Angeles Opera

2006-2007 Season

Don Carlo
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Tenor Salvatore Licitra
Directed by Ian Judge
Set Designer: John Gunter
Costume Designer: Tim Goodchild
Lighting Designer: Duane Schuler
Seven Performances: Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006 at 5; Sept. 13, 20, 24, 28
Matinee Performances: Sept. 16 at 2 & Oct. 1 at 12:30 PM

Manon
Co-Production with the Staatsoper Berlin
Music: Jules Massenet
Libretto: Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille
Conductor: Plácido Domingo
Director/Choreographer: Vincent Paterson
Set Designer: Johannes Leiacker
Costume Designer: Susan Hilferty
Lighting Designer: Duane Schuler
Lead Roles: Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón
Seven Performances: Sat., Sept. 30, 2006 at 7:30
Oct. 5, 11, 18, & 21 at 7:30
October 8 & 15 at 2 PM

Hansel and Gretel
New Translation: Richard Sparks
Music: Engelbert Humperdinck
Libretto: Adelheid Wette, after the tale of the Bros. Grimm
Character tenor: Graham Clark
Lead Roles Lucy Schaufer & Maria Kanyova
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
Director: Douglas Fitch
Eight Performances: Sun., Nov. 19, 2006, at 2 PM
Nov. 29, Dec. 2, 6, & 14 at 7:30
Nov. 26, Dec. 9 & 17 at 2 PM

L'Incoronazione Di Poppea
LA Opera Premiere-Production from the Netherlands Opera
Music: Claudio Monteverdi
Conductor: Harry Bicket
Principal roles by Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham, Kurt Streit
Director: Pierre Audi
Set Designer: Michael Simon
Costume Designer: Emi Wada
Lighting Designer: Jean Kalman
Seven Performances: Sat., Nov. 25, 2006 at 7 PM
Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 13, & 16 at 7:30
Dec. 3 & 10 at 2 PM

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Music: Kurt Weill
Libretto: Bertolt Brecht
Lead Roles: Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, & Anthony Dean Griffey
Conductor: James Conlon
Director: John Doyle
Set Designer: Mark Bailey
Costume Designer: Ann Hould-Ward
Lighting Designer: Tom Hase
Sound Designer: DAn Moses Schreier
Seven Performances- Feb. 10, 2007 at 7:30
Feb. 14, 17, 22, Mar. 1 at 7:30
Feb. 25 & Mar. 4 at 2 PM

Tannhäuser
Music and libretto: Richard Wagner
Conductor: James Conlon
Title roles: Peter Seiffert, Petra Maria Schnitzer, Franz-Josef Selig
Seven PerformancesSat., Feb. 24, 2007 at 7 PM
Feb. 28, Mar. 3, 8, 15 at 7 PM
Mar. 11 & 18 at 2 PM

The Merry Widow
Music: Franz Lehár
Libretto: Vikto Lé:on & Leo Stein
Conductor Frédéric Chaslin
Director Iam Judge
Title roles by Rolando Villazó and Anna Netrebko
Seven Performances- January 29-February 20, 2005

Falstaff
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Arrigo Boito
Director: Lotfi Mansouri
Choreographer: Peggy Hickey
Title role: Susan Graham
Nine Performances: Sat., Apr. 28, 2007 at 7:30
May 3, 6, 9. 12, 23, 26 at 7:30 May 20 at 8 PM
May 19 at 1 PM

Porgy and Bess
Music: George Gershwin
Libretto: Dubose Heywad & Ira Gershwin
Conductor: John DeMain
Director: Francesca Zambello
Associate Director/Choreographer: Denni Sayers
Set Designer: Peter J. Davison
Costume Designer: Paul Tazewell
Lighting Designer: Mark McCullough
Principal singers: Kevin Short/Alfred Walker;
Morenike Fadayomi/Indire Mahajan
Twelve Performances: Fri., May 4, 2007 at 7:30
May 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 at 7:30 May 19 at 8 PM
May 13 & 20 at 2 PM

Luisa Fernanda
Co-Production with Washington National Opera & Teatro Real Madrid
Music:Federico Moreno Torroba
Conductor: Miguel Roa
Director: Emilio Sagi
Costume Designer: Maria Josefa Ojanguren
Principal singers: Plácido Domingo, Marí:a Josࢹ:zmonyirl,
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Eight Performances: Sun., June 3, 2007 at 7:30
June 5, 7, 12, 14 at 7:30
June 9, 0, 16 at 2 PM

La Traviata
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Conductor: James Conlon
Director: Marta Domingo
Choreographer: Kitty McNamee
Principal Roles: Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Three Performances: Sat., Sept. 9, 2006 at 7:30 PM
Thurs., Sept. 14 at 7:30; Sun., Sept. 17 at 2 PM

One Performance
Deborah Voigt in Recital
January 14, 2007

One Performance
Angela Gheorghiu in Recital
May 17, 2007

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