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2015–16 Season LUISA MILLER

THE MAGIC FLUTE

SWEENEY TODD

DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG

THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER A DOUBLE BILL

CARMEN DON CARLO JENU˚FA

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Luisa Miller GIUSEPPE VERDI Longing only for love, a brave young woman sacrifices her own happiness in a desperate attempt to save her father’s life. Hailed for its masterful depiction of intimate emotions, this swift-moving tragedy explores the forbidden passion between a peasant girl and a nobleman, and the plotting of two ruthless men determined to tear them apart.

Music Director and lauded Verdi conductor Nicola Luisotti leads an outstanding cast featuring two of opera’s fastest-rising international stars: Leah Crocetto and Michael Fabiano. Russian baritone Vitaliy Bilyy makes his San Francisco Opera debut as Luisa’s protective father.

SEP 11, 16, 19, 22, 25, 27m Cast

Production

Luisa Miller Leah Crocetto

Conductor Nicola Luisotti

Rodolfo Michael Fabiano

Production Francesca Zambello

Miller Vitaliy Bilyy*

Revival Director Laurie Feldman

Count Walter Rafał Siwek*

Set Designer Michael Yeargan

Federica Ekaterina Semenchuk*

Costume Designer Dunya Ramicova

Wurm Andrea Silvestrelli

Chorus Director Ian Robertson

*San Francisco Opera debut 3 hours including one intermission San Francisco Opera production Sung in Italian with English supertitles

This production is made possible, in part, by Opening Weekend Grand Sponsor Diane B. Wilsey, Koret Foundation and Tad and Dianne Taube. Maestro Luisotti’s appearance is made possible by the Conductors Fund, and Ms. Crocetto’s and Mr. Fabiano’s appearances are made possible by the Emerging Voices Fund, both established by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.

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Sweeney Todd THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: A MUSICAL THRILLER Music and Lyrics by

STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Book by

HUGH WHEELER

From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond. Originally directed on Broadway by Harold Prince.

Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. Originally produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in association with Dean and Judy Manos.

Exiled by a corrupt judge, a wronged barber returns to Dickensian London to quench his thirst for vengeance in Stephen Sondheim’s macabre musical thriller. Gerald Finley and Stephanie Blythe, two operatic forces revered both for their acting and singing, star as the revenge-minded barber and his creative culinary accomplice. Patrick Summers conducts the Company premiere of one of the greatest scores ever written for the modern lyric stage, a melodic mix of intense ballads and music-hall comedy.

SEP 12, 15, 18, 20m, 23, 26, 29 † Cast

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Sweeney Todd Gerald Finley Mrs. Lovett Stephanie Blythe

Conductor Patrick Summers/ James Lowe* †

Johanna Heidi Stober

Director Lee Blakeley*

Anthony Hope Elliot Madore*

Production Designer Tanya McCallin*

Tobias Ragg Matthew Grills

Lighting Designer Rick Fisher

Judge Turpin Wayne Tigges

Choreographer Lorena Randi* Chorus Director Ian Robertson

*San Francisco Opera debut 2 hours, 50 minutes including one intermission Co-production with Houston Grand Opera This production premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet on April 22, 2011.

Sung in English with English supertitles

Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production. This production is made possible, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Ms. Stober’s appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Voices Fund. Mr. Finley’s and Ms. Blythe’s appearances are made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.

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Lucia di Lammermoor GAETANO DONIZETTI Pressured by her family to marry the wrong man, an anguished young woman suffers an emotional breakdown, culminating in the most astonishing mad scene in all of opera.

Diana Damrau, whose “gleaming top notes filled the house” (The New York Times) in her role debut at the Metropolitan Opera, brings her powerful portrayal to San Francisco. Star tenor Piotr Beczala returns as her lover, with dynamic baritone Brian Mulligan as Lucia’s controlling brother. Michael Cavanagh (Nixon in China and Susannah) directs this psychologically gripping tragedy in a new production. Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducts.

OCT 8, 11m, 13, 16, 21, 24, 28 Cast

Production

Lucia Diana Damrau

Conductor Nicola Luisotti

Edgardo Piotr Beczala

Director Michael Cavanagh

Enrico Brian Mulligan

Set Designer Erhard Rom

Raimondo Nicolas Testé*

Costume Designer Mattie Ullrich

Arturo Chong Wang*

Lighting Designer Gary Marder

Normanno A.J. Glueckert

Chorus Director Ian Robertson

*San Francisco Opera debut 2 hours, 45 minutes including one intermission San Francisco Opera production Sung in Italian with English supertitles

Lisa Zanda Švede

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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg RICHARD WAGNER In his comic masterpiece, Wagner set aside gods and goddesses to tell a touchingly human story about the power of art. When an impetuous young singer arrives in a proud German city determined to dazzle the townsfolk and a beautiful woman, his attempts to prove himself find sympathy in a wise cobbler-poet.

Acclaimed Wagnerian Sir Mark Elder conducts a stellar cast headed by two San Francisco Opera favorites: Greer Grimsley and Brandon Jovanovich. Sir David McVicar’s staging is “remarkable for the detailed naturalism of its performances” (The Guardian, London).

NOV 18, 21, 24, 27 · DEC 2, 6m Please note: Evening performances begin at 6pm and the matinee at 1pm.

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Hans Sachs Greer Grimsley

Conductor Sir Mark Elder*

Walther von Stolzing Brandon Jovanovich

Production Sir David McVicar

Eva Rachel Willis-Sørensen*

Associate Director Ian Rutherford*

Magdalena Sasha Cooke

Production Designer Vicki Mortimer*

David Alek Shrader

Lighting Designer Paule Constable

Sixtus Beckmesser Martin Gantner*

Choreography Andrew George

Veit Pogner Ain Anger*

Chorus Director Ian Robertson

Revival Director Marie Lambert*

*San Francisco Opera debut 5 hours, 15 minutes including two intermissions Co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago and Glyndebourne Festival Opera Sung in German with English supertitles

Revival Choreographer Colm Seery

This production is made possible, in part, by the Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson Fund and The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund. Mr. Shrader’s appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Voices Fund. Mr. Grimsley’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.

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Family Time Delightful, charming and sung in English, The Magic Flute is perfect for all ages. Add extra tickets to your series and pay the discounted, subscriber-only price.

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The Magic Flute WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART In a fantastical world of ferocious dragons and enchanted musical instruments, a noble prince sets out to rescue a beautiful princess and ensure the triumph of truth and justice. Mozart’s final operatic masterpiece is a remarkable blend of whimsy and wisdom, brilliantly captured in this kaleidoscopic, multimedia production designed by acclaimed visual artist Jun Kaneko. The cast is led by the elegantly expressive Paul Appleby, the delightful Nadine Sierra and the dazzling Albina Shagimuratova, who sings the Queen of the Night’s thrilling arias with a “glowing brilliance you absolutely must hear” (San Francisco Classical Voice).

OCT 20, 25m, 27, 29 NOV 4, 8m, 12, 14, 17, 20 Cast

Production

Pamina Nadine Sierra

Conductor Lawrence Foster*

Tamino Paul Appleby*

Director Harry Silverstein

Papageno Philippe Sly

Production Designer Jun Kaneko

Sarastro Alfred Reiter

Lighting Designer Paul Pyant

The Queen of the Night Albina Shagimuratova

Chorus Director Ian Robertson

Monostatos Greg Fedderly *San Francisco Opera debut 3 hours including one intermission Co-production with Washington National Opera, Opera Carolina, Opera Omaha and Lyric Opera of Kansas City Sung in English with English supertitles

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This production is made possible, in part, by San Francisco Opera Guild, Chevron, United Airlines and The E. Nakamichi Foundation. Ms. Sierra’s appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Voices Fund.

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The Barber of Seville GIOACHINO ROSSINI Cunning, clever and big-hearted, Figaro is precisely the sort of person you want as a friend. His quick thinking proves invaluable in helping a young woman escape from the grasp of her guardian into the arms of a handsome suitor.

Critically acclaimed Spanish director Emilio Sagi’s buoyant staging returns by popular demand. The cast stars the irresistible Daniela Mack, the ardent René Barbera and the charismatic Lucas Meachem in the title role. With its unfailingly charming and inventive score, this hilarious combination of vocal and visual fireworks is sure to enchant.

NOV 25, 29m · DEC 1, 5, 9 Cast

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Figaro Lucas Meachem

Conductor Giuseppe Finzi

Rosina Daniela Mack

Production Emilio Sagi

Count Almaviva René Barbera

Revival Director Roy Rallo

Doctor Bartolo Alessandro Corbelli

Set Designer Llorenç Corbella

Don Basilio Andrea Silvestrelli

Lighting Designer Gary Marder

Berta Catherine Cook

Choreographer Nuria Castejón

3 hours including one intermission Co-production with Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Sung in Italian with English supertitles

Costume Designer Pepa Ojanguren

Chorus Director Ian Robertson

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Maestro Finzi’s appearance is made possible by the Conductors Fund, and Mr. Meachem’s, Ms. Mack’s and Mr. Barbera’s appearances are made possible by the Emerging Voices Fund, both established by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.

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The Fall of the House of Usher A DOUBLE BILL

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La Chute de la Maison Usher

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY Reconstruction and orchestration by Robert Orledge

A decaying castle inhabited by a tormented man and his sickly sister is the setting for Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic tale. This chilling double bill features two versions of the haunting story: Usher House by Gordon Getty and Robert Orledge’s completion of Claude Debussy’s La Chute de la Maison Usher. Featuring imaginative video projections, David Pountney’s production evokes the intense atmosphere of Poe’s prose. Brian Mulligan and Richard Croft star in the U.S. production premiere under the baton of renowned conductor Lawrence Foster.

DEC 8, 10, 11, 13m Usher House Cast

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Roderick Usher Brian Mulligan

Conductor Lawrence Foster

Edgar Allan Poe Richard Croft

Director David Pountney

Madeline Jacqueline Piccolino

Production Designer Niki Turner*

La Chute Cast

Video Designer David Haneke*

Roderick Usher Brian Mulligan The Doctor Richard Croft Madeline Jacqueline Piccolino L’Ami Edward Nelson

This production is made possible by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.

*San Francisco Opera debut 2 hours, 10 minutes including one intermission Co-production with Welsh National Opera Usher House sung in English with English supertitles La Chute de la Maison Usher sung in French with English supertitles

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Carmen GEORGES BIZET The ultimate femme fatale returns in a provocative staging by Europe’s bad-boy director Calixto Bieito in his long-awaited U.S. opera debut. Set in the arid earthiness of post-Franco Spain, Bieito’s raw and cinematic vision of Carmen provokes the intense emotions pulsing through this tale of love, lust and murder. The result is a powerful, uncompromising account of a defiantly free-spirited woman and her obsessive lover.

This bold new production features two outstanding casts. One stars Irene Roberts as the impassioned Gypsy, Brian Jagde as the lovesick soldier and Zachary Nelson as the dashing bullfighter. The other is headed by Ginger Costa-Jackson, Riccardo Massi and Michael Sumuel. Carlo Montanaro, who conducts “with an élan calculated to set the listener’s pulse racing” (The Seattle Times), makes his Company debut in Bizet’s blazingly tuneful score. Be swept into the deadly seduction of Carmen as never before.

SUMMER 2016: MAY 27, 29m JUN 1, 23, 26m JUL 2

MAY 28, 31 JUN 17, 30 JUL 3m

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Carmen Irene Roberts

Carmen Ginger Costa-Jackson

Don José Brian Jagde

Don José Riccardo Massi*

Micaëla Nadine Sierra

Micaëla Erika Grimaldi*

Escamillo Zachary Nelson*

Escamillo Michael Sumuel

Production Conductor Carlo Montanaro* Production Calixto Bieito* Revival Director Joan Anton Rechi* Set Designer Alfons Flores* Costume Designer Mercè Paloma* Chorus Director Ian Robertson

*San Francisco Opera debut 3 hours, 45 minutes including two intermissions Co-production based on Bieito’s production which originated at Gran Teatre del Liceu Sung in French with English supertitles Please note: This production contains nudity and suggestive behavior.

Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production. Maestro Montanaro’s appearance is made possible by the Conductors Fund, and Mr. Jagde’s appearance is made possible by the Emerging Voices Fund, both established by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.

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Don Carlo GIUSEPPE VERDI At the time of Spain’s brutal Inquisition, the king of Spain marries the woman his son loves and sets into motion a tension-filled chain of events.

Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus in this magnificent tale of romantic triangles, political idealism and life-and-death devotion.

Making his role debut as Don Carlo, the thrilling Michael Fabiano stars alongside the dynamic Mariusz Kwiecien´ as Rodrigo and powerful bass René Pape as King Philip. The extraordinary Verdi soprano Krassimira Stoyanova makes her Company debut as Elisabetta.

SUMMER 2016: JUN 12m, 15, 18, 21, 24, 29 Please note: Evening performances begin at 7pm and the matinee at 1pm.

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Production

Don Carlo Michael Fabiano

Conductor Nicola Luisotti

Elisabetta Krassimira Stoyanova*

Director Emilio Sagi

Princess Eboli Nadia Krasteva*

Designer Zack Brown

Rodrigo Mariusz Kwiecien´

Lighting Designer Gary Marder

Philip II René Pape

Chorus Director Ian Robertson

*San Francisco Opera debut 4 hours, 20 minutes including two intermissions San Francisco Opera production Sung in Italian with English supertitles

The Grand Inquisitor Andrea Silvestrelli

Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production. This production is made possible, in part, by the Edmund W. and Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Fund and Thomas and Barbara Wolfe. Major support is also provided by the Great Interpreters of Italian Opera Fund established by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem. Maestro Luisotti’s appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Conductors Fund. Ms. Stoyanova’s and Mr. Kwiecien´’s appearances are made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.

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LEOŠ JANÁCˇEK

“Invariably daring and original, characterized by her fierce commitment to the moment” (Opera News), Karita Mattila returns to portray one of Janácˇek’s most vivid characters—a domineering stepmother forced to deal with her unwed stepdaughter’s pregnancy—who is driven to perform a monstrous act. Soprano Malin Byström makes her Company debut as Jenu˚ fa, a woman who discovers the transformative power of love and forgiveness. Janácek cˇ virtuoso Jirˇ í Beˇlohlávek conducts this intense, pulsating score.

SUMMER 2016: JUN 14, 19m, 22, 25, 28 · JUL 1 Cast

Production

Jenu˚fa Malin Byström*

Conductor Jirˇí Beˇlohlávek

Kostelnicˇka Karita Mattila

Director Olivier Tambosi

Laca Klemenˇ William Burden

Production Designer Frank Philipp Schlössmann

Steva Scott Quinn*

Chorus Director Ian Robertson

*San Francisco Opera debut 2 hours, 50 minutes including two intermissions An original production of Hamburgische Staatsoper Sung in Czech with English supertitles

This production is made possible, in part, by The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund, Koret Foundation, Tad and Dianne Taube and The Thomas Tilton Production Fund. Ms. Byström’s appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Voices Fund. Ms. Mattila’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan and David Traitel.

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W Sep 16 7:30pm

T Sep 15 7:30pm

T Sep 22 7:30pm

S Sep 26 7:30pm

Flute

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Barber

Lucia

Th Oct 29 7:30pm

Th Oct 8 7:30pm

W Nov 25 7:30pm

W Oct 28 7:30pm

Usher

Flute

Carmen

Flute

Th Dec 10 7:30pm

T Oct 27 7:30pm

Th Jun 23 7:30pm

Th Nov 12 7:30pm

Carmen

Meistersinger

Jenu˚fa

Barber

W Jun 1 7:30pm

W Dec 2 6pm

T Jun 28 7:30pm

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W Jun 15 7pm

Th Jun 30 7:30pm

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2015–16 Calendar SEPTEMBER 2015 Sun

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EREV ROSH HASHANAH

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ROSH HASHANAH

Sweeney 21

M, N

2pm

Sweeney 16

R, S RBW

22

7:30pm

Luisa Miller 28

M, O

29 A, B

2pm

7:30pm

Luisa Miller 23

R, T

7:30pm

D, E

EREV YOM KIPPUR

27

Luisa Miller 17

D, F

Sat Luisa Miller 12 8pm

J, K

18

Sweeney 19

G, H

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25

7:30pm

G, I

J, L

Luisa Miller 26 7:30pm

X

Sweeney 7:30pm

Luisa Miller 7:30pm

Sweeney 7:30pm

YOM KIPPUR

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8 R, S RBW

11 M, N

Lucia 12

18

13 A, C

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20 A, B

25 M, O

Flute 26 2pm

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Lucia 14

Lucia

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Flute 21 D, E

Flute 28 7:30pm

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7:30pm

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Lucia 17 7:30pm

D, F

Flute 30

Lucia 7:30pm

31

7:30pm

HD video projection screens are featured on the balcony level for this performance. sfopera.com/operavision For the most up-to-date calendar of events, visit sfopera.com/calendar.

Highlighted boxes denote opening performances.

Letters denote subscription series (A, B, C, D, E, F…).

Photos by: cover/War Memorial Opera House interior/David Wakely, Daniela Mack/San Francisco Opera production of The Barber of Seville/Cory Weaver, Nicola Luisotti/Terrence McCarthy, English National Opera production of Carmen/Alastair Muir; inside spread/English National Opera production of Carmen/Alastair Muir, San Francisco Opera production of The Magic Flute/Cory Weaver, Piotr Beczala/Metropolitan Opera production of Lucia di Lammermoor/Ken Howard; p. 2/San Francisco Opera production of Luisa Miller/Ken Friedman; p. 3/Théâtre du Châtelet production of Sweeney Todd/Marie-Noëlle Robert; p. 4/Diana Damrau and Piotr Beczala/Metropolitan Opera production of Lucia di Lammermoor/Ken Howard; p. 5/Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg/Robert Kusel; pp. 6–7/San Francisco Opera production of The Magic Flute/Cory Weaver; p. 8/ Daniela Mack/San Francisco Opera production of The Barber of Seville/Cory Weaver; p. 9/Welsh National Opera production of The Fall of the House of Usher/Stephen Cummiskey; p. 10/English National Opera production of Carmen/Alastair Muir; p. 12/Michael Fabiano/Metropolitan Opera production of Otello/Ken Howard; p. 13/Metropolitan Opera production of Jenu˚ fa/photo©Beatriz Schiller; pp. 14–15 version #1/Diana Damrau/Metropolitan Opera production of Lucia di Lammermoor/Ken Howard, pp. 14–15 version #2/English National Opera production of Carmen/Alastair Muir; foldout panel/OperaVision/Cory Weaver; mail panel #1/English National Opera production of Carmen/Alastair Muir, mail panel #2/San Francisco Opera production of The Barber of Seville/Cory Weaver. Audience photos/Drew Altizer. Design: Mission Minded.

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A, C

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G, I

Barber 26

R, T

J, L

20

6pm

24 Meistersinger 25

23

7:30pm

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J, K

6pm

Meistersinger 28

G, H

6pm

THANKSGIVING

29

Barber 30

W

2pm

DECEMBER 1

Barber

2

Meistersinger

7:30pm R, S RBW

6

Meistersinger

M, N

13 M, O

7

8 A, B

1pm

Usher 14

Usher

9

7:30pm

X

15

3

4

6pm

Barber 10 7:30pm

16

Usher 11

D, F

7:30pm

17

G, I

5

Barber

J, L

7:30pm

Usher 12 7:30pm

18

Adler Gala Concert 7:30pm

19

2pm

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25

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27 G, H

29

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Carmen 30

M,N

A,B

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Don Carlo 13

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Don Carlo 16

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14

Jenu˚ fa 15

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Jenu˚ fa 20

21

M,N

2pm

A, C

26

Carmen 27

W

2pm

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R, S RBW

Don Carlo 22 D, E

Jenu˚ fa 29 7:30pm

D, E

Carmen

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4

5 INDEPENDENCE DAY

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7:30pm

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I

Jenu˚ fa 23 7:30pm

R, T

Carmen 24 7:30pm

Don Carlo 30 Carmen Carmen 7pm

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Jenu˚ fa 7:30pm

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Jenu˚ fa

2

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G, I

7:30pm

L

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