WBO
Madama Butterfly
music by Giacomo Puccini
libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

The Program

DATES: October 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1999

PRODUCTION
General Director: David Sloss
Music Director: Henry Mollicone
Stage Director: Yefim Maizel
Set Designer: Deborah Hammond*
Costume Designer: Connie Strayer
Lighting Designer: Chad Bonaker*
Sound Designer: Jack E. Wilkinson

Butterfly

CAST (in order of appearance)

   
October 15, 17, 21, 23
 
October 16, 22, 24
Pinkerton
 
Jorge Gomez
 
Christopher Campbell*
Goro
 
Mark D. Lew*
 
Christopher Fernandez*
Suzuki
 
Elspeth Franks
 
Susan Halperin*
Sharpless
 
William Neely
 
Michael Strelo-Smith*
Cio-Cio-San
 
Jillian Khuner
 
Stacy Rigg
The Cousin
 
Christie Jacoban*
The Mother
 
Gladys Hernandez*
Yakusidé
 
Richard Bogart
The Aunt
 
Amanda Edwards*
The Imperial Commissioner
 
George Hernandez*
The Registry Official
 
Justin Garten*
The Bonze
 
James Brown
Yamadori
 
Charu Chandra*
Trouble
 
Charlotte Khuner*
 
Amanda Ballard*
Kate Pinkerton
 
Heather Michele Meyer
 
Barbara Sloss

* First appearance with West Bay Opera

CHORUS
Shelley Ashitomi*, Riva Bacon, Barbara Benjamin, Jessica Bernard, Joanne Bogart, Shirley Carroll*, Chris Ebangi, Amanda Edwards*, Lisa Egert, Pat Ericson, Margaret Haneberg, Gladys Hernandez*, Christie Jacoban*, Jutta Mohr, Kathy Mollicone, Laurie Rabin*, Meggi Raeder*, Fenny Rosemann*
Mark Adams*, Richard Bogart, Justin Garten*, Myroslav Gryshchenko*, Rasmus Munk Larsen*, David Lezan*, Irv Turkfeld*

SUPERNUMERARIES
Will Beckett, Caroline Damon, Adam Fleming, Cathy Holmes, Shannon Jacklin, Chelsea Jennings, Ken Ju, Sophia Liu, Klaudeen Shemirani, Alain Truong

ORCHESTRA
Violin I: Kristina Anderson (concertmaster), Lina Bouze, Virginia Smedberg, Matthew Oshida
Violin II: Nathaniel Basa, Alex Wurmbrand, Frida Pukhachevski
Viola: Janet Lynch Gillespie, Camber Charlot
Cello: Ellen Sanders, Warren Wu
Bass: Christy Crews
Flute: Dawn Walker, Vivian Boudreaux
Piccolo: Vivian Boudreaux-Mikasa
Oboe/English Horn: Roger Wiesmeyer
Clarinet: Karen Sremac, Bruce Foster
Bassoon: Alice Benjamin
Horn
: Carrie Campbell, Diane Ryan
Trumpet: Richard Roper, Steve Anderson
Trombone: Craig Whitwell
Timpani: Don Baker
Percussion: Norman Peck
Harp: Agnes Lee

TECHNICAL STAFF
Production Manager: Michele Sullivan-Williamson
Technical Director: Jean-François Revon
Associate Conductor: Jun Nakabayashi
Accompanists: Veronika Agranov-Dafoe, Dmitriy Cogan, Louise Costigan-Kerns
Japanese Culture Consultants: Seiko Shimaoka, Machiko Shiozaki
Diction Coach: Alberto Fassò
Orchestra Manager: Christy Crews
Chorus Manager: Jutta Mohr
Supernumerary Captain: Will Becket
Stage Manager: Barbara Sinasohn
Assistant Stage Manager: Zoë Bogart
Assistant Technical Director: Charles Davidson
Assistant Lighting Designer: Alice Louise Dickinson
Master Electricians: Chris Tate, Bob Vaughan
Lighting Board Operator: Christopher Tani
Follow Spots: M.R. Gafill, Melissa Lukes
Technical Run Manager: Jack E. Wilkinson
Sound Board Operator: Lucinda Surber
Projected Text Adapter and Operator: Stan Ulrich
Wig & Make-up Design: Lisa Patnoe
Costume Coordinator: Sylvia Håkansson
Wardrobe Supervisor: Alexandria LaMarsh
Scenic Artist: Nina Ollikainen
Master Carpenter: Mark Wijsen
Properties Designer: Bernie Ross
Properties Manager: Rosalie Banta
Crew Chief: Rudy Schroeter


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