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Season 07-08

ANNA BOLENA by Gaetano Donizetti

DIE DREI PINTOS by Carl Maria von Weber & Gustav Mahler

TAMERLANO by George Frideric Handel

THE SNOW MAIDEN by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

Season 06-07

LA RONDINE by Giacomo Puccini

LES DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES by Francis Poulenc

ZAIDE by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

DIE TOTE STADT by Erich Korngold

Season 05-06

I MASNADIERI by Giuseppe Verdi

SAMSON ET DALILA by Camille Saint-Saëns

LA GRISELDA by Antonio Vivaldi

MAZEPA by Pytor Tchaikovsky

Season 04/05

EL GATO MONTES by Manuel Penella (10/30/04 & 10/31/04)

DREAM PLAY by Timothy Sullivan & THE SUMMONING OF EVERYMAN by Charles Wilson (12/5/04)

L’AMOUR DES TROIS ORANGES by Sergei Prokofiev (2/6/05)

MARIA STUARDA by Gaetano Donizetti (4/3/05)

Season 03/04

THE FOOL by Harry Somers & NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS by John Beckwith (10/26/03)

I VESPRI SICILIANI by Giuseppe Verdi (11/30/03)

THE TSAR’S BRIDE by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (2/1/04)

RINALDO by George Frideric Handel (3/27/04 & 3/28/04)

Season 02/03

Canadian Gala Concert (10/27/02)

SEMIRAMIDE by Gioacchino Rossini (12/1/02)

CASTOR ET POLLUX by Jean Philippe Rameau (2/8/03 & 2/9/03)

BEATRICE DI TENDA by Vincenzo Bellini (4/6/03)

Season 01/02

A Mezzo Gala Concert (11/4/01)

LA STRANIERA by Vincenzo Bellini (12/2/01)

NABUCCO by Giuseppe Verdi (2/3/02)

SEMELE by George Frideric Handel (3/16/02 & 3/17/02)

Season 00/01

The Carmen Project with Jean Stilwell (10/29/00)

LA GAZZA LADRA by Gioacchino Rossini (12/3/00)

KING ROGER by Karol Szymanowski (2/11/01)

ARIODANTE by George Frideric Handel (3/31/01 & 4/1/01)

Season 99/00

LA PÉRICHOLE by Jacques Offenbach (10/16/99 & 10/17/99)

ALCINA by George Frideric Handel (11/27/99 & 11/28/99)

ERNANI by Giuseppe Verdi (1/23/00)

Voices of Spring Choral Concert (3/11/00)

THE SHIVAREE by John Beckwith (4/15/00 & 4/16/00)

Season 98/99

LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX by Gaetano Donizetti (11/7/98 & 11/8/98)

25th Anniversary Gala Concert (12/5/98)

THAIS by Jules Massenet (1/30/98 & 1/31/98)

SUSANNAH by Carlisle Floyd (3/27/99 & 3/28/99)

MIGNON by Ambroise Thomas (5/20/99)

Season 97/98

DIERDRE by Healey Willan (10/25/97 & 10/26/97)

LUCREZIA BORGIA by Gaetano Donizetti (11/29/97 & 11/30/97)

IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1/25/98)

GIOVANNA DARCO by Giuseppe Verdi (3/22/98)

Season 96/97

SADKO by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (10/26/96 & 10/27/96)

The Soprano Heroines of Linda Maguire (11/24/96)

MARINA by EmilioArrieta (11/30/96 & 12/1/96)

LITALIANA IN ALGERI by Gioacchino Rossini (1/26/97)

RUSALKA by Antonin Dvorak (4/6/97)

Season 95/96

ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN by Albert Lortzing (11/11/95 & 11/12/95)

Mary Lou Fallis in Primadonna (11/24/95 & 11/25/95)

LA SONNAMBULA byVincenzo Bellini (1/21/96)

LE PORTRAIT DE MANON by Jules Massenet (3/9/96 & 3/10/96)

MANON by Jules Massenet (3/9/96 & 3/10/96)

LA WALLY by Aifredo Catalani (5/4/96 & 5/5/96)

Season 94/95

Richard Margison and His Divas (10/21/94)

I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI by Vincenzo Bellini (11/26/94 & 11/27/94)

LUISA MILLER by Giuseppe Verdi (1/29/95)

FLORENCE: THE LADY WITH THE LAMP by Timothy Sullivan (3/4/95 & 3/5/95)

GOYESCAS by Enrique Granados (4/22/95 & 4/23/95)

LA REVOLTOSA by Ruperto Chapi y Lorente (4/22/95 & 4/23/95)

Season 93/94

HAMLET by Ambroise Thomas (10/3/93)

MARTHA by Friedrich von Flotow (12/4/93 & 12/5/93)

DER VAMPYR by Heinrich Marschner (2/5/94 & 2/6/94)

LAKME by Leo Delibes (4/9/94 & 4/10/94)

Season 92/93

MARIA PADILLA by Gaetano Donizetti (10/24/92 & 10/25/92)

SAPHO by Jules Massenet (12/5/92 & 12/6/92)

LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES by Georges Bizet (1/15/93 & 1/17/93)

L’ARLESIANA by Francesco Cilea (4/2/93 & 4/4/93)

Season 91/92

HENRY VIII by Camille Saint-Saths (11/2/91 & 11/3/91)

LE CID by Jules Massenet (12/13/91 & 12/15/91)

LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT by Gaetano Donizetti (2/29/92 & 3/1/92)

GENOVEVA by Robert Schumann (4/4/92 & 4/5/92)

Season 90/91

I PURITANI by Vincenzo Bellini (11/3/90 & 11/4/90)

DER FREISCHÜTZ by Carl Maria von Weber (12/14/90 & 12/16/90)

GRISÉLIDIS by Jules Massenet (2/16/91 & 2/17/91)

THE IMMORTAL HOUR by Rutland Boughton (3/23/91 & 3/24/91)

Season 89/90

I LOMBARDI ALLA PRIMA CROCIATA by Guiseppe Verdi (11/4/89 & 11/5/89)

SAMSON El DALILA by Camille Saint-Saëns (12/15/89 & 12/17/89)

VANESSA by Samuel Barber (2/17/90 & 2/18/90)

MIREILLE by Charles Gounod (3/24/90 & 3/25/90)

Season 88/89

PELLEAS ET MELISANDE by Claude Debussy (11/5/88 & 11/6/88)

CENDRILLON by Jules Massenet (12/10/88 & 12/11/88)

Choral Concert – 10th Anniversary Celebration (1/29/89)

L’AMICO FRITZ by Pietro Mascagni (2/18/89 & 2/19/89)

IL PIRATA by Vincenzo Bellini (4/1/89 & 4/2/89)

Season 87/88

THE BOHEMIAN GIRL by Michael Balfe (11/7/87 & 11/8/87)

Gala Russian Programme (12/12/87 & 12/13/87)

FEDORA by Umberto Giordano (2/13/88 & 2/14/88)

LE ROI MALGRÉ LUI by Emmanuel Chabrier (3/26/88 & 3/27/88)

Season 86/87

SAPHO by Jules Massenet (11/8/86 & 11/9/86)

LA FAVORITA by Gaetano Donizetti (12/13/86 & 12/14/86)

DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR by Otto Nicolai (2/21/87 & 2/22/87)

L’HEURE ESPAGNOLE by Maurice Ravel (3/21/87 & 3/22/87)

DJAMILEH by Georges Bizet (3/21/87 & 3/22/87)

WERTHER by Jules Massenet (5/15/87 & 5/16/87 at Opera Lyra. Ottawa Ontario)

Season 85/86

LA RONDINE by Giacomo Puccini (11/9/85 & 11/10/85)

LAKMÉ by Leo Delibes (12/7/85 & 12/8/85)

MARTHA by Friedrich von Flotow (2/15/86 & 2/16/86)

DON QUICHOTTE by Jules Massenet (3/22/86 & 3/23/86)

Season 84/85

EDGAR by Giacomo Puccini (11/10/84 & 11/11/84)

HENRY VIII by Camille Saint-Saëns (12/8/84 & 12/9/84)

LA GRANDE-DUCHESSE DE GEROLSTEIN by Jacques Offenbach (2/23/85 & 2/24/85)

THAIS by Jules Massenet (4/20/85 & 4/21/85)

Season 83/84

GRISÉLIDIS by Jules Massenet (10/22/83 & 10/23/83)

IL GIURAMENTO by Saverio Mercadante (12/3/83 & 12/4/83)

L’AMORE DEl TRE RE by Italo Montemezzi (2/18/84 & 2/19/84)

MIGNON by Ambroise Thomas (4/7/84 & 4/8/84)

Season 82/83

VANESSA by Samuel Barber (10/23/82 & 10/24/82)

DER ZIGEUNERBARON by Johann StraussJr. (12/4/82 & 12/5/82)

HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE by Jean Philippe Rameau (2/19/83 & 2/20/83)

SAMSON ET DALILA by Camille Saint-Saëns (5/7/83 & 5/8/83)

Season 81/82

LA BOHÈME by Ruggiero Leoncavallo (5/10/81 at the Guelph Spring Festival, Guelph Ontario)

LA NAVARRAISE by Jules Massenet (10/24/81 & 10/25/81)

LA VIDA BREVE by Manuel de Falla (10/24/81 & 10/25/81)

LA BOHEME by Ruggiero Leoncavallo (12/5/81 & 12/6/81)

TIEFLAND by Eugen D’Albert (2/6/82 & 2/7/82)

LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX by Gaetano Donizetti (3/6/82 & 3/7/82)

Season 80/81

I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI by Vincenzo Bellini (10/25/80 & 12/26/80)

MANON by Jules Massenet (12/6/80 & 12/7/80)

RIDERS TO THE SEA by Ralph Vaughan Williams (2/7/81 & 2/8/81)

THÉRÈSE by Jules Massenet (2/7/81 & 2/8/81)

SAVITRI by Gustab Hoist (2/7/81 & 2/8/81)

LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES by Georges Bizet (3/7/81 3/8/81)

Season 79/80

THE BARBER OF BAGHDAD by Peter Cornelius (11/25/79 & 11/26/79)

L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES by Maurice Rave (1/20/80 & 1/21/80)

L’HEURE ESPAGNOLE by Maurice Ravel (1/20/80 & 1/21/80)

DER FREISCHUTZ by Carl Maria Von Weber (2/10/80 & 2/11/80)

CLÉOPÂTRE by Jules Massenet (3/9/80 & 3/10/80)

Season 78/79

LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES by Georges Bizet (09/28/79 at the Algoma Festival, Sault Saint Marie, Ontario)

NOTRE DAME by Franz Schmidt (11/19/18 & 11/20/18)

PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE by Claude Debussy (12/10/78 & 12/11/78)

LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES by Georges Bizet (1/28/79 & 1/29/79)

SCHWANDA THE BAGPIPER by Jaromir Weinberger (2/25/79 & 2/26/79)

Season 77/78

ROMEO ETJULIETTE by Charles Gounod ( 12/11/77 & 12/12/77)

LA CLEMENZA DI TITO by W A. Mozart (1/22/78 & 1/23/18)

DON QUICHOTTE by Jules Massenet (2/19/78 & 2/20/78)

STIFFELIO by Giusseppe Verdi (3/12/78 & 3/13/78)

Season 76/77

L’AMORE DEl TRE RE by Italo Montemezzi (10/24/76 & 10/25/76)

THÉRÈSE by Jules Massenet (12/5/76 & 12/6/76)

DJAMILEH by Georges Bizet (12/5/76 & 12/6/76)

IL CORSARO by Giuseppe Verdi (2/13/77 & 2/14/77)

HAMLET by Ambroise Thomas (3/13/77)

Season 75/76

LA VOIX HUMAINE by Francis Poulenc (10/19/75 & 10/20/15)

THE HUMAN VOICE by Jean Cocteau (10/19/15 & 10/20/15)

WERTHER by Jules Massenet (12/7/75 & 12/8/75)

HERODIADE by Jules Massenet (1/11/76 & 1/12/76)

MIGNON by Ambroise Thomas (2/29/76 & 3/1/76)

Season 74/75

HAMLET by Ambroise Thomas (10/21/74)

BÉATRICE ET BÉNÉDICT by Hector Berlioz (1/6/75)

THAÏS by Jules Massenet (3/3/75)

 

 

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