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November 26, 2011OPERA: TOSCA (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini

CAST:
Floria Tosca Patricia Racette
Mario Cavaradossi Alexey Dolgov
Baron Scarpia Raymond Aceto
Angelotti Robert Gleadow
Sacristan Steven Condy
Spoletta Shon Sims
Sciarrone Michael Sumuel
Jailer Adam Cioffari

CONDUCTOR: Patrick Summers
STAGE DIRECTOR: John Caird
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA, CHORUS & CHILDREN'S CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Richard Bado
November 19, 2011OPERA: PETER GRIMES (in English)
COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten

CAST:
Peter Grimes Anthony Dean Griffey
Ellen Orford Katie Van Kooten
Hobson Robert Pomakov
Swallow Patrick Carfizzi
Captain Balstrode Christopher Purves
Mrs. Sedley Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Auntie Meredith Arwady
Bob Boles Beau Gibson
Reverend Horace Adams Joseph Evans
Ned Keene Liam Bonner
Nieces Kiri Deonarine, Brittany Wheeler

CONDUCTOR: Patrick Summers
STAGE DIRECTOR: Neil Armfield
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Richard Bado
November 12, 2011OPERA: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti

CAST:
Lucia Albina Shagimuratova
Enrico Scott Hendricks
Edgardo Dimitri Pittas
Normanno Beau Gibson
Alisa Rachel Willis-Sorensen
Raimondo Oren Gradus
Arturo Nathaniel Peake

CONDUCTOR: Antonino Fogliani
STAGE DIRECTOR: John Doyle
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Richard Bado
November 5, 2011OPERA: DEAD MAN WALKING (in English)
COMPOSER: Jake Heggie
LIBRETTO: Terrence McNally, based on the novel by Sister Helen Prejean

CAST:
Joseph De Rocher Philip Cutlip
Sister Helen Prejean Joyce DiDonato
Sister Rose Measha Brueggergosman
Mrs. Patrick De Rocher Frederica von Stade
Owen Hart John Packard
Kitty Hart Cheryl Parrish
Jade Boucher Suzanne Mentzer
Howard Boucher Jon Kolbet
Father Grenville Beau Gibson
George Benton Hector Vásquez

CONDUCTOR: Patrick Summers
STAGE DIRECTOR: Leonard Foglia
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA, CHORUS, and CHILDREN'S CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Richard Bado
October 29, 2011OPERA: MADAME BUTTERFLY (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini

CAST:
Cio-Cio San Ana María Martínez
Pinkerton Joseph Calleja
Suzuki Lucy Schaufer
Goro Rodell Rosel
Charpless Levi Hernandez
The Bonze Robert Pomakov
Prince Yamadori Boris Dyakov
Kate Pinkerton Rachel Willis-Sørensen

CONDUCTOR: Patrick Summers
STAGE DIRECTOR: Michael Grandage
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Richard Bado
October 22, 2011OPERA: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Strauss

CAST:
Composer Susan Graham
Prima Donna / Ariadne Christine Goerke
Zerbinetta Laura Claycomb
Music Master John Fanning
Dance Master Rodell Rosel
Tenor / Bacchus Alexey Dolgov
Naiad Kiri Deonarine
Dryad Catherine Martin
Echo Brittany Wheeler
Harlequin Boris Dyakov
Truffaldino Robert Gleadow
Brighella Brendan Tuohy
Scaramuccio Nathaniel Peake

CONDUCTOR: Patrick Summers
STAGE DIRECTOR: John Cox
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA