Conductor
Chris Nance
Stage Director
Richard Pearlman
Set & Projections Designer
Ronald Chase
Donald Eastman, Assistant
Erik Wampler, Assistant
Projectionist:
Skip Palmer
Costumer
Sherry Thompson
Lighting Designer
Nananne Porcher
Mickey Kinsella, Assistant
Choreography
Dora Krannig
Chorus Director
Jeannine Wagner
Assistant Conductor
Michael Carson
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Anna Karenina
The American Premiere of Anna Karenina given by the
Los Angeles Opera Theater on March 16, 1983 at the
Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, California
Music by lain Hamilton
(by arrangement with Theodore Presser Co. Alfred A. Kalmus Ltd.)
Libretto by the composer
based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy
This work was commissioned by the English National Opera
with the help of funds provided by the RVW Trust and the
Arts Council of Great Britain. The first performance of Anna Karenina was given by the
English National Opera on May 7, 1981 at the London Coliseum
An Opera in Three Acts
with
Los Angeles Opera Theater Opera Orchestra
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CAST
(in order of singing appearance) |
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| Count Alexei Kirilovitch Vronsky |
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Evan Bortnick |
| Stiva Stefan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky |
Lawrence Cooper |
| Countess Vronskaya, Vronsky's mother |
Leslie Hoffman |
Anna Arkadyevna Karenina,
Karenin's wife and Stiva's sister |
Emily Rawlins |
| Dolly Princess Darya Alexandrovna Oblonsky, Stiva's wife |
Judith Christin |
Kitty Princess Yekaterina
Alexandrovna, Dolly's sister |
Kathryn Gamberoni |
| Stiva's major-domo |
William Hamilton |
Betsy Princess Elizavyeta
Fiodorovna Tverskoya |
Deborah Milsom |
| Betsy's Guests |
Laurel Lee James,
Pamela Mellish,
Stephen Plummer,
Keith Butenshon |
Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin,
Anna's husband |
Roger Roloff |
| Prince Yashvin |
James Rensink |
| Groom |
Yoav Paskowitz |
Seriosha Sergei Alexandrovitch
Karenin, Anna's son |
Ryan Schosso |
| Annushka Anna's maid |
Katherine Bennett |
Countess Lydia lvanovna,
Karenin's cousin |
Adrienne Leonetti |
| M. Landau, a French mystic |
Robin Reed |
Count & Countess Sherbatsky; Louis Manuel, Geri Lawrenz Porters,
Travellers, Guests, Officers, Servants, Peasants |
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