1978 Spring Season DGOS

RIGOLETTO – VERDI
Presented on Mar 27, 29, 31, Apr 8 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society’s Spring Season
Antonio Salvadori – Rigoletto
Terry Reid – Gilda
Franco Bonanome – Duke
Aurio Tomicich – Sparafucile
Seán Mitten – Monterone
Angela Feeney – Maddalena
Colman Pearce – Conductor
Ann Makower – Producer


TURANDOT – PUCCINI
Presented on Mar 28, 30, Apr 1, 4 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin and on Apr 17, 20 at the Opera House Cork as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society’s Spring Season
Kazue Shimada – Turandot
Angelo Marenzi – Calaf
Maria Clausova / Lorraine Marenzi Jones[Apr 4, 17, 20] – Liù
Franco Pugliese – Timur
Salvatore Sassu – Ping
Michele Buenza – Pang
Brendan Cavanagh – Pong
Frank O’Brien – Altoum
Peter McBrien – Mandarin
Napoleone Annovazzi – Conductor
Dario Micheli – Producer


ERNANI – VERDI
Presented on Apr 3, 6, 11, 15 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin and on Apr 19, 22 at the Opera House Cork as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society’s Spring Season
Angelo Marenzi – Ernani
Nadia Savova – Elvira
Antonio Salvadori – Carlo
Aurio Tomicich – Silva
Brendan Cavanagh – Riccardo
Peter McBrien – Jago
Napoleone Annovazzi – Conductor
Dario Micheli – Producer


L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI – ROSSINI
Presented on Apr 5, 7, 13 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society’s Spring Season
Helga Müller – Isabella
Franco Bonanome – Lindoro
Aurio Tomicich – Mustafà
Lorraine Marenzi Jones – Elvira
Salvatore Sassu – Taddeo
Ruth Maher – Zulma
Peter McBrien – Haly
Napoleone Annovazzi – Conductor
Dario Micheli – Producer


LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO – DONIZETTI
Presented on Apr 10, 12, 14 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin and on Apr 18, 21 at the Opera House Cork as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society’s Spring Season
Maria Clausova – Maria
Ugo Benelli – Tonio
Salvatore Sassu – Sulpizio
Ruth Maher – Marchesa
Peter McBrien – Hortensio
Joan Rooney – Duchessa
Albert Rosen – Conductor
Rocco Spataro – Producer



THREE OPERAS WERE ALSO GIVEN IN CORK