Production History
Dona D. Vaughn*, Artistic Director
The Barber of Seville by Giaocchino Rossini,
July 25, 27 & 29, 2007
Giovanni Reggioli, Conductor;
Daniel Cyr, Craig Hart, Alizon Hull, Lauren McNeese, Lucas Meachem, Jan Opalach, Victor Ryan Robertson, Principal Cast.
Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
July 27 & 29, 2006,
Giovanni Reggioli, Conductor;
Alyson Cambridge, Ellie Dehn, Timothy Mix, Jan Opalach, Malcolm Smith, Garrett Sorenson, Peter Volpe, Monica Yunus, Principal Cast.

Carmen by Georges Bizet,
July 27, 29 & 31, 2005
Stephen Lord, Conductor;
Kate Aldrich, Sandra Lopez, Franco Pomponi, Richard Troxel, Jeffrey Wells, Principal Cast.
Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo and
Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni,
July 29 & 31, 2004
Giovanni Reggioli, Conductor;
Gioacchino Lauro LiVigni, Sandra Lopez, John MacMaster, Leann Pantaleo, Charles Taylor, Margaret Yauger, Principal Cast.
Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti,
July 24 & 26, 2003
Stephen Lord, Conductor; John Cheek, Alexandra Deshorties, Garrett Sorenson, Philip Torre, Principal Cast.
Faust by Charles Gounod,
July 25 & 27, 2002
Bruce Hangen, Conductor; Philip Cutlip, Marguerite Krull, Sandra Lopez, Scott Piper, Alfred Walker, Principal Cast.

Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
July 26, 28, & 30, 2001
Bruce Hangen, Conductor; Michael Chioldi, Alexandra Deshorties, Stefano di Peppo, Ying Huang, Marguerite Krull, Principal Cast.

Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi,
July 27, 29, & 31, 2000
Bruce Hangen, Conductor; Revekah Mavrovitis, Cheryl Parrish, Gerald Powers, Malcolm Smith, Mark Rucker, Principal Cast.

La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini,
July 22, 24 & 26, 1999
Bruce Hangen, Conductor; Pamela Armstrong, Jan Grissom, Adam Klein, Philip Torre, Principal Cast.

La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi,
July 23, 25, & 27 1998
Bruce Hangen, Conductor; Mary Dunleavy, George Fortune, David Miller, Philip Torre, Principal Cast.

Tosca by Giacomo Puccini,
July 24 & 26, 1997
Bruce Hangen, Conductor; Karen Notare, Robert Brubaker, John Cheek, Philip Torre, Principal Cast.

Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini,
July 30, August 1 & 3, 1996
Bruce Hangen, Conductor; Donna Ames, Robert Brubaker, James Demler, Guiping Deng, Principal Cast.

Carmen by Georges Bizet,
July 27 & 29, 1995
Bruce Hangen, Conductor; Donna Ames, Adam Klein, Robert Perry, Bonnie Scarpelli, Principal Cast.
* Dona D. Vaughn has directed every production.
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Rosina (Lauren McNeese) and her maid (Emily Marvosh) in 2007's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia."
2005's "Carmen" (Kate Aldrich) and Don Jose (Richard Troxell).
Carmen (Kate Aldrich) and Don Jose (Richard Troxell) in PORTopera's production of "Carmen," 2005.
PORTopera's first-rate chorus in the chaotic end of Act 1, "Il Barbiere di
Siviglia," 2007. Russ Burleigh Photo.