HISTORY OF
LOS ANGELES CIVIC LIGHT
OPERA SHOWS
| Year |
Repertoire |
Artists |
| 1938 |
Blossom Time
|
John Charles Thomas, Francia White,
Melville Cooper |
| Student Prince |
Stanley Morner (Dennis Morgan), Delia
Lind |
| New Moon |
George Houston, Francia White, Sterling
Holloway |
| Roberta |
Bob Hope, Tamara, Ray Middleton, Donald
Novis, Carole Landis |
| 1939 |
Cat and the Fiddle
|
Helen Gahagan, George Houston, Odette
Myrtil |
| Desert Song |
Allan Jones, Margarete Carlisle, Sterling
Holloway |
| Waltz Dream |
John Garrick, Francia White |
| Gypsy Baron |
John Charles Thomas, Vivian Della Chiesa,
Irene Manning, Billy Gilbert |
| 1940 |
Show Boat
|
John Boles, Norma Terris, Paul Robeson,
Guy Kibbee, Helen Morgan |
| H.M.S. Pinafore and Savoy Serenade |
John Charles Thomas, Alice Gentle, Irene
Manning, Melville Cooper, Jerome Hines, John Raitt |
| Merry Widow |
Jarmila Novotna, Walter Woolf King |
| Red Mill |
Sterling Holloway, Dorothy Stone, Charles
Collins, Gwen Verdon |
| 1941 |
Rio Rita |
Joe E. Brown, Peter Lind Hayes, Walter
Cassel, Mary Healy, Maria Tallchief, Roy Fitzell |
| Naughty Marietta |
Francia White, Wilbur Evans, Sterlig
Holloway |
| Chocolate Soldier |
John Charles Thomas, Irene Manning,
Irra Petina, Billy Gilbert |
| Cabin in the Sky |
Ethel Waters, Todd Duncan, Katherine
Dunham, Dooley Wilson |
| 1942 |
Vagabond King |
Bob Lawrence, Dorothy Sandlin, John
Carradine, Marthe Errolle, Felix Knight |
| Bitter Sweet |
Muriel Angelus, John Howard, Corrina
Mura |
| Music in the Air |
John Charles Thomas, Irra Petina, Francis
Lederer, Jan Clayton, Al Shean |
| Hit the Deck |
Eddie Foy, Jr., Joan Robards, Frank
Albertson, Jack Durant |
| 1943 |
Porgy and Bess
|
Todd Duncan, Etta Moten, Ruby Elzy, Avon Long |
| Gypsy Baron |
Irra Petina, John Tyers, Billy Gilbert,
Sig Arno |
| Firefly |
Francia White, John Tyers, Melville
Cooper, Odette Myrtil, Al Shean, Rudolf Friml |
| Lady in the Dark |
Gertrude Lawrence, Eric Brotherson,
Gugh Marlowe, Willard Parker, Richard Hale |
| 1944 |
Show Boat |
Gene Lockhart, Marthe Errolle, Lansing
Hatfield, Carol Bruce, Todd Duncan |
| New Moon |
Helena Bliss, Walter Cassel, Sterling
Holloway |
| Song of Norway |
Irra Petina, Walter Cassel, Helena Bliss,
Robert Shafer, Sig Arno, Walter Kingsford, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo |
| Sally |
Billy Gilbert, Jane Deering |
| 1945 |
Desert Song |
Walter Cassel, Dorothy Sarnoff, Sterling
Holloway, Clarissa, George London |
| Red Mill |
Eddie Foy, Jr., Dorothy Stone, Charles
Collins, Odette Myrtil, Lee Dixon |
| Carmen Jones |
Muriel Smith, Inez Matthews, Lavern
Hutcherson, Napoleon Reed |
| Rose Marie |
Irene Manning, Walter Cassel, Eddie
Foy, Jr., Frances McCann |
| 1946 |
Vagabond King
|
John Tyers, Dorothy Sarnoff, Marguerite
Piazza, Eduardo Cianelli |
| Roberta |
Luba Malina, George Britton, Nana Bryant,
Gilbert Russell, Tom Ewell, Mitzi Gaynor |
| Bloomer Girl |
Nanette Fabray, Dick Smart, Dooley Wilson
|
| Gypsy Lady |
Helena Bliss, John Tyers, Walter Catlett,
Gene Lockhart |
| 1947 |
Song of Norway
|
Irra Petina, Lawrence Brooks, Robert
Shafer, Nana Bryant, Sig Arno, Walter Kingsford |
| Rosalinda |
Wilbur Evans, Irene Manning, Hugh Herbert,
Rosemarie Brancato, Oscar Karlweis |
| Three Musketeers |
John Tyers, Polyna Stoska/Frances McCann,
Marthe Erolle, Clarissa, Carol Haney |
| Louisiana Purchase |
William Gaxton, Vera Zorina, Victor
Moore, Irene Bordoni, Harold Mattox |
| 1948 |
Annie Get Your Gun
|
Mary Martin |
| Naughty Marietta |
Susanna Foster, Wilbru Evans, Edward
Everett Horton, Mitzi Gerber (Gaynor) |
| Sweethearts |
Bobby Clark |
| Magdalena |
Irra Petina, John Raitt, Dorothy Sarnoff,
Hugo Haas, Jack Cole Dancers |
| 1949 |
The Great Waltz |
Walter Slezak, Dorothy Sarnoff, Melva
Niles, Charles Fredericks, Mitzi Gerber (Gaynor), Sig Arno, Eric Brotherson
|
| Brigadoon |
David Brooks, Priscilla Gillette, Pamela
Britton, Robert Smith |
| Kiss Me, Kate |
Anne Jeffreys, Keith Andes, Marc Platt,
Julie Wilson |
| High Button Shoes |
Eddie Foy, Jr., Jack Whiting, Audrey
Meadows |
| Finian’s Rainbow |
Joe Yule, Charles Davis |
| 1950 |
Chocolate Soldier |
Wilbur Evans, Marion Bell, Salvatore
Baccaloni, Ralph Dumke |
| South Pacific |
Janet Blair, Richard Eastham, Ray Walston
|
| Rose Marie |
Patrice Munsel, Walter Cassel, Jack
Goode, Ollie Franks, George Britton, Clarissa, Jean Fenn |
| Lost in the Stars |
Todd Duncan |
| Sadler’s Wells Ballet |
Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer, Robert
Helpmann |
| 1951 |
Where’s Charley? |
Ray Bolger |
| Merry Widow |
Paul Henreid, Carl Brisson, Jane Pickens,
Robert Rounseville, Jean Fenn |
| Three Wishes for Jamie |
Ralph Dumke, Sig Arno |
| Guys and Dolls |
John Raitt, Marion Bell, Cecil Kellaway,
Allan Jones, Jan Clayton, Pamela Britton, Julie Oshins |
| 1952 |
Judy Garland Show
|
Judy Garland |
| Song of Norway |
Helena Bliss, John Tyers, Jean Fenn,
Sig Arno, Robert Rounseville, Walter Kingsford |
| Call Me Madam |
Elaine Stritch, Kent Smith |
| South Pacific |
Janet Blair, Webb Tilton, Irene Bordoni
|
| Jollyanna |
Bobby Clark, Mitzi Gaynor, John Beal,
Bil Baird’s Marionettes |
| Don Juan in Hell |
Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Cedric
Hardwicke, Agnes Moorehead |
| Danny Kaye Show |
Danny Kaye |
| 1953 |
Carousel |
William Johnson, Jan Clayton, Betta
St. John, Murvyn Vye |
| The Great Waltz |
Dorothy Kirsten, John Charles Thomas,
Bill Shirley, Sig Arno, Florence Henderson, Eric Brotherson, Fred Essler,
Ralph Morgan, Virginia Gibson, John Banner |
| Carnival in Flanders |
Dolores Gray, John Raitt, Matt Mattox
|
| Kismet |
Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow, John Diener,
Henry Calvin |
| John Brown’s Body |
Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Raymond Massey |
| 1954 |
Brigadoon
|
William Johnson, Dorothy MacNeil, Pamela
Britton, Robert Smith, Matt Mattox |
| The King and I |
Yul Brynner, Patricia Morison, Terry
Saunders |
| Porgy and Bess |
Cab Calloway |
| Peter Pan |
Marty Martin, Syril Ritchard |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Stanley
Holloway |
| 1955 |
Kiss Me, Kate |
Jean Fenn, Bob, Wright, Harold Lang,
Pat Crowley |
| The Pajama Game |
Fran Warren, Larry Douglas, Buster West,
Pat Stanley |
| Kismet |
William Johnson, Julie Wilson, Henry
Calvin, Beatrice Kraft |
| Plain and Fancy |
Alexis Smith, Craig Stevens, Barbara
Cook |
| 1956 |
Rosalinda |
Cyril Ritchard, The Wiere Brothers,
Jean Fenn, Lois Hunt, Bob Wright, Sig Arno |
| Silk Stockings |
Don Ameche, Jan Sherwood, Gretchen Wyler,
George Tobias |
| Damn Yankees |
Bobby Clark, Sherry O’Neil, Allen Case
|
| The Boy Friend |
Jo Ann Bayless, John Hewer |
| 1957 |
My Fair Lady |
Brian Aherne, Anne Rogers, Charles
Victor, Hugh Dempster |
| South Pacific |
Mary Martin, Giorgio Tozzi, Myron McCormick,
Richard Banke |
| Annie Get Your Gun |
Mary Martin, John Raitt, Reta Shaw |
| Fanny |
Italo Tajo, Claude Dauphin, Doretta
Morrow, Sig Arno |
| 1958 |
The King and I |
Gisele MacKenzie, Cameron Mitchell,
Richard Banke |
| The Most Happy Fella |
Robert Weede, Jo Sullivan, Art Lund
|
| At The Grand |
Paul Muni, Joan Diener, Cesare Danova,
Neile Adams, John Banner |
| The Music Man |
Forrest Tucker, Joan Weldon, Cliff Hall,
Benny Baker |
| 1959 |
Bells are Ringing |
Judy Holliday, Hal Linden, Alice Pearce
|
| My Fair Lady |
Michael Evans, Diane Todd, Charles Victor,
Hugh Dempster |
| West Side Story |
Larry Kert, Sonya Wilde, Devra Korwin
|
| Oklahoma |
Jacquelyn McKeever, James Hurst, Bobby
Van, Jules Munshin, Helen Gallagher, Murvyn Vye, Reta Shaw, Don Beddoe |
| 1960 |
Redhead |
Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley |
| Flower Drum Song |
Elaine Dunn, Juanita Hall, Keye Luke,
Ed Kenney, Jack Soo, Cely Carrillo |
| Show Boat |
Joe E. Brown, Andy Devine, Julie Wilson,
Lawrence Winters, Eddie Foy, Jr., Jacquelyn McKeever, Richard Banke, Ruta
Lee |
| Destry Rides Again |
John Raitt, Anne Jeffreys, Tom Tully,
Philip Reed |
| 1961 |
The Merry Widow |
Patrice Munsel, Bob Wright, Jean Fenn,
Gale Gordon, Sig Arno |
| Bye Bye Birdie |
Elaine Dunn, Bill Hayes, Joan Blondell
|
| The Sound of Music |
Florence Henderson |
| Guys and Dolls |
Dan Dailey, Janis Paige, Shelley Berman,
Constance Towers, Allen Jenkins, Joey Faye, Maxie Rosenbloom |
| Gypsy |
Ethel Merman, Julienne Marie, Alfred
Sander |
| 1962 |
Song of Norway |
Patrice Munsel, John Reardon, Dorothy
Coulter, Frank Porretta, Sig Arno, Jerome Cowan, Marilyn Niska |
| Carnival |
Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ed Ames, James
Mitchell, Jo Anne Worley, Johnny Haymer |
| Kismet |
Alfred Drake, Lee Venora, Anne Jeffreys
|
| Oliver! |
Georgia Brown, Clive Reville |
| 1963 |
Camelot
|
Kathryn Grayson, Louis Hayward, Arthur
Treacher |
| Carousel |
John Raitt, Jan Clayton, Claramae Turner,
Frank Porretta |
| How to Succeed… |
Dick Kallman, Dyan Cannon, Willard Waterman
|
| Zenda |
Alfred Drake, Anne Rogers, Chita Rivera |
| 1964 |
Kiss Me, Kate |
Patrice Munsel, Robert Wright, Elizabeth
Allen, Allen Jenkins, Lennie Weinrib, Roy Fizell, Lyle Talbot, Don Beddoe,
Virginia Capers, Avon Long |
| Little Me |
Sid Caesar |
| Here’s Love |
John Payne, Lisa Kirk, Laurence Naismith
|
| 110 in the Shade |
Inga Swenson, Ray Danton, Stephen Douglass,
Will Geer, Lesley Warren |
| 1965 |
The King and I |
Ricardo Montalban, Florence Henderson,
Lee Venora, Frank Porretta, Jean Sanders, Terence Monk |
| Pickwick |
Harry Secombe, David Jones |
| The Great Waltz |
Giorgio Tozzi, Jean Fenn, Frank Porretta,
Anita Gillette, Leo Fuchs, Wilbur Evans, Eric Brotherson |
| Hello, Dolly! |
Carol Channing |
| 1966 |
Fiddler on the Roof
|
Luther Adler |
| Funny Girl |
Marilyn Michaels, Anthony George |
| Student Prince |
Frank Porretta, Eileen Christy, Hans
Conried, Walter Cassel, Murray Matheson, Irra Petina |
| Half a Sixpence |
Dick Kallman, Anne Rogers |
| 1967 |
Man of La Mancha |
Richard Kiley, Joan Diener |
| Walking Happy |
Norman Wisdom, Anne Rogers, George Rose
|
| Dumas and Son! |
Inla TeWiata, Frank Porretta, Constance
Towers, Hermione Gingold, Edward Everett Horton |
| Show Boat |
Pat O’Brien, Eddie Foy, Jr., Eileen
Christy, John Tyers, Gale Sherwood, Audrey Christie |
| Hello, Dolly! |
Ginger Rogers, David Burns |
| 1968 |
Cabaret
|
Signe Hasso, Leo Fuchs, Melissa Hart
|
| Mame |
Angela Lansbury |
| Rosalinda |
Jean Fenn, Cyril Ritchard, Hans Conried,
The Wiere Brothers, Barbara Meister |
| I Do! I Do! |
Mary Martin, Robert Preston |
| 1969 |
My Fair Lady
|
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Margot Moser,
Douglas Campbell, Reginald Gardiner, Cathleen Nesbitt, Terence Monk |
| George M! |
Joel Grey |
| 1491 |
John Cullum, Jean Fenn, Chita Rivera,
Gino Conforti |
| Fiddler on the Roof |
Harry Goz |
| Man of La Mancha |
Jose Ferrer, Maura K. Wedge |
| Joffrey Ballet |
Luis Fuente, Erika Goodman, Gary Chryst |
| 1970 |
Zorba |
John Raitt, Barbara Baxley, Chita Rivera
|
| Promises, Promises |
Anthony Roberts, Melissa Hart |
| 1776 |
Patrick Bedford, Rex Everhart, Jon Cypher
|
| Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen |
Kenneth Nelson, Ron Husmann, Bernie
West, David Burns, Eleanor Calbes |
| Musical Theater Cavalcade |
Juliet Prowse, Bob Wright, Jean Fenn,
Frank Porretta, John Reardon, Gilbert Price, Joyce Bryant, William Friml,
Sterling Holloway, John Green |
| 1971 |
Coco
|
Katharine Hepburn |
| Company |
George Chakiris, Elaine Stritch |
| Knickerbocker Holiday |
Burt Lancaster, David Holliday, Anita
Gillette |
| Candide |
Frank Porretta, Mary Costa, Douglas Campbell |
| 1972 |
Applause |
Lauren Bacall, Dchastain, Penny Fuller
|
| No, No, Nanette |
June Allyson, Dennis Day, Sandra Deel,
Judy Canova, Jerry Antes |
| The Rothschilds |
Hal Linden, C. David Colson |
| The Sound of Music |
Sally Ann Howes, Bob Wright, Werner
Klemperer, Patricia Morison, Jean Sanders |
| 1973 |
Oliver! |
Ron Moody, Karen Morrow, David Jones,
Colin Duffy, Jon Cypher |
| Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Jonelle Allen, Clifton Davis, Stockard
Channing, Larry Kert |
| Gigi |
Alfred Drake, Agnes Moorehead, Maria
Karnilova, Daniel Massey, Terese Stevens |
| Gone With The Wind |
Lesley Ann Warren, Pernell Roberts,
Terence Monk, Udana Power |
| 1974 |
The King and I |
Ricardo Montalban, Sally Ann Howes,
Emily Yancy, Helen Bliss/Jean Sanders, David Cryer |
| Porgy and Bess |
Clamma Dale, Leona Mitchell, LaVerne
Williams, Robert Mosley, Thomas Carey, Ralph Wilcox, Robert Monroe, James
Randolph, Carol Brice, Ruby Jones |
| Mack & Mabel |
Robert Preston, Bernadette Peters, Lisa
Kirk, James Mitchell |
| Fiddler on the Roof |
Robert Merrill, Peg Murray, Michael
Kermoyan, Helen Verbit, Richard Balin, Larry Ross, Helena Grenot, Judy Kaye,
Elizabeth Hale, Fred Weiss, Fyv Finkel, Baruch Lumet |
| Sugar |
Robert Morse, Larry Kert, Gale Gordon,
Leland Palmer, Steve Condos, Girginia Martin, Joe Ross |
| 1975 |
How to Succeed… |
Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Penny Worth,
Joy Claussen, Christian Grey, Sammy Smith, John Myhers, Ruth Kobart, Mary
Jo Catlett, Bill Mullikin |
| Odyssey |
Yul Brynner, Joan Diener, Russ Thacker,
Diana Davila, Martin Vidnovic, Shev Rodgers |
| Wonderful Town |
Nanette Fabray, George Gaynes, Marti
Rolph, Jack Kruschen, Mary Wickes/Fran Ryan, Joseph Burke, Fredd Wayne |
| Camelot |
Robert Goulet/Edward Mulhare, Carol
Lawrence/Anne Rogers, Ron Husmann, Victor Buono/Gale Gordon |
| 1976 |
The Baker’s Wife |
Topol, Carole Demas/Patti LuPone, Keene
Curtis, Kurt Peterson, David Rounds, Timothy Jerome |
| The Wiz |
Ren Woods/Renee Harris, Ben Harney,
Valentino, Ted Ross/Ken Prymus, Andre DeShields, Dee Dee Bridgewater/Roz
Clark, Vivian Bonnell, Ella Mitchell |
| Kismet |
John Reardon, Rhonda Fleming, Victoria
Mallory, George Gaynes, Martin Vidnovic, Jack Manning |
| Pacific Overtures |
Mako, Soo-Teck Oh, Sab Shimono, Haruki
Fujimoto/Kenneth S. Eiland, Isao Sato |
| 1977 |
Irma La Douce |
Larry Kert, Priscilla Lopez, George
S. Irving, H.F. Green, Mickey Morton |
| Annie Get Your Gun |
Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Gavin
MacLeod, Bibi Osterwald, Art Lund, Manu Tupou, Don Potter, Peter Bruni |
| The Wiz |
Renee Harris, Ben Harney, Ken Prymus,
Charles Valentino, Kamal, Vivian Bonnell, Roz Clark, Carolyn Miller |
| Shine It On |
Liza Minnelli, Barry Nelson |
| 1978 |
Chicago |
Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera, Jerry Orbach, Mary McCarty |
| Pippin |
Michael Rupert, Larry Riley, Eric Berry, Thelma Carpenter |
| Pal Joey '78 |
Lena Horne, Clifton Davis, Josephine Premice |
| The Sound of Music |
Florence Henderson, Edward Mulhare, Jean Fenn |
| 1979 |
Evita |
Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin, Bob Gunton |
| Dancin' |
The National Company |
| On The 20th Century |
Rock Hudson, Judy Kaye, Imogene Coca |
| Bells Are Ringing |
Florence Henderson, Dean Jones |
| 1980 |
Guys and Dolls |
Milton Berle, Jed Allan, Maureen Arthur, Elizabeth Hansen, Taylor Reed |
| The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
Stuart Baker-Bergen, Mace Barrett, Donna Bullock, Shirley Chester |
| On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
Robert Goulet, Joanna Gleason, Sally Kemp, Bill Biskup, Rod Loomis, Elizabeth Savage |
| 1981 |
Little Johnny Jones |
David Cassidy, Jack Bittner, Maureen Brennan, Randall Easterbrook, Jane Galloway |
| The Pirates of Penzance |
Barry Bostwick, Pam Dawber, Andy Gibb, Clive Revill, Jo Ann Worley |
| Sweeney Todd |
Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Ken Jennings, Edmund Lyndeck, Cris Groenendaal |
| Fiddler on the Roof |
Herschel Bernardi, Chevi Colton, Ruth Jaroslow, Paul Lipson |
| 1982 |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
Debbie Boone, David James Carroll, Craig Peralta, Nancy Fox, Jeff Calhoun |
| A Doll’s Life |
George Hearn, Betsy Joslyn, Peter Gallagher, Edmund Lyndeck, Barbara Lang |
| Show Boat |
Donald O’Connor, Lonette McKee, Jacque Trussel, Sheryl Woods, Karla Burns |
| Hello, Dolly! |
Carol Channing, Tom Batten, Pamela Kalt, Jan Neuberger, John Gallogly, P.J.Nelson |
| Boston Ballet / Don Quixote |
Rudolph Nureyev |
| 1983 |
Zorba |
Anthony Quinn, Lila Kedrova, Robert Westenberg, Taro Meyer, Charles Karel |
| Woman of the Year |
Lauren Bacall, Harry Guardino, Emory Bass, Marilyn Cooper, Kathleen Freeman |
| Chaplin |
Anthony Newley, Andrea Marcovicci, Jim MacGeorge Scott Grimes, John Allee |
| Nine |
Segio Franchi, Leigh Beery, Jacqueline Douguet Diane M. Hurley, Lauren Mitchell |
| 1984 |
Evita |
Florence Lacey, Tim Bowman, John Leslie Wolfe, Donna Marie Elio, Michael Licata |
| Doug Henning’s World of Magic |
Doug Henning, Debbie Henning, Victor Heineman, D.J. Mergenthaler, Gina Rose |
| La Cage aux Folles |
Gene Barry, Walter Charles, Carol Teitel Joseph Breen, Robert Burr, Mollie Smith |
| Sugar |
Joe Namath, Robert Morse, Jack Carter, Mary Ann O’Reilly, Steve Condos, Kelly Britt |
| 1985 |
Sweet Charity |
Debbie Allen, Michael Rupert, Bebe Neuwirth, Allison Williams, Mark Jacoby, Carol Alt |
| South Pacific |
Richard Kiley, Meg Bussert, Novella Nelson, Brent Barrett, Al Mancini, Jade Go |
| 1986 |
Me and My Girl |
Robert Lindsay, Maryann Plunkett, George S. Irving, Jane Summerhays |
| On Your Toes |
Natalia Makarova, Dina Merrill, Lana Teeter, George de la Pena, Michael Kermoyan |
| 1987 |
Cabaret |
Joel Grey, Alyson Reed , Regina Resnick, Werner Klemperer, Greg Edelman, David Staller |
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