The November 1966
Cav/Pag brought the noteworthy conductor Emerson Buckley to Seattle; coincidentally, his son Richard Buckley would later become an associate conductor with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. The husband-and-wife team of James McCracken and Sandra Warfield, who had sung
Samson and Dalila the season before, returned to sing the ill-fated Turiddu and Santuzza.
James McCracken (Turiddu) and Sandra Warfield (Santuzza) in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, 1966. © Margaret Marshall
James McCracken (Turiddu) in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, 1966. © Margaret Marshall
James McCraken (Turiddu) and Haroldo Lara (Alfio) in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, 1966. © Margaret Marshall
Sandra Warfield (Santuzza), James McCracken (Turiddu) and Janet Meyer (Lola) in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, 1966. © Margaret Marshall
Thelma Salvesen (Mamma Lucia) and James McCracken (Turiddu) in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, 1966. © Margaret Marshall
Francesca Roberto (Nedda) and Roald Reitan (Silvio) in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, 1966. © Margaret Marshall
Raphael Sevilla (Beppe), Abe Polakoff (Tonio), James McCracken (Canio), Emerson Buckley (Conductor), Francesca Roberto (Nedda), Roald Reitan (Silvio), Hugh Thompson (Stage Director) and Henry Holt (Assistant Conductor) in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, 1966. © Margaret Marshall
