IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year Season Operational Leadership
Organizational
Leadership/Governance Artistic Director Opera 1 Opera 2 Opera 3 Opera 4
1950
1951 [2nd?]
Henry Hobart, General
Director
The Sweet-Sixteen Opera
Company at Opera Workshop
at Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony (Federated Music Clubs
of Arkansas and Oklahoma)
Music and Artistic Director
Constance Eberhart
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
1952
1. [3rd?] ["1952"
handwritten on Music
Festival program]. 2.
["1952" handwritten
on Sweet-Sixteen
Opera Company
Hansel and Gretel
program]
1. Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir. 2. Henry Hobart,
General Director
1. Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Music Festival (Five
Nights). 2. The Sweet-Sixteen
Opera Company at Opera
Workshop at Inspiration Point
Fine Arts Colony (Federated
Music Clubs of Arkansas and
Oklahoma)
1. Opera Conductor Dr. Louis
May. 2. Music and Artistic
Director Constance Eberhart
1. Martha (von
Flotow). 2.
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
1. Marriage by
Lantern Light
(Offenbach)
1. Trial by Jury
(Gilbert and
Sullivan)
1. Hansel and
Gretel
(Humperdinck)
1953
[4th?] ["1953"
handwritten on
photocopy] (no
program found yet
3/1/16)
Prof. Henry Hobart,
Director of the Inspiration
Point Fine Arts Colony
KAN-ARK-OMA Youth Opera
Company (Federated Music
Clubs of Arkansas, Kansas, and
Oklahoma)
Summer Opera Workshop
directed by Constance
Eberhart
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
Martha (von
Flotow) [shown in
compiled 1951-
1964 repertory list
in 1965 program]
Trial by Jury
(Gilbert and
Sullivan) [shown
in compiled 1951-
1964 repertory list
in 1965 program]
Bartered Bride
(Smetana) [shown
in compiled 1951-
1964 repertory list
in 1965 program]
1954 [5th?]
Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir.; Roland Earsom,
Business Manager
Opera Workshop Director
Constance Eberhart
Prodigal Son
(Debussy)
The Maid as
Mistress [The
Wilful Wench? La
Serva Padrona?]
(Pergolesi)
Game of Love
(Petit)
The Willow Tree
(Cadman)
1955 [6th?]
Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir.; Roland Earsom,
Business Manager
Opera Workshop Director
Constance Eberhart
Prodigal Son
(Debussy)
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
Game of Love
(Petit)
Riders to the Sea
(Vaughan
Williams)
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
Opera 5 Opera 6 Opera 7 Opera 8 Opera 9 Opera 10 Opera 11 Opera 12 Opera 13
The Gooseherd
and the Goblin (J.
Smith) [shown in
compiled 1951-
1964 repertory list
in 1965 program]
Don Pasquale
(Donizetti)
Martha Act II (von
Flotow)
Tales of Hoffman
Act IV (Offenbach)
The Lantern
Marriage
[Marriage by
Lantern Light]
(Offenbach)
Bastien and
Bastienne
(Mozart)
Shanewis
(Cadman)
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
Coffee is King (J.S.
Bach)
Solomon and
Balkis (Thompson)
Old Maid and the
Thief (Menotti)
The Frantic
Physician
(Gounod)
Shanewis
(Cadman)
Tales of Hoffman
(Offenbach)
Elixir of Love
(Donizetti)
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year Season Operational Leadership
Organizational
Leadership/Governance Artistic Director Opera 1 Opera 2 Opera 3 Opera 4
1956 7th
Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir.; Roland Earsom,
Business Manager
Constance Eberhart, Opera
Workshop Director)
Bastien and
Bastienne
(Mozart)
Così Fan Tutte
(Mozart)
Amahl and the
Night Visitors
(Menotti)
The Medium
(Menotti)
1957 8th
Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir.; Roland Earsom,
Business Manager
Constance Eberhart, Opera
Workshop Director; Guest
Director and Artistic Counselor
Isaac Van Grove
The Wilful Wench
(La Serva Padrona,
by Pergolesi)
The Tales of
Hoffman
(Offenbach)
Così Fan Tutte
(Mozart)
What Men Live By
(Martinu)
1958 9th
Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir.; Roland Earsom,
Business Manager
Board of Directors President
Dr. Eugene S. Briggs
Constance Eberhart, Opera
Workshop Director; Artistic
Counselor and Director Isaac
Van Grove
Bastien and
Bastienne
(Mozart)
Robin and Marion
(de la Halle)
The Proposal
([Gerald Humel?];
lists Debussy)
Love Is a Game
(Petit)
1959 10th Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec. Dir.
Board of Directors Exec.
Comm. President Dr. Eugene S.
Briggs
Artistic Director Isaac Van
Grove
Martha (von
Flotow)
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
Love Is a Game
(Game of Love,
Petit)
The Lantern
Marriage
(Offenbach)
1960 11th
Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir.; Hazel Post Gillette,
Business Manager
Inspiration Point Board of
Directors Exec. Comm.
President Dr. Eugene S. Briggs
Artistic Director Isaac Van
Grove
Smoky Mountain
(Hunkins)
The Other Wise
Man (Van Grove)
The Magic Flute
(Mozart)
The Frantic
Physician (Moliere-
Gounod)
1961 12th
Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir.; Business Manager Dr.
Hazel Post Gillette
Inspiration Point Board of
Directors Exec. Comm.
President Dr. Eugene S. Briggs
Artistic Director Dr. Isaac Van
Grove
Draagenfoot Girl
(World Premiere,
Kupferman / Van
Grove)
Love Is a Game
(Game of Love,
Petit)
The Village
Sorceress (Mozart
/ Bair) Faust (Gounod)
1962 13th
Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir.; Edwin Earsom,
Business Manager
Inspiration Point Board of
Directors President Dr. Eugene
S. Briggs
Artistic Director Dr. Isaac Van
Grove
The Other Wise
Man (Van Grove)
Bartered Bride
(Smetana)
The Beautiful
Galatea (von
Suppe)
Così Fan Tutte
(Mozart)
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year
1950
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
Opera 5 Opera 6 Opera 7 Opera 8 Opera 9 Opera 10 Opera 11 Opera 12 Opera 13
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
Riders to the Sea
(Vaughan
Williams)
Pickwick (Burnand
and Solomon)
The Prodigal Son
(Debussy)
Sunday Costs Five
Pesos (Haubiel)
Smoky Mountain
(Hunkins)
The Play of Robin
and Marion (de la
Halle / Van Grove)
The Prodigal Son
(Debussy)
Bastien and
Bastienne
(Mozart)
Amahl and the
Night Visitors
(Menotti) Carmen (Bizet)
Smoky Mountain
(Hunkins)
Shanewis
(Cadman)
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
I Pagliacci
(Leoncavallo)
What Men Live By
(Martinu)
The Proposal
([Gerald Humel?];
lists Debussy)
The Witch of
Salem (Cadman)
The Lantern
Marriage
(Marriage by
Lantern Light,
Offenbach)
The Prodigal Son
(Debussy)
The Headless
Horseman
(Moore) Gallantry (Moore)
The Prodigal Son
(Debussy)
The Proposal
(Gerald Humel?)
Robin and Marion
(de la Halle / Van
Grove)
The Other Wise
Man (World
premiere, Van
Grove)
The Impressario
(Mozart / Bair)
Bastien and
Bastienne (Mozart
/ Bair)
Sunday Costs Five
Pesos (Haubiel)
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck) Bluebeard (Foster)
The Gondoliers
(Gilbert and
Sullivan)
The Impressario
(Mozart / Bair)
Barber of Seville
(Rossini)
The Beautiful
Galatea (von
Suppe)
The Impressario
(Mozart / Bair)
The Medium
(Menotti) Bluebeard (Foster)
Laundry Romance
(Carl Ditters von
Dittersdorf / Bair)
The Prodigal Son
(Debussy)
Robin and Marion
(de la Halle / Van
Grove)
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Organizational
Leadership/Governance Artistic Director Opera 1 Opera 2 Opera 3 Opera 4
1963 14th
Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir.; Wenonah Williams,
Camp Manager
Inspiration Point Board of
Directors President Mrs. Hal H.
McHaney
Director of the Opera
Workshop Dr. Clifford Bair
Solomon and
Balkis (Thompson)
Amahl and the
Night Visitors
(Menotti)
Ten Maidens and
No Man (von
Suppe; English
version by Nagy)
Smoky Mountain
(Hunkins)
1964 15th
Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir.; Wenonah Williams,
Camp Manager
Inspiration Point Board of
Directors President Beulah
Hale McHaney
Artistic Supervisor of the
Opera Workshop Dr. Isaac Van
Grove; Director of the Opera
Workshop Dr. Clifford Bair Cindy (Reiners)
Ten Maidens and
No Man (von
Suppe)
Sister Angelica
(Puccini; English
version by
Withers)
Trial by Jury
(Gilbert and
Sullivan)
1965
[16th] (brochure with
tentative repertory,
and typewritten
photocopy)
Dr. Henry Hobart, Exec.
Dir.; Wenonah Williams,
Camp Manager
Artistic Supervisor Opera
Workshop Dr. Isaac Van Grove Mignon (Thomas)
Juggler of Notre
Dame (Our Lady's
Juggler, Massenet)
The Gondoliers
(Gilbert and
Sullivan)
The Chocolate
Soldier (Oskar
Straus)
1966
[17th] typewritten
photocopy
Duane Cline, Executive
Director
Artistic Director of Opera
Workshop Dr. Isaac Van Grove
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini)
Down in the Valley
(Weill)
Marriage of Figaro
(Mozart)
1967 18th
Hazel Post Gillette,
Business Manager;
Wenonah Williams, Camp
Manager
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Mrs. Hal H.
McHaney
Artistic Administrator,
Director, and Conductor Isaac
Van Grove
The Other Wise
Man (Van Grove) Ruth (Van Grove)
The Elixir of Love
(Donizetti; English
version by Ruth
and Thomas
Martin)
Ten Maidens and
No Man (von
Suppe)
1968 19th
Hazel Post Gillette,
Business Manager-Camp
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Mrs. Hal H.
McHaney
Artistic Director and
Conductor Isaac Van Grove La Traviata (Verdi)
Ten Maidens and
No Man (von
Suppe)
Così Fan Tutte
(Mozart)
Down in the Valley
(Weill)
1969 20th
Dewey F. Curry, Exec. Dir.;
Eva E. Curry, Business
Manager
Artistic Director and
Conductor Isaac Van Grove
Don Giovanni
(Mozart)
The Gondoliers
(Gilbert and
Sullivan)
Ten Maidens and
No Man (von
Suppe / Van
Grove)
Ruth (Isaac Van
Grove)
1970 21st
G.F. Alcott, Business
Manager
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Mrs. Hal H.
McHaney
Artistic Director Isaac Van
Grove
The Shining
Chalice (Van
Grove)
The Impressario
(Mozart)
Robin and Marion
(de la Halle; Van
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
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1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
Opera 5 Opera 6 Opera 7 Opera 8 Opera 9 Opera 10 Opera 11 Opera 12 Opera 13
The Old Maid and
the Thief
(Menotti)
The Music Master
(Pergolesi; English
version by Bair)
The Frantic
Physician
(Gounod)
Martha (von
Flotow)
Antigone
(Sophocles,
Drama)
Madama Butterfly
(Belasco, Drama)
I Pagliacci
(Leoncavallo)
The Shining
Chalice (World
premiere, by Isaac
Van Grove)
Gypsy Baron (J.
Strauss, Jr.)
Robin and Marion
(de la Halle / Van
Grove)
The Shining
Chalice (Van
Grove)
Sister Angelica
(Puccini)
Child of Promise
(Hunkins,
Ballet/Drama)
Dido and Aeneas
(Purcell; concert
form) Falstaff (Verdi)
Elijah
(Mendelssohn)
concert
The Proposal
(Gerald Humel)
Don Quixote de la
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Year Season Operational Leadership
Organizational
Leadership/Governance Artistic Director Opera 1 Opera 2 Opera 3 Opera 4
1971 22nd
G.F. Alcott, Business
Manager
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Mrs. Dean Stewart
Artistic Director Isaac Van
Grove Carmen (Bizet)
Ten Maidens and
No Man (von
Suppe / Van
Grove)
The Lovely Galatea
(von Suppe / Van
Grove)
The Other Wise
Man (Van Grove)
1972 23rd
G.F. Alcott, Business
Manager
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Mrs. Dean Stewart
Artistic Director and
Conductor Isaac Van Grove
Don Giovanni
(Mozart) Rigoletto (Verdi)
The Miracles of
Our Lady (Van
Grove)
Down in the Valley
(Weill)
1973 24th
G.F. Alcott, Business
Manager
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Mrs. Dean Stewart
Artistic Director Isaac Van
Grove
The Magic Flute
(Mozart)
La Bohème
(Puccini)
Noe's Fludde
(Anonymous / Van
Grove)
Ruth (Isaac Van
Grove)
1974 25th
Thomas K. Wright, Exec.
Dir.
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Mrs. Dean H.
Stewart
Artistic Director and
Conductor Isaac Van Grove Faust (Gounod)
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
La Serva Padrona
(The Maid as
Mistress)
(Pergolesi)
Noe's Fludde
(Anonymous / Van
Grove)
1975 26th
Thomas K. Wright, Exec.
Dir.
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Major Louie E. Dunn
Artistic Director Isaac Van
Grove
Robin and Marion
(de la Halle / Van
Grove) Ruth (Van Grove)
The Marriage of
Figaro (Mozart) La Traviata (Verdi)
1976 27th George McDow, Exec. Dir.
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Major Louie E. Dunn
Artistic Director Isaac Van
Grove Ruth (Van Grove)
The Impresario
(Mozart)
The Prodigal -- His
Wander-Years
(world premiere,
Van Grove /
Lovoos)
Manon
(Massenet)
1977 28th Maurine George, Exec. Dir.
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Louie E. Dunn
Artistic Director Isaac Van
Grove
The Prodigal -- His
Wander-Years
(Van Grove)
The Shining
Chalice (Van
Grove) Carmen (Bizet) Lakmé (Delibes)
1978 29th Jean Trusty, Exec. Dir.
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Dr. Vernon Baker
Artistic Director Dr. Isaac Van
Grove
Don Giovanni
(Mozart)
Bastien and
Bastienna (Mozart
/ English version
O. Paul)
Miracles of Our
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year
1950
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
Opera 5 Opera 6 Opera 7 Opera 8 Opera 9 Opera 10 Opera 11 Opera 12 Opera 13
Merry Wives of
Windsor (Nicolai)
The Green Tint
(McDaniel)
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini)
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year Season Operational Leadership
Organizational
Leadership/Governance Artistic Director Opera 1 Opera 2 Opera 3 Opera 4
1979 30th Jean Trusty, Exec. Dir.
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Dr. Vernon Baker
Acting Artistic Director Jeanice
Hobart; Opera Director and
Conductor Roger Cantrell
Albert Herring
(Britten)
La Serva Padrona
(The Maid
Mistress)
(Pergolesi)
Don Pasquale
(Donizetti)
Trial by Jury
(Gilbert and
Sullivan)
1980 [31st] Jean Trusty, Exec. Dir.
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Dr. Vernon Baker
Artistic Director Wenonah
Williams Ruth (Van Grove)
The Marriage of
Figaro (Mozart) Faust (Gounod)
The Old Maid and
the Thief
(Menotti)
1981 [32nd] `
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Board of Directors
President Col. Paul S. Cullen
General Director Wenonah
Williams Susannah (Floyd)
A Hand of Bridge
(Barber)
The Medium
(Menotti)
Gianni Schicchi
(Puccini)
1982 33rd
Dick Borland, Business
Manager
IPFAC Governing Board
President John Murphy
General Director Wenonah
Williams Carmen (Bizet)
The Magic Flute
(Mozart)
The Face on the
Barroom Floor
(Mollicone)
The Telephone
(Menotti)
1983 [34th]
Wenonah Williams,
General Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President John Murphy
Opera Director and Conductor
Roger Cantrell
Così Fan Tutte
(Mozart)
Suor Angelica
(Puccini) Ruth (Van Grove)
The Impresario
(Mozart)
1984 [35th]
John M. Murphy, Interim
General Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President John Murphy
Artist[ic?] Director Wenonah
Williams
Die Fledermaus (J.
Strauss, Jr.) La Traviata (Verdi)
Don Giovanni
(Mozart)
Captain Lovelock
(J. Duke) [Eureka
Springs Opera
Guild
presentation?]
1985 [36th]
John M. Murphy, Interim
General Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President John Murphy
Artistic Director Wenonah
Williams
La Périchole
(Offenbach)
The Marriage of
Figaro (Mozart)
Dido and Aeneas
(Purcell)
Un Ballo in
Maschera (Verdi)
1986 [37th]
General Director John M.
Murphy
IPFAC Governing Board
President John Murphy Music Director Mark Graf
Elixir of Love
(Donizetti)
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini)
Manon
(Massenet)
The Shining
Chalice (Van
Grove)
1987
1988 37th [actually 38th?]
John M. Murphy, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President John Murphy
Stage Director Carroll
Freeman; Music Director Mark
T. Ferrell
Tales of Hoffmann
(Offenbach)
Cavalleria
Rusticana
(Mascagni)
The Old Maid and
the Thief
(Menotti)
Albert Herring
(Britten)
Opera season cancelled due to tort liability legal issue
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year
1950
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
Opera 5 Opera 6 Opera 7 Opera 8 Opera 9 Opera 10 Opera 11 Opera 12 Opera 13
La Bohème
(Puccini)
Sunday Excursion
(Wilder)
Lucia di
Lammermoor
(Donizetti)
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year Season Operational Leadership
Organizational
Leadership/Governance Artistic Director Opera 1 Opera 2 Opera 3 Opera 4
1989 [39th]
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mrs. Edward P.
(Vivian Menees) Nelson
Artistic Director Carroll
Freeman
The Magic Flute
(Mozart)
Werther
(Massenet)
The Village Singer
(Paulus)
Gianni Schicchi
(Puccini)
1990 40th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mrs. Edward P.
(Vivian Menees) Nelson
Artistic Director Carroll
Freeman
La Bohème
(Puccini)
Dialogues of the
Carmelites
(Poulenc)
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck) Carmen (Bizet)
1991 41st
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mrs. Edward P.
(Vivian Menees) Nelson
Artistic Director Carroll
Freeman
The Pirates of
Penzance (Gilbert
and Sullivan)
The Turn of the
Screw (Britten)
Le Nozze di Figaro
(Mozart)
1992 42nd
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mrs. Edward P.
(Vivian Menees) Nelson
Artistic Director Carroll
Freeman
I Pagliacci
(Leoncavallo)
Signor Deluso
(Pasatieri)
La Cenerentola
(Rossini)
The Crucible
(Stambler/Ward/
Miller)
1993 43rd
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mrs. Edward P.
(Vivian Menees) Nelson
Artistic Director Carroll
Freeman
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini)
The Merry Widow
(Lehár)
The Medium
(Menotti)
The Old Maid and
the Thief
(Menotti)
1994 44th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mrs. Edward P.
(Vivian Menees) Nelson
Artistic Director Carroll
Freeman La Traviata (Verdi)
A Little Night
Music (Sondheim)
Così Fan Tutte
(Mozart)
1995 45th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mrs. Edward P.
(Vivian Menees) Nelson
Artistic Director Carroll
Freeman
The Barber of
Seville (Rossini) Lakmé (Delibes)
Street Scene
(Weill)
1996 46th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mary Prudie Brown
Artistic Director Carroll
Freeman
La Bohème
(Puccini)
Die Fledermaus (J.
Strauss, Jr.)
Don Giovanni
(Mozart)
1997 47th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mary Prudie Brown
Artistic Director / Principal
Stage Director Carroll Freeman
Les Contes
d'Hoffman
(Offenbach)
Suor Angelica
(Puccini)
Gianni Schicchi
(Puccini)
The Mikado
(Gilbert and
Sullivan)
1998 48th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mary Prudie Brown
Artistic Director / Stage
Director Carroll Freeman Carmen (Bizet)
Albert Herring
(Britten)
Die Zauberflöte
(Mozart)
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
1999 49th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mary Prudie Brown
Artistic Director / Principal
Stage Director / Conductor /
Costume Designer Carroll
Freeman
Cinderella
(Rossini)
Dialogues of the
Carmelites
(Poulenc)
Cavalleria
Rusticana
(Mascagni)
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1950
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Opera 5 Opera 6 Opera 7 Opera 8 Opera 9 Opera 10 Opera 11 Opera 12 Opera 13
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year Season Operational Leadership
Organizational
Leadership/Governance Artistic Director Opera 1 Opera 2 Opera 3 Opera 4
2000 50th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mary Prudie Brown
Artistic Director / Principal
Stage Director / Costume and
Set Designer Carroll Freeman La Traviata (Verdi)
The Marriage of
Figaro (Mozart)
A Midsummer
Night's Dream
(Britten) The Little Flute
2001 51st
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mary Prudie Brown
Artistic Director / Stage
Director / Choreographer
Carroll Freeman
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini)
Ariadne auf Naxos
(R. Strauss)
The Merry Widow
(Lehár)
The Toy Story
(Ravel)
2002 52nd
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mary Prudie Brown
Producer and Artistic Director
Vern Sutton
La Bohème
(Puccini)
Così Fan Tutte
(Mozart)
Little Women
(Adamo)
Green Eggs and
Ham (Kapilow)
2003 53rd
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mary Prudie Brown
Producer and Artistic Director
Vern Sutton
Die Fledermaus (J.
Strauss, Jr.)
Don Giovanni
(Mozart)
Postcard from
Morocco
(Argento)
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
2004 54th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mary Prudie Brown
Producer and Artistic Director
Vern Sutton Carmen (Bizet)
Orpheus in the
Underworld
(Offenbach)
House of the Sun
(Rautavaara)
Little Cinderella
(adapted from
Massenet's
Cendrillon)
2005 55th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
IPFAC Governing Board
President Mary Prudie Brown
Producer and Artistic Director
Vern Sutton
Die Zauberflöte
(Mozart)
L'Elisir d'Amore
(Donizetti)
Into the Woods
(Sondheim)
Little Flute
(adapted from
Mozart's Die
Zauberflöte)
2006 56th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Governing Board of
Directors President Carole
Langley Artistic Director Roger Cantrell La Traviata (Verdi)
Il Barbiere di
Siviglia (Rossini)
Suor Angelica
(Puccini)
Gianni Schicchi
(Puccini)
2007 57th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Governing Board of
Directors President Carole
Langley Artistic Director Roger Cantrell
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini) Susannah (Floyd)
Le Nozze di Figaro
(Mozart)
Figaro's Crazy
Wedding Day
(Children's
Program)
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year
1950
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Opera 5 Opera 6 Opera 7 Opera 8 Opera 9 Opera 10 Opera 11 Opera 12 Opera 13
The Old Man Who
Loved Cheese
(Barnes)
Who's Afraid of
Opera? (Children's
Program -- Roger
Cantrell et al.)
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year Season Operational Leadership
Organizational
Leadership/Governance Artistic Director Opera 1 Opera 2 Opera 3 Opera 4
2008 58th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Governing Board of
Directors President Carole
Langley Artistic Director Roger Cantrell
Così Fan Tutte
(Mozart)
The Mikado
(Gilbert and
Sullivan)
La Bohème
(Puccini)
The Mighty
Mikado (Children's
Program
adaptation by
Roger Cantrell)
2009 59th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Governing Board of
Directors President Carole
Langley Artistic Director Roger Cantrell
Pagliacci
(Leoncavallo)
Hänsel and Gretel
(Humperdinck)
Manon
(Massenet)
Albert Herring
(Britten)
2010 60th
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Governing Board of
Directors President Carole
Langley Artistic Director Roger Cantrell Tosca (Puccini) Carmen (Bizet)
Don Giovanni
(Mozart)
Ruth (Isaac Van
Grove)
2011 61st
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Governing Board of
Directors President Carole
Langley
Artistic Director Thomas
Cockrell
Die Fledermaus (J.
Strauss, Jr.)
Le Nozze di Figaro
(Mozart)
Little Women
(Adamo)
The Pirates of
Penzance (Gilbert
and Sullivan)
2012 62nd
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Governing Board of
Directors President Carole
Langley
Artistic Director Thomas
Cockrell
The Magic Flute
(Mozart)
A Little Night
Music (Sondheim)
La Bohème
(Puccini)
When Toys Talk
(L'Enfant et les
Sortilèges; Ravel)
2013 63rd
James H. Swiggart, General
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Governing Board of
Directors President Carole
Langley
Artistic Director Thomas
Cockrell
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini)
The Pirates of
Penzance (Gilbert
and Sullivan)
L'Elisir d'Amore
(The Elixir of Love;
Donizetti)
Cinderella
(composers who
have been
charmed by this
tale)
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year
1950
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Opera 5 Opera 6 Opera 7 Opera 8 Opera 9 Opera 10 Opera 11 Opera 12 Opera 13
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year Season Operational Leadership
Organizational
Leadership/Governance Artistic Director Opera 1 Opera 2 Opera 3 Opera 4
2014 64th
Stephen Rushing, General
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Governing Board of
Directors President Carole
Langley
Artistic Director / Music
Director Thomas Cockrell
Così Fan Tutte
(Mozart)
Suor Angelica
(Puccini)
Gianni Schicchi
(Puccini)
Into the Woods
(Sondheim)
2015 65th
Nancy Preis, General
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Governing Board of
Directors President Carole
Langley
Artistic Director Thomas
Cockrell La Traviata (Verdi)
La Cenerentola
(Cinderella;
Rossini)
Les Contes
d"Hoffmann
(Offenbach)
Cinderella (D.
Ward)
2016 66th
Nancy Preis, General
Director
Inspiration Point Fine Arts
Colony Governing Board of
Directors President Carole
Langley
Artistic Director / Conductor
Thomas Cockrell
Don Giovanni
(Mozart)
Pagliacci
(Leoncavallo) Il Tabarro (Puccini)
Albert Herring
(Britten)
2017 67th
Nancy Preis, General
Director
Opera in the Ozarks at IPFAC
Governing Board of Directors
President Carole Langley
Artistic Director / Conductor
Thomas Cockrell
Marriage of Figaro
(Mozart) Carmen (Bizet) Susannah (Floyd)
Jack and the
Beanstalk
(Sullivan/Davies)
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IPFAC Leadership and Opera Seasons, 1950 - 2017
Year
1950
2014
2015
2016
2017
Opera 5 Opera 6 Opera 7 Opera 8 Opera 9 Opera 10 Opera 11 Opera 12 Opera 13
Opera Games
(Conceived by D.
Ward; music by
Mozart, Wagner,
Bizet, Verdi,
Strauss, Donizetti,
Offenbach, and
Rossini)
Pinocchio (Davies)
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