"The 2004-2005 season was a tremendous year of growth on all levels," said board chair Gus Blanchard. "Artistically, financially, and institutionally, the company reached new heights."
The company's season included a new stagings of Donizetti's rarely performed Maria Padilla and John Adams' Nixon in China, as well as productions of Bizet's Carmen and Puccini's Madama Butterfly.