11.   Not many singers can match her intensity, but the mezzo-soprano Beth Clayton, in her company debut as Lilith, comes close.

12.   Overall, this is a charming production, conducted with suppleness by Rob Fisher in his company debut.

13.   Ruggedly handsome Brent Barrett, who made his company debut as Tommy, has a tight baritone sound, but sang with clean line.

14.   So Marco Guidarini, an energetic young Italian conductor in his company debut, deserves credit for eliciting passably good playing from the orchestra.

15.   Stehlin hoped it would be only a matter of time before Molina could make his company debut.

16.   The ageless Jane Powell, also making her company debut, is a take-charge Queen, determined to find her son a loving spouse.

17.   The Danish baritone Bo Skovhus, making his company debut as Eisenstein, proved a charismatic actor and sang with both power and playfulness.

18.   The conductor, John McGlinn, also in his company debut, is best known for his important recordings of the original versions of some landmark American musicals.

19.   The mezzo-soprano Kathryn Honan-Carter, also in her company debut, was a very sympathetic Suzuki.

20.   This production by Andrei Konchalovsky in his company debut is dominated by a rotating domelike platform upon which all the action is staged.