Richard Best
Hometown: Chicago, IL
SFO Debut:
Dr. Grenvil, La Traviata, 1965
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1959, 1960, 1961
Past Seasons:
Second Armored Man, The Magic Flute, 1984
Aide, We Come to the River, 1984
Bartolo, The Marriage of Figaro, 1982
Jarno, Mignon, 1982
Old Plain Talk, The Confidence Man, 1982
General Boum, Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1974
Bartolo, The Marriage of Figaro, 1971
Speaker, The Magic Flute, 1971
Baron Grog, Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1971
Friar, Don Carlo, 1971
Sacristan, Tosca, 1969
Second Priest, The Magic Flute, 1969
Fifth Jew, Salome, 1969
Dr. Turtlespit, Help! Help! The Globolinks, 1969
Bontemps, The Devils of Loudun, 1969
Dr. Grenvil, La Traviata, 1968
Bonze, Madame Butterfly, 1968
Second Priest, The Magic Flute, 1968
Notary, Der Rosenkavalier, 1968
Bonze, Madame Butterfly, 1965
Antonio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1965
Vendor/Coachman/General, The Nose, 1965
Antonio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1961
Marschallin’s Attorney/Police Commissioner, Der Rosenkavalier, 1961
Jacob, The Ballad of Baby Doe, 1961
Museum Guide, News of the Day, 1961
Antonio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1960
Guccio, Gianni Schicchi, 1960
Cal, Regina, 1959
Past Events:
- Der Rosenkavalier 1961
- Der Rosenkavalier 1968
- Don Carlo 1971
- Gianni Schicchi 1960
- Grand Duchess of Gerolstein 1971
- Grand Duchess of Gerolstein 1974
- Help! Help! The Globolinks 1969
- La traviata 1965
- La traviata 1968
- Madame Butterfly 1965
- Madame Butterfly 1968
- Mignon 1982
- News Of the Day 1961
- Regina 1959
- Salome 1969
- The Ballad of Baby Doe 1961
- The Confidence Man 1982
- The Devils of Loudun 1969
- The Magic Flute 1968
- The Magic Flute 1969
- The Magic Flute 1971
- The Magic Flute 1984
- The Marriage of Figaro 1960
- The Marriage of Figaro 1961
- The Marriage of Figaro 1965
- The Marriage of Figaro 1971
- The Marriage of Figaro 1982
- The Nose 1965
- Tosca 1969
- We Come to the River 1984