Puccini, Giacomo (composer), JoAnn Lacquet, Philip Larson, Kenneth Bannon, James Javore, Rebecca Berg, Richard McKee, Paul Benningfield, Anne Quimby, August Zirner, David Barron, Phyllis Brill, Dan McDaniel, Warren Hettinga, Gary Gletty, William Westcott with The Opera Group (performer), and Ludwig Zirner (director)