Here's help for a future trivia quiz - "when and where did Tenor X or
Soprano Y make his or her recital debut?"

The occasion is the 20th anniversary of James Schwabacher creating the San
Francisco Opera Center's debut recital series, later named in his honor.
(In case of multiple appearances, only the first one is shown here.)

1983-84: Cheryl Parrish, Laura Brooks Rice, James Busterud, Jeffrey Thomas

1984-85:Nikki Li Hartliep, David Malis, Li-Chan Chen, Thomas Hampson

1985-86: Jacob Will, Cheryl Parrish, David Malis, Donna Bruno, Frank Kelley,
Wendy Hillhouse

1986-87: Kathryn Cowdrick, Robert Swensen, Ben Holt, John David de Haan

1987-88: Kevin Langan, Sara Ganz, Donna Bruno, Monte Pederson, Deborah
Voight, Dennis Petersen

1988-89: Victor Ledbetter, Ann Panagulias, Robert Tate, Barbara Kilduff

1989-90: Tracy Dahl, Reveka Mavrovitis, Philip Skinner, LeRoy Villanueva

1990-91: Dale Travis, Michael Schade, Janet Williams, Catherine Keen

1991-92: James Michael McGuire, Maria Fortuna, Laura Claycomb, Brian Asawa

1992-93: David Malis, Susan Graham, Zheng Zhou, Robert Breault

1993-94: Mika Shigematsu, Catherine Cook, David Quah, Hector Vasquez

1994-95: Earle Patriarco, Chester Patton, Pamela Dillard, Eduardo del Campo

1996: Alison Buchanan, Robert Breault, Zheng Cao, David Okerlund, Kristin
Clayton

1997: Sari Gruber, Kamel Boutros, Nicolle Foland, John Reylea

1998: Anna Netrebko, Tammy Jenkins, Alfredo Daza, Armando Gama, Joyce
DiDonato

1999: James Westman, Mel Ulrich, Peggy Kriha Dye, Norman Shankle

2000: Allyson McHardy, Todd Geer, Donita Volkwijn, Twyla Robinson, Katia
Escalera, Kyu Won Han

2001: Suzanne Ramo, Allyson McHardy, Brian Anderson, Daniel Teadt, Elizabeth
Bishop

2002: Hugh Russell, scheduled for the rest of the season: Elena Bocharova,
Brad Alexander, Elizabeth Caballero, Jeffrey Picon

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