Music Center Opera Unveils 10th Season : Music: Placido Domingo will be featured in a lineup that includes 46 performances of seven operas--five new to the company repertory.

A rare company foray into the Wagner repertory with “Der Fliegende Hollander” (The Flying Dutchman) and the return of Placido Domingo to sing Verdi’s seldom-staged “Stiffelio” highlight the 10th season of L.A. Music Center Opera, running from Sept. 7 of this year to June 7, 1996, in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

Announced Thursday by General Director Peter Hemmings, the season includes 46 performances of seven operas--five new to the company repertory. Besides Domingo, other stellar artists scheduled include Vladimir Chernov (also in “Stiffelio”), Frederica von Stade (in “Cosi fan Tutte”), Luis Lima (in “Madama Butterfly”), Veronica Villarroel (also in “Madama Butterfly”) and Jennifer Larmore (“L’Italiana in Algeri”).

Three internationally known conductors are making company debuts this season: Sir Edward Downes of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (“Stiffelio”); Julius Rudel, long the general director and principal conductor of New York City Opera (“Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail”), and bel canto specialist Richard Bonynge (“L’Italiana in Algeri”). Randall Behr, prominent in every company season until now, is not listed anywhere on the 1995-96 schedule.

Below, the announced data for the season (names separated by slashes indicate that those artists are singing the same roles at different performances):

* Sept. 7, 10 (matinee), 13, 16, 19 and 22: “Stiffelio” (Verdi), with Domingo, Elena Prokina, Chernov, Jonathan Mack and Kenneth Cox. Conducted by Downes, production by Elijah Moshinsky (stage director: David Edwards) and designed by Michael Yeargan (sets) and Peter J. Hall (costumes). From the Royal Opera, Covent Garden.

* Sept. 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 (matinee), 27: “Der Fliegende Hollander” (Wagner), with Franz Grundheber, Ealynn Voss, Louis Lebherz, Frederick Kalt and Greg Fedderly. Conducted by Asher Fisch, directed by Julie Taymor and designed by George Tsypin (sets) and Constance Hoffman (costumes). New production.

* Nov. 4 (matinee), 7, 10, 15, 18, 21: “Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail” (The Abduction From the Seraglio, Mozart), with Jorma Silvasti, Elzbieta Szmytka, Doug Jones, Gwendolyn Bradley, Jaakko Ryhanen and Frank Hoffman. Conducted by Rudel, directed by Michael Hampe and designed by Hampe (sets) and Vera Marzott (costumes). From the Cologne Opera.

* Jan. 17, 20 (matinee), 24, 27, 31, Feb. 3, 1996--”L’Italiana in Algeri” (The Italian Girl in Algiers, Rossini), with Helmut Berger-Tuna, Kurt Streit, Michael Gallup, Larmore (Jan. 17-27)/Theodora Hanslowe (Jan. 31-Feb. 3) and Constance Haumann. Conducted by Bonynge, other credits to be announced.

* Feb. 27, March 2 (matinee), 4, 7, 9, 13, 1996--”Cosi fan Tutte” (Mozart), with Hillevi Martinpelto, Von Stade, Michael Schade, Richard Bernstein, Elizabeth Gale and Claudio Desderi. Conducted by Ingo Metzmacher, production by Sir Peter Hall (stage director: Stephen Lawless) and designed by John Bury. Company revival.

* April 20, 24, 27 (matinee), 30, May 3, 5, 1996--”L’Elisir d’Amore” (The Elixir of Love, Donizetti), with Ramon Vargas, Alison Hagley, Gerald Finley and Thomas Allen. Conducted by Gabriele Ferro, directed by Lawless, designed by Johann Engels. New production.

* May 21, 24, 26, 29, June 1 (matinee), 4, 7, 1996--”Madama Butterfly” (Puccini), with Villarroel, Lima, Rodney Gilfrey (May 21-June 1)/John Atkins (June 4, 7), Suzanna Guzman, Beau Palmer and Lebherz. Conducted by Richard Buckley, production by Ian Judge (stage director: Christopher Harlan), designed by John Gunter (sets) and Liz da Costa (costumes) Company revival.