Performers

The Impresario

(Der Schauspieldirektor)

Opera in One Act by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie

Conductor: Ming Kwong

Casting Committee: Keith Chambers, Leesa Dahl,

Elizabeth Heuermann, David Štech

(sung in German)

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 11:00AM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Madame Goldentrill	Katherine Howell
	Miss Silverpeal	Ximena Borges
	Mr. Bluff	Terence Shawn
	Mr. Angel	Dorian Balis
	Frau Scruples	Holly Zagaria

THE CONDUCTOR

MING KWONG (Conductor/Pianist)

Conductor/Pianist/Coach, Ming Kwong is actively involved in the opera industry. Mr. Kwong is regularly engaged by the Metropolitan Opera Guild as well to accompany their master class series. Credits include: assistant coach position at Glimmerglass Opera, Tanglewood Music Center (assisting Maestro James Levine in Don Giovanni), and an apprenticeship with Florida Grand Opera for their 2008-2009 season. He held a fellowship coach position at the Aspen Summer Music Festival and was a vocal pianist at the prestigious Music Academy of the West, where Marilyn Horne is the chair woman of the program. Fall of 2011, he played the New York City auditions for Aspen Opera Theater and Glimmerglass Opera in addition to being invited back to play for Portland Opera. He is well-known for his ability to adjust tempi, give singers time to breathe and help them through a phrase in a totally unrehearsed situation. He was engaged as a faculty coach at the New Jersey CoOPERAtive program this past summer where colleagues included Anthony Manoli, Thomas Bagwell and William Hobbs. He is very familiar with the German fach system since his wife, Jessica Stavros, currently singing with Deutsch Oper am Rhein at Düsseldorf, Germany. Today's performance is Mr. Kwong’s New York Lyric Opera Theatre debut.

THE CAST (in alphabetical order)

DORIAN BALIS (Mr. Angel)

Dorian Balis recently made his Carnegie Hall debut as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. Previous highlights include Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Rossini’s Armida (Gernando and Carlo) and Semiramide (Idreno), Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda (Orombello), The Turn of the Screw (Peter Quint), The Merry Widow (Camille), Giannini’s Beauty and the Beast (Gardiner) at Dicapo Opera Theatre, and the Yale Freshman in Gregory Spears’ Paul’s Case with American Opera Projects. He understudied the role of Grivet for the New York City premiere of Tobias Picker’s Thérèse Raquin.

XIMENA BORGES (Miss Silverpeal)

Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Ximena Borges is a rising soprano residing in New York. In Torino, Italy she performed Adina in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore at Teatro Araldo, won first prize at Concorso Internazionale di Canto L’Opera Rinata. In Rome, she studied with Renata Scotto, in Salzburg with Barbara Bonney, and in Nice, France with Dalton Baldwin. In Caracas, Ms. Borges has performed as soloist with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra, the internationally renowned Venezuelan “El Sistema”, as Eve in Handel’s The Creation and Amore in Incoronazione di Poppea.

KATHERINE HOWELL (Madame Goldentrill)

Katherine Howell will be appearing as one of the Women's Octet in Holst's Savitri with Little Opera Theatre of New York in May. A fellow of the American-Scandinavian Foundation and The Hertz Traveling Fellowship, she has performed Miss Pinkerton in Old Maid and the Thief, Susanna and The Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, the Statue of Liberty in The Proposal, and Pamina in Magic Flute. She has performed numerous oratorio solos from such works as the St. John Passion, Faure’s Requiem, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Mozart’s David Penitente, and Handel’s Messiah.

TERENCE SHAWN (Mr. Bluff)

Baritone, Terence Shawn, debuted with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre last fall as Pandolfe in Cendrillon. He has performed with Operesque Classical Concerts in New York City, where his roles have included Rodrigo in Don Carlo, the title roles in Nabucco and Rigoletto, di Luna in Il trovatore, Gerard in Andrea Chenier and Ezio in Attila. In recent seasons. He has also performed the Count in Le nozze di Figaro, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, and Scarpia in Tosca with various companies in Toronto.

HOLLY ZAGARIA (Princess/Frau Scruples)

No biography available.

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Suor Angelica

Opera in One Act by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano

Conductor: Ming Kwong

Casting Committee: Keith Chambers, Leesa Dahl,

Elizabeth Heuermann, David Štech

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, April 14, 11:00AM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Sister Angelica	Bethany Argiro
	Monitress	Milica Nikcevic
	Sister Osmina	Christina Hourihan
	Sister Dolcina	Jenne Carey
	Lay Sisters	Jenne Carey
		Erica Kudisch
	Mistress of Novices	Terressa Birchen
	Sister Genevieve	Shanna Spiro
	1^st Touriere	Erica Kudisch
	A Novice Soprano	Christina Hourihan
	The Nursing Sister	Shannon D. Levy
	Alms Sister	Erica Kudisch
	Abbess	Shannon D. Levy
	Princess	Holly Zagaria

THE CONDUCTOR

MING KWONG (Conductor/Pianist)

THE CAST (in alphabetical order)

BETHANY ARGIRO (Sister Angelica)

Bethany Argiro has previously appeared professionally with Operafest. Of NH in principal roles Magic Flute, Hansel and Gretel, and Orfeo ed Euridice during and immediately following conservatory. She performed Donna Elvira in Raylynmor Opera’s (New England) Don Giovanni and Bridget Booth in Dicapo Opera’s The Crucible, which toured in Europe and took first prize in the European Mezzo competition. As a resident artist at Dicapo Opera, she appeared in Beauty and the Beast, Il Caso Mortara, Sarka, Turandot and Rigoletto and the Konigin with Manhattan Opera.

TERRESSA BIRCHEN (Mistress of Novices)

Terressa Birchen, mezzo-soprano, is happy to return to New York Lyric Opera Theatre in the role of the Mistress of Novices. Recently, she has performed the role of 2nd Lady in Die Zauberflöte with NY Lyric Opera Theatre, and in the Chorus of Tosca with Opera Company of Brooklyn and Amore Opera. This year, Terressa has also been a resident artist with Underworld Productions. She has studied in Weimar, Germany performing the role of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro. Additional roles Ramiro in La finta giardiniera, La Chatte in L'enfant est les sortileges, and Carrie in Carousel.

JENNE CAREY (Sister Dolcina/Lay Sister)

Jenne Carey is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree at Westminster Choir College in Voice Performance and Pedagogy. She performed the roles of The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Yum-Yum in the Mikado and Serpina in La Serva Padrona. She was a soloist with Westminster Opera Theater, Westminster Kantorei, Kinnara Ensemble and Opera New Jersey. She was a Resident Artist with Underworld Productions Opera and appeared in a New York staged premiere. Ms. Carey has presented solo concerts in Canada and Japan and has toured Europe and Israel.

CHRISTINA HOURIHAN (Sister Osmina/Novice Soprano)

Christina Hourihan is excited to make her debut with New York Lyric Opera Theatre. She was previously seen as Lola in Regina Opera’s production of Cavalleria Rusticana. She will perform in Regina Opera’s June production of Die Zauberflöte as 1st Spirit and as Papagena in a concert version of the Mozart classic at Mannes College. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg College, and is beginning a Master’s degree of Music in the fall. She is a student of Carol Castel.

ERICA KUDISCH (1^st Lady/Lay Sister/1^st Touriere)

Erica Kudisch is a composer and coloratura, co-founder of Treble Entendre productions. Favorite recent roles include Olympia (Hoffman, opposite Robert Frankenberry) and Tebaldo (Don Carlo) with Undercroft Opera, and Norma, Susannah, Elvira, and Semiramide with Crittenden Opera. Ms. Kudisch holds a B.A. from Vassar and an M.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. She currently studies with Rachel Rosales.

SHANNON D. LEVY (Abbess/Nursing Sister)

Shannon D. Levy was described as “spirited” by the Metropolitan Opera's Opera News for her lively performance as Annie in New Jersey State Opera's Porgy & Bess. Ms. Levy performed the title role in Suor Angelica with Michigan Opera Theater's Learning at the Opera House program and reprised this role with New York Lyric Opera Theatre in August 2011. Most recently, Ms. Levy sang the role of Kezziah and covered the leading role of Harriet Tubman in a premier of the first act of Nkeiru Okoye's opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom.

MILICA NIKCEVIC (Monitress)

Milica Nikcevic has been called "a powerful performer with an exquisite sense of character and depth of portrayal." She earned her Bachelor's of Music (B.M.) in Vocal Performance at Portland State University, and she currently studies with world renowned vocal pedagogue David L. Jones. Milica has won several awards and scholarships, including the Serbian Singing Federation scholarship and the Award for Vocal Excellence. She has had the privilege of working with renowned artists such as sopranos Martina Arroyo and Pamela Kucenic.

SHANNA SPIRO (Sister Genevieve)

Shanna Spiro graduated Summa Cum Laude from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music. She was last seen with the Liederkranz Opera Theatre in the ensemble of Der Vampyr. Ms. Spiro performed the title role in Cendrillon with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. She attended BASOTI in San Francisco where she performed the role of Dido (Dido and Aeneas) in the mainstage production, and Micaela (Carmen) and Contessa Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro) in the scenes performance. Additional roles: Dorabella (Cosi fan Tutte), Nutrice (The Coronation of Poppea).

HOLLY ZAGARIA (Princess/Frau Scruples)

No biography available.

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Die Zauberflöte

(The Magic Flute)

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Text by Emanuel Schikaneder

Conductor: Ming Kwong

Casting Committee: Keith Chambers, Leesa Dahl,

Elizabeth Heuermann, David Štech

(sung in German with English dialogue)

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 1:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Tamino	Steven Brennfleck
	1^st Lady	Erica Kudisch
	2^nd Lady	Symi Rom-Rymer
	3^rd Lady	Mary Kathryn Monday
	Papageno	Boris Mitchell
	Queen of the Night	Olivia Kahler
	Monostatos	Daniel Buccheri
	Pamina	Marta Kukularova
	1^st Spirit	Lauren Alfano
	2^nd Spirit	Danielle Bendjy
	3^rd Spirit	Mary Kathryn Monday
	Sarastro/Speaker	Rocky Sellers
	Old Lady/Papagena	Junghwa Park
	1^st Armoured Man	Daniel Buccheri
	2^nd Armoured Man	Boris Mitchell

THE CONDUCTOR

MING KWONG (Conductor/Pianist)

THE CAST (in alphabetical order)

LAUREN ALFANO (1^st Spirit)

Soprano, Lauren Alfano is a Resident Artist with the Underworld Productions Opera and has performed with Satori Opera, New York Lyric Opera, New York Opera Studio, and the Opera Company of Brooklyn. A proponent of new music, Ms. Alfano was featured at the “Music With a View” Festival in NYC and recently made her Carnegie Hall debut with the Remarkable Theater Brigade in their production of Opera Shorts. Her recent and upcoming performances include Handel’s Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra) and Donizetti’s Don Pasquale (Norina).

DANIELLE BENDJY (2^nd Spirit)

Danielle Bendjy is a recent graduate of Harvard College, where she concentrated in Romance Languages and Literatures. During her time at Harvard, she was frequently seen in performance with Lowell House Opera and Dunster House Opera. Her roles include Gretel (Hansel und Gretel), Frasquita (Carmen), Paquette (Candide), Un pastore (Tosca), Ida (Die Fledermaus) and Emmie (Albert Herring). Danielle, who will appear in Opera Dell’Arte’s production of Dialogue of the Carmelites this summer, is a student of Heather Engebretson and Earl Buys.

STEVEN BRENNFLECK (Tamino)

Steven Bennfleck has been acknowledged for his consummate artistry, vocal flexibility, and moving interpretations. Praised by the New York Times as “…dramatically astute” and a “…stand out” performer, he is an alumnus of some of the country’s top young artist programs: The CoOperative Program, Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artist Program, Portland Opera Studio Artist Program, and the Tanglewood Music Center. Additional roles: Cégeste in Glass’ Orphée, Testo in Monteverdi’s Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, and Don Curzio in Le Nozze di Figaro.

DANIEL BUCCHERI (Monostatos/1^st Armored Man)

Dan Buccheri is pursuing his Masters Degree from Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Neil Rosenshein. Credits: Il Piccolo Marat at Avery Fisher Hall, Albert Herring (Mayor) with the Intermezzo Young Artist Program, Lucia di Lammermoor at MSM, and HMS Pinafore (Ralph). Upcoming: The Ghosts of Versailles at MSM, Otello (Roderigo) with Delaware Valley Opera Artist Program, and Le Nozze di Figaro (Don Basilio/Don Curzio) with OperaTuscia in Rome & Viterbo, Italy. Scenes: La Traviata (Alfredo), Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), and Abduction (Pedrillo).

OLIVIA KAHLER (Queen of the Night)

Olivia Kahler made her operatic debut in Munich, Germany as Despina in Cosi fan tutte, followed by her American debut as Prince Orlovsky with Intermountain Opera. In the New York Summer Opera Scenes program, Ms. Kahler performed scenes from the roles of the First Lady and Konstanza. She received her Bachelor of the Arts degree from Montana State University, graduating with highest honors. Although she received her degree from Montana State University, she studied voice in private studios throughout the United State and Europe, currently with Carol Yahr.

ERICA KUDISCH (1^st Lady/Lay Sister/1^st Touriere)

MARTA KUKULAROVA (Pamina)

Marta Kukularova performed Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro with The Juilliard Opera Theater. She performed the title soprano role of Susannah and Tatiana from Eugene Onegin with the Chautauqua Music Festival. She made her Alice Tully Hall debut in New York City’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. She participated in a U.S. national tour, organized by CAMI where she performed Sacredotessa in Aida and Contessa Ceprano from Rigoletto. She holds a Master’s in Voice at Juilliard. She received a Best Young Singer Grant in Spain from Elena Obraztsova.

BORIS MITCHELL (Papageno/2^nd Armored Man)

Boris Mitchell graduated with a Master of Music from Manhattan School of Music. Credits: Albert Herring (Vicar), Le Nozze di Figaro (Il Conte), La Guidita (General Holofernes) at MSM, and Un Ballo Un Maschera (Silvano), Die Zauberflöte (Papageno), Die Fledermaus (Falke/Eisenstein), Andrea Chenier (Fleville Rocher) with NY Opera Forum. Scenes: the title roles of Eugene Onegin and Don Giovanni, and Romeo et Juliette (Mercutio). He has appeared on television on Law & Order: SVU, Gossip Girl, and Blue Bloods. Mr. Mitchell performs with “Festa di voce” in Moscow.

MARY KATHRYN MONDAY (3^rd Lady/3^rd Spirit)

Mary Kathryn Monday, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, moved to Manhattan upon her graduation from Furman University with a Bachelor's of Music in Vocal Performance. She has most recently performed the Third Lady in New York Lyric Opera Theatre’s Die Zauberflöte. She appeared as The Abbess and 2^nd Touriere in Suor Angelica with New York Lyric. She has been featured in scenes as Carmen, Marcellina, and Dido. Additionally, she has had the opportunity to work with Joan Caplan, Cynthia Hoffman, Jill Feldman, and Paula Homer in masterclasses.

JUNGHWA PARK (Old Lady/Papagena)

Junghwa Park is a Professional study degree candidate at Manhattan School of Music. She has performed Gala concerts at San leo, Rimini in Italy, Kassel in Germany, Dusznik in Poland as well as the National Music Opera Theater ensemble in Kassel, Germany and Salon Opera festival in Seoul, Korea. Roles include: Nanetta (Falstaff), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Musetta (La Bohème), Emmeline (Emmeline).Upcoming concerts: Opera Scene From The Cunning Little Vixen at MSM, Winners’ concert of the Golden era of romantic music international competition at Carnegie Hall.

SYMI ROM-RYMER (2^nd Lady)

Mezzo, Symi Rom-Rymer is based in Brooklyn, New York. She has given solo recitals in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany as well as performed with a variety of opera and operetta companies in Washington, D.C. and New York City including the Mount Vernon Players, the Washington Revels, and the New York Lyric Opera Theater. Some of her previous roles include Masha in The Chocolate Soldier, Mistress of the Novices and Nursing Sister in Suor Angelica. She will be singing the Abbess this summer in Suor Angelica with Opera on the Avalon.

ROCKY SELLERS (Sarastro/Speaker)

Bass, Rocky Sellers, is a first-year Master’s degree candidate at Manhattan School of Music in the studio of Mark Oswald. Credits: Vanessa (Footman cover) with Sarasota Opera; Die Zauberflöte (Sprecher/Papageno cover) with the Seoul International Opera Program; Gianni Schicchi (Betto) with Poor Richard’s Opera; I Pagliacci (Villager1/Chorus) with Como Opera Guild; Les Mamelles des Tiresias (Presto) with Temple University Opera Studio; Don Giovanni (Leporello), Gianni Schicchi (Betto), Street Scene (Henry Davis), La Traviata (Baron Douphol) with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Opera.

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Cavalleria Rusticana

Opera in One Act by Pietro Mascagni

Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti & Guido Menasci

(sung in Italian)

Conductor: Keith Chambers

Rehearsal & Performance Pianist: Leesa Dahl

Casting Committee: Keith Chambers, Leesa Dahl,

Elizabeth Heuermann, David Štech

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 5:00PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Turiddu	Neil Darling
	Santuzza	Andrea Chinedu Nwoke
	Mamma Lucia	Jennifer Roderer
	Alfio	Ben Bloomfield
	Lola	Caitlin McKechney

Chorus

Alex Boyd, Heather Denny, Jessica Feigenbaum, Steven Gokool, Natalie Jude,

Caitlin McKechney, Shigemasa Nakano, Shawn Palmer, Alana Trimmier, Juliana Valente

ARTISTS

KEITH CHAMBERS (Conductor)

Keith Chambers was appointed Assistant Conductor of New York City Opera in 2007 and is the Director of the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Emerging Artist Program for Opera New Jersey. He has conducted Tosca for Amarillo Opera, Roméo et Juliette for Asheville Lyric Opera, New York Lyric Opera (Suor Angelica, Le nozze di Figaro, Rigoletto, Hansel & Gretel), The Living Opera (Hansel & Gretel, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Pasquale, The Pirates of Penzance), Halifax Summer Opera (Giulio Cesare), Moores Opera Center (Die Fledermaus, La finta giardiniera), Sugar Land Opera (The Station), Martha Cardona Opera Theater (Gianni Schicchi) and Opera in the Ozarks (Don Giovanni & L’elisir d’amore). He has served on faculty of the Seattle Opera Young Artist Program and the RESONANZ Festival and is past Artistic Director of The Living Opera and Chorus Master/Music Director of Shreveport Opera. Additional performances include Toledo Opera, Connecticut Opera, American Opera Projects, American Lyric Theater, and Lake George Opera. He has appeared as concerto soloist with the Delaware Symphony, Clear Lake Symphony, and Naples Philharmonic, and often performs with his wife, soprano Kirsten Chambers. During the 2011-12 season, he conducts Tosca for the Martha Cardona Opera Theater, Nora, In The Great Outdoors for American Opera Projects, The Poe Project for American Lyric Theater, and La bohème, Die Zauberflöte, and Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci for both New York Lyric Opera Theatre and Martha Cardona Opera Theater. Mr. Chambers will lead performances of Verdi’s Un giorno di regno for the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program in 2012-13.

LEESA DAHL (Rehearsal & Performance Pianist)

Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as "...an exceptional pianist" and called "a musician to watch" by San Francisco Classical Voice, Leesa Dahl is enjoying a busy career as a collaborative artist to the emerging stars of her generation. In recent seasons she has played for the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, and enjoys a relationship with the Mark Morris Dance Group. Ms. Dahl has performed and coached at the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College, and the Opera Studio at Yale. She has worked with Gotham Chamber Opera, American Lyric Theater, Fort Worth Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera. In past summers, she has been a coach for the Aspen Opera Theater Center, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and BASOTI. During the summers of 2001 and 2004, she was an Apprentice Coach in the prestigious Merola Opera Program. She subsequently appeared as harpsichordist in the nationwide tour of Così fan tutte with Western Opera Theater, and as an artist with San Francisco Opera Center. In the Bay Area, Ms. Dahl was recognized for her dedication to performances of new music, and premiered works by composers such as Heggie, Imbrie, Conte, Perle, and Lou Harrison. She is also a member of our casting committee.

THE CAST (in alphabetical order)

BEN BLOOMFIELD (Alfio)

Benjamin Bloomfield has a powerful and rich baritone voice that has charmed audiences and critics alike. Mr. Bloomfield covered Lavitsky in Boris Godunov at the Metropolitan Opera. He made his professional international debut with Musica Viva Hong Kong, singing Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore. and Supt. Budd in Albert Herring with Maestro Lorin Maazel and the Castleton Festival, concerts at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall of Faure’s Requiem and the Mozart Vespers, and the Brahms Requiem at Carnegie Hall. Upcoming: Baron Douphol cover (La Traviata) with the NY City Opera

NEIL DARLING (Turiddu)

Hailed by critics as "the ultimate hero" with the ability to "summon both high drama and warmth" to his roles, Neil Darling recently debuted the title role in Don Carlo with Opera in the Heights, Houston. Prior appearances include engagements with Opera Omaha, the Caramoor Music Festival, Annapolis Opera, and Opera dell'Arte in New York. Favorite roles: Don Alvaro in Forza, Edgardo in Lucia, and Pirelli in Sweeney Todd. Mr. Darling will be seen in May reprising the role of Turiddu alongside his wife, Christina Hager (Santuzza) in with the Martha Cardona Opera Theatre.

CAITLIN MCKECHNEY (Lola)

Caitlin McKechney is thrilled to return to NY Lyric opera after performing the title role in Carmen in January. Other credits include Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Inez in Vores's No Exit, Wife/Mother in Turnage's Greek, Nancy in Albert Herring, Meg Page in Falstaff and the title role in Cendrillon. She has apprenticed with companies such as Des Moines Metro Opera, Sarasota Opera and Cedar Rapids Opera Theater. Additionally, she is a member of the "band", The Opera Cowgirls, that brings opera out of the concert hall and into the bars, showing rockers that opera is "cool."

ANDREA CHINEDU NWOKE (Santuzza)

Andrea Chinedu Nwoke recently covered Magda Sorel in The Consul and will cover Madame Lidone in Dialogues des Carmélites this summer. Formerly a mezzo-soprano, Ms. Nwoke has performed Frugola (Il Tabarro), Larina (Eugene Onegin), Baba the Turk (The Rake’s Progress), Aunt March (Little Women), Kleonike (Lysistrata), Miss Todd (The Old Maid and the Thief), and Maman and Un Pâtre (L’Enfant et les Sortileges). Venues/Companies: Dicapo Opera Theatre, dell'Arte Opera, Opera Manhattan, American Lyric Theater, Ocean City NJ Pops Orchestra.

JENNIFER RODERER (Mamma Lucia)

Jennifer Roderer performed regularly with New York City Opera in roles such as the Witch in Hansel and Gretel, Junon in Platée, and Aunt Cecilia in Little Women (Japan Tour). Other career highlights include Fricka in Die Walküre at Teatro Colòn, Die Hexe in Hansel und Gretel for Opera Company of Philadelphia and Waltraute in Die Walküre for Lyric Opera of Chicago. Frequently reprised roles include Amneris in Aida, Quickly in Falstaff, Mrs. Grose in Turn of the Screw and the mezzo-soprano soloist in Verdi’s Requiem. Recent: Azucena in Il Trovatore (Opera Roanoke).

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Pagliacci

Opera in One Act by Ruggero Leoncavallo

(sung in Italian)

Conductor: Keith Chambers

Rehearsal & Performance Pianist: Corey Battey

Casting Committee: Keith Chambers, Leesa Dahl,

Elizabeth Heuermann, David Štech

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 5:00PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space

Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Tonio (Taddeo)	Ted Labow
	Canio (Pagliaccio)	Roger Ohlsen
	A Villager	Alex Charles Boyd
	Beppe (Arlecchino)	Steven Gokool
	Nedda (Colombina)	Christina Hager
	Silvio	Seung hyeon Baek

Chorus

Alex Boyd, Heather Denny, Jessica Feigenbaum, Steven Gokool, Natalie Jude,

Caitlin McKechney, Shigemasa Nakano, Shawn Palmer, Alana Trimmier, Juliana Valente

ARTISTS

KEITH CHAMBERS (Conductor)

COREY BATTEY (Rehearsal & Performance Pianist)

Cory Battey, pianist and vocal coach, is a native of the Pacific Northwest, where he studied with internationally-renowned pianist and pedagogue Joanna Hodges. Mr. Battey continued his piano studies at the University of Oregon, where he studied under several piano faculty members, including Horowitz protégé Dr. Dean Kramer. While at the University of Oregon, he discovered his passion for accompanying the voice, and began his vocal coaching career at the summer opera program Opera in the Ozarks in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, which he has since returned to several times. Following his engagements in Eureka Springs, Mr. Battey served as chorus master, rehearsal pianist, and Young Artist music director for the Shreveport Opera in Shreveport, Louisiana. While with Shreveport Opera, he and the Shreveport Opera’s youth outreach program Shreveport Opera Express took children’s operas to over forty thousand children in the region over the length of the season. After returning to Oregon, he assisted Maestro Andrew Bisantz in the Eugene Opera production of Puccini’s La Bohème as Conducting Fellow under the baton of Maestro Andrew Bisantz. Currently, he resides in New York City, where he continues to perform and coach throughout the region.

THE CAST (in alphabetical order)

SEUNG HYEON BAEK (Silvio)

A native of South Korea, Seung hyeon Baek is a first-year Master’s degree candidate at Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Mark Oswald. Previous credits include Gianni Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi, Dupol in La Traviata with Chung-Ang University. Scene work includes I Puritani (Riccardo), La Boheme(Marcello) with Chung-Ang University. This season, Mr. Baek will be performing Ford in Falstaff with Martina Arroyo Foundation and Father in Hansel and Gretel with Amato Opera of Manhattan School of Music.

ALEX CHARLES BOYD (A Villager)

Alexander Charles Boyd is a young baritone from Purcellville, Virginia. Post Oberlin Conservatory, he is now studying with Mark Oswald in New York City. Mr. Boyd has performed in Austria, England, Italy, Venezuela, and Carnegie Hall's Weill recital hall in New York City, and has sung with the Oberlin Opera Theater, the Loudoun Lyric Opera, the New York Lyric Opera Theatre, the Delphi Theater, the Martha Cardona Theater, and will be an OperaNJ Emerging Artist this summer. Upcoming: Escamillo in Carmen and Pandolfe in Cendrillon with the NY Lyric Opera.

STEVEN GOKOOL (Beppe)

Canadian born tenor, Steve Gokool has been enchanting audiences in North America and Europe with his powerfully rich voice. At home with opera and musical theater, he has recently performed the role of Canio in Pagliacci, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, and Émile in Rose Marie. Mr. Gokool is pleased to make his New York Lyric Opera Theatre debut in the role of Beppe. Future engagements: Alfredo in La Traviata with Amore Opera, Beethoven's 9th Symphony with Bronx Opera, Macduff in Macbeth, and Die Fledermaus, both with Center Stage Opera.

CHRISTINA HAGER (Nedda)

Christina Hager is making her debut with us tonight in the role of Nedda. Most recently, she performed the title role in Evita, made her hometown debut with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and appears next month in Martha Cardona Theater’s Cavalleria Rusticana as Santuzza. Recently switching to soprano repertoire, she is now studying and performing the title role in Suor Angelica, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, and Liu in Turandot, Composer in Ariadne. She has appeared with Opera New Jersey, Wichita Grand Opera, Light Opera Oklahoma, and Shreveport Opera.

TED LABOW (Tonio)

Ted Labow has performed baritone roles in the United States, Canada and Italy, performing with One World Symphony in New York, SOLT Opera Theatre in Toronto, the Casalmaggiore summer Festival, and Canada's National Academy Orchestra. He has portrayed Germont in La Traviata, Marcello in La Bohème, Rigoletto, Eugene Onegin, Tonio in Pagliacci and Michele in Il Tabarro. Upcoming: Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Opera Lancaster. Mr. Labow is a native of Toronto, Canada, where he studied voice, composition and jazz piano. He is making his debut with us tonight.

ROGER OHLSEN (Canio)

Roger Ohlsen has performed with Edmonton, Calgary, COC, Houston, Ottawa, Dallas, Florentine Theatre-Am-Turm in Frankfurt, Metropolitan Opera, NY City Opera, Opera Orchestra of NY Highlights: Full Scholarships Manhattan School of Music and Juilliard School of Music, Debut with The American Opera Centre at Juilliard in Manon and La Bohème. Additional roles: Leading role Understudy in Mahagonny at The Metropolitan Opera, Debut with NY City Opera in Magic Flute as the 1st Armored Man, as well as 22 roles with NY City Opera and Opera Orchestra of New York.

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Past Performances

The Impresario

(Der Schauspieldirektor)

Opera in One Act by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie

Conductor: Ming Kwong

(sung in German)

Saturday, January 28, 2012, 11:00AM

Peter Norton Symphony Space

Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Cast (in order of appearance)

Madame Goldentrill	Brooke Schooley	Brooke Schooley has been noted for “her florid runs and wonderful acting” as well as her “marvelous soaring voice.” She has performed with Bronx Opera, Delaware Valley Opera, Pacific Opera, New York Lyric Opera Theatre, and New York Opera Studio, and studies roles with The Martina Arroyo Foundation. Roles include: Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Frasquita (Carmen), and Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro). Bio
Miss Silverpeal	Clodagh Earls	Recognized for her vocal warmth, charming stage presence, and vibrant personality, Canadian soprano, Clodagh Earls has performed in various musical theatre, opera and scene productions throughout Canada and in Europe. She returned to Europe in August 2011 as she was selected to perform at Opernakademie Schloss Henfenfeld in Henfenfeld, Germany. Roles include: Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Toronto’s Concert Opera Group), Jenny Hildebrand in Street Scene (UWOpera), Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte (UWOpera), and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro (UWOpera). Bio
Mr. Bluff	Joseph Beckwith	Born in Boston, baritone, Joseph Beckwith showed musical affinity at a very young age on the piano. Transitioning to voice, he showed equal talent, receiving one of the two the Musical Achievement awards from the Worcester Public School system and was recognized by the Mayor of Worcester. Roles include: Belcore and Dulcamara (L’elisir d’amore), Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), Gasparo (Rita), Mother (The Seven Deadly Sins) and the title role in Signor Deluso. Mr. Beckwith is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in voice at the Manhattan School of Music. Bio
Mr. Angel	Michael Powell	Michael Powell, tenor, is a recent graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. At Indiana University, he performed comprimari roles in La Rondine and The Most Happy Fella, as well the ensembles of Roméo et Juliette, Cendrillon, Die Fledermaus, and The Barber of Seville. This past summer, he participated in the Canadian Operatic Arts Academy, performing in scenes as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), and George (Sunday in the Park with George). Mr. Powell is a student of Barbara Honn. Bio
Frau Scruples	Melanie Wade Larsen	Georgia native, Melanie Wade Larsen most recently sung the role of Una Conversa in the 2011 production of Suor Angelica with the Augusta Opera and presented Opera Alfresco with the Appleby Garden 2011 summer concert series. Additional roles include Anina in La Traviata, Pamina and The First Lady in The Magic Flute, Friend of Augusta in The Ballad of Baby Doe, and Lady Jane in Camelot. Additionally, she is an artist with Voces Liricas del Mundo. She holds a B M. in vocal performance and received the Lucie Ruzicka Award. Bio

Suor Angelica

Opera in One Act by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano

Conductor: Ming Kwong

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, January 28, 2012, 12:00PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space

Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Sister Angelica	Lauren Nicole Haber	Soprano, Lauren Nicole Haber, recently performed Woglinda in Das Rheingold with the Hellenic Music Foundation. She has created the role of Lauren Kane/Erica as part of OperaWorks’, Pride and Promiscuity. She made her Carnegie Hall debut as Il Paggio (Rigoletto) with New York Lyric Opera Theatre. Roles: Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Mimi in La Bohème, Desdemona in Otello, and the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro. Venues/Companies: Vocal Arts Institute in Canada, Martina Arroyo Foundation, Long Island Youth Symphony and the Westchester Summer Vocal Institute. Bio
	Monitress	Fiorella Vélez	Puerto Rican Mezzo-Soprano, Fiorella Vélez will be covering the role of the Page in Salome at the 2012 International Festival of the Aegean and will be part of The Greek Opera Studio in Syros, Greece. She holds degrees from the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music M.M. and the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico B.M. In 2010, she received an encouragement award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in Puerto Rico. She is currently living in New York and is part of the vocal studio of Mezzo-Soprano Patricia McCaffrey. Bio
	Sister Osmina/Sister Dolcina	Emily Groveman	Soprano, Emily Groveman is making her debut with us in this performance of Suor Angelica. She performs regularly in the Tri-State area. Recent roles include Sally in Die Fledermaus, Peep-Bo in The Mikado, and First Spirit in The Magic Flute. She has performed with Amore Opera, the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, Chelsea Opera, Utopia Unlimited, and the Binghamton Savoyards, among others. When she’s not singing, Ms. Groveman is the Coordinator of International Media Distribution for the National Basketball Association. Bio
	Lay Sisters	Emily Groveman	Soprano, Emily Groveman is making her debut with us in this performance of Suor Angelica. She performs regularly in the Tri-State area. Recent roles include Sally in Die Fledermaus, Peep-Bo in The Mikado, and First Spirit in The Magic Flute. She has performed with Amore Opera, the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, Chelsea Opera, Utopia Unlimited, and the Binghamton Savoyards, among others. When she’s not singing, Ms. Groveman is the Coordinator of International Media Distribution for the National Basketball Association. Bio
		Symi Rom-Rymer	Mezzo-soprano, Symi Rom-Rymer is based in Brooklyn, New York. She has given solo recitals in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany as well as performed with a variety of companies in Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, New York including the Mount Vernon Players, the Washington Revels, and the Brooklyn Repertory Opera. She is very excited to make her debut with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. When she’s not performing, she’s writing about minority communities in the United States and Europe for national and international publications. Bio
	Mistress of Novices	Symi Rom-Rymer	Mezzo-soprano, Symi Rom-Rymer is based in Brooklyn, New York. She has given solo recitals in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany as well as performed with a variety of companies in Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, New York including the Mount Vernon Players, the Washington Revels, and the Brooklyn Repertory Opera. She is very excited to make her debut with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. When she’s not performing, she’s writing about minority communities in the United States and Europe for national and international publications. Bio
	Sister Genevieve	Marta Kukularova	Marta Kukularova performed Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro with The Juilliard Opera Theater. She performed the title soprano role of Susannah and Tatiana from Eugene Onegin with the Chautauqua Music Festival. She made her Alice Tully Hall debut in New York City’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. She participated in a U.S. national tour, organized by CAMI where she performed Sacredotessa in Aida and Contessa Ceprano from Rigoletto. She holds a Master’s in Voice at Juilliard. She received a Best Young Singer Grant in Spain from Elena Obraztsova. Bio
	A Novice Soprano	Melanie Wade Larsen	Georgia native, Melanie Wade Larsen most recently sung the role of Una Conversa in the 2011 production of Suor Angelica with the Augusta Opera and presented Opera Alfresco with the Appleby Garden 2011 summer concert series. Additional roles include Anina in La Traviata, Pamina and The First Lady in The Magic Flute, Friend of Augusta in The Ballad of Baby Doe, and Lady Jane in Camelot. Additionally, she is an artist with Voces Liricas del Mundo. She holds a B M. in vocal performance and received the Lucie Ruzicka Award. Bio
	The Nursing Sister	Symi Rom-Rymer	Mezzo-soprano, Symi Rom-Rymer is based in Brooklyn, New York. She has given solo recitals in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany as well as performed with a variety of companies in Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, New York including the Mount Vernon Players, the Washington Revels, and the Brooklyn Repertory Opera. She is very excited to make her debut with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. When she’s not performing, she’s writing about minority communities in the United States and Europe for national and international publications. Bio
	Abbess	Fiorella Velez	Puerto Rican Mezzo-Soprano, Fiorella Vélez will be covering the role of the Page in Salome at the 2012 International Festival of the Aegean and will be part of The Greek Opera Studio in Syros, Greece. She holds degrees from the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music M.M. and the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico B.M. In 2010, she received an encouragement award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in Puerto Rico. She is currently living in New York and is part of the vocal studio of Mezzo-Soprano Patricia McCaffrey. Bio
	Alms Sister	Melanie Wade Larsen	Georgia native, Melanie Wade Larsen most recently sung the role of Una Conversa in the 2011 production of Suor Angelica with the Augusta Opera and presented Opera Alfresco with the Appleby Garden 2011 summer concert series. Additional roles include Anina in La Traviata, Pamina and The First Lady in The Magic Flute, Friend of Augusta in The Ballad of Baby Doe, and Lady Jane in Camelot. Additionally, she is an artist with Voces Liricas del Mundo. She holds a B M. in vocal performance and received the Lucie Ruzicka Award. Bio
		Marta Kukularova	Marta Kukularova performed Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro with The Juilliard Opera Theater. She performed the title soprano role of Susannah and Tatiana from Eugene Onegin with the Chautauqua Music Festival. She made her Alice Tully Hall debut in New York City’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. She participated in a U.S. national tour, organized by CAMI where she performed Sacredotessa in Aida and Contessa Ceprano from Rigoletto. She holds a Master’s in Voice at Juilliard. She received a Best Young Singer Grant in Spain from Elena Obraztsova. Bio
	Princess	Laura Federici	Laura Federici recently performed Susan in Davide Zannoni’s Blind Date and works by Anne Phillips and Patrick Soluri with Opera Shorts at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. She performed Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte with dell’Arte Opera in German and English. Additional roles: Zita (Gianni Schicchi) with d’AOE, Zerlina (Don Giovanni) with Satori Opera, Annio (La Clemenza di Tito) with Empire Opera. Venues/Companies: Janaček Academy of Music (Czech Republic), New Jersey Concert Opera, Natchez Festival, La Piccola Opera, Amici Opera and DiCapo Opera. Bio

*Cover Singers*
	Sister Genevieve	Margaret Meyer

Hansel and Gretel

Opera in Three Acts by Engelbert Humperdinck

Text by Adelheid Wette

(sung in English)

Saturday, January 28, 2012, 2:00PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: David Štech

Rehearsal & Performance Pianist: MunTzung Wong

Stage Director: Elizabeth Heuermann

Set Design: Tracy Heuermann, Victor Heuermann

Cast (in order of appearance)

Gretel	Corinne Schaefer	Corinne Schaefer is a graduate of Indiana University School of Music. Roles: Nanetta (Falstaff), Musetta (La Bohème), and Clotilde (Norma), Die Königin der Nacht (Die Zauberflöte), Beth (Little Women). Venues: Academy of Vocal Arts (Philadelphia), Opera New Jersey, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Amadeus Opernensemble (Austria, Salzburg), and Intermezzo Music Festival (Brugge, Belgium). Awards: Finalist in The Liederkranz Vocal Competition, The Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition, Encouragement award: Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition. Bio
Hansel	Megan Mikailovna Samarin	Megan Mikailovna Samarin is a mezzo-Soprano who is a candidate for the Bachelor of Music in Classical Vocal Performance at Manhattan School of Music, studying under the direction of Ashley Putnam. Ms. Samarin has performed in Opera on the Avalon’s Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart as the Flower Girl, along with a scene from The Old Maid and the Thief by Menotti as Letitia. She also attended Pepperdine University’s Songfest in Malibu, California. She has been honored in a variety of competitions and is continuing her love for opera through performing. Bio
Gertrude	Melissa Sumner	Dramatic Soprano, Melissa Sumner made her operatic debut as Edith in Knoxville Opera’s The Pirates of Penzance. Roles: Lia (L’Enfant Prodigue), Ilia (Idomeneo), Susannah (Le Nozze di Figaro), Gretel (Hänsel and Gretel), Gerhilde (Die Walküre), and Hannah (The Merry Widow). Venues: Kennedy Center, Brevard Music Center, AshLawn Opera Festival, Staunton Music Festival, Theater Bristol, Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra. Awards: MACCO Competition winner. She recently performed the title role of Suor Angelica at the Mittelsächsisches Theater in Germany. Bio
Peter	Zach Appel	Baritone, Zach Appel is currently a first-year Master’s degree candidate at Manhattan School of Music studying with Ashley Putnam. He received a Bachelor of Music from New York University Steinhardt School in 2010, where he was seen in Così fan tutte (Guglielmo), The Gondoliers (Giuseppe), The Telephone (Ben), Gallantry (Dr. Gregg), Down in the Valley (Thomas Buche), and Orpheus in the Underworld (Morpheus). Mr. Appel was a recipient of the New York University outstanding achievement award in the classical voice studies program in 2010. Bio
Sandman	Abbey Harr	A native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, soprano, Abbey Harr recently completed her graduate studies at Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Joan Patenaude-Yarnell. Performance highlights include the roles of Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro), Amy (Little Women), 1st Spirit (Die Zauberflöte), La Suora Infermiera (Suor Angelica), Sandman (Too Many Sopranos) the title role in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience and in scenes as Sophie (Werther), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro). Bio
Dew Fairy	Eui jung Chang	A native of South Korea, Eui jung Chang makes her debut with us today in the role of the Dew Fairy. Ms. Chang has performed in several summer programs, scenes of opera and master classes across the U.S., Europe and Korea. Roles include: Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Nanetta in Falstaff, Papagena in The Magic Flute, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Illia in Idomeneo. She received her bachelor’s of Music from Ewha Woman University in South Korea, a Master’s from the Manhattan School of Music currently enrolled in the Doctoral program at The Hartt School. Bio
Witch	Hannah Elizabeth DeBlock	Soprano, Hannah Elizabeth DeBlock is a Master’s student at the Manhattan School of Music studying under Joan Patenaude-Yarnell. At MSM, she performed with the Contemporary Opera Ensemble and Mignon Dunn’s Opera Workshop. She performed with the University of North Carolina Opera in L’Egisto as Goddess Volupia and the heroine Hero, Un giorno di regno as La Marchesa, and Die Zauberflöte as the First Lady. She performed the First Lady at the Baltimore Summer Opera Workshop and performed the role of Mary in William G. Still’s Highway One, USA. Bio

Carmen

Opera in Four Acts by Georges Bizet

Text by H. Meilhac and L. Halevy

(sung in French)

Saturday, January 28, 2012, 5:00PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space

Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Tony Bellomy

Rehearsal & Performance Pianist: Leesa Dahl

Rehearsal Pianist: Catherine Miller

Narrator: Larry Gabbard

Combat Stage Director: Christian Zaremba

Costumes & Set Design: Elizabeth Heuermann

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Micaëla	Jacqueline Quirk	Soprano, Jacqueline Quirk made her Carnegie Hall Debut as a finalist in the International Verismo Opera Competition. Roles include: Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly) with Kitsap Opera and Marguerite (Faust) with Connecticut Concert Opera, Mimi (La Boheme) with Miami Lyric Opera, and Nedda (I Pagliacci) in the Bechstein Concert Series. Additional Venues: Hawaii Opera Theatre, Washington National Opera, Asheville Lyric Opera, Mansfield Symphony. Upcoming: Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) with Bremerton Symphony and Contessa (Le Nozze de Figaro) at Lincoln Center. Bio
	Moralès/Dancaïro	Dmitri Ribero	A graduate of the Manhattan school of Music and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Dmitri Ribero was a soloist in Durufle’s Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, and Handel´s Messiah. Roles: Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Marco (Gianni Schicchi) at the Martha Cardona Opera Theatre, Sid (Albert Herring) Intermezzo young artist program, Schaunard (La Bohème) at the Valley Lyric Opera, Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) with Dell’Arte Opera. He is currently a Resident Artist at the Martha Cardona Opera Theater and Dicapo Opera Theatre. Bio
	Don José	Alvaro Rodriguez	Tenor, Alvaro Rodriguez, from Mallorca, Spain, has sung such roles as Rodolfo in La Boheme, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Faust in Faust, and Des Grieux/Edmondo in Manon Lescaut with such companies as Teatre Principal of Palma, Utah Festival Opera, One World Symphony and Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, among others. He is an active zarzuela performer and has starred in over twenty productions of the genre in the U.S. and abroad. Mr Rodriguez is a MM recipient from the University of Maryland, where he sang Paolino in Il Matrimonio Segreto. Bio
	Carmen	Caitlin McKeckney	Caitlin McKechney, mezzo-soprano from Chicago, is thrilled to be performing her first Carmen with us. Roles: Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Nancy (Albert Herring), the title role in Cendrillon, Meg Page (Falstaff), Tessa (The Gondoliers), The Wife/Mother in Mark-Anthony Turnage's Greek and Inez Serrano in Andu Vores's No Exit, for which she was hailed for her "staggering performance." (Chicago Classical Review). Companies: Des Moines Metro Opera, Sarasota Opera, Cedar Rapids Opera Theater, Opera Santa Barbara, Chicago Opera Vanguard. Bio
	Frasquita	Catherine Webber	Catherine Webber holds a Master's in Opera Performance from Purchase College Conservatory. There, she performed as Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Lauretta in (Gianni Schicchi), and Miranda in (The Tempest). She also sang Miranda for the professional recording of The Tempest with Albany Records, Micaëla (Carmen) with Stony Hill Opera, Richard Gretry's opera Richard the Lionhearted with the American Classical Orchestra. She is a soprano soloist at St. Matthew's Episcopal under the direction of composer Anthony Newman. She is currently a student of Bonnie Hamilton. Bio
	Mercédès	Gina Perregrino	Italian-American mezzo-soprano, Gina Perregrino is currently a scholarship student at the Manhattan School of Music under mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn. She is a two time 1st Place winner in the National Association of Teachers of singing mid-Atlantic Regional Auditions. She studied at the University of Siena in Italy and performed as a soloist in Tuscany & Switzerland. She performed with the International Vocal Arts Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia and alongside Christopher Plummer in Avery Fisher Hall with Alan Gilbert conducting the NY Philharmonic in Henry V. Bio
	Escamillo	Rashard Deleston	Rashard Deleston holds a Bachelor’s from DePaul University and a Master’s in voice from Manhattan School of Music. He has performed Aeneas in Dido and Aenea, the Title role in Idomeneo, Marullo in Rigoletto and Spinelloccio in Gianni Schicchi, and Sam in Street Scene. Since graduating, he has performed with the Bleeker Street Opera reprising his role in Rigoletto and as Yamadori with Gateway Classical Society in Madame Butterfly. Last season, he performed Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Peter (Hansel and Gretel), and Marullo (Rigoletto) with us. Bio
	Zuniga	Christian Zaremba	Christian Zaremba recently covered the role of Agamemnon in Iphigénie en Tauride at the Metropolitan Opera. A fight captain at the Metropolitan Opera, he is also supervising and performing roles in Stephen Wadsworth in Boris Godunov, Luc Bondy in Tosca, Nicholas Hytner in Don Carlo and David McVicar in Il Trovotore. He received a Tisch Merit Scholarship to study theatre at New York University. He graduated with Honors and received a Founders Award for Excellence. Additional: concerts for off-Broadway in NY and festivals in Siena and Como, Italy. Bio
	Remendado	Michael Powell	Michael Powell, tenor, is a recent graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. At Indiana University, he performed comprimari roles in La Rondine and The Most Happy Fella, as well the ensembles of Roméo et Juliette, Cendrillon, Die Fledermaus, and The Barber of Seville. This past summer, he participated in the Canadian Operatic Arts Academy, performing in scenes as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), and George (Sunday in the Park with George). Mr. Powell is a student of Barbara Honn. Bio

**Cover Singers**
	Micaëla	Jeanai Ratcliffe
		Alexandra Smith
	Carmen	Anna Yelizarova
		Juliana Curcio
	Frasquita	Margaret Meyer
	Mercédès	Nadine Kulberg

Manon

Opera in Five Acts by

Jules Massenet

Libretto by H. Meilhac and Philippe Gille

(sung in French)

Saturday, January 28, 2012, 8:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space

Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Marijo Newman

Cast (in order of appearance)

Guillot Morfontaine	Michael Angelo deCarlo	Michael Angelo DeCarlo holds a Bachelors of Music from HARTT School of Music where he studied Voice under Joanna Levy. He has performed roles such as the Frederick (Pirates of Penzance), Tamino (The Magic Flute), Kaspar (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Don Basilio and Don Curzio (The Marriage of Figaro), Judge (Trial by Jury), Raoul de St Brioche (The Merry Widow). Last season, he performed the role of Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte with us. Performance venues include Virginia Opera, Hartford Symphony, Connecticut Concert Opera, Todi Music Festival. Bio
Monsieur de Brétigny	Jhasoa Agosto
Poussette	Ilana Goldberg	Ilana Goldberg is a Master’s degree candidate at the Manhattan School of Music under Marlena Malas. Credits: Une Pastourelle (L’enfant et les sortilèges), Nella cover (Gianni Schicchi) with Lorin Maazel at the Castleton Festival, Chauve-Souris (L’enfant et les sortilèges) at the Chautauqua Opera, Susanna (Nina) - U.S. Premiere at the Manhattan School of Music. Featured in the HBO special Masterclass working with Plácido Domingo, she is also a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, National Foundation of Arts and Awards Winner, and Grand Concours de Chant 2012 Finalist. Bio
Javotte	Nadine Kulberg	Mezzo-soprano, Nadine Kulberg performed Ruggiero in Alcina and La Principessa in Suor Angelica with us this season and was our Dorabella cover for our Summer Festival performance of Cosi fan Tutte. In 2010, she completed a M. M. in Opera at SUNY Purchase, where she performed six roles. Additional roles: Title role (Carmen) and Maddalena (Rigoletto). She has performed with Berkshire Opera Company, Lake George Opera, and the Fanfare Consort. An avid art song recitalist, she has performed Schubert’s complete song cycle Die schöne Müllerin at three venues this year. Bio
Rosette	Yajie Chen	A native of China, Yajie Chen “has a warm voice, a wide range and impressive interpretation.” (Luoyang Daily). Ms. Chen performed Alto Solo in Mozart’s Requiem at Manhattan School of Music and has participated in IVAI in Montreal, Canada. Roles: Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), the Third Lady (The Magic Flute), Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier), Lucretia (The Rape of Lucretia) and Isabella (L’italiana in Algeri). She will perform Schubert’s opera Die Verschworenen as Udolin in 2012 spring. Ms. Chen is a candidate of Bachelor’s Degree at Manhattan School of Music. Bio
Innkeeper	LaMarcus Miller	A masters student at Manhattan School of Music, LaMarcus Miller was described as having “A voice to remember…” by the Rockwall Music Festival. Roles: Dancaire in Carmen, Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Beast in Beauty and The Beast. A soloist with the Rockwall Philharmonic Orchestra in Rockwall, Texas, he placed 1st (Delta Symphony Concerto Competition: Arkansas State University) and placed 2nd at the NANBPWC (African American Business and Professional Women’s Vocal Artist Competition) in Houston. Bio
Lescaut	Jose Sacín	Jose Sacín has worked with the Washington National Opera, Opera de Lima Peru, Baltimore Opera, Opera Camerata of Washington, Caramoor Opera Festival, Opera North, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Maryland Opera Society, In Series, Opera Guild of NOVA, among others. Roles include: title roles in Rigoletto and Don Giovanni, Alfio, Silvio, Germont, Rodrigo, Count Almaviva, Escamillo, Sharpless. He appeared on the nationally televised performance for Pope Benedict XVI alongside Placido Domingo at Nationals Stadium in Washington, D.C. Bio
Manon Lescaut	Marie Masters	Hailed by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as “as feisty and endearing a Susanna as you’re likely to find,” Marie Masters performed Ännchen (Der Freischütz) and Pisana (I Due Foscari) with Maestra Eve Queler and Opera Orchestra of New York. She was the Soprano Soloist in Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Soprano Soloist in Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol and Four Russian Peasant Songs under the baton of Pierre Boulez, the Trainbearer (Elektra) with Franz Welser-Möst, Frasquita (Carmen) with Opera Western Reserve and Ash Lawn Opera Festival, and Zerlina (Don Giovanni). Bio
Le Chevalier des Grieux	Won Whi Choi	Tenor, Won Whi Choi has performed Alfredo (La Traviata) and Chevalier (Dialogues of Carmelites) with the Mannes Opera, and Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus) with the Martina Arroyo Foundation and the Korean National University of Arts Opera Theater. He has covered the role of Don José (Carmen) for the Crested Butte Music Festival as a member of their Marcello Goirdani Young Artist Program. At the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, he performed the role of Don José (The Tragedy of Carmen) and Le théière (L'enfant et les sortilèges). Bio
Le Comte des Grieux	LaMarcus Miller	A masters student at Manhattan School of Music, LaMarcus Miller was described as having “A voice to remember…” by the Rockwall Music Festival. Roles: Dancaire in Carmen, Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Beast in Beauty and The Beast. A soloist with the Rockwall Philharmonic Orchestra in Rockwall, Texas, he placed 1st (Delta Symphony Concerto Competition: Arkansas State University) and placed 2nd at the NANBPWC (African American Business and Professional Women’s Vocal Artist Competition) in Houston. Bio

Don Giovanni

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, November 12, 2011, 8:00PM

Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall

154 W. 57th Street

New York City

Saturday, December 11, 2011, 6:30PM

Shetler Studios & Theatres

244 W. 54th Street

New York City

Conductor: Leesa Dahl

Pianist: Leesa Dahl

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Leporello	Aaron Grant*	Aaron Grant, a native of Emporia, Kansas, recently completed his graduate studies at The Florida State University where he studied with Mr. David Okerlund. Previous performances include Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola at The Montefeltro Festival in Novafeltria, Italy; Count Ceprano in Rigoletto with Nashville Opera; Peter in Hansel and Gretel with Cimarron Opera; Baron Douphol in La Traviata at The Masterworks Festival; Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, Don Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Schaunard in La bohème, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, with The Florida State Opera. Bio
		Zack Rabin**	Zack Rabin returns to us in the role of Leporello. He has performed the title characters in Don Pasquale (English and Italian), and Le nozze di Figaro, both Leporello and Masetto (Don Giovanni), Dulcamara (L’elisir d’amore) and Friar Lawrence (Roméo et Juliette) for his Carnegie Hall debut. Additional companies include: Lyric Opera Virginia, Ash Lawn Opera, Opera New Jersey, Ohio Light Opera, Sarasota Opera, Natchez Festival of Music, Lyrique en-Mer in France. Upcoming: Truffaldino (Ariadne):Winter Opera St. Louis and Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro):St. Petersburg Opera. Bio
	Don Giovanni	Gustavo Ahualli*	Gustavo Ahualli made his operatic debut in 1996 as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte in his native city of Tucuman, Argentina. Since then, he has sung in South America, US, France and Italy in leading baritone roles such La Traviata, Don Carlo, Il trovatore, Un ballo in maschera Lucia di Lammermoor, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni,La boheme, Turandot, Eugene Onegin, I pagliacci, Carmen. He began his musical training at age of seven. In 1998, he obtained his Master in voce from the ISA-Teatro Colón. He was named first-prize winner of the NJAVO in 2006. Bio
		Nathan Resika**	Recent highlights of bass, Nathan Resika include covering the Grand Inquisitor with Opera Orchestra of New York, where he performed with Marcello Giordani. Additional roles: Commendatore and Leporello in Don Giovanni in two separate casts at OperaNorth, Constable and Die Sanger in World premiere Center for contemporary Opera's The Secret Agent. The Title Role in The Marriage of Figaro with Opera in the Heights, the Marchese di Calatrava in La Forza del Destino with Caramoor, and Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte with Underworld Productions. Bio
	Donna Anna	Meredith Mecum*	Meredith Mecum was awarded Second Place in our 2011 Annual Vocal Competition, Second Place in the first annual Ades Vocal Competition at Manhattan School of Music, and an Encouragement Award from the Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition. Roles: Berta (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Opera New Jersey, Donna Anna (cover) with Ash Lawn Opera, Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) with Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance, and Rose Segal in the NY premiere of Later the Same Evening at Manhattan School of Music, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) with us last season. Bio
		Narine Ojakhyan**	After receiving a bachelors and Post Graduate Diploma at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatoire under Marianna Harutyunyan, Narine Ojakhyan was awarded a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London. She received a Royal Academy Honorary Diploma (DipRAM) studying with Joy Mammen and Jonathan Papp. Competition Winnings: 3rd place: Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Western region), Loren Zachary National Vocal Competition Finalist , Opera Rara Patric Schmid Bel Canto Prize and the Solti Foundation award (London). Bio
	Il Commendatore	Christian Zaremba*	Christian Zaremba recently covered the role of Agamemnon in Iphigénie en Tauride at the Metropolitan Opera. A fight captain at the Metropolitan Opera, he is also supervising and performing roles in Stephen Wadsworth in Boris Godunov, Luc Bondy in Tosca, Nicholas Hytner in Don Carlo and David McVicar in Il Trovotore. He received a Tisch Merit Scholarship to study theatre at New York University. He graduated with Honors and received a Founders Award for Excellence. Additional: concerts for off-Broadway in NY and festivals in Siena and Como, Italy. Bio
		LaMarcus Miller**	A masters student at Manhattan School of Music, LaMarcus Miller was described as having “A voice to remember…” by the Rockwall Music Festival. Roles: Dancaire in Carmen, Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Beast in Beauty and The Beast. A soloist with the Rockwall Philharmonic Orchestra in Rockwall, Texas, he placed 1st (Delta Symphony Concerto Competition: Arkansas State University) and placed 2nd at the NANBPWC (African American Business and Professional Women’s Vocal Artist Competition) in Houston. Bio
	Don Ottavio	Dorian Balis***	Tenor, Dorian Balis recently performed the role of Orombello in West Side Opera Society’s production of Bellini’s rarely performed opera Beatrice di Tenda. Roles include Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Gernando and Carlo in Rossini’s Armida, and Idreno in Semiramide, Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw, Camille in The Merry Widow, Gardiner in Giannini’s Beauty and the Beast at Dicapo Opera Theatre, and the Yale Freshman in Gregory Spears’ Paul’s Case with American Opera Projects. He understudied Grivet for the NYC premiere of Tobias Picker’s Thérèse Raquin. Bio
	Donna Elvira	Sara Murphy*	New York Times has hailed Sara Murphy's voice as a “soprano [that] soared with a lovely musicality.” Upcoming: staged excerpts from Die Walküre and Cavalleria Rusticana, a concert with excerpts from Aida and Il Trovatore, a solo recital on the Trail Mix Concert Series in Woodstock, NY and the soprano solos is Petite Messe Solennelle in March 2012 with Pro Arte Chorale. Recent performances have included a concert of opera excerpts with Canta Lyrica in May 2011, and an all-Schumann recital with pianist Dalton Baldwin and a recital with pianist Joshua Greene in November. Bio
		Clarissa Lyons**	California native soprano, Clarissa Lyons holds degrees from the University of California Berkeley, the Manhattan School of Music, and Bard College where she studied under the tutelage of Dawn Upshaw and Patricia Misslin. She is the recipient of the Marc & Eva Stern fellowship at SongFest, the Thelma Fisher Memorial Fellowship at Tanglewood, and the 2011 Henry & Maria Holt Scholarship. Additional Credits: recitals with Dawn Upshaw, Stephanie Blythe, Martin Katz, and Graham Johnson, Susan Graham, the Boston Symphony and Rod Gilfry as Elijah. Bio
	Zerlina	Adrienne Pardee***	A native of Los Angeles, Adrienne Pardee recently returned from a second summer at the Tanglewood Music Center, where she appeared as Europe in Milhaud’s Opera L’Enlèvement d’Europe, directed by Mark Morris, and the First Priestess in excerpts from Iphigénie en Tauride as part of a recital by Susan Graham and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Additional performances: Pierrot Lunaire, Four Nocturnes from the Oblivion Ha-ha with New Jersey’s Con Vivo Ensemble, as well as roles of Bessie & Blanche on a premiere recording of Louis Karchin’s new opera, Jane Eyre. Bio
	Masetto	Wesley Landry***	Baritone, Wesley Landry was a Studio Artist with Opera New Jersey for three summers, understudying Cascada (The Merry Widow), Pooh-Bah (The Mikado), and Masetto (Don Giovanni). Additional roles: Trevor in Courtside, a world premiere chamber opera for Houston Grand Opera, Customs Guard in La bohème with Houston Grand Opera and Hortensius (La Fille du Régiment) at Houston’s Opera in the Heights. He received his Masters degree from the University of Houston singing roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Die Fledermaus, and A Room with a View. Bio

November 12* December 11 November 12 & December 11*

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Così Fan Tutte

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

(sung in Italian)

David Štech, Conductor & Musical Preparation/Direction

David Štech, Pianist

Friday, December 16, 2011, 8:15PM

Shetler Studios & Theatres

Cast (in order of appearance)

*Fiordiligi*	Dora Hastings	Dora Hastings will be making her debut tonight with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre in the role of Fiordiligi. Most recently, Ms. Hastings completed a summer season as an artist-in-residence with Opera New Jersey. Roles include Musetta in La Bohème and Antonia in Les contes d’Hoffmann. She holds a Masters in Vocal Performance from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and is a member of the vocal studio of Victoria Livengood. Bio
*Dorabella*	Allison Waggener	A graduate of Yale College with double degrees, mezzo-soprano, Allison Waggener recently appeared as Mère Marie in The Dialogues of the Carmelites with One World Symphony, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with Troupers Light Opera and Prince Charmant in Cendrillon with New York Lyric Opera Theatre. Additional highlights: Maddalena in Rigoletto, the title role in Cenerentola, Cherubino in Le Nozze, Erica in Vanessa, Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte, Nicklausse in The Tales of Hoffmann, and Octavian. She has studied abroad at the Moscow Art Theater School. Bio
*Ferrando*	John Hager Flores	John Hager Flores lives in New York City. He was invited as a guest artist to the University of Massachusetts to sing the comedia dell’ arte role of Beppe, in the opera Rita by Donizetti. Previous experience: Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Alfred in Die Fledermaus for The Liederkranz Opera Foundation in NY and the New York Lyric Opera Theatre, and Ferrando in Cosi Fan Tutte; He recently performed the role of Basilio in Le Nozze di Figaro with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre; Nanki Poo in The Mikado, and Ralph Hackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore, Village Light Opera. Bio
*Don Alfonso*	Salvador Mascarenhas	Salvador Mascarenhas completed vocal studies at the National Portuguese Conservatoire in Lisbon, under soprano Ana Paula Russo. He was a resident singer with Lisbon's renowned Gulbenkian Choir, performing as a soloist and recordings, and working with conductors Michel Corboz, Lawrence Foster, and Franz Bruggen. In Lisbon, he performed the Count in The Marriage of Figaro, Papageno in The Magic Flute, and Marullo in Rigoletto. A doctoral student at NY University, he has taken master classes with Ann Murray, Janis Kelly, and Malcolm Martineau. Bio
*Guglielmo*	Alex Boyd	Alex Boyd is a young baritone from Purcellville, Virginia. He is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory. Currently studying with Mark Oswald, Mr. Boyd has recently performed with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre as Peter in Hansel und Gretel and Melisso in Alcina. Upcoming: Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with New York Lyric Opera Theatre, Figaro in The Barber of Seville with Opera Oggi. Bio
*Despina*	Elise Jablow	Elise Jablow is a graduate student at the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Patricia Misslin. Roles: Sandman (Hansel and Gretel), Oberto (Alcina), Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress), and Le Chauve-Souris (L’enfant et les sortilèges). Scenes include: Norina (Don Pasquale), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Giulietta (I Capulet e i Montecchi). This past summer, she was a member of the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Center. As a winner of the 2009 Bel Canto Institute Orchestral Performance Award, Ms. Jablow performed as a soloist with the Vermont Philharmonic. Bio

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Die Zauberflöte

(The Magic Flute)

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Text by Emanuel Schikaneder

(sung in German with English dialogue)

Friday, November 18, 2011, 7:30PM

Shetler Studios & Theatres

Michael Fennelly, Conductor & Musical Preparation/Direction

Tony Bellomy, Musical Preparation

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Tamino	Glenn Seven Allen	2011 performances: Don Jose (Carmen) with Buck Hill/Skytop Music Festival, Ernesto (Don Pasquale) with Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre, Rodolfo La Bohème with Operamission, Adam (Opera in Eden) with American Lyric Theatre, Il Duca (Rigoletto) with Queens Symphony, Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Intermountain Opera, Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. 2010 appearances: Alexius (The Chocolate Soldier) with Bard Summerscape, Alfredo (La Traviata) with Long Island Opera, Il Duca (Rigoletto) with Bleeker Street Opera. Bio
	1st Lady	Samantha Jeffreys	Samantha Jeffrey’s roles include Flora & Violetta cover (La Traviata) with Belleayre Music Festival, Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte) with dell’Arte Opera, the Metropolitan Opera’s Masterly Singing Series, Gretel (Hansel & Gretel) with Nashville Opera, Lover (Il Tabbaro) with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, Musetta (La Bohème) with Brooklyn Opera & with us, and has covered Anina (The Saint of Bleeker Street) with Dicapo Opera. She made her Carnegie Hall Solo Recital Debut by Artists International. Awards: Metropolitan Opera National Council Encouragement Award. Bio
	2nd Lady	Lauren Alfano	Soprano, Lauren Alfano is thrilled to return to us in the role of the 2nd Lady. She was a Resident Artist with the Underworld Productions Opera Ensemble, where she performed in Ben Yarmolinksy’s Clarence and Anita. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with the Remarkable Theater Brigade’s in their production of Opera Shorts. Additional companies: Satori Opera and the Opera Company of Brooklyn. Recent/Upcoming: Gilda (Rigoletto), Despina (Cosi fan tutte),Lisa (La Sonnambula), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), and Alessandro Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater. Bio
	3rd Lady	Mary Kathryn Monday	Mary Kathryn Monday, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, is excited to join the company of Die Zauberflöte as the Third Lady. She has most recently performed with New York Lyric Opera Theatre’s production of Suor Angelica as The Abbess and the Second Touriere. Her scene work includes roles of Carmen, Marcellina, and Dido. She holds a Bachelor's of Music in Vocal Performance from Furman University. She is a private student of Neil Rosenshein. Ms. Monday is looking forward to building her career in the New York Metro Area. Bio
	Papageno	Jonathan Hare	Praised in previous productions for his "robust voice" and "comic flair," baritone, Jonathan Hare, holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Recent performances: Tiny Tim in Thomas Pasatieri's world premiere of God Bless us Everyone at the Dicapo Opera Theatre, and Trigorin in Chekhov’s The Seagull, also with Dicapo, which was staged both in New York and at the Szeged National Theatre in Hungary. Additional roles: Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) with Martina Arroyo Foundation and Marcello (La Bohème) with the Martha Cardona Foundation. Bio
	Queen of the Night	Rebecca Shorstein	Praised for her “radiant voice and captivating stage presence”, Rebecca Shorstein currently lives in New York and was seen lighting up the stage as Lucy in The New York Opera Exchange’s performance of The Telephone. She won prestigious accolades from the Southeast Region of National Association of Teachers of Singing, and the Schlern International Music Festival (Italy). In 2010, Ms. Shorstein made her European debut as the Königin der Nacht (Die Zauberflöte) with the Mittelsächsiches Theater Freiberg. She completed her Masters degree at Florida State University. Bio
	Monostatos	Alex Frankel	Tenor, Alexander Frankel makes his New York Lyric Opera Theatre as well as his New York City debut in the role of Monostatos in The Magic Flute. He made his professional debut in the summer of 2010 as Nanki-Poo in The Mikado with Lyric Theatre of San Jose. Additional credits include Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Livermore Valley Opera, Beppe in I Pagliacci with Sonoma City Opera and has frequently appeared with Berkeley West Edge Opera and Opera San Jose. Mr. Frankel is currently a Student at the Manhattan School of Music. Bio
	Pamina	Margaret Newcomb	Margaret Newcomb is a recent graduate of Manhattan School of Music. This summer, she performed the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at Lyric Opera Studio Weimar in Germany. She recently performed the title role of Nina, o sia la pazza per amore at MSM. Other performances at MSM include opera scenes as Violetta in La Traviata, Norina in Don Pasquale, and Euridice in Orphée aux enfers. Past operetta and musical theater roles include Zorah in Ruddigore, Cosette in Les Misérables, and Belle in Beauty and the Beast. She is a student of Ashley Putnam. Bio
	1st Spirit	Abbey Harr	A native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, soprano, Abbey Harr recently completed her graduate studies at Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Joan Patenaude-Yarnell. Performance highlights include the roles of Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro), Amy (Little Women), 1st Spirit (Die Zauberflöte), La Suora Infermiera (Suor Angelica), Sandman (Too Many Sopranos) the title role in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience and in scenes as Sophie (Werther), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro). Bio
	2nd Spirit	Madison Marie McIntosh	Madison Marie McIntosh, soprano, made her operatic debut as Barbarina with Vero Beach Opera. She has sung the roles of Barbarina and the Sandman with New York Lyric Opera Theatre. She was a first place winner of Golden Voices of America 2010 and performed in the winners’ concert at Weill Recital Hall. She has also performed multiple concerts in the Beyond the Stage series of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Her other performance venues include Avery Fisher Hall and Mar-a-Lago. She has studied with Virginia Zeani and currently with Ruth Falcon. Bio
	3rd Spirit	Gina Perregrino	Italian-American mezzo-soprano, Gina Perregrino is currently a scholarship student at the Manhattan School of Music under mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn. She is a two time 1st Place winner in the National Association of Teachers of singing mid-Atlantic Regional Auditions. She studied at the University of Siena in Italy and performed as a soloist in Tuscany & Switzerland. She performed with the International Vocal Arts Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia and alongside Christopher Plummer in Avery Fisher Hall with Alan Gilbert conducting the NY Philharmonic in Henry V. Bio
	Speaker	Jörg Schnass	Jörg Schnass studied theater, pantomime & acting in Paris, Cologne, Cracow, & Wroclaw. He has extensive performance experience, including Tournées in Europe, over 300 stage productions directed by Robert Lepage, Jerzy Jarocki, Klaus Michael Grüber, over 30 movie pictures, (Norman Jewison, Jonathan Demme, Bertrand Tavernier, Erich Rohmer, Agnieszka Holland). Roles: Dulcamara, Colline (New York) - Sarastro & Sprecher (Belgium), and Osmin (New York, Baugé), Monterone, Baugé, Sparafucile (Stuttgart Opera) Projects 2011/12: Watergoblin & Daland (Leipzig). Bio
	Sarastro	Jörg Schnass	Jörg Schnass studied theater, pantomime & acting in Paris, Cologne, Cracow, & Wroclaw. He has extensive performance experience, including Tournées in Europe, over 300 stage productions directed by Robert Lepage, Jerzy Jarocki, Klaus Michael Grüber, over 30 movie pictures, (Norman Jewison, Jonathan Demme, Bertrand Tavernier, Erich Rohmer, Agnieszka Holland). Roles: Dulcamara, Colline (New York) - Sarastro & Sprecher (Belgium), and Osmin (New York, Baugé), Monterone, Baugé, Sparafucile (Stuttgart Opera) Projects 2011/12: Watergoblin & Daland (Leipzig). Bio
	Old Lady/Papagena	Francesca Caviglia	Soprano, Francesca Caviglia returns to us in the role of Papagena. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota where her performed roles included, most notably, Susanna in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro as well as a female adaptation of the Proprietor in Sondheim's musical Assassins. She performed the role of Sister Osmina in Suor Angelica with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre earlier this season. Bio
	1st Armoured Man	Michael Powell	Michael Powell, tenor, is a recent graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. At Indiana University, he performed comprimari roles in La Rondine and The Most Happy Fella, as well the ensembles of Roméo et Juliette, Cendrillon, Die Fledermaus, and The Barber of Seville. This past summer, he participated in the Canadian Operatic Arts Academy, performing in scenes as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), and George (Sunday in the Park with George). Mr. Powell is a student of Barbara Honn. Bio
	2nd Armoured Man	Jörg Schnass	Jörg Schnass studied theater, pantomime & acting in Paris, Cologne, Cracow, & Wroclaw. He has extensive performance experience, including Tournées in Europe, over 300 stage productions directed by Robert Lepage, Jerzy Jarocki, Klaus Michael Grüber, over 30 movie pictures, (Norman Jewison, Jonathan Demme, Bertrand Tavernier, Erich Rohmer, Agnieszka Holland). Roles: Dulcamara, Colline (New York) - Sarastro & Sprecher (Belgium), and Osmin (New York, Baugé), Monterone, Baugé, Sparafucile (Stuttgart Opera) Projects 2011/12: Watergoblin & Daland (Leipzig). Bio

Cover Singers
	Papagena/1st Spirit	Madison Marie McIntosh	Madison Marie McIntosh, soprano, made her operatic debut as Barbarina with Vero Beach Opera. She has sung the roles of Barbarina and the Sandman with New York Lyric Opera Theatre. She was a first place winner of Golden Voices of America 2010 and performed in the winners’ concert at Weill Recital Hall. She has also performed multiple concerts in the Beyond the Stage series of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Her other performance venues include Avery Fisher Hall and Mar-a-Lago. She has studied with Virginia Zeani and currently with Ruth Falcon. Bio

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Cendrillon

Opera in Four Acts by Jules Massenet

Text by Henri Cain

(sung in French)

Saturday, November 19, 2011, 8:00 PM &

Sunday, November 20, 2011, 8:00 PM

Shetler Studios & Theatres

Conductor & Musical Preparation/Direction: David Štech

Pianist: Sophia Vastek

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Pandolfe	Terence Shawn***	Terence Shawn makes his debut with us tonight in the role of Pandolfe. He has performed with Operesque Classical Concerts in New York City since 2006 where his roles have included Rodrigo in Don Carlo, the title roles in Rigoletto and Nabucco, Di Luna in Il trovatore, Gerard in Andrea Chenier, and, most recently, Ezio in Attila. In recent seasons, he has also performed the Count in Le nozze di Figaro, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, and Scarpia in Tosca with various companies in Toronto. Bio
	Madame de la Haltière	Nicole Weigelt***	Mezzo-soprano, Nicole Weigelt is a native of Oswego, New York. Previous roles include La Abuela (La Vida Breve) and Alkandre (Pénélope) at Manhattan School of Music; Cover of Marilyn Klinghoffer (The Death of Klinghoffer) at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Zita (Gianni Schicchi), Marcellina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Filipvenva (Eugene Onegin), and Un pâtre (L’enfant et les Sortilèges) at the Chautauqua Institution; Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) and Third Lady (The Magic Flute) with the Hillman Opera; and Maurya (Riders to the Sea) and La Badessa (Suor Angelica). Bio
	Noèmie	Julie Lauren Stevens***	Julie Lauren Stevens recently performed the role of Amy March in Adamo’s Little Women with the Opera Academy of California. Ms. Stevens has gained critical praise and recognition for her performances of Gilbert & Sullivan’s works. Her upcoming performances include Scrooge & Gilbert & Sullivan with the Village Light Opera Group, and Gilbert & Sullivan, THE BALLET! with Dances Patrelle. She received her undergraduate training at New England Conservatory where she studied under Patricia Craig. Ms. Stevens is a second year graduate student at New York University. Bio
	Dorothée	Kim Walton*	Praised for her substantial instrument, soprano, Kimberly Walton returns to us this season in the role of Dorothée. Roles include: leading role in Martinu’s Comedy on the Bridge, as well as Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Marcellina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Lapak (Cunning Little Vixen), Suor Genevieve (Suor Angelica), and Mere Jeanne (Dialogue of the Carmelites). In addition to opera, Ms. Walton is an avid recitalist, musical theater performer and champion of new music. Earlier this season, she performed the Witch in Hansel and Gretel with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. Bio
		Alina Lindquist**	Alina Lindquist is recognized for her beauty of singing and true interpretation of characters. She debuted Countess Ceprano in El Festival de Ópera de A Coruña’s Rigoletto by Verdi and Violetta in a concert version of La Traviata produced by Bill Schuman. Competition winnings: Metropolitan Opera National Council, National Association of Teachers and Singer, Barry Alexander Competition, was awarded an encouragement grant from Marcello Giordani Foundation and was a finalist with Liederkranz Foundation Competition. Upcoming: DiCapo Opera as Resident Artist. Bio
	Cendrillon (Lucette)	Angela Christine Smith***	Angela Christine Smith, Soprano, most recently covered the role of Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. Other credits include performances with the Belleayre Festival Opera, Opera Singers Initiative, Lake George Opera, South Carolina Opera, Delaware Opera, and Liederkranz Opera. Ms. Smith has performed as a principal artist for many seasons with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) at New York City Center, Wolf Trap, and on extensive tours from coast to coast, Canada and Buxton, England. Bio
	La Fée	Jennifer Sin*	Jennifer Sin most recently attended Sherrill Milnes’ program, V.O.I.C.Experience, in Tampa, FL. She was featured in numerous performances with the Longwood Opera Summer Concert Series this summer in Boston, MA. Roles include: Susanna cover (NY Lyic Opera Theatre), Königin der Nacht (NY Lyric Opera Theatre, New York Opera Studio, BASOTI), Parthenis from La Belle Helene (L’Opera du Perigold), Olympia (Boston Conservatory), and 1st Novice (James Madison University). Partial roles: Blondchen, Adele, Norina, Prince Caprice, and Carolina (Il Matrimonio Segreto). Bio
		Hyun Jin Cho**	Hyun Jin Cho has performed Olympia (Les Contes H'offmann), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Despina (Così Fan Tutte), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Ilia (Idomeneo), Norina (Don Pasquale), and Sophie (Werther). Her concert appearances include AIMS Summer Festival (Graz, Austria), La Voix du Jardin festival (Paris, France) and L'Art de la voix festival (Lyon,France), concerts in Rome Italy, Vienna, Austria and Carnegie’s Weill Hall. She studied at the Conservatoire National du Région in Paris, France and Manhattan school of Music. Bio
	Le Prince Charmant	*Lea Garinis,**	Mezzo-soprano, Lea Garinis returns to us this season in the roles of Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Prince Charming (Cendrillon), and Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte). She received her Master of Music degree in vocal performance from Ithaca College this past May where she sang the role of La Messaggiera in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Mrs. Garinis was recently seen in the ensemble of Don Giovanni and La Rondine with the Martina Arroyo Foundation. Additional roles: Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) with Hillman Opera, and Zulma (L’Italiana in Algeri), Sifare (Mitridate). Bio
		Kerry Gotschall**	Kerry Gotschall was seen this past summer as Dorabella in Così fan Tutte with Seagle Music Colony. She was also performed Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with Kansas Concert Opera, Alisa cover in Lucia di Lammermoor and the Wirtstochter cover in Die Königskinder with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble. Originally from Houston, Texas, she recently received her Masters degree at University of Kansas where she performed in L’enfant in L’enfant et les sortilèges, Mrs. Olsen in Street Scene, and Annina in La Traviata, and Lady Saphir in Patience. She also holds a BM from LSU. Bio

November 19* November 20 Both*

Cover Singers
	Cendrillon (Lucette)	Leanna Pearson***

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Le Nozze di Figaro

(The Marriage of Figaro)

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, November 5, 2011, 7:00PM

Shetler Studios & Theatres

244 W. 54th Street

New York City

Saturday, November 12, 2011, 8:00PM

Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall

154 W. 57th Street

New York City

Conductor: Tony Bellomy

Pianist: Leesa Dahl

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Figaro	Jean-Michel Borgeaud***	Bass, Jean-Michel Borgeaud is also a violinist and violist. His studies began with violin, graduating with a Gold medal at the Lille conservatory (France) and then in Switzerland. He entered the famous Guildhall School of Music in London with a full scholarship, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music with Honors. Roles include: Caronte in L’Orfeo with Gabriel Garrido at the Festival de Musique Baroque de Sarrebourg, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro in United Kingdom tour, Des Grieux in Manon and Dulcamara in Elisir d’amore with the Swiss National Opera Studio. Bio
	Susanna	Adele Wilson***	Adele Wilson is currently pursuing her Masters at the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Cynthia Hoffmann. Roles include: Amarilli in the American Premiere of Handel's Il Pastor Fido under the direction of Dona D. Vaughn, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera in the Ozarks) and Harry in Albert Herring (MSM). She has sung opera scenes with the MSM Undergraduate Opera Theatre, Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, and the Washington Opera Institute, and Opera in the Ozarks. Programs include OperaWorks!, and the Frost School of Music Summer in Salzburg. Bio
	Bartolo	Alex Boyd***	Alex Boyd is a young baritone from Purcellville, Virginia. He is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory. Currently studying with Mark Oswald, Mr. Boyd has recently performed with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre as Peter in Hansel und Gretel and Melisso in Alcina. Upcoming: Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with New York Lyric Opera Theatre, Figaro in The Barber of Seville with Opera Oggi. Bio
	Marcellina	Heather Roberts***
	Cherubino	Lea Garinis***	Mezzo-soprano, Lea Garinis returns to us this season in the roles of Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Prince Charming (Cendrillon), and Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte). She received her Master of Music degree in vocal performance from Ithaca College this past May where she sang the role of La Messaggiera in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Mrs. Garinis was recently seen in the ensemble of Don Giovanni and La Rondine with the Martina Arroyo Foundation. Additional roles: Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) with Hillman Opera, and Zulma (L’Italiana in Algeri), Sifare (Mitridate). Bio
	Count Almaviva	Jordan Shaner***	Baritone, Jordan Shaner is a native of Denver, Colorado. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Denver and a Master's from the University of Memphis. He has performed many principal and comprimario roles in opera and musical theater, including: Il Conte d'Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Marcello in La Bohème, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Bob in The Old Maid and the Thief, Thomas Putnam in The Crucible (Ward), the title role in Tartuffe (Mechem), El Dancaïro in Carmen, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, and the Baker in Into the Woods. Bio
	Basilio/Don Curzio	J. Andy McCullough*	J. Andy McCullough is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School, where he received his Masters in Opera Performance. Roles at Juilliard Opera Theatre: Monostatos, Basilio, as well as small roles, such as Our Town under the direction of Ed Berkeley. Under the tutelage of Marlena Malas, he has performed the role of Sam in the Chautauqua Summer Schools Production of Susannah and Ensemble in the Juilliard Opera Theatre and Aspen Opera Theatres The Rape of Lucretia. Mr. McCullough is premiering the role of Baldur in Evan Fein's new Opera The Raven's Kiss at Juilliard. Bio
		Dorian Balis**	Tenor, Dorian Balis recently performed the role of Orombello in West Side Opera Society’s production of Bellini’s rarely performed opera Beatrice di Tenda. Roles include Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Gernando and Carlo in Rossini’s Armida, and Idreno in Semiramide, Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw, Camille in The Merry Widow, Gardiner in Giannini’s Beauty and the Beast at Dicapo Opera Theatre, and the Yale Freshman in Gregory Spears’ Paul’s Case with American Opera Projects. He understudied Grivet for the NYC premiere of Tobias Picker’s Thérèse Raquin. Bio
	Countess Almaviva	Meredith Mecum***	Meredith Mecum was awarded Second Place in our 2011 Annual Vocal Competition, Second Place in the first annual Ades Vocal Competition at Manhattan School of Music, and an Encouragement Award from the Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition. Roles: Berta (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Opera New Jersey, Donna Anna (cover) with Ash Lawn Opera, Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) with Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance, and Rose Segal in the NY premiere of Later the Same Evening at Manhattan School of Music, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) with us last season. Bio
	Antonio	Aaron Grant***	Aaron Grant, a native of Emporia, Kansas, recently completed his graduate studies at The Florida State University where he studied with Mr. David Okerlund. Previous performances include Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola at The Montefeltro Festival in Novafeltria, Italy; Count Ceprano in Rigoletto with Nashville Opera; Peter in Hansel and Gretel with Cimarron Opera; Baron Douphol in La Traviata at The Masterworks Festival; Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, Don Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Schaunard in La bohème, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, with The Florida State Opera. Bio
	Barbarina	Julie Wyma***	Soprano, Julie Wyma, recently moved to New York as a Resident Artist with Dicapo Opera Theater, and is thrilled to be making her debut with us. Performance highlights include Sophie in Werther, Amy in Little Women, Norina in Don Pasquale, Despina in Così fan tutte, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Alice in Alice in Wonderland, Monica in The Medium, Beauty in Beauty and the Beast, Frasquita in Carmen, and Lisette in La Rondine. Her concert work includes Soprano solos in Bach’s Mass in B Minor, St. Matthew Passion, and Magnificat, and Messiah and Judas Maccabaeus. Bio

November 5* November 12 November 5 & 12*

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Don Giovanni

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, November 12, 2011, 8:00PM

Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall

154 W. 57th Street

New York City

Saturday, December 11, 2011, 6:30PM

Shetler Studios & Theatres

244 W. 54th Street

New York City

Conductor: Leesa Dahl

Pianist: Leesa Dahl

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Leporello	Aaron Grant***	Aaron Grant, a native of Emporia, Kansas, recently completed his graduate studies at The Florida State University where he studied with Mr. David Okerlund. Previous performances include Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola at The Montefeltro Festival in Novafeltria, Italy; Count Ceprano in Rigoletto with Nashville Opera; Peter in Hansel and Gretel with Cimarron Opera; Baron Douphol in La Traviata at The Masterworks Festival; Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, Don Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Schaunard in La bohème, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, with The Florida State Opera. Bio
	Don Giovanni	Gustavo Ahualli***	Gustavo Ahualli made his operatic debut in 1996 as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte in his native city of Tucuman, Argentina. Since then, he has sung in South America, US, France and Italy in leading baritone roles such La Traviata, Don Carlo, Il trovatore, Un ballo in maschera Lucia di Lammermoor, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni,La boheme, Turandot, Eugene Onegin, I pagliacci, Carmen. He began his musical training at age of seven. In 1998, he obtained his Master in voce from the ISA-Teatro Colón. He was named first-prize winner of the NJAVO in 2006. Bio
	Donna Anna	Meredith Mecum*	Meredith Mecum was awarded Second Place in our 2011 Annual Vocal Competition, Second Place in the first annual Ades Vocal Competition at Manhattan School of Music, and an Encouragement Award from the Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition. Roles: Berta (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Opera New Jersey, Donna Anna (cover) with Ash Lawn Opera, Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) with Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance, and Rose Segal in the NY premiere of Later the Same Evening at Manhattan School of Music, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) with us last season. Bio
	Il Commendatore	Christian Zaremba***	Christian Zaremba recently covered the role of Agamemnon in Iphigénie en Tauride at the Metropolitan Opera. A fight captain at the Metropolitan Opera, he is also supervising and performing roles in Stephen Wadsworth in Boris Godunov, Luc Bondy in Tosca, Nicholas Hytner in Don Carlo and David McVicar in Il Trovotore. He received a Tisch Merit Scholarship to study theatre at New York University. He graduated with Honors and received a Founders Award for Excellence. Additional: concerts for off-Broadway in NY and festivals in Siena and Como, Italy. Bio
	Don Ottavio	Dorian Balis***	Tenor, Dorian Balis recently performed the role of Orombello in West Side Opera Society’s production of Bellini’s rarely performed opera Beatrice di Tenda. Roles include Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Gernando and Carlo in Rossini’s Armida, and Idreno in Semiramide, Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw, Camille in The Merry Widow, Gardiner in Giannini’s Beauty and the Beast at Dicapo Opera Theatre, and the Yale Freshman in Gregory Spears’ Paul’s Case with American Opera Projects. He understudied Grivet for the NYC premiere of Tobias Picker’s Thérèse Raquin. Bio
	Donna Elvira	Sara Murphy*	New York Times has hailed Sara Murphy's voice as a “soprano [that] soared with a lovely musicality.” Upcoming: staged excerpts from Die Walküre and Cavalleria Rusticana, a concert with excerpts from Aida and Il Trovatore, a solo recital on the Trail Mix Concert Series in Woodstock, NY and the soprano solos is Petite Messe Solennelle in March 2012 with Pro Arte Chorale. Recent performances have included a concert of opera excerpts with Canta Lyrica in May 2011, and an all-Schumann recital with pianist Dalton Baldwin and a recital with pianist Joshua Greene in November. Bio
		Clarissa Lyons**	California native soprano, Clarissa Lyons holds degrees from the University of California Berkeley, the Manhattan School of Music, and Bard College where she studied under the tutelage of Dawn Upshaw and Patricia Misslin. She is the recipient of the Marc & Eva Stern fellowship at SongFest, the Thelma Fisher Memorial Fellowship at Tanglewood, and the 2011 Henry & Maria Holt Scholarship. Additional Credits: recitals with Dawn Upshaw, Stephanie Blythe, Martin Katz, and Graham Johnson, Susan Graham, the Boston Symphony and Rod Gilfry as Elijah. Bio
	Zerlina	Adrienne Pardee***	A native of Los Angeles, Adrienne Pardee recently returned from a second summer at the Tanglewood Music Center, where she appeared as Europe in Milhaud’s Opera L’Enlèvement d’Europe, directed by Mark Morris, and the First Priestess in excerpts from Iphigénie en Tauride as part of a recital by Susan Graham and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Additional performances: Pierrot Lunaire, Four Nocturnes from the Oblivion Ha-ha with New Jersey’s Con Vivo Ensemble, as well as roles of Bessie & Blanche on a premiere recording of Louis Karchin’s new opera, Jane Eyre. Bio
	Masetto	Wesley Landry***	Baritone, Wesley Landry was a Studio Artist with Opera New Jersey for three summers, understudying Cascada (The Merry Widow), Pooh-Bah (The Mikado), and Masetto (Don Giovanni). Additional roles: Trevor in Courtside, a world premiere chamber opera for Houston Grand Opera, Customs Guard in La bohème with Houston Grand Opera and Hortensius (La Fille du Régiment) at Houston’s Opera in the Heights. He received his Masters degree from the University of Houston singing roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Die Fledermaus, and A Room with a View. Bio

November 12* December 11 November 12 & December 11*

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Die Zauberflöte

(The Magic Flute)

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Text by Emanuel Schikaneder

(sung in German with English dialogue)

Sunday, November 6, 2011, 7:00PM

Shetler Studios & Theatres

244 W. 54th Street

New York City

Saturday, November 12, 2011, 8:00PM

Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall

154 W. 57th Street

New York City

Conductor: Keith Chambers

Pianist: Leesa Dahl

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Tamino	Jonathan Winell*
	Tamino	George Jo**	Tenor, George Jo made his debut for the role of Faust from a French grand opera Faust by Gounod at One World Symphony Orchestra. He performed Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte New York Lyric Opera Theatre. He also had a covered role of Rodolfo La Bohème at the Opera Company of Brooklyn. He appeared at Remarkable Theater Brigade Young Artist Summer Program as Sam from House. He has also performed numerous opera gala concerts for various lyric tenor roles such as Des Grieux from Manon, Faust from Faust, Rodolfo from La Bohème and Alfredo from La Traviata. He graduated Manhattan School of Music for the professional studies in 2010, and he holds a Masters of Music degree from Mannes College of Music. Bio
	1st Lady	Alexandra Lang***	Soprano, Alexandra Lang, soprano, is recognized for her integrity as a musician, distinct vocal color and versatility as a singing-actress. A native of Atlanta, she made her operatic debut in the title role of Masssenet’s Manon with Opera in the Ozarks. Ms. Lang performed abroad in Périgueux, France where she performed Eurydice in Jacques Offenbach’s Orphée aux Enfers. She performed the national anthem at Boston's historic Fenway Park. Ms. Lang made her debut with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre this season as Gertrude in Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel. Bio
	2nd Lady	Sara Fanucchi***	Mezzo-soprano, Sara Fanucchi performs regularly in and around New York City. She recently received praise from Opera News as having given “a delightful portrayal of Zerlina” with a “vibrant, eye-catching presence whenever she was onstage” while performing in Don Giovanni with the Bronx Opera. Additional roles: Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro with Amore Opera, Dorabella in Così fan Tutte at Symphony Space, and Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia at The Players Club. She was a young artist with Opera New Jersey and holds a Masters from Manhattan School of Music. Bio
	3rd Lady	Lea Garinis*	Mezzo-soprano, Lea Garinis returns to us this season in the roles of Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Prince Charming (Cendrillon), and Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte). She received her Master of Music degree in vocal performance from Ithaca College this past May where she sang the role of La Messaggiera in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Mrs. Garinis was recently seen in the ensemble of Don Giovanni and La Rondine with the Martina Arroyo Foundation. Additional roles: Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) with Hillman Opera, and Zulma (L’Italiana in Algeri), Sifare (Mitridate). Bio
		Heather Petrie**	Contralto, Heather Petrie, holds a degree in Voice from Bard College and a Masters from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music. Venues/companies include: The American Symphony Orchestra, Westchester Philharmonic and the New Haven and Hartford Symphonies. Roles: Witch (Hansel und Gretel) Marcellina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Flora (La Traviata), Larina (Eugene Onegin), Miss Todd (The Old Maid and the Thief), Baba (The Medium), and Arnalta (L'Incoronazione di Poppea). She has also performed extensively throughout South Korea with her husband, guitarist David Veslocki. Bio
	Papageno	Alex Boyd***	Alex Boyd is a young baritone from Purcellville, Virginia. He is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory. Currently studying with Mark Oswald, Mr. Boyd has recently performed with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre as Peter in Hansel und Gretel and Melisso in Alcina. Upcoming: Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with New York Lyric Opera Theatre, Figaro in The Barber of Seville with Opera Oggi. Bio
	Queen of the Night	Monica Pasquini***	Monica Pasquini, coloratura soprano, was a studio artist for Center City Opera Theater in Philadelphia singing Francesca in the North American premiere of The Shops, Norina in Don Pasquale and Despina in Cosi fan tutte. Additional roles: Belinda in Dido & Aeneas, Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ruth Baldwin in the southeastern premiere of John Musto’s Later the Same Evening, and The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute. Ms. Pasquini holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rollins College and a Master of Music degree from Florida State University. Bio
	Monostatos	Alex Frankel***	Tenor, Alexander Frankel makes his New York Lyric Opera Theatre as well as his New York City debut in the role of Monostatos in The Magic Flute. He made his professional debut in the summer of 2010 as Nanki-Poo in The Mikado with Lyric Theatre of San Jose. Additional credits include Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Livermore Valley Opera, Beppe in I Pagliacci with Sonoma City Opera and has frequently appeared with Berkeley West Edge Opera and Opera San Jose. Mr. Frankel is currently a Student at the Manhattan School of Music. Bio
	Pamina	Elizabeth Heuermann***	Soprano, Elizabeth Heuermann is a graduate of Indiana University School of Music. Roles: Title Role (Manon), Juliette (Romeo et Juliette), Pamina (The Magic Flute), Norina (Don Pasquale), and Contessa Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Musetta (La Bohème), and Gretel (Hansel and Gretel). Venues: Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space in New York City, Austin Lyric Opera, Opera Illinois, Milwaukee Opera, Bach Society of St. Paul with the St. Paul Orchestra, Dell’Arte Opera of NYC, Kaliope Opera of Long Island, AIMS Festival in Austria, New York Lyric Opera Theatre. Bio
	1st Spirit	Julie Wyma***	Soprano, Julie Wyma, recently moved to New York as a Resident Artist with Dicapo Opera Theater, and is thrilled to be making her debut with us. Performance highlights include Sophie in Werther, Amy in Little Women, Norina in Don Pasquale, Despina in Così fan tutte, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Alice in Alice in Wonderland, Monica in The Medium, Beauty in Beauty and the Beast, Frasquita in Carmen, and Lisette in La Rondine. Her concert work includes Soprano solos in Bach’s Mass in B Minor, St. Matthew Passion, and Magnificat, and Messiah and Judas Maccabaeus. Bio
	2nd Spirit	Madison Marie McIntosh***	Madison Marie McIntosh, soprano, made her operatic debut as Barbarina with Vero Beach Opera. She has sung the roles of Barbarina and the Sandman with New York Lyric Opera Theatre. She was a first place winner of Golden Voices of America 2010 and performed in the winners’ concert at Weill Recital Hall. She has also performed multiple concerts in the Beyond the Stage series of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Her other performance venues include Avery Fisher Hall and Mar-a-Lago. She has studied with Virginia Zeani and currently with Ruth Falcon. Bio
	3rd Spirit	Symi Rom-Rymer***	Mezzo-soprano, Symi Rom-Rymer is based in Brooklyn, New York. She has given solo recitals in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany as well as performed with a variety of companies in Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, New York including the Mount Vernon Players, the Washington Revels, and the Brooklyn Repertory Opera. She is very excited to make her debut with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. When she’s not performing, she’s writing about minority communities in the United States and Europe for national and international publications. Bio
	Speaker	Jörg Schnass*	Jörg Schnass studied theater, pantomime & acting in Paris, Cologne, Cracow, & Wroclaw. He has extensive performance experience, including Tournées in Europe, over 300 stage productions directed by Robert Lepage, Jerzy Jarocki, Klaus Michael Grüber, over 30 movie pictures, (Norman Jewison, Jonathan Demme, Bertrand Tavernier, Erich Rohmer, Agnieszka Holland). Roles: Dulcamara, Colline (New York) - Sarastro & Sprecher (Belgium), and Osmin (New York, Baugé), Monterone, Baugé, Sparafucile (Stuttgart Opera) Projects 2011/12: Watergoblin & Daland (Leipzig). Bio
	Sarastro	Christian Zaremba***	Christian Zaremba recently covered the role of Agamemnon in Iphigénie en Tauride at the Metropolitan Opera. A fight captain at the Metropolitan Opera, he is also supervising and performing roles in Stephen Wadsworth in Boris Godunov, Luc Bondy in Tosca, Nicholas Hytner in Don Carlo and David McVicar in Il Trovotore. He received a Tisch Merit Scholarship to study theatre at New York University. He graduated with Honors and received a Founders Award for Excellence. Additional: concerts for off-Broadway in NY and festivals in Siena and Como, Italy. Bio
	Old Lady/Papagena	Ji Hyun Jang***	A native of South Korea, Ji Hyun Jang has performed several solo recitals in Korea and United States and performed Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, the Fire in L'enfant et les sortilèges, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. She received her Bachelor at Ewha University and came to the United States to pursue a master’s degree in voice performance at Peabody Conservatory. She continued her studies at Cleveland Institute of Music for Artist Diploma. Currently, Ms. Jang is working on her doctoral studies at the College-Conservatory of Music. Bio
	1st Armoured Man	Alex Frankel***	Tenor, Alexander Frankel makes his New York Lyric Opera Theatre as well as his New York City debut in the role of Monostatos in The Magic Flute. He made his professional debut in the summer of 2010 as Nanki-Poo in The Mikado with Lyric Theatre of San Jose. Additional credits include Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Livermore Valley Opera, Beppe in I Pagliacci with Sonoma City Opera and has frequently appeared with Berkeley West Edge Opera and Opera San Jose. Mr. Frankel is currently a Student at the Manhattan School of Music. Bio
	2nd Armoured Man	Alex Boyd***	Alex Boyd is a young baritone from Purcellville, Virginia. He is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory. Currently studying with Mark Oswald, Mr. Boyd has recently performed with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre as Peter in Hansel und Gretel and Melisso in Alcina. Upcoming: Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with New York Lyric Opera Theatre, Figaro in The Barber of Seville with Opera Oggi. Bio

November 6* November 12 November 6 & 12*

Cover Singers
	Papagena	Madison Marie McIntosh	Madison Marie McIntosh, soprano, made her operatic debut as Barbarina with Vero Beach Opera. She has sung the roles of Barbarina and the Sandman with New York Lyric Opera Theatre. She was a first place winner of Golden Voices of America 2010 and performed in the winners’ concert at Weill Recital Hall. She has also performed multiple concerts in the Beyond the Stage series of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Her other performance venues include Avery Fisher Hall and Mar-a-Lago. She has studied with Virginia Zeani and currently with Ruth Falcon. Bio

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The Impresario

(Der Schauspieldirektor)

Opera in One Act by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie

Conductor: Pei-wen Chen

(sung in German)

Sunday, October 30, 2011, 4:30PM

Shetler Studios & Theatres

Cast (in order of appearance)

	*Madame Goldentrill*	Sigal Chen
	*Miss Silverpeal*	Sarah Hop
	*Mr. Bluff*	Michael Celentano
	*Mr. Angel*	Dorian Balis
	*Frau Scruples*	Rochelle Mancini

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Suor Angelica

Opera in One Act by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano

Conductor: Keith Chambers

(sung in Italian)

Sunday, October 30, 2011, 6:00PM

Shetler Studios & Theatres

Cast (in order of appearance)

	*Sister Angelica*	Ayse Özkan
	*Monitress*	Milica Nikcevic
	*Sister Osmina*	Francesca Caviglia
	*Sister Dolcina*	Erica Kudisch
	*Lay Sisters*	Erica Kudisch
		Nadine Kulberg
	*Mistress of Novices*	Francesca Caviglia
	*Sister Genevieve*	Kaliroi Tsamboukos
	*1st Touriere*	Miran Robarts
	*2nd Touriere*	Mary Kathryn Monday
	*A Novice Soprano*	Miran Robarts
	*The Nursing Sister*	Jessica Walch
	*Alms Sister*	Jessica Walch
	*Abbess*	Mary Kathryn Monday
	*Princess*	Nadine Kulberg

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Cendrillon

Opera in Four Acts by Jules Massenet

Libretto by Henri Cain

Conductor: Michael Fennelly

(sung in French)

Sunday, October 30, 2011, 8:00PM

Shetler Studios & Theatres

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Pandolfe	Michael Celantano
	Madame de la Haltière	Dominique Hellsten
	Noèmie	Allison McAuley
	Dorothée	Andrea Long
	Cendrillon (Lucette)	Carrie Anne Winter
	La Fée	Winnie Nip
	Le Prince Charmant	Kirsten Kane

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Hansel and Gretel

Opera in Three Acts by Engelbert Humperdinck

Text by Adelheid Wette

(sung in English)

Saturday, October 15, 2011, 11:00AM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

2537 Broadway at 95th Street

New York City

Conductor: Tony Bellomy

Rehearsal & Performance Pianist: Gloria Kim

Rehearsal Pianist: Pei-wen Chen

Stage Director: Elizabeth Heuermann

Children’s Chorus Master: Laura Green

Set Design: Tracy Heuermann, Victor Heuermann

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Gretel	Bevin Hill
	Hansel	Tara Gruszkiewicz
	Gertrude	Beverly Love
	Peter	Alex Boyd
	Sandman	Madison Marie McIntosh
	Dew Fairy	Fan Yang
	Witch	Kimberly Walton
	Angels/Gingerbread Children	Hoff-Barthelson Music School
		Scarsdale, New York
		Chamber Choir Director: Laura Green
		Anshi Barmecha, Jessica Eckersley
		Ellen Farrelly, Elisabeth Huh,
		Rebecca Jacobs, Angela Jorge,
		Kathleen Kantor, Sophie Laruelle,
		Isabella Veltri

Cover Singers
	Sandman	Fan Yang
	Dew Fairy	Madison Marie McIntosh

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Alcina

Opera in Three Acts by George Frideric Handel

Libretto by: Riccardo Broschi

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, October 15, 2011, 2:00PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

2537 Broadway at 95th Street

New York City

Conductor: Leesa Dahl

AIR Cover Coach: Leesa Dahl

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Bradamante	Stephanie McGuire
	Melisso	Alex Boyd
	Morgana	Samantha Dango
	Alcina	Sarah Sensenig
	Ruggiero	Nadine Kulberg
	Oberto	Margaret Meyer
	Oronte	Dorian Balis

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La Bohème

Opera in Four Acts by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by G.Giacosa and L.Illica

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, October 15, 5:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space

Leonard Nimoy Thalia

2537 Broadway at 95th Street

New York City

Conductor: Keith Chambers

AIR Cover Coach: Keith Chambers

Rehearsal & Performance Pianist: Leesa Dahl

Stage Director/Narrator: Elizabeth Heuermann

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Marcello	Benjamin Bloomfield
	Rodolfo	Glenn Seven Allen
	Colline	Zack Rabin
	Schaunard	Brian Meehan
	Maid/Street vendor	Alyssa Rodriguez
	Benoit/Alcindoro	Aaron Grant
	Mimì	Meredith Mecum
	Parpignol/Cameriere	Dorian Balis
	Musetta	Donata Cucinotta

Cover Singers
	Marcello	Donghyun Park
	Rodolfo	Dorian Balis
	Musetta	Elizabeth Heuermann

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Le Nozze di Figaro

(The Marriage of Figaro)

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, October 15, 2011, 8:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

2537 Broadway at 95th Street

New York City

Conductor: Tony Bellomy

AIR Cover Coach: Tony Bellomy

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Figaro	Jean Michel Borgeaud
	Susanna	Hillary Schranze
	Bartolo	Salvador Mascarenhas
	Marcellina	Heather Roberts
	Cherubino	Lea Garinis
	Count Almaviva	Matthew Royal
	Basilio/Don Curzio	John Hager
	Countess Almaviva	Mary Alice Korth
	Antonio	Aaron Grant
	Barbarina	Madison Marie McIntosh

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Hansel and Gretel

Opera in Three Acts by Engelbert Humperdinck

Text by Adelheid Wette

(sung in English)

Saturday, October 23, 2011, 8:00PM

Shetler Studios & Theatres

244 W. 54th Street, 12th floor, Penthouse One

New York City

Conductor: Tony Bellomy

AIR Cover Coach: Tony Bellomy

Stage Director: Elizabeth Heuermann

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Gretel	Julie Reumert
	Hansel	Erin Greene
	Gertrude	Alexandra Lang
	Peter	Alex Boyd
	Sandman	Anna Hasek Bell
	Dew Fairy	Jenne Carey
	Witch	Maude Paradis

Cover Singers
	Dew Fairy	Anna Hasek Bell
	Sandman	Jenne Carey

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Suor Angelica

Opera in One Act by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano

Conductor: Keith Chambers

(sung in Italian)

Friday, August 26, 2011, 7:30PM

Christ and St. Stephen’s Church

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Sister Angelica	Tabitha Liggett
	Monitress	Milica Nikcevic
	Sister Osmina/Sister Dolcina	Samantha Dango
	Lay Sisters	Jenne Carey
		Terressa Birchen
	Mistress of Novices	Terressa Birchen
	Sister Genevieve	Margaret Meyer
	A Novice Soprano	Elena Blyskal
	The Nursing Sister/Alms Sister	Jessica Walch
	Abbess	Shannon D. Levy
	Alms Sister	Jessica Walch
	Princess	Nadine Kulberg

Cover Singers
	Sister Angelica	Shannon D. Levy
	Sister Osmina/Sister Dolcina	Margaret Meyer
	Sister Genevieve	Lauren Alfano
	Abbess	Milica Nikcevic
	Alms Sister/Novice Soprano	Jenne Carey

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Cendrillon

Opera in Four Acts by Jules Massenet

Libretto by Henri Cain

Conductor: Wei-en Hsu

(sung in French)

Friday, August 26, 2011, 7:30PM

Christ and St. Stephen’s Church

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Pandolfe	Michael Celentano
	Madame de la Haltière	Laura Smith
	Noèmie	Yolanda F. Johnson
	Dorothée	Sara Fanucchi
	Cendrillon (Lucette)	Shanna Spiro
	La Fée	Zoe Vandermeer
	Le Prince Charmant	Tara Gruszkiewicz

Cover Singers
	Pandolfe	Michael Celentano
	Noèmie	Yolanda F. Johnson
	Dorothée	Vivian Borghese Holfeld
	La Fée	Shauna McCarthy
	Cendrillon (Lucette)	Nanae Soma
	Madame de la Haltière	Maria Oesterreich
	Le Prince Charmant	Tara Gruszkiewicz

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The Impressario

(Der Schauspieldirektor)

Opera in One Act by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie

Conductor: Keith Chambers

(sung in German)

Sunday, August 21, 2011, 6:30PM

Christ and St. Stephen’s Church

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Madame Goldentrill	Juliana Lima
	Miss Silverpeal	JeanMarie Garofolo
	Mr. Bluff	Grant Mech
	Mr. Angel	Dorian Balis
	Frau Scruples	Marie Putko

Cover Singers
	Miss Silverpeal	Marie Putko

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Così Fan Tutte

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

Conductor: Leesa Dahl

(sung in Italian)

Sunday, August 21, 2011, 6:30PM

Christ and St. Stephen’s Church

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Fiordiligi	Sarah Jacobi
	Dorabella	Melissa Block
	Ferrando	Kevin Truax
	Don Alfonso	Ryan Lathan
	Guglielmo	Donghyun Park
	Despina	Gabriella Maria Campos

Cover Singers
	Fiordiligi	Sarah Sensenig

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Elixir of Love

(L’elisir d’amore)

Opera in Two Acts by Gaetano Donizetti

Libretto by Felice Romani

Conductor: Tony Bellomy

(sung in Italian)

Friday, August 12, 2011, 7:30M

Christ and St. Stephen’s Church

Cast (in order of appearance)

	*Adina*	Olanna Goudeau
	*Giannetta*	Heather Roberts
	*Nemorino*	Matias Mariani
	*Belcore*	Greg Hoyt
	*Dr. Dulcamara*	Ron Loyd

Cover Singers
	Giannetta	Kaliroi Tsamboukos
	Nemorino	George Jo
	Belcore	Michael Celantano

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Don Giovanni

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, June 11, 2011, 1:15PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Tony Bellomy

Pianist: Peter Nilsen

Narrator: Shannon D. Levy

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Leporello	Carlos Monzón
	Don Giovanni	Nathan Resika
	Donna Anna	Meredith Mecum
	Il Commendatore	Richard Cassell
	Don Ottavio	George Jo
	Donna Elvira	Samantha Jeffreys
	Zerlina	Rachel Felstein
	Masetto	Richard Cassell

Cover Singers
	Don Ottavio	Raymond Uy

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Carmen

Opera in Four Acts by Georges Bizet

Text by H. Meilhac and L. Halevy

(sung in French)

Saturday, June 11, 2011, 5:00PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space

Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Jay Meetze

Pianist: Susan Morton

Artist-in-Residence Cover Coach: Tony Bellomy

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Micaëla	Olga Xanthopoulou
	Moralès/Dancaïro	Brian Meehan
	Don José	Benjamin Sloman
	Carmen	Juliana Curcio
	*Frasquita*	Katherine LaPorta
	Mercédès	Jessica Gabriel Peritz
	Escamillo/Zuniga	Donghyun Park
	Remendado	Raymond Uy

Cover Singers
	Micaëla	Elizabeth Heuermann
	Frasquita	Annabelle Han

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Hansel and Gretel

Opera in Three Acts by Engelbert Humperdinck

Text by Adelheid Wette

(sung in English)

Saturday, June 11, 2011, 8:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Keith Chambers

Rehearsal & Performance Pianist: Leesa Dahl

Stage Director: Elizabeth Heuermann

Artist-in-Residence Cover Coach: Tony Bellomy

Outreach Studio Opera Pianist: Ming Kwong

Set Design: Tracy Heuermann, Victor Heuermann

Cast (in order of appearance)

	Gretel	Elena Teresa Bird
	Hansel	Cabiria Jacobsen
	Gertrude	Jennifer Furst
	Peter	Michael Celentano
	Sandman	Shauna McCarthy
	Dew Fairy	Noelle Arteche
	Witch	Antonia Garza Szilagi

Covers
	Gretel	Margaret Meyer
	Hansel	Melissa Chan
	Sandman/Dew Fairy	Lazarita Perez
	Witch	Heather Petrie

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Hansel and Gretel

Opera in Three Acts by Engelbert Humperdinck

Text by Adelheid Wette

(sung in English)

Saturday, May 7, 2011, 1:00PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Jody Schum

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Gretel	Hillary Schranze
	Hansel	Catherine Freeman
	Gertrude	Miriam Kushel
	Peter	Rashard Deleston
	Sandman	Risa Harris-Gerstein
	Dew Fairy	Rachel Felstein
	Witch	Abigail Brown

	Cover Singers
	Sandman	Rachel Felstein
	Dew Fairy	Risa Harris-Gerstein

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Rigoletto

Opera in Three Acts by Giuseppe Verdi

Text by Francesco Maria Piave

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, May 7, 2011, 4:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Keith Chambers

Pianist: Youn Ju Namkoong

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Duke	Deryl Godshall
	**Borsa (Duke cover)**	Raymond Uy
	Countess Ceprano/Page	Lauren Alfano
	Marullo	Rashard Deleston
	Rigoletto	Gustavo Ahualli
	Count Ceprano	Brian Meehan
	Monterone/Sparafucile	Carlos Monzón
	Gilda	Elizabeth Heuermann
	Giovanna/Maddalena	Beth Lytwynec

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Die Zauberflöte

(The Magic Flute)

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Text by Emanuel Schikaneder

(sung in German with English dialogue)

Saturday, April 2, 2011, 2:00 PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Tristan Cano, Conductor & Artist-in-Residence Coach

Pei-wen Chen, Pianist

Tony Bellomy & Keith Chambers, Artist-in-Residence Coach

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Tamino	George Jo
	1st Lady	Nanae Soma
	2nd Lady	Kerry Gotschall
	3rd Lady	Jessica Gabriel Peritz
	Papageno	Rashard Deleston
	Queen of the Night	Sachie Ueshima
	Monostatos	Michael Angelo DeCarlo
	Pamina	Elizabeth Hartnett
	1st Spirit	Jane Pappas
	2nd Spirit	Cassandra Douglas
	3rd Spirit	Lazarita Carmen Perez
	Speaker	Dimitri Ribero
	Sarastro	Nathan Resika
	Old Lady/Papagena	Mary Evans
	1st Armoured Man	Michael Angelo DeCarlo
	2nd Armoured Man	Dimitri Ribero


	Cover Singers
	Tamino	Michael Angelo DeCarlo
	Papageno	Jeremy Bolin
	Queen of the Night	Katherine LaPorta
	Pamina	Rachel Felstein

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Cendrillon

Opera in Four Acts by Jules Massenet

Text by Henri Cain

(sung in French)

Saturday, April 2, 2011, 5:30 PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Tony Bellomy

Pianist: Pei-wen Chen

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Pandolfe	Jesse Cromer
	Madame de la Haltière	Abigail Brown
	Noèmie	Catherine Webber
	Dorothée	Olivia Custodio
	Cendrillon (Lucette)	Amy Irvine
	La Fée	Natalia Salemmo
	Le Prince Charmant	Perri Sussman


	Cover Singers
	Madame de la Haltière	Antonia Garza Szilagi
	Noèmie	Miyuki Hashimoto
	Dorothée	Margaret Meyer
	Cendrillon (Lucette)	Olanna Goudeau
	La Fée	Rebecca Shorstein
	Le Prince Charmant	Catherine Freeman

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Le Nozze di Figaro

(The Marriage of Figaro)

Opera in Four Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, April 2, 2011, 8:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Keith Chambers

Pianist: Pei-wen Chen

AIR Cover Coach: Keith Chambers & Tony Bellomy

Assistant Conductor: Tony Bellomy

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Figaro	Robert E. Mellon
	Susanna	Carelle Flores
	Bartolo	Hyong Sik Jo
	Marcellina	Kirsten Kane
	Cherubino	Melissa Block
	Count Almaviva	Charles Schneider
	Basilio/Don Curzio	Jameson James
	Countess Almaviva	Stacey Stofferahn
	Antonio	Jesse Cromer
	Barbarina	Catie Shelley

	Cover Singers
	Figaro/Count	Jeremy Bolin
	Susanna	Elisa Singer, Jennifer Sin,
		Annabelle Han
	Countess Almaviva	Tabitha Liggett, Angela Christine Smith
	Barbarina	Jessica Philpot

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Don Giovanni

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, March 19, 2011, 5:00PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Tony Bellomy

Pianist: Pei-wen Chen

AIR Cover Coach: Tony Bellomy

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Leporello	Hyong Sik Jo
	Don Giovanni	Gustavo Ahualli
	Donna Anna	Seong Sook Choi
	Il Commendatore	Alonzo Murphy-Johnson
	Don Ottavio	George Jo
	Donna Elvira	Elona Çeno
	Zerlina	Sarah Hop
	Masetto	Brian Meehan

	Cover Singers
	Don Giovanni	Charles Schneider
	Donna Anna	Olanna Goudeau
	Don Ottavio	Christopher Sierra
	Donna Elvira	Lisa Bryce
	Zerlina	Vivian Holfeld Borghese, Elena Bird,
		Cara Evans, Margaret Meyer

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Le Nozze di Figaro

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, March 19, 2011, 8:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Keith Chambers

Pianist: Pei-wen Chen

AIR Cover Coach: Keith Chambers & Tony Bellomy

Assistant Conductor: Tony Bellomy

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Figaro	William S. Roberts, III
	Susanna	Jessica Slatkoff Arteaga
	Bartolo	Grant Mech
	Marcellina	Antonia Garza Szilagi
	Cherubino	Sarah Nelson Craft
	Count Almaviva	Gideon Dabi
	Basilio/Don Curzio	Jameson James
	Countess Almaviva	Andrea Arias-Martin
	Antonio	Jesse Cromer
	Barbarina	Adrienne Pardee

	Cover Singers
	Figaro/Count	Charles Schneider
	Susanna	Jane Hoffman
	Countess Almaviva	Rachel Arky
	Barbarina	Amelia Lakoff-Paquette

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Die Zauberflöte

(The Magic Flute)

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Text by Emanuel Schikaneder

(sung in German with English dialogue)

Saturday, January 22, 2011, 5:00PM

Saturday, February 5, 2011, 2:00PM

Doug Han, Conductor & Artist-in-Residence Coach

Tony Bellomy, Pianist

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Tamino	Raymond Uy/Glenn Seven Allen*
	1^st Lady	Samantha Jeffreys/Brigid Berger*
	2^nd Lady	Terressa Birchen/Kerry Gotschall*
	3^rd Lady	Angelika Nair/Angelika Nair*
	Papageno	Michael McAvoy/Matthew Royal*
	Queen of the Night	Elisa Singer/Adriana Lee*
	Monostatos	Stanley Wilson/Stanley Wilson*
	Pamina	Stacylyn Bennett/Vanessa Isiguen*
	1^st Spirit	Vivian Holfeld Borghese/Abbey Harr*
	2^nd Spirit	Jennifer Lynde/Risa Harris-Gerstein*
	3^rd Spirit	Lazarita Perez/Lazarita Perez*
	Speaker	Brian Meehan/Brian Meehan*
	Sarastro	Nathan Resika/Alonzo Murphy-Johnson*
	Old Lady/Papagena	Sarah Hop/Sachie Ueshima*
	1^st Armoured Man	Kevin Peters/Kevin Peters*
	2^nd Armoured Man	Brian Meehan/Brian Meehan*

* January 22/ ** February 5

	Cover Singers
	Tamino	Nils Neubert/Nils Neubert*
	1^st Lady	Natasha Novitskaia Adams**
	Papageno	Gideon Dabi/Gideon Dabi*
	Queen of the Night	*Shara Radin/ Olanna Goudeau/
		Jennifer Sin**
	Pamina	*Jing Zhang/Tara Bobiak/*
		Rachel Hall/Mattanja da Silva**
	Sarastro	Nathan Resika**
	Old Lady	Risa Harris-GersteinCara Evans
	Papagena	Risa Harris-Gerstein/Cara Evans

* January 22 / ** February 5

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Cendrillon

Opera in Four Acts by Jules Massenet

Text by Henri Cain

(sung in French)

Saturday, February 5, 2011, 5:30 PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: David Rosenmeyer

Pianist: Bénédicte Jourdois

Assistant Conductor/AIR Cover Coach: Tony Bellomy, Doug Han

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Pandolfe	Jesse Cromer
	Madame de la Haltière	Maria Oesterreich
	Noèmie	Samantha Dango
	Dorothée	Shanna Spiro
	Cendrillon (Lucette)	Laura Mitchell
	La Fée	Brooke Schooley
	Le Prince Charmant	Alison Waggener

	Cover Singers
	Madame de la Haltière	Angelika Nair
	Dorothée	Abigail Brown
	Cendrillon (Lucette)	Andrea Long
	La Fée	Zoe Vandermeer, Jennifer Lynde
	Le Prince Charmant	Audrey Grieme

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Die Fledermaus

Opera in Three Acts by Johann Strauss II

(sung in German with English dialogue)

Saturday, February 5, 2011, 8:30 PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Jay Meetze

Pianist: Wei-En Hsu

Assistant Conductor: Tony Bellomy, Doug Han

Artist-in-Residence Cover Coach: Jay Meetze, Tony Bellomy, Doug Han

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Narrator	Steve Witting
	Alfred	John Hager Flores
	Adele	Laura Puzio
	Rosalinde	Desiree Alejandro
	Eisenstein	Gilbert Mendoza
	Blind	Stephen Kennedy Murphy
	Falke	William Amory
	Frank	Arthur John Miller
	Prince Orlofsky	Audrey Grieme
	Ida	Bevin Hill
	Frosch	Steve Witting

	Cover Singers
	Alfred	Nils Neubert
	Rosalinde	Jacquelyn Familant, Sharon Neff,
		Sarai Baker
	Adele	Danya Katok, Raquel Suarez
	Prince Orlofsky	Audrey Grieme

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Opera in Two Acts by Vincenzo Bellini

Text by Felice Romani

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, January 29, 2011, 8:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: David Rosenmeyer

Pianist: Noah Lindquist

AIR Cover Coach: David Rosenmeyer

Assistant Conductor/AIR Cover Coach: Doug Han

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Tebaldo	Gilbert Mendoza
	Capellio	Jesse Cromer
	Lorenzo	Stanley Wilson
	Romeo	Malena Dayen
	Giulietta	Amy Irvine

	Cover Singers
	Romeo	Audrey Grieme
	Giulietta	Bevin Hill, Elizabeth Kelly

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Hansel & Gretel

Opera in Three Acts by Engelbert Humperdinck

Text by Adelheid Wette

(sung in English)

Saturday, January 22, 2011, 8:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Tony Bellomy

Pianist: Catherine Miller

Assistant Conductor/AIR Cover Coach: Tony Bellomy

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Gretel	Kristin Jensen
	Hansel	Jenna Lebherz
	Gertrude	Demetra Adams
	Peter	Gideon Dabi
	Sandman	Rachel Hall
	Dew Fairy	Rachel Barker
	Witch	Andrea Powe

	Cover Singers
	Gretel	Hillary Schranze, Abigail Seaman
	Gertrude	Alison Zwecker
	Dew Fairy	Kristin Young

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Die Zauberflöte

(The Magic Flute)

Opera in Two Acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Text by Emanuel Schikaneder

(sung in German with English dialogue)

Saturday, January 22, 2011, 5:00PM

Saturday, February 5, 2011, 2:00PM

Doug Han, Conductor & Artist-in-Residence Coach

Tony Bellomy, Pianist

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Tamino	Raymond Uy/Glenn Seven Allen*
	1st Lady	Samantha Jeffreys/Brigid Berger*
	2nd Lady	Terressa Birchen/Kerry Gotschall*
	3rd Lady	Angelika Nair/Angelika Nair*
	Papageno	Michael McAvoy/Matthew Royal*
	Queen of the Night	Elisa Singer/Adriana Lee*
	Monostatos	Stanley Wilson/Stanley Wilson*
	Pamina	Stacylyn Bennett/Vanessa Isiguen*
	1st Spirit	Vivian Holfeld Borghese/Abbey Harr*
	2nd Spirit	Jennifer Lynde/Risa Harris-Gerstein*
	3rd Spirit	Lazarita Perez/Lazarita Perez*
	Speaker	Brian Meehan/Brian Meehan*
	Sarastro	Nathan Resika/Alonzo Murphy-Johnson*
	Old Lady/Papagena	Sarah Hop/Sachie Ueshima*
	1st Armoured Man	Kevin Peters/Kevin Peters*
	2nd Armoured Man	Brian Meehan/Brian Meehan*
* January 22/ ** February 5

	Cover Singers
	Tamino	Nils Neubert/Nils Neubert*
	1st Lady	Natasha Novitskaia Adams**
	Papageno	Gideon Dabi/Gideon Dabi*
	Queen of the Night	*Shara Radin/ Olanna Goudeau/
		Jennifer Sin**
	Pamina	*Jing Zhang/Tara Bobiak/*
		Rachel Hall/Mattanja da Silva**
	Sarastro	Nathan Resika**
	Old Lady	Risa Harris-GersteinCara Evans
	Papagena	Risa Harris-Gerstein/Cara Evans
	* January 22 / ** February 5

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Hansel & Gretel

Opera in Three Acts by Engelbert Humperdinck

Text by Adelheid Wette

(sung in English)

Saturday, October 2, 2010, 8:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: David Rosenmeyer

Pianist: Pei-wen Chen

Assistant Conductor/AIR Cover Coach: Tony Bellomy/Doug Han

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Gretel	Sarah Beckham
	Hansel	Melissa Block
	Gertrude	Sharon Neff
	Peter	Donghyun Park
	Sandman	Catherine Webber
	Dew Fairy	Shanna Spiro
	Witch	Suzanne Stadler

	Cover Singers
	Gretel	Sarah Hop, Laura Mitchell
	Hansel	Erika Hennings, Audrey Grieme,
		Jenna Lebherz, Melissa Chan
	Gertrude	Suzanne Stadler
	Peter	Brace Negron
	Dew Fairy	Samantha Dango, Tara Bobiak
	Witch	Laura Smith

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Cendrillon

Opera in Four Acts by Jules Massenet

Text by Henri Cain

(sung in French)

Saturday, October 2, 2010, 4:00 PM

Saturday, October 16, 2010, 8:30 PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Conductor: Doug Han

Pianist: Pei-wen Chen

Assistant Conductor/AIR Cover Coach: Tony Bellomy/Doug Han

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	Pandolfe Madame de la Haltière Noèmie Dorothée Cendrillon (Lucette) La Fée Le Prince Charmant	Brace Negron/Byoung Ju Kang* Kirsten Kane/Antonia Garza Szilagi* Elizabeth Randel/Samantha Jeffreys* Margaret Meyer/Andrea Long* Rachel Arky/Raquel Suarez* Elisa Singer/JeanMarie Garofolo* Audrey Grieme/Catherine Freeman*
* October 2 / ** October 16

	Cover Singers
	Noèmie	Elizabeth Kelly/Rachel Hall*
	Cendrillon (Lucette)	*Iris Karlin/Laura Mitchell/Siri Howard/*
		Rachel Silverman/Miyuki Hashimoto
	La Fée	*Vania Chan/Sydney de Lapeyrouse/*
		Jane Hoffman/Halley Gilbert
	Le Prince Charmant	Perri Sussman/Perri Sussman*
* October 2 / ** October 16

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La Bohème

Opera in Four Acts by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by G.Giacosa and L.Illica

(sung in Italian)

Saturday, June 5, 2010, 4:30PM

Saturday, June 12, 2010, 8:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space

Leonard Nimoy Thalia

John Yaffé, Music Director

Conductor: Steven Crawford

Pianist/Assistant Conductor/AIR Cover Coach: Doug Han (June 5)

Pianist: Noby Ishida (June 12)

Assistant Conductor/AIR Cover Coach: Tony Bellomy

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	*Marcello*	Gideon Dabi/Gideon Dabi*
	*Rodolfo*	Alok Kumar/Lazaro Calderon*
	*Colline*	Nathan Resika/Nathan Resika*
	*Schaunard*	Justin Birdsong/Justin Birdsong*
	*Benoit*	Raymond Uy/Grant Mech*
	*Mimi*	Jin-won Park/Sei Hee Lee*
	*Alcindoro*	Grant Mech/Grant Mech*
	*Musetta*	Sarah Joy Miller/Elizabeth Heuermann*
* June 5 / ** June 12

	Cover Singers
	*Marcello*	Marcos Solá***
	*Rodolfo*	Jameson James, Jameson James*
	*Mimi*	Paige Cutrona, Antonina Ermolenko*
	*Musetta*	Raquel Suarez, Samantha Jeffreys*
* June 5 / ** June 12

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Carmen

Opera in Four Acts by Georges Bizet

Text by H. Meilhac and L. Halevy

(sung in French)

Saturday, June 5, 2010, 8:30 PM

Saturday, June 12, 2010, 4:30PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space

Leonard Nimoy Thalia

John Yaffé, Music Director

Conductor: David Rosenmeyer

Pianist: Pei-wen Chen

Assistant Conductor/AIR Cover Coach: Doug Han

Assistant Conductor/AIR Cover Coach: Tony Bellomy

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	*Micaëla*	Melinda Whittington/Alexandra Smith*
	*Moralès*	Jesse Cromer/Jesse Cromer*
	*Don José*	Victor Khodadad/Kevin Courtemanche*
	*Carmen*	Crystal Phillipi/Mary Bowen*
	*Zuniga*	Jesse Cromer/Jesse Cromer*
	*Frasquita*	Dene’ Bradford/Brooke Schooley*
	*Mercédès*	Antonia Szilagi/Kirsten Kane*
	*Escamillo*	Donghyun Park/Vladimir Lokshin*
	*Dancaïro*	Zander Ebin/Zander Ebin*
	*Remendado*	Raymond Uy/Raymond Uy*
* June 5 / ** June 12

	Cover Singers
	*Micaëla*	*Rachel Arky, Elizabeth Heuermann, Shanna Spiro,*
		Melynda Davis**
	*Moralès*	Justin Birdsong/Justin Birdsong*
	*Don José*	Jameson James, Juan Franco*
	*Carmen*	Nora Graham-Smith, Margaret O’Connell*
	*Frasquita*	Jane Hoffman, Paige CutronaKristen Jensen*
	*Mercédès*	Kirsten Kane, Melissa Chan, Melinda Learnard*
	*Escamillo*	Marcos Sola**
	*Dancaïro*	Justin Birdsong/Justin Birdsong*
	*Remendado*	Kevin Peters/Kevin Peters*
* June 5 / ** June 12

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Rigoletto

Opera in Three Acts by Giuseppe Verdi

Text by Francesco Maria Piave

(sung in Italian)

Saturday Evening, February 27, 8:30 PM

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Saturday Evening, March 6, 8:30 PM

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

John Yaffé, NYLOT Music Director

Guest Conductor: Steven Crawford

Pianist: Tony Bellomy

Musical Preparation: Tony Bellomy, Pei-wen Chen, Steven Crawford

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	*The Duke*	Glenn Seven Allen/Lazaro Calderon*
	*Borsa*	Jameson James/Raymond Uy*
	*Countess Ceprano*	Shanna Spiro/Suzanne Stone*
	*Marullo*	Justin Birdsong/Justin Birdsong*
	*Rigoletto*	Richard Cassell/Andrew Cummings*
	*Count Ceprano*	Stephan Ortiz/Stephan Ortiz*
	*Monterone*	Donghyun Park/David Kelleher-Flight*
	*Sparafucile*	Matthew Anchel/Matthew Anchel*
	*Gilda*	Valentina Fleer/Valentina Fleer*
	*Giovanna*	Rebecca Comerford/Rebecca Comerford*
	*The Page*	Lauren Haber/Lauren Haber*
	*Maddalena*	Sarah Lee/Ayse Oskan*
* February 27 / ** March 6

	Cover Singers
	*The Duke*	Jameson James, Jonathan Winell*
	*Countess Ceprano*	Lauren Haber, Lauren Haber*
	*Marullo*	Stephan Ortiz, Stephan Ortiz*
	*Count Ceprano*	Donghyun Park, Donghyun Park*
	*Gilda*	Brooke Schooley, Yuri Kwak, Amy Irvine*
	*Maddalena*	Rebecca Comerford, Keiko Kai*
* February 27 / ** March 6

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Die Zauberflöte

(The Magic Flute)

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

(sung in German, with dialogue in English)

Saturday Evenings, January 16, 23 and 30, 2010, 8:30 p.m.
Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

John Yaffé, Music Director

Conductor: John Yaffé

Pianist: Pei-wen Chen

Musical Preparation: Tony Bellomy, Pei-wen Chen, John Yaffé

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	*Tamino*	Tomohisa Kawano/Rogelio Peñaverde/Jonathan Winell**
	*1st Lady*	Seung Hee Lee/Sun A Yeo/Kristin Jensen**
	*2nd Lady*	Seon Gyu Park/Kelley Brandt/Suzanne Stone**
	*3rd Lady*	Anna Yelizarova/Keiko Kai/Annie Pennies**
	*Papageno*	Jesse Cromer/Nicholas Probst/Justin Birdsong**
	*Queen of the Night*	Elizabeth Treat/Brooke Schooley/Elizabeth Turchi**
	*Monostatos*	Raymond Uy/David Kelleher-Flight/Alexander Ebin**
	*Pamina*	Jennifer Sgroe/Solveig Olsen/Yuri Park**
	*1st Spirit*	Raquel Suarez/Jane Hoffman/Tara Bobiak**
	*2nd Spirit*	Elizabeth Kelsay/Lisa Flanagan/Lisa Flanagan**
	*3rd Spirit*	Meghan Scheibal/Meghan Scheibal/Meghan Scheibal**
	*Speaker*	John Wahl/Justin Birdsong/John Wahl**
	*1st Priest*	Tytus Abrahamson/Tytus Abrahamson/Alex Weaver**
	*Sarastro*	Matthew Anchel/David Mimran/David Mimran**
	*2nd Priest*	John Wahl/Justin Birdsong/John Wahl**
	*1st Armored Man*	Tytus Abrahamson/Tytus Abrahamson/Alex Weaver**
	*2nd Armored Man*	John Wahl/Justin Birdsong/John Wahl**
	*Old Lady*	Jacqueline King/Elisa Singer/Catherine Webber**
	*Papagena*	Jacqueline King/Elisa Singer/Catherine Webber**
* January 16 / January 23 / * January 30

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Home for the Holidays Concert

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Symphony Space

Leonard NimoyThalis

New York City

Music Director John Yaffé

Guest Conductor/Pianist Elizabeth Hastings

Performers

(In alphabetical order)

Glenn Allen

Kelly Curtin

Lorraine Helvick

Elizabeth Heuermann

Juliana Janes-Yaffe

Iris Karlin

Donghyun Park

Kevin Peters

Brooke Schooley

Gregory Spock

Suzanne Stone

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Jules Massenet’s

Manon

Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille

(sung in French)

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall

Friday, November 13, 2009

Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Music Director John Yaffé

Conductor: John Yaffé

Pianist: Pei-wen Chen

Narrator: Kate Kearney-Patch

Musical Preparation: Pei-wen, Douglas Han, Bob Wilson

	Cast (in order of appearance)
	*Manon*	Elizabeth Heuermann* Chloe Moore**
	*Des Grieux*	Lazaro Calderon***
	*Lescaut*	Nicholas Probst***
	*Count des Grieux*	Michael Callas***
	*Poussette*	Kelly Curtin* Nina Berman**
	*Javotte*	Nina Riley* Adriana Lee**
	*Rosette*	Elizabeth Shoup* Natalie Megules**
	*Guillot*	Leslie Tay* Mete Tasin**
	*Bretigny*	Donghyun Park* Boris Bogdanovic**
	*Innkeeper*	Luis Gonzalez* Stephan Ortiz**
	*Guards*	Kevin Peters, Mete Tasin, Luis Gonzale, Stephan Ortiz
	*Sergeant*	Mete Tasin* Kevin Peters**
	*Maid*	Lisa Flanigan***
November 7 Novmber 13 **Both performances

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Gounod’s

Roméo et Juliette

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

March 28, 2009

and

Christ and St. Stephen’s Church

April 3, 2009

Music Director/Conductor John Yaffé

Pianist SeHwan Park

Narrator Gloria Hodes

Musical Preparation Tony Bellomy, Se Hwan Park

Cast (in order of appearance)

Carnegie Hall Weill Hall		Christ and St. Stephen’s Church

Romeo	Christian Sebek *	Glenn Seven Allen**
Juliet	Elizabeth Heuermann*	Mariane Lemieux**
Mercutio	Murat Cem Orhan*	Marcos Sola**
Friar Lawrence	Zack Rabin***
Stephano	Erika Person*	Daniela Acosta**
Gertrude	Sarah Lee*	Lorraine Helvick**
Capulet	Michael Callas***
Tybalt	Mete Tasin *	Joo Young Kim**
Benvolio	Gregory Spock*	Daniel Jones**
Paris	Michael Keith Smith*	Robert Maril**
Gregorio	Boris Bogdanovic*	Donghyun Park**
Duke of Verona	Daniel Spoitta***
March 28 performance April 3 performance **Both performances

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