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Performers
Rigoletto
by Giuseppe Verdi
Saturday, February 27, 2010; 8:30PM;
Symphony Space, NYC
Saturday, March 6, 2010; 8:30PM;
Carnegie's Weill Hall
THE
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Conductor
John Yaffé is in his second
season as New York Lyric Opera
Theatre’s Music Director. For the past
fifteen years, he has been a highly
regarded member of New York City's
musical community, has conducted
numerous times at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln
Center, Symphony Space, and The 92nd
Street Y, and has been lauded
consistently by the New YorkTimes and
Opera News for his ability to
inspire performances with
"transcendent concentration,
exemplary preparation, freedom, and
commitment."
He
recently led the Stuttgart Chamber
Orchestra on their tour of the United
States. Also in recent seasons, he led
the Colorado Springs Symphony, Staten
Island Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic (at
the Warsaw Autumn Contemporary Music
Festival), San Antonio Symphony,
Chattanooga Symphony, Chattanooga Opera,
Walla Walla Symphony, and the Turkish
State Opera. At the invitation of the
American Embassy in Tirana, Albania, he
led the first American musical ever
produced in that country (West Side
Story).
During
his career, Yaffé was championed by
several major figures: the great
baritone Tito Gobbi, who invited him as
musical assistant for his master classes
in Florence, Italy; Julius Rudel, Music
Director of New York City Opera, who
invited him to join the company as an
apprentice conductor; the legendary
singer George London, who, after
attending one of Yaffé’s
performances, invited him to join the
staff at the Washington (D.C.) National
Opera; and Leonard Bernstein, who was
Executor of Marc Blitzstein’s estate
and entrusted Yaffé with revisions to
Blitzstein’s opera Regina.
Engagements at the Wolf Trap Festival
and with symphony orchestras and opera
houses in Maryland, Connecticut,
Michigan, California followed.
Soon
after, Yaffé moved to Europe. He spent
ten years as Répétiteur and Conductor
in the German opera houses of Hagen, Münster,
Osnabrück and Stuttgart. In addition,
he served as Music Director of the
Stuttgarter Operettentheater and was a
guest conductor with the Städtisches
Orchester Remscheid, the Südwestdeutsche
Philharmonie, the Symphonie-Orchester
Graunke of Munich, the Staatsorchester
Stuttgart, the Stuttgarter
Philharmoniker, and the
Alt-Wiener-Strauss-Ensemble. Joseph
Leavitt, former Baltimore Symphony
Executive Director, then brought Yaffé
back to the USA to lead his burgeoning
Florida Philharmonic Orchestra as its
Resident Conductor. During his tenure,
Yaffé conducted over 175 performances
to critical acclaim.
Most
recently, John Yaffé has served as
Music Director of New York City’s
prestigious 92nd Street Y Symphonic
Workshop Orchestra (1996-2009),
Encompass New Opera Theatre (1996-2008),
Centre Symphony (1999-2004), as a
principal guest conductor at the Mannes
College of Music (1996-2006), and as
Co-Director of the Orchestral and
Chamber Music Program of the Tanglewood
Institute.
As
a pianist, he has performed widely in
recitals with his wife, soprano Juliana
Janes-Yaffé, with whom he has recorded
German, Italian, and American art song
literature for Southwest German Radio.
THE
GUEST CONDUCTOR
Steven
Crawford, whose final season with
the Metropolitan Opera included two
performances of La Bohème of which one
was his Sirius Radio broadcast debut, is
one of today’s most versatile opera
conductors. Shortly following those
performances, he was chosen to conduct
the world premiere of HONOR, a requiem
for orchestra, chorus and soloists
composed by Christian McLeer in honor of
those who have died in service to our
country. Recently, he conducted the
professional premiere of Glory Denied by
Tom Cipullo for the Remarkable Theatre
Brigade, La Bohème for the Inwood
Shakespeare Festival, Otello for
Kentucky Opera, and Turandot for Dayton
Opera. In the year since he left the
Met, Maestro Crawford has conducted
performances of Les Contes d’Hoffmann
for his second season with Martina
Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance (for
whom his performances of Don Giovanni
last summer were noted by the New York
Times as “lively, taut, and
polished”), Don Giovanni for Dayton
Opera, Otello with Vero Beach Opera, and
The Medium/Pagliacci for Syracuse
Opera. On a different note, Maestro
Crawford was recently awarded the honor
of Vocal Coach of the Year by Classical
Singer magazine.
While
still a member of the conducting staff
at the Met, his most recent projects
included Faust, the world premiere of
An
American Tragedy, and the critically
acclaimed revival of Cyrano. He recently
conducted Kirke Meecham’s Tartuffe in
Portland OR , and earlier La Cenerentola
with the Cincinnati Opera, where he had
been called "the find of the
evening" for stepping in on twelve
hours notice to conduct Il Barbiere di
Siviglia, simultaneously accompanying
the recitatives on the fortepiano.
After
working as Music Director of the
Illinois Opera Theatre, Maestro Crawford
was engaged as resident conductor of the
Florida Grand Opera for five years.
During that time, he conducted fifteen
different productions, working with such
great artists as Sherill Milnes, Carol
Neblett, Justino Diaz, and Barbara
Daniels. Maestro Crawford has also
conducted productions for Chautauqua
Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, Nevada Opera
and Opera Northeast. Upon his arrival in
New York City , he was immediately
engaged by the Metropolitan Opera Guild
as Music Director for their production
of a newly commissioned opera for young
people.
An
excellent symphonic conductor and
proponent of contemporary music, Maestro
Crawford was engaged by the New York
Philharmonic as cover conductor for
Maestro Kurt Masur for the American
premiere of Minoru Miki's Symphony for
Two Worlds. During the '98 season, he
made his New York City conducting debut
in the NYC City premiere of A Chekov
Trilogy by Richard Wargo. Before leaving
South Florida, he was asked to conduct
the New World Symphony in the Concerto
for Saxophone by Don Martino and
returned the following year as guest
soloist for the world premiere of John
Nelson's Fantasies and Flourishes, an
interactive concerto for disklavier and
orchestra.
Maestro
Crawford continues to have an active
career in accompanying when his
conducting schedule permits. He has in
the past accompanied Justino Diaz and
Pablo Elvira in Puerto Rico, Aprile
Millo in Sao Paolo, Richard Cowan on
Belle Île en Mer, and Ortrun Wenkel and
Håkan Hagegåard in Miami.
THE
PIANIST
(and
Musical Coach for Cover Singers)
Pianist
Tony Bellomy has performance
degrees in both piano performance and
vocal accompanying and opera coaching.
He has coached and played for the
Florentine Opera Company and the
Skylight Opera Theatre, both of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, New York Lyric
Opera Theatre, the Little Opera Theatre
of New York, New Jersey Verismo Opera,
dell‘Arte Opera Ensemble, and
Encompass New Opera Theatre. He has also
played for American Ballet Theatre and
as company pianist for the Milwaukee
Ballet Company. Having relocated to New
York in 2005, Tony is the Associate
Conductor for the Grace Choral Society
and has appeared in recital with singers
throughout the New York area and the
Northeast.
NARRATOR
On
Broadway, Janine DiVita starred
as Betty Rizzo in the 2007 Revival of
"Grease." In addition to
Broadway, in New York City Janine has
been seen Off-Broadway as Susan in
"The Day Before Spring" at the
York Theatre and Off-Off Broadway at the
45th street
theatre playing Gina in The New York
Musical Theatre Festival’s rock
musical, "Rainbow Around The
Sun". Regional credits include:
"Oliver!" (Nancy, Walnut
Street Theatre, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania), "Grey Gardens"
(Little Edie, Portland Center
Stage in Portland, Oregon), "Sunday
in the Park with George" (Dot,
Heritage Repertory Theatre in
Charlottesville, Virgina), "Nunsense"
(Sister Mary Amnesia, Heritage Repertory
Theatre in Charlottesville, Virginia),
"A Tale of Two Cities" (Lucie
u/s, Asolo Repertory Theatre in
Sarasota, Florida- Pre-Broadway
Production), "Annie Get Your
Gun" (The MUNY in St. Louis, MO),
"Hello, Dolly!" starring
Michelle Lee (Summer Tour- Orpheum
Theatre in Memphis, TN, Bass Hall in
Fort Worth, TX, and The Kansas City
Starlight in Kansas City, MO.), and the
title role in "Cinderella" at
the Kansas City Lyric. Other roles
include: Alaura Kingsley in "City
of Angels," Maria in "The
Sound of Music," Cathy in
Sondheim's "Company," Ginevra
King in Pete Mill's new work "The
Pursuit of Persephone," Penelope
Pennywise in "Urinetown," and
a triumphant turn at Arthur Miller's
"Playing For Time" in which
Ms. DiVita starred as Fania Fenelon
(originally played by Vanessa Redgrave
in the 1980 movie) at the inaugural
Arthur Miller Theatre in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. University of Michigan Alum (B.F.A.
Musical Theatre, Communications Studies
Concentration). Winner of the first Alan
Eisenberg/ Actors' Equity Award for
Achievement in Musical Theatre. Ms.
DiVita has had the privilege of singing
at various venues and on television
including Broadway at Bryant Park,
Lincoln Center, and Fox 29 in
Philadelphia. Concert work includes New
Jersey Opera and Arizona Opera Company.
Recording: Bobby Cronin's
"Reach The Sky" Live at the
Beechman. She resides in New York
City.
THE
CAST (in
alphabetical order)
GLENN
SEVEN ALLEN (Duke)
Upcoming:
La Traviata (Alfredo) L.I. Opera,
The Chocolate Soldier (Alexis)
Bard SummerScape. Opera: A View from
the Bridge (Roldolpho) VPR Opera, La
Bohème (Rodolfo) Cardona Opera, Roméo
et Juliette (Romeo) NY Lyric Opera;
. Broadway: the Light in the Piazza Lincoln
Center, Girl Crazy City Center
Encores! Off-Broadway: For Lovers
Only, A Fine and Private Place York
Theatre, Casino Paradise Lincoln
Center/American Songbook. MFA Acting-U
of Washington, BFA Musical Theatre-U of
Michigan. Awards: 2009/10 Merola
Competition Finalist, Peg Locke Newman
Award-Acting, Helen Hayes Nom.-Best
Actor.
MATTHEW
ANCHEL (Sparafucile)
In
the 2009-2010 season, Bass Matthew
Anchel sang the title role in Le
nozze di Figaro with the Intermezzo
Opera Festival in Brugge, Balthazar (Amahl
and the Night Visitors) with Chelsea
Opera, Enrico VIII (Anna Bolena)
with the dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, and
Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) with
New York Lyric Opera Theatre. 2008-2009
season included Mr. Peachum in Dona D.
Vaughn's production of The Beggar’s
Opera at Manhattan School of Music,
First Soldier in Salome with the
Opera Theatre of St. Louis. This summer,
Matthew will be singing the role of
Famigliare (Maria di Rohan) and
covering the role of Oroveso (Norma) with
the Caramoor Music Festival.
JUSTIN
BIRDSONG (Marullo)
Justin
Birdsong is
performing again with NYLOT after
debuting as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte
earlier this year. He has appeared
in Madama Butterfly, Il Barbiere di
Siviglia, La Bohème, and Le
Nozze di Figaro with Athena Grand
Opera; Fidelio and Der
Fliegende Holländer with Atlanta
Opera; Carmen and the American
premiere of Rautavaara's House of the
Sun with Opera in the Ozarks; Patience
and Dr. Heidegger's Fountain of
Youth with the UGA Opera Theatre.
Concert repertoire includes Stravinsky's
Les Noces, Haydn's Creation,
Fauré's Requiem, and Brahms' Vier
Ernste Gesänge. He holds a degree
in Vocal Performance from the University
of Georgia and currently studies with
Gerald Martin Moore.
LAZARO
CALDERÓN (The
Duke)
Tenor
Lazaro Calderón is a native of
San Juan, Puerto Rico. He began his
musical career upon acceptance to the
Lyrical Workshop of the University of
Puerto Rico. Lyrical Workshop credits
include Roderigo in Otello, Don
Quixote in the musical Man of la
Mancha and Arturo in Lucia di
Lammermoor. Calderon had the honor
of premiering the role of Don Luis of
Haro in the Zarzuela El Barberillo de
Lavapies. He also premiered the role
of Choko in Roberto Milano’s The
Queen’s Mirror. As a student of
Justino Diaz in the Opera Workshop of
the Conservatory of Music of Puerto
Rico, Calderon performed the role of
Lindoro in L' Italiana in Algieri.
He also received critical acclaim for
his performance of Paolino in the Puerto
Rican premiere of Il Matrimonio
Segreto.
RICHARD
CASSELL (Rigoletto)
In
over 100 roles, from the highest
baritone (Rigoletto) to the lowest bass
(Osmin), Richard Cassell has
appeared with New York City Opera,
Cleveland Opera, Opera Memphis, San
Antonio Opera, Bangkok Opera, Rome
Festival, Berkshire Music Festival and
is a yearly guest at the prestigious
Albert Roussel Festival in France. His
upcoming engagements include Benoit/Alcindoro
with the Natchez Opera Festival and
Bartolo in Rossini's Barber of
Seville with Bayerische Kammeroper,
as well as Rigoletto in New York City in
March with Bleecker Street Opera.
REBECCA
COMERFORD (Giovanna)
Mezzo
Soprano Rebecca Comerford has
been praised by critiques for her
“richly voluptuous mezzo sound and
sincere dramatic intensity” that sets
her performances apart. Recently,
Classical Singer Magazine wrote that
“As the Beggar Woman, Rebecca
Comerford again showed outstanding
musicianship and acting skills. It is
clear that these young actor/musicians
are the future of theater in America,
such is their maturity of skills and
commitment to the stage.” In 2008 Ms.
Comerford appeared as a Young Artist
with Opera Memphis as Tisbe in
Rossini’s La Cenerentola and
returned in 2009 as a Principle Artist
to sing Siebel in their production of
Gounod’s Faust with live
excerpts broadcast on National Public
Radio. Most recently Ms. Comerford was
seen as Lucy Brown in the Off-Broadway
Production of Kurt Weill’s Three
Penny Opera for which the New York
Times proclaimed, “…her manic Lucy
was a standout.”
ANDREW
CUMMINGS (Rigoletto)
Baritone
Andrew Cummings recently
performed in Shaw Sings! with
Encompass New Opera Theatre at Symphony
Space in New York City. His 2009
performances included Renato in Un
Ballo in Maschera with The New
Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, the
title roles in Le Nozze di Figaro with
OperaDelaware, Elijah with the
University of Pennsylvania Symphony,
Valentin: Faust with Regina
Opera, and Escamillo: La Tragédie de
Carmen with Hubbard Hall Opera
Theater. In 2010, he will add several
important roles to his repertoire, Top
in The Tender Land with Center
Square Concerts in Pennsylvania, Zurga: Les
Pêcheurs de Perles with Middlebury
Opera Company in Vermont, and Malatesta
in Don Pasquale with Regina Opera
Company.
VALENTINA
FLEER (Gilda)
Valentina
Fleer,
soprano, is a recipient of the 2009 Sara
Tucker Grant from the Richard Tucker
Music Foundation. Most recently, she was
invited to participate in the Merola
Opera Program at San Francisco Opera and
the young artist program at Los Angeles
Opera, where she will singing Adina in
Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore and
Gilda in Rigoletto, respectively.
Valentina has sung lead roles in I
Capuleti e I Montecchi, The Tsar’s
Bride, Gianni Schicchi, and A
View from the Bridge. She has
performed with companies including
Glimmerglass Opera, Gotham Chamber
Opera, Opera Orchestra of New York, and
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
LAUREN
HABER (The
Page)
Lauren
Nicole Haber,
soprano, was a recent participant at the
International Vocal Arts Institute
(Canada), under the direction of Joan
Dornemann, where she performed the third
act quartet in the role of Mimi from La
Boheme. Lauren is also a recurring
participant of the Martina Arroyo
Foundation Role Performance Seminar,
where she has learned the roles of
Amelia from Verdi’s Simon
Boccanegra, the Countess from
Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Desdemona
from Verdi’s Otello, and Mimi
from Puccini’s La Boheme. This
summer Lauren will attended the four
week intensive OperaWorks program in
California under the direction of Ann
Baltz.
JAMESON
JAMES (Borsa)
Jameson
James has
sung for Boston Lyric Opera, Austin
Lyric Opera, Bronx Opera, Atlantic Coast
Opera Festival, DiCapo Opera, Amato
Opera, Dell’Arte Opera Theater, Aspen
Opera Theater Center, New Texas
Festival, and Rome Opera Festival. He
received his Bachelor of Music from Rice
University’s Shepherd School of Music,
and a Master of Music from the New
England Conservatory in Boston. In 2007,
he was a regional finalist at the
Metropolitan National Council Regional
Auditions. He is a versatile singer and
has created roles for new operas. He is
a student of Arthur Levy and is a
certified teacher of the Alexander
Technique. This summer he sang Rodolfo
with Atlantic Coast Opera of
Philadelphia and covered Don Ottavio and
Rodolfo for dell’Arte Opera.
DAVID
KELLEHER-FLIGHT (Monterone)
Canadian
Baritone David Kelleher-Flight has
recently been heard as the title role in
THE MIKADO for the Ohio Light Opera,
Njegus in THE MERRY WIDOW for the Ash
Lawn Opera Festival, Masetto in DON
GIOVANNI for the New York Opera Project,
and Capellio in I CAPULETI ED I
MONTECCHI at the State University of New
York at Stony Brook where he is a
Doctoral Candidate. He holds a
Master’s from the Manhattan School of
Music and has performed at the Aspen
Music Festival, the Banff Centre for the
Arts and the Oxford Lieder Festival
(UK).
SARAH
LEE (Maddalena)
Sarah
L. Lee,
mezzo-soprano, was most recently seen on
stage with the Houston Gilbert and
Sullivan Society as Kate in The
Pirates of Penzance. Last year, Ms.
Lee made her Carnegie Hall debut with
the New York Lyric Opera Theatre as
Gertrude in Gonoud’s Romeo et
Juliette. She was a Toledo Opera
Young Artist and also completed the
resident artist program with Dicapo
Opera Theatre. Ms. Lee earned a master
of music degree from Manhattan School of
Music and a bachelor of music degree
from Southern Methodist University.
Performances include the role of
Hippolyta in Britten’s A Midsummer
Nights Dream, Ma Moss in Copland’s
The Tender Land, the Duchess of
Plaza Toro in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The
Gondoliers, and Orfeo in Orfeo ed
Euridice.
STEPHAN
ORTIZ (Count
Ceprano)
Stephan
Antonio Ortiz is
a California native. He has studied
voice with Niel Semer. He has sung roles
with Opera Academy of California,
B.A.S.O.T.I, and San Francisco
Conservatory of Music. The roles he has
performed include Guglielmo in Cosi Fan
Tutti, Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro,
and the role of the 5th Man in David
Conte's Famous. He has toured
internationally with Grammy nominated
Artist John Lee Hooker Jr. as keyboard
player and vocalist. Upcoming
performances: El Dancairo in Carmen with
STC and NYLOT Artist-in-Residence
Concert.
AYSE
OSKAN (Maddalena)
Mezzo-soprano
Ayse Ozkan, a Turkish native,
received her BA degree from Hacettepe
University Ankara State Conservatory in
Ankara, Turkey, 2008. During her
education in the conservatory, she
studied under the direction of Professor
Mustafa Yurdakul and Eralp Kiyici, and
coached with Fugen Serbest. She attended
the masterclasses of Professor Helge
Dorsch in April of 2004, 2005,2006 and
2007 in Ankara,Turkey.She also attended
the masterclasses of Antonio Marceno in
2006 in Ankara. Ms. Ozkan was an alumni
of 2007 Florence Voice Seminar. While
the seminar she studied voice with Laura
Brooks Rice and acting with Martha
Collins.
DONGHYUN
PARK (Monterone)
From
Seoul, Korea, baritone Donghyun Park made
his Carnegie Hall debut as Bretigny in
Massenet’s Manon with New York Lyric
Opera Theater in 2009. His recent New
York performance includes Don Giovanni
with Dell’arte Opera Ensemble. He also
performed a principle role in the
premiere of Italian composer Bruno
Rigacci’s Opera Dodici personage in
cerca di voce in Chiari, Italy last
summer, and appeared as Gregorio in
Romeo et Juliette by Gounod in 2009 also
with New York Lyric Opera. He will also
sing Monterone in Rigoletto with
Beeckerstreet opera in March, 2010.
SHANNA
SPIRO (Countess
Ceprano)
Shanna
Spiro,
soprano, currently resides in Manhattan
and studies with Shirley Love. She was
last seen performing with the NYLOT in
January for the Artist in Residence
concert. In 2009, Ms. Spiro performed as
Mimi in La Boheme, Dido
in Dido and Aeneas and The Countess
in Le Nozze di Figaro in Westchester.
She received her Bachelors degree in
Vocal Performance from SUNY Purchase in
May 2008 where she performed as Juno in
The Tempest, Fiordiligi in Cosi
fan Tutte, Nutrice in the
Coronation of Poppea, the Mother in
Amahl and the Night Visitors.
SUZANNE
STONE (Countess
Ceprano)
Soprano
Suzanne Stone received her Master
of Music degree from the University of
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of
Music. While studying at CCM, she
performed the role of Cecile in Susa’s
The Dangerous Liaisons. She also
performed the roles of Susanna from Le
Nozze di Figaro and Rosina from Il
Barbiere di Siviglia in the opera
scenes program. She completed her
Bachelor of Music at The Pennsylvania
State University. Operatic highlights
there included a full production of Die
Zauberflöte (Pamina) and selected
scenes from Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi)
and The Crucible (Abigail
Williams). Most recently, Suzanne
performed the role of Second Lady in NY
Lyric’s production of Die Zauberflöte.
Upcoming: Pygmalion with
Underworld Productions in May.
RAYMOND
UY (Borsa)
Tenor
Raymond Uy is performing in his
second production with the New York
Lyric Opera Theater. He has also been
seen as a principal tenor with the
Delaware Valley Opera, Garden State
Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Los
Angeles, as well as in ensembles for the
Opera Festival of NJ. In 2009, Mr. Uy
performed in a concert of arias at
Carnegie Hall, through the Accadia
Foundation for the Arts. In addition, he
has sung in many collaborative
performances between the choirs of
Westminster, and orchestras that include
the New York Philharmonic (Kurt Mazur),
Philadelphia Orchestra (Wolfgang
Sawalisch), and the New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra (Z. Macal). Mr. Uy has studied
voice in Tuscany, and holds a Masters
from Eastman School of Music.
Rigoletto
Cast List
RIGOLETTO
2/27: Richard Cassell
3/6: Andrew Cummings
GILDA
2/27: Valentina Fleer (Schooley:cover)
3/6: Valentina Fleer: (Kwak,
Irvine:covers)
DUKE
2/27: Glenn Allen (James: cover)
3/6: Lazaro Calderon (Winell: cover)
SPARAFUCILE
2/27: Matthew Anchel
3/6: Matthew Anchel
MADDALENA
2/27: Sarah Lee (Kai, Comerford:
covers)
3/6: Ayse Oska (Kai, Comerford: covers)
MARULLO
2/27: Justin Birdsong (Ortiz: cover)
3/6: Justin Birdsong
COUNT CEPRANO
2/27: Stephan Ortiz
3/6: Stephan
Ortiz (Park: cover)
COUNTESS CEPRANO
2/27: Shanna Spiro (Haber: cover)
3/6: Suzanne Stone
BORSA
2/27: Jameson James
3/6: Raymond Uy
MONTERONE
2/27: Donghyun Park
3/6: David Kelleher-Flight
GIOVANNA
2/27: Rebecca Comerford
3/6: Rebecca Comerford
PAGGIO
2/27: Lauren Haber
3/6: Lauren Haber
ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
Amy Irvine, Yuri Kwak, Brooke Schooley, Jonathan
Winell, Keiko Kai, Lauren Haber, Mariana
da Costa, Julia Walsh, Laura Smith, Tatyana
Halitskaia, (Jameson James), (Andrew
Cummings), (Rebecca Comerford), (Matthew
Anchel)
Past
Performances
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
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
Jules
Massenet’s
Manon
Libretto
by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille
(sung
in French)
Saturday,
November 7, 2007
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
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* Sstephan Ortiz**
Guards Kevin Peters, Mete Tasin, Luis
Gonzale, Stephan Ortiz
Sergeant Mete Tasin*
Kevin Peters**
Maid Lisa Flanigan***
*November
7
**Novmber 13
***Both performances
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
Performers
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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