OVERVIEW
Honor, love, and friendship collide in Bellini’s spectacle Norma, considered the pinnacle of the Italian bel canto repertory, to create high drama and vocal pyrotechnics! The spiritual leader of her people is secretly involved with an officer in the enemy army that occupies her country, a crime that would surely bring the penalty of death. What she doesn’t know is that her closest friend and confidant is also in a romantic relationship with that same officer. Hear some of opera’s most passionate and technically demanding vocalism as lies and secrets are revealed in this new production with projections from filmmaker Greg Emetaz and costumes by season 12 Project Runway finalist Bradon McDonald.ARTISTS
Stephen Lord, conductor
Crystal Manich, director
Greg Emetaz, projection designer
Bradon McDonald, costume designer
Tláloc López-Watermann, lighting designer
Marjorie Owens, Norma
Annie Rosen, Adalgisa
Jonathan Burton, Pollione
Adam Lau, Oroveso
Melanie Ashkar, Clotilde
Addison Marlor, Flavio
OVERVIEW
Honor, love, and friendship collide in Bellini’s spectacle Norma, considered the pinnacle of the Italian bel canto repertory, to create high drama and vocal pyrotechnics! The spiritual leader of her people is secretly involved with an officer in the enemy army that occupies her country, a crime that would surely bring the penalty of death. What she doesn’t know is that her closest friend and confidant is also in a romantic relationship with that same officer. Hear some of opera’s most passionate and technically demanding vocalism as lies and secrets are revealed in this new production with projections from filmmaker Greg Emetaz and costumes by season 12 Project Runway finalist Bradon McDonald.ARTISTS
Stephen Lord, conductor
Crystal Manich, director
Greg Emetaz, projection designer
Bradon McDonald, costume designer
Tláloc López-Watermann, lighting designer
Marjorie Owens, Norma
Annie Rosen, Adalgisa
Jonathan Burton, Pollione
Adam Lau, Oroveso
Melanie Ashkar, Clotilde
Addison Marlor, Flavio
A celebration of music for the theatre composed by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990).
Artists: Steven White, conductor | Garnett Bruce, director | Anya Matanovic, Violetta | Rafael Moras, Alfredo | Michael Chioldi, Germont
Come experience Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece, and see the opera for yourself that moved Julia Roberts’ character to tears in Pretty Woman.
The beautiful, but ill, courtesan Violetta Valéry falls in love with the upper-class gentleman Alfredo and leaves her life as a kept woman for an idyllic life in the country with him. When pressured to leave Alfredo by his father, she flees to her former life leaving only a note. But Alfredo’s love will not be denied, and he isn’t going to stand aside as he sees her on the arm of another man.
Artists: Steven White, conductor | Garnett Bruce, director | Anya Matanovic, Violetta | Rafael Moras, Alfredo | Michael Chioldi, Germont
Come experience Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece, and see the opera for yourself that moved Julia Roberts’ character to tears in Pretty Woman.
The beautiful, but ill, courtesan Violetta Valéry falls in love with the upper-class gentleman Alfredo and leaves her life as a kept woman for an idyllic life in the country with him. When pressured to leave Alfredo by his father, she flees to her former life leaving only a note. But Alfredo’s love will not be denied, and he isn’t going to stand aside as he sees her on the arm of another man.
Artists: Steven White, conductor | Garnett Bruce, director | Anya Matanovic, Violetta | Rafael Moras, Alfredo | Michael Chioldi, Germont
Come experience Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece, and see the opera for yourself that moved Julia Roberts’ character to tears in Pretty Woman.
The beautiful, but ill, courtesan Violetta Valéry falls in love with the upper-class gentleman Alfredo and leaves her life as a kept woman for an idyllic life in the country with him. When pressured to leave Alfredo by his father, she flees to her former life leaving only a note. But Alfredo’s love will not be denied, and he isn’t going to stand aside as he sees her on the arm of another man.
Artists: Steven White, conductor | Garnett Bruce, director | Anya Matanovic, Violetta | Rafael Moras, Alfredo | Michael Chioldi, Germont
Come experience Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece, and see the opera for yourself that moved Julia Roberts’ character to tears in Pretty Woman.
The beautiful, but ill, courtesan Violetta Valéry falls in love with the upper-class gentleman Alfredo and leaves her life as a kept woman for an idyllic life in the country with him. When pressured to leave Alfredo by his father, she flees to her former life leaving only a note. But Alfredo’s love will not be denied, and he isn’t going to stand aside as he sees her on the arm of another man.
Artists: Steven White, conductor | Garnett Bruce, director | Anya Matanovic, Violetta | Rafael Moras, Alfredo | Michael Chioldi, Germont
Come experience Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece, and see the opera for yourself that moved Julia Roberts’ character to tears in Pretty Woman.
The beautiful, but ill, courtesan Violetta Valéry falls in love with the upper-class gentleman Alfredo and leaves her life as a kept woman for an idyllic life in the country with him. When pressured to leave Alfredo by his father, she flees to her former life leaving only a note. But Alfredo’s love will not be denied, and he isn’t going to stand aside as he sees her on the arm of another man.
Artists: Robert Tweten, conductor | Tomer Zvulun, director | Andrew Stenson, Nikolaus Sprink | Abigail Rethwisch, Anna Sørensen | Craig Irvin, Lt. Horstmayer | Daniel Belcher, Ponchel | Troy Cook, Father Palmer
Witness rare and poignant moments of humanity during the world’s most brutal war in this stunning musical depiction of the legendary Christmas truce of 1914.
It’s December 24, 1914 on the Western Front, and the sounds of battle between the French, Scottish, and German armies are replaced by those of Christmas carols. A short truce is called, but it isn’t long before the soldiers are confronted with the realities of war and what they mean for the coming days.
Artists: Robert Tweten, conductor | Tomer Zvulun, director | Andrew Stenson, Nikolaus Sprink | Abigail Rethwisch, Anna Sørensen | Craig Irvin, Lt. Horstmayer | Daniel Belcher, Ponchel | Troy Cook, Father Palmer
Witness rare and poignant moments of humanity during the world’s most brutal war in this stunning musical depiction of the legendary Christmas truce of 1914.
It’s December 24, 1914 on the Western Front, and the sounds of battle between the French, Scottish, and German armies are replaced by those of Christmas carols. A short truce is called, but it isn’t long before the soldiers are confronted with the realities of war and what they mean for the coming days.
Artists: Robert Tweten, conductor | Tomer Zvulun, director | Andrew Stenson, Nikolaus Sprink | Abigail Rethwisch, Anna Sørensen | Craig Irvin, Lt. Horstmayer | Daniel Belcher, Ponchel | Troy Cook, Father Palmer
Witness rare and poignant moments of humanity during the world’s most brutal war in this stunning musical depiction of the legendary Christmas truce of 1914.
It’s December 24, 1914 on the Western Front, and the sounds of battle between the French, Scottish, and German armies are replaced by those of Christmas carols. A short truce is called, but it isn’t long before the soldiers are confronted with the realities of war and what they mean for the coming days.
Artists: Robert Tweten, conductor | Tomer Zvulun, director | Andrew Stenson, Nikolaus Sprink | Abigail Rethwisch, Anna Sørensen | Craig Irvin, Lt. Horstmayer | Daniel Belcher, Ponchel | Troy Cook, Father Palmer
Witness rare and poignant moments of humanity during the world’s most brutal war in this stunning musical depiction of the legendary Christmas truce of 1914.
It’s December 24, 1914 on the Western Front, and the sounds of battle between the French, Scottish, and German armies are replaced by those of Christmas carols. A short truce is called, but it isn’t long before the soldiers are confronted with the realities of war and what they mean for the coming days.
Artists: Robert Tweten, conductor | Tomer Zvulun, director | Andrew Stenson, Nikolaus Sprink | Abigail Rethwisch, Anna Sørensen | Craig Irvin, Lt. Horstmayer | Daniel Belcher, Ponchel | Troy Cook, Father Palmer
Witness rare and poignant moments of humanity during the world’s most brutal war in this stunning musical depiction of the legendary Christmas truce of 1914.
It’s December 24, 1914 on the Western Front, and the sounds of battle between the French, Scottish, and German armies are replaced by those of Christmas carols. A short truce is called, but it isn’t long before the soldiers are confronted with the realities of war and what they mean for the coming days.
Artists: Gary Thor Wedow, conductor | Michael Shell, director | Michael Adams, Figaro | Sarah Coit, Rosina | Matthew Grills, Count Almaviva | Kevin Burdette, Don Bartolo
Having trouble getting close to the woman you love? Don’t worry. Figaro can help, and he might just be the best wingman in all of opera!
Charming and clever Rosina has captured the attention of two men: the older Dr. Bartolo and the wealthy Count Almaviva. Enter Seville’s barber, Figaro, who is enlisted by the Count to assist him in winning Rosina’s heart, and does so through a series of hilarious pranks and disguises.
Artists: Gary Thor Wedow, conductor | Michael Shell, director | Michael Adams, Figaro | Sarah Coit, Rosina | Matthew Grills, Count Almaviva | Kevin Burdette, Don Bartolo
Having trouble getting close to the woman you love? Don’t worry. Figaro can help, and he might just be the best wingman in all of opera!
Charming and clever Rosina has captured the attention of two men: the older Dr. Bartolo and the wealthy Count Almaviva. Enter Seville’s barber, Figaro, who is enlisted by the Count to assist him in winning Rosina’s heart, and does so through a series of hilarious pranks and disguises.
Artists: Gary Thor Wedow, conductor | Michael Shell, director | Michael Adams, Figaro | Sarah Coit, Rosina | Matthew Grills, Count Almaviva | Kevin Burdette, Don Bartolo
Having trouble getting close to the woman you love? Don’t worry. Figaro can help, and he might just be the best wingman in all of opera!
Charming and clever Rosina has captured the attention of two men: the older Dr. Bartolo and the wealthy Count Almaviva. Enter Seville’s barber, Figaro, who is enlisted by the Count to assist him in winning Rosina’s heart, and does so through a series of hilarious pranks and disguises.
Artists: Gary Thor Wedow, conductor | Michael Shell, director | Michael Adams, Figaro | Sarah Coit, Rosina | Matthew Grills, Count Almaviva | Kevin Burdette, Don Bartolo
Having trouble getting close to the woman you love? Don’t worry. Figaro can help, and he might just be the best wingman in all of opera!
Charming and clever Rosina has captured the attention of two men: the older Dr. Bartolo and the wealthy Count Almaviva. Enter Seville’s barber, Figaro, who is enlisted by the Count to assist him in winning Rosina’s heart, and does so through a series of hilarious pranks and disguises.
Artists: Gary Thor Wedow, conductor | Michael Shell, director | Michael Adams, Figaro | Sarah Coit, Rosina | Matthew Grills, Count Almaviva | Kevin Burdette, Don Bartolo
Having trouble getting close to the woman you love? Don’t worry. Figaro can help, and he might just be the best wingman in all of opera!
Charming and clever Rosina has captured the attention of two men: the older Dr. Bartolo and the wealthy Count Almaviva. Enter Seville’s barber, Figaro, who is enlisted by the Count to assist him in winning Rosina’s heart, and does so through a series of hilarious pranks and disguises.
Artists: Kenneth Montgomery, conductor | Andrea Cigni, director | Nicole Heaston, Thaïs | Troy Cook, Athanaël | Dominick Chenes, Nicias
She’s the sinner. He’s the saint. But what happens when those roles are reversed? Will either of them survive? (Hint: this is opera)
Athanaël, a Cenobite monk, resolves to convert his acquaintance Thaïs, the most admired courtesan in Alexandria, to a life of piety and devotion. After first mocking his conversion attempt, she meditates and determines to follow him despite the violent crowds who try to prevent her from leaving. As Thaïs enters the convent and her new life, Athanaël recognizes that he loves her desperately, but also that it may be too late for them.
Artists: Kenneth Montgomery, conductor | Andrea Cigni, director | Nicole Heaston, Thaïs | Troy Cook, Athanaël | Dominick Chenes, Nicias
She’s the sinner. He’s the saint. But what happens when those roles are reversed? Will either of them survive? (Hint: this is opera)
Athanaël, a Cenobite monk, resolves to convert his acquaintance Thaïs, the most admired courtesan in Alexandria, to a life of piety and devotion. After first mocking his conversion attempt, she meditates and determines to follow him despite the violent crowds who try to prevent her from leaving. As Thaïs enters the convent and her new life, Athanaël recognizes that he loves her desperately, but also that it may be too late for them.
Artists: Kenneth Montgomery, conductor | Andrea Cigni, director | Nicole Heaston, Thaïs | Troy Cook, Athanaël | Dominick Chenes, Nicias
She’s the sinner. He’s the saint. But what happens when those roles are reversed? Will either of them survive? (Hint: this is opera)
Athanaël, a Cenobite monk, resolves to convert his acquaintance Thaïs, the most admired courtesan in Alexandria, to a life of piety and devotion. After first mocking his conversion attempt, she meditates and determines to follow him despite the violent crowds who try to prevent her from leaving. As Thaïs enters the convent and her new life, Athanaël recognizes that he loves her desperately, but also that it may be too late for them.
Recommended
Kevin Puts & Mark Campbell’s Silent Night
Rossini’s The Barber of Seville
