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"Looking Back Moving Forward" - MSU Spring Opera Workshop
MSU OPERA WORKSHOP
Karen Driscoll, director
MUSICAL PREPARATION
LeAnn Overton, music director/coach/repetiteur
Michael S. Caldwell, pianist/coach/repetiteur
SCENES COACHES
William Hobbs
Soyeon Kim
Mary Pinto
Vica Schwartzman
Grant Wenaus
CHOREOGRAPHER
David Strobbe
Come join us for an evening of opera and musical theater scenes where we explore the past to find the key to our future.
Also available via Livestream at montclair.edu/music/cali-live
PROGRAM
Vieni, segui i miei passi… from Orfeo ed Euridice
Christoph W. Gluck
Maya Henry, Euridice
Devin Barry, Orfeo
Je vous revoir from Les Fêtes d’Hébé
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Eric Sebek, Le Ruisseau
Rudy Giron, La Naïade
Hannah Ranzan and Omar Abdallah, dancers
David Strobbe, choreographer
Spererò poiché mel dice from Agrippina
George Friderich Handel
Devin Barry, Narciso
Sarah Rose Johnson, Agrippina
Là ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Thalia Suleymanov, Zerlina
Omar Abdallah, Don Giovanni
Eh via buffone from Don Giovanni
Mozart
Seungchan Hong, Don Giovanni
Jason Zacher, Leporello
Saria possibile from Elisir d’amore
Gaetano Donizetti
Taylor Amato, Gianetta
Chorus: Maya Henry, Alexandra Vandermaas, Thalia Suleymanov, Gabby Guida, Gabby Cintron, Hannah Ranzan, Eliza Arnone, Sarah Rose Johnson, Fred Spiewak, Nemorino
Pronta io son from Don Pasquale
Donizetti
Courtney San Martin, Norina
Chisom James Maduakor, Malatesta
La mia Dorabella from Così fan tutte
Mozart
Eric Sebek, Ferrando
Omar Abdallah, Guglielmo
Jason Zacher, Don Alfonso
Nedda/Silvio Duet, Act 1 from Pagliacci
Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Sarah Rose Johnson, Nedda
Seungchan Hong, Silvio
Jason Zacher, Tonio
Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Emely Sepúlveda, Tatiana
Hmm, hmm, hmm... from The Magic Flute
Mozart
Alec Lobe, Papageno ~ Fred Spiewak, Tamino
Taylor Amato, First Lady ~ Maya Henry, Second Lady ~ Alexandra Vandermaas, Third Lady
Hannah Ranzan, 1st Spirit ~ Gabby Guida, 2nd Spirit ~ Gabby Cintron, 3rd Spirit
Eliza Arnone, Spirit “in training”
Pamina’s Suicide Scene from The Magic Flute
Mozart
Yejin Lee, Pamina
Hannah Ranzan, 1st Spirit ~ Gabby Guida, 2nd Spirit ~ Gabby Cintron, 3rd Spirit
Eliza Arnone, Spirit “in training”
We’ll go away together from Street Scene
Kurt Weill
Thalia Suleymanov, Rose
Eric Sebek, Sam
Lily’s Eyes from Secret Garden*
Lucy Simon
Alec Lobe, Dr. Neville Craven
Fred Spiewak, Archibald Craven
Chukar Song from Thumbprint
Kamala Sankaram
Thalia Suleymanov, Mukhtar
Gabby Guida, Annu
Alexandra Vandermaas, Mother (Ammee)
How can you ask me to let you die? from Thumbprint
Sankaram
Lisa Bremer, Mother
Yejin Lee, Mukhtar
Catchin’ snakes at Burkett's Creek from Taking up Serpents
Sankaram
Courtney San Martin, Kayla
Jason Zacher, Daddy
Hannah Ranzan, Queer Kid ~ Gabby Cintron, Young Mother ~ Fred Spiewak, Bus Driver
To this we’ve come from The Consul
Gian Carlo Menotti
GaDa Lambert, Magda Sorel
Lisa Bremer, Secretary
COVID-19 HEALTH & SAFETY: The 2021-22 performances at the Cali School of Music will take place in person. To help protect the health and safety of audiences, artists, staff, and our greater community, patrons are required to complete MSU Hawk Check and wear masks at all times for all performances.