Apprentice Scenes 2023
The Next Generation … Center Stage
The opera’s singing and technical apprentices take the mainstage spotlight for two unique evenings of staged scenes. These evenings are fun-filled “sampler boxes” of operatic styles. They are a great introduction to opera and a great value for families to enjoy an evening out. They are the perfect opportunity to experience the future of opera – now.
The opera’s singing and technical apprentice programs have launched numerous distinguished careers, including singers William Burden, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Fabiano, Brandon Jovanovich, Kate Lindsey, Samuel Ramey, Susanna Phillips and technicians Ruth E. Carter, Alex Davila, B.R. Delaney, Jennifer Good, Rupert Hemmings, Aja Jackson and Jeffrey Mace to name a few.
Programs
August 13, 2023
The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Lorenzo Da Ponte
Act II, Finale
Count | Sam Dhobhany
Countess | Caitlin Aloia
Susanna | Taylor See
Figaro | Christian Simmons
Antonio | Dylan Gregg
Marcellina | Quinn Middleman
Bartolo | Ben Brady
Basilio | Lawrence Barasa
Conductor | Robert Tweten
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Pianist/Coach | James Lesniak
Costume Designer | Maddie James
Assistant Costume Designer | HuiXue (Diana) Kang
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Cat Modica
Lighting Designer | Will Loconto
The Pearl Fishers
George Bizet | Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon
Aria and Duet
Leïla | Cadie J. Bryan
Nadir | Philippe L’Esperance
Conductor | Leslie Dala
Stage Director | Louisa Muller
Pianist/Coach | Carol Anderson
Costume Designer | Caroline A. Zaltron
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Oran Wongpandid
Lighting Designer | Will Loconto
Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini | Giovacchino Forzano
“Era uguale la voce…Addio, Firenze”
Gianni Schicchi | Joel Balzun
Lauretta | Lydia Grindatto
Zita | Michelle Mariposa
Ciesca | Emma Rose Sorenson
Nella | Nicole Elyse Keeling
Rinuccio | Lawrence Barasa
Gherardo | Garrett Evers
Marco | Brandon Bell
Simone | Luke Harnish
Betto | Younggwang Park
Conductor | Mark Morash
Stage Director | Crystal Manich
Pianist/Coach | Blair Salter
Costume Designer | Azaria Jade Rubio
Assistant Costume Designer | Matthew Palacios
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Court Winterborne
Lighting Designer | Will Loconto
Faust
Charles Gounod | Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Final Trio
Faust | Daniel O’Hearn (Guest Artist)
Marguerite | Caitlin Aloia
Méphistophélès | Dylan Gregg
Conductor | Leslie Dala
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Pianist/Coach | John Arida
Costume Designer | Gray Covert
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Jax Cornett
Lighting Designer | Will Loconto
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
Quintet
Hans Sachs | Le Bu
Eva | Adia Evans
Magdalena | Kaylee Nichols
Walther | Samuel White
David | Wayd Odle
Conductor | Alden Gatt
Stage Director | Louisa Muller
Pianist/Coach | Erica Guo
Costume Designer | Zoe Selesnick
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Tiara Marie Jones
Lighting Designer | Eric Dahlgren
Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti | Gaetano Donizetti, Giovanni Ruffini and Michele Accursi
“Pronto io son”
Norina | Ilanah Lobel-Torres
Malatesta | Brandon Bell
Conductor | Glenn Lewis
Stage Director | Tara Faircloth
Pianist/Coach | James Lesniak
Costume Designer | Cullen Keogh
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Braxton Cooper
Lighting Designer | Eric Dahlgren
Radamisto
George Frideric Handel | Nicola Francesco Haym
Recitative and Duet
Radamisto | Luke Elmer
Zenobia | Amber Norelai
Conductor/Pianist | Carol Anderson
Stage Director | Tara Faircloth
Costume Designer | Emma Rose Harrison
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Yamilet Lopez Ramirez
Lighting Designer | Eric Dahlgren
La bohème
Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
End of Act I
Mimì | Caitlin Gotimer
Rodolfo | Daniel O’Hearn (Guest Artist)
Schaunard | Spencer Reichman (Off Stage)
Coline | Christian Simmons (Off Stage)
Marcello | Sam Dhobhany (Off Stage)
Conductor | Robert Tweten
Stage Director | Crystal Manich
Pianist/Coach | Anna Smigelskaya
Costume Designer | Aurora Azbill
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Joshua N. Wisham
Lighting Designer | Eric Dahlgren
PRODUCTION STAFF
Production Stage Managers | Michael Janney, Whitney McAnally, Bruno Baker
Production Coordinator | Tracy Armagost
Technical Director | Michael Ortiz
Assistant Technical Director | Jessica Gilliard
Stage Operations Supervisor | Charlie Capps
Stage Operations Assistant Supervisor | Matthew Crossman
Show Crew Supervisors | Katherine Fortner, Jess Tibboles
Stage Crew Leads | Isabel Hafner, Sara Johnson, Matthew Lamers
Properties Director | Eileen S. Garcia
Assistant Properties Director | Hunter Lloyd
Properties Crafts Supervisor | Chance Kuehnel
Properties Lead Carpenter | Ben Herrera
Properties Artisan | Dee Roberts
Properties Run Crew Supervisors | Aletha Saunders, Miranda Wilson
Costume Director | Blair Gulledge
Costume Collections Manager & Outreach Coordinator | Brianna Fristoe
Associate Costume Director | Kristi Johnson
Costume Scenes Supervisor | Carey Blackerby Hanson
Costume Technical Advisors | Lara Southerland Berich, Katie Peplinski Coffin
Wardrobe Supervisor | Alyssa Salazar
Lighting Director | Jonah Schnell
Head Electrician | Hannah L. Mackey
Assistant Head Electrician | Andy Glischinski
Audio/Video Director | Cooper Adams
Assistant Audio/Video Director | Daniel Massey
Audio Engineer | Abbey Nettleton
AV/ELS Technicians | Alex Palma, Valeria Texeira
Opera Titles Engineer | Emily Pan
Opera Titles Administrators | Ron Grinage, Jennifer Rhodes
Wig and Make-up Designer | David C. Zimmerman
Scenic Charge | Mark Edlund
Music Services Supervisors | Leah Anderson, Kaylie Jones
Stage Manager Part 1 | Caitlin Farley
Production Assistants Part 1 | Jordyn Paul, Andrea Tuthill
Lighting Supervisor Part 1 | Maddy Uecker
Lighting Programmer Part 1 | Emily Poole
Head Electrician Part 1 | Braden Pauley
Assistant Head Electrician Part 1 and 2 | Brianna Maruco
Stage Manager Part 2 | Caitlynn Sandoval
Production Assistants Part 2 | Erin McNeley-Phelps, Grace Wright
Lighting Supervisor Part 2 | Gabriel J. Hrin
Lighting Programmer Part 2 | Josie Rocca
Head Electrician Part 2 | Micah Dominguez-Schatz
Assistant Production Coordinator | Brittany Conyers
Stage Operations Supervisors | William Peele, Clint Sumalpong
Show Crew Supervisors | Casey Fort, Ava Stipe
Stage Run Crew | William Blank, Bobbie Buie, Michael Cooprider, Hannah Culwell, Kaushik Raghavan, Hannah Tarr
Lead Carpenter | Celeste Bontumasi
Scenic Carpenters | William Blank, Michael Cooprider, Hannah Culwell, Manuel Elizondo
Properties Run Coordinator | Assistant Jai Whitteker
Properties Run Crew Supervisor | Sam Forrest
Assistant Properties Run Crew Supervisor | Lydia Konings
Properties Run Crew | Vance Cook, Adam Hawley, Annie Hennen, Chloe Marie Lupini, Frank Scarnaty, Jr.
Properties Crafts/Carpentry/Paints | Vance Cook, Lauren Eckard, Jared W. Hansen, Adam Hawley, McKenna Leach, Frank Scarnaty, Jr., Hannah Tarr
Wardrobe Lead | Alex Ledbetter
Costume First Hands | Courtney Hatch, Kate Larson, Grigorii Malakhov, Kaia Mortensen, Sebastian Newell
Costume Crafts Lead | Shelby Smith
Assistant Costume Crafts | Matthew Palacios
Scenic Painter | Sean Haffey
Focus Crew | Margo Buchanan, Eli Wallow
Followspots | Margo Buchanan, Brianna Maruco, Eli Wallow
A/V Supervisors | Rubysella M. Erickson, Bennett Riley
ELS Crew | Margo Buchanan, Brianna Maruco, Eli Wallow
Production Music Services Supervisors | Liam Hurley, Olivia Kaye, Kordelia Taylor
August 20, 2023
Hansel and Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck | Adelheid Wette, English Translation by Cori Ellison
“The smell is delicious”
Gretel | Gemma Nha
Hansel | Lucy Evans
Witch | Jordan Loyd
Conductor | Glenn Lewis
Stage Director | Louisa Muller
Pianist/Coach | Aurelia Andrews
Costume Designer | Cullen Keogh
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Yamilet Lopez Ramirez
Lighting Designer | Brianna Maruco
La Clemenza Di Tito
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Pietro Metastasio and Caterino Mazzolà
Duet
Sesto | Meridian Prall
Vitellia | Nicole Elyse Keeling
Conductor | Mark Morash
Stage Director | Tara Faircloth
Pianist/Coach | John Arida
Costume Designer | HuiXue (Diana) Kang
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Court Winterborne
Lighting Designer | Brianna Maruco
Boris Godunov
Modest Mussorgsky | Modest Mussorgsky
Quintet
Innkeeper | Gretchen Krupp
Varlaam | Le Bu
Misail | Spencer Hamlin
False Prince | Samuel White
Nikitic | Dylan Gregg
Conductor | Alden Gatt
Stage Director | Crystal Manich
Pianist/Coach | Anna Smigelskaya
Costume Designer | Gray Covert
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Braxton Cooper
Lighting Designer | Brianna Maruco
Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim
Epiphany and A Little Priest
Sweeney Todd | Spencer Reichman
Mrs. Lovett | Rebekah Daly
Conductor | Robert Tweten
Stage Director | Crystal Manich
Pianist/Coach | Carol Anderson
Costume Designer | Emma Rose Harrison
Wigs & Make-Up | Designer Jax Cornett
Lighting Designer | Brianna Maruco
Maria Stuarda
Gaetano Donizetti | Giuseppe Bardari
Confrontation Scene
Maria Stuarda | Tessa Fackelmann
Elisabetta | Lydia Grindatto
Cecil | Michael Pandolfo
Roberto | Jehú Otero
Talbot | Luke Harnish
Anna | Karen Kelley
Conductor | Leslie Dala
Stage Director | Louisa Muller
Pianist/Coach | Peter Pasztor
Costume Designer | Caroline A. Zaltron
Assistant Costume Designer | Matthew Palacios
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Tiara Marie Jones
Lighting Designer | Maddy Uecker
Aida
Giuseppe Verdi | Antonio Ghislanzoni
Aria and Duet
Aida | Amber R. Monroe
Amonasro | Bernardo Medeiros
Conductor | Glenn Lewis
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Pianist/Coach | John Arida
Costume Designer | Azaria Jade Rubio
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Cat Modica
Lighting Designer | Maddy Uecker
Hamlet
Ambroise Thomas | Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Duet
Hamlet | Michael Pandolfo
Ophélie | Amber Norelai
Conductor | Mark Morash
Stage Director | Tara Faircloth
Pianist/Coach | Peter Pasztor
Costume Designer | Alex Ledbetter
Wigs & Make-Up Designer | Joshua N. Wisham
Lighting Designer | Maddy Uecker
Il Viaggo a Reims
Gioachino Rossini | Luigi Balocchi
“Ah! A tal colpo inaspetato”
Madame Cortese | Caitlin Gotimer
Contessa di Folleville | Ilanah Lobel-Torres
Corinna | Gemma Nha
Delia | Taylor See
M. Melibea | Meridian Prall
Modestina | Emma Rose Sorenson
Conte di Libenskof | Philippe L’Esperance
Chevalier Belfiore | Jehú Otero
Zefirino | Garrett Evers
Lord Sidney | Christian Simmons
Don Alvaro | Sam Dhobhany
Barone di Trombonok | Spencer Reichman
Don Profondo | Ben Brady
Don Prudenzio | Younggwang Park
Conductor | Blair Salter
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Pianist/Coach | Erica Guo
Lighting Designer | Maddy Uecker
PRODUCTION STAFF
Production Stage Managers | Michael Janney, Whitney McAnally, Bruno Baker
Production Coordinator | Tracy Armagost
Technical Director | Michael Ortiz
Assistant Technical Director | Jessica Gilliard
Stage Operations Supervisor | Charlie Capps
Stage Operations Assistant Supervisor | Matthew Crossman
Show Crew Supervisors | Katherine Fortner, Jess Tibboles
Stage Crew Leads | Isabel Hafner, Sara Johnson, Matthew Lamers
Properties Director | Eileen S. Garcia
Assistant Properties Director | Hunter Lloyd
Properties Crafts Supervisor | Chance Kuehnel
Properties Lead Carpenter | Ben Herrera
Properties Artisan | Dee Roberts
Properties Run Crew Supervisors | Aletha Saunders, Miranda Wilson
Costume Director | Blair Gulledge
Costume Collections Manager & Outreach Coordinator | Brianna Fristoe
Associate Costume Director | Kristi Johnson
Costume Scenes Supervisor | Carey Blackerby Hanson
Costume Technical Advisors | Lara Southerland Berich, Katie Peplinski Coffin
Wardrobe Supervisor | Alyssa Salazar
Lighting Director | Jonah Schnell
Head Electrician | Hannah L. Mackey
Assistant Head Electrician | Andy Glischinski
Audio/Video Director | Cooper Adams
Assistant Audio/Video Director | Daniel Massey
Audio Engineer | Abbey Nettleton
AV/ELS Technicians | Alex Palma, Valeria Texeira
Opera Titles Engineer | Emily Pan
Opera Titles Administrators | Ron Grinage, Jennifer Rhodes
Wig and Make-up Designer | David C. Zimmerman
Scenic Charge | Mark Edlund
Music Services Supervisors | Leah Anderson, Kaylie Jones
Stage Manager Part 1 | Hannah Baile
Production Assistants Part 1 | Annie Hennen, Olivia Kaye
Lighting Supervisor Part 1 | Micah Dominguez-Schatz
Lighting Programmer Part 1 | Will Loconto
Head Electrician Part 1 | Josie Rocca
Assistant Head Electrician Part 1 and 2 | Braden Pauley
Stage Manager Part 2 | Dani Brewbaker
Production Assistants Part 2 | Chloe Marie Lupini, Miles Miranda
Lighting Supervisor Part 2 | Eric Dahlgren
Lighting Programmer Part 2 | Amelia Ludt
Head Electrician Part 2 | Emily Poole
Stage Operations Supervisors | Chase Dietrich, Jamie Norris
Show Crew Supervisors | Margo Buchanan, Garner Harsh
Stage Run Crew | Angel Bell, Manuel Elizondo, Andrea Tuthill, Eli Wallow, Jai Whitteker
Lead Carpenter | Celeste Bontumasi
Scenic Carpenters | William Blank, Michael Cooprider, Hannah Culwell, Manuel Elizondo
Properties Run Coordinator Assistant | Kordelia Taylor
Properties Run Crew Supervisor | Tori Kershaw
Assistant Properties Run Crew Supervisor | Adrian Speth
Properties Run Crew | Brittany Conyers, Lauren Eckard, Jared W. Hansen, McKenna Leach, Erin McNeley-Phelps
Properties Crafts/Carpentry/Paints | Vance Cook, Lauren Eckard, Jared W. Hansen, Adam Hawley, McKenna Leach, Frank Scarnaty, Jr., Hannah Tarr
Wardrobe Lead | Sebastian Newell
Costume First Hands | Aurora Azbill, Courtney Hatch, Kate Larson, Grigorii Malakhov, Kaia Mortensen, Zoe Selesnick
Costume Crafts Lead | Maddie James
Assistant Costume Crafts | Shelby Smith
Scenic Painter | Sean Haffey
Focus Crew | Bobbie Buie, Rubysella M. Erickson
Followspots | Bobbie Buie, Rubysella M. Erickson, Braden Pauley
A/V Supervisors | Sam Henry, Ringisai Anesu Anselem Mapondera
Production Music Services Supervisors | Jordyn Paul, Grace Wright
Apprentice Scenes 2023
- Tours
- Transportation
- Dining
- Talk