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Apprentice Scenes 2024

August 11 & 18, 2024
 

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.

Adults
$25 (Front Orchestra, Front Orchestra Aisle, Zone 1, Zone 1 Row S)
Adults
$15 (All Other Zones)
Youth (Age 6-22)
$5 (All Zones)
Apprentice Singers
The August 18 performance is dedicated by
The Edward Hastings and Gino Barcone Trust

Programs

August 11, 2024

Albert Herring
Benjamin Britten | Eric Crozier
Act I Scene I

Lady Billows | Aubrey Odle
Vicar | Cole Bellamy
Miss Wordsworth | Isobel Anthony
Mayor | Nathan Bowles
Supt. Budd | Dylan Gregg
Florence | Naomi Steele

Conductor | Robert Tweten
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Pianist/Coach | John Arida
Costume Designer | Ava Greer
Assistant Costume Designer | Ashley Morgan
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Tzu-Hsuan (Celine) Lin
Lighting Designer | Eli McEwan

Ariadne auf Naxos
Richard Strauss | Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Prologue Duet

Zerbinetta | Elisa Sunshine
Composer | Shannon Keegan

Conductor | Glenn Lewis
Stage Director | Alison Moritz
Pianist/Coach | Erica Guo
Costume Designer | Jordan Billiot
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Sarah Burstock
Lighting Designer | Eli McEwan

Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
Act III Quartet

Duke | Sahel Salam
Maddalena | Kayla Nanto
Gilda | Ginaia Black
Rigoletto | Randell McGee

Conductor | Robert Tweten
Stage Director | Dan Miller
Pianist/Coach | James Lesniak
Costume Designer | Macey Veeder-Shave
Assistant Costume Designer | Robin Klemaszewski
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Yamilet C. Lopez Ramirez
Lighting Designer | Eli McEwan

Peter Grimes
Benjamin Britten | Montagu Slater
Act III Scene II

Peter Grimes | Spencer Hamlin
Ellen Orford | Emma Marhefka

Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Pianist/Coach | Glenn Lewis
Costume Designer | Emma Van Horn
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Sophie Lin
Lighting Designer | India Silverman

Così fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Lorenzo Da Ponte
Act I Scene I

Ferrando |Randy Ho
Guglielmo | Cole Bellamy
Don Alfonso | Keith Klein

Conductor | Dennis Doubin
Stage Director | Alison Moritz
Pianist/Coach | Blair Salter
Costume Designer | Morgan Bailie
Assistant Costume Designer | Lily Ochoa
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Emily Kemmerer
Lighting Designer | India Silverman

Il barbiere di siviglia
Gioachino Rossini | Cesare Sterbini
Act II Quintet

Rosina | Christina Grohowski
Count Almaviva | Jacob Abrahamse
Figaro | Eleomar Cuello
Bartolo | Luke Harnish
Basilio | Dylan Gregg

Conductor | Leslie Dala
Stage Director | Dan Miller
Pianist/Coach | Willem van Schalkwyk
Costume Designer | Alex Rockey
Assistant Costume Designer | Mila Livoni Zidel
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Joshua Wisham
Lighting Designer | India Silverman


PRODUCTION STAFF

Production Stage Managers | Bruno Baker, Michael Janney, Whitney McAnally
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, Matthew Lamers
Stage Crew Leads | Casey Fort, Garner Harsh,Sara Johnson
Properties Director | Eileen S. Garcia
Assistant Properties Director & Acting Lead Carpenter | Hunter Lloyd
Properties Crafts Supervisor | Chance Kuehnel
Properties Run Crew Supervisors | Kelly Jean Edwards, Miranda Wilson
Costume Director | Blair Gulledge
Associate Costume Director | Kristi Johnson
Costume Collection Manager | Brianna Fristoe
Costume Workroom Supervisor | Lynae Vandermeulen
Costume Scenes Supervisor | Brooke Kesler
Costume Technical Advisor | Katie Peplinski Coffin
Wardrobe Supervisor | Kristen O’Maley
Lighting Director | Jonah Schnell
Head Electrician | Hannah L. Mackey
Assistant Head Electrician | Phill Hall
Audio/Video Director | Cooper Adams
Assistant Audio/Video Director | Daniel Massey
AV/ELS Technicians | Darien Durell, Valeria Texeira
Opera Titles Engineer | Emily Pan
Opera Titles Administrators | Ron Grinage, Jennifer Rhodes
Wigs & Makeup Designer | David C. Zimmerman
Assistant Wig & Makeup Department Head |Oran Wongpandid
Scenic Charge | Mark Edlund
Production/Music Services Supervisors | Liam Hurley, Leah Robinson
Stage Manager Part 1 | Danielle Brewbaker
Production Assistants Part 1 | Elijah Hughes, Ivy Lariviere
Lighting Supervisor Part 1 | Emily Jones
Lighting Programmer Part 1 | Micah Dominguez-Schatz
Head Electrician Part 1 | Rubysella M. Erickson
Assistant Head Electrician Part 1 and 2 | Frida Capitán Parra
Stage Manager Part 2 | Caitlin Farley
Production Assistants Part 2 | Liliana Cudly, Trista Cae Davidson
Lighting Supervisor Part 2 | Julian Cordova
Lighting Programmer Part 2 | E. Lieu Wolhardt
Head Electrician Part 2 | Mathilda Kleinhans
Assistant Production Coordinator | Robert Webb
Stage Operations Supervisors | Mike Cooprider, Andrea Tuthill, Eli Wallow
Stage Show Crew Supervisors | Matt Carroll, Anna Ryabova
Stage Run Crew | Anthony Arzate, Kay Burley, Mike Hanlon, Turner Laxson, Reid Stadelman, Dameon Vasquez, Desmond Wood
Lead Carpenter | Chase Dietrich
Scenic Carpenters | Kay Burley, Brenda Mendez-Maria, Mitchel Statler, Desmond Wood
Properties Run Crew Supervisors | Lydia Konings, Erin McNeley-Phelps
Properties Run Crew | Vance Cook, Annabelle Gauthier, Heath Hubler
Properties Crafts/Carpentry/Paints | Natalia Baez Ortiz, Vance Cook, Dallas Fadul, Heath Hubler, Saige Kanik, Dameon Vasquez
Wardrobe Lead | Eden Resnik
Costume First Hand-Albert Herring, Così fan tutte | Travis Gawason
Costume First Hand-Rigoletto, Il Barbiere di Siviglia | Emma Rose Harrison
Costume First Hand-Ariadne Auf Naxos, Peter Grimes | Annie Wang
Costume Crafts Lead | Caifeng Hong
Assistant Costume Crafts | Tyler Swartz
Scenic Painters | Meara Kronsperger, Rylan Marincovich
Focus Crew | Joshua Moore, Nathaniel York
Followspots | Frida Capitán Parra, Joshua Moore, Nathaniel York
A/V Supervisors | Anjelica Jones, Brooke Sauerwein
Production Music Services Supervisors | Katie Barnes, Julia Griffith

August 18, 2024

Falstaff
Giuseppe Verdi | Arrigo Boito
Act I Scene II

Meg | Kaylee Nichols
Alice | Kathryn Henry
Quickly | Naomi Steele
Nannetta | Emma Marhefka
Dr. Caius | Garrett Evers
Bardolfo | Wayd Odle
Fenton | Matthew Goodheart
Pistola | Drew Comer
Ford | Eleomar Cuello

Conductor | Leslie Dala
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Pianist/Coach | Aurelia Andrews
Costume Designer | Emma Rose Harrison
Assistant Costume Designer | Travis Gawason
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Sophie Lin
Lighting Designer | Julian Cordova

Eugene Onegin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Act I Quintet

Lensky | Andrew Turner
Onegin | Sejin Park
Larina | Aubrey Odle
Tatyana | Rachel Fitzgerald
Olga | Ashlyn Brown

Conductor | Dennis Doubin
Stage Director | Alison Moritz
Pianist/Coach | Anna Smigelskaya
Costume Designer | Emma Van Horn
Assistant Costume Designer | Lily Ochoa
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Yamilet C. Lopez Ramirez
Lighting Designer | Julian Cordova

Il Trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi | Salvadore Cammarano
Act IV Scene II

Conte di Luna | Yeongtaek Yang
Leonora | Kathryn Henry

Conductor | Roberto Kalb
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Pianist/Coach | Peter Pasztor
Costume Designer | Annie Wang
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Sarah Burstock
Lighting Designer | Julian Cordova

La Rondine
Giacomo Puccini | Giuseppe Adami
Act II Quartet

Lisette | Jazmine Saunders
Prunier Ryan | Ryan Bryce Johnson
Ruggero | David Bogaev
Magda | Natasha Isabella Gesto

Conductor | Robert Tweten
Stage Director | Dan Wallace Miller
Pianist/Coach | Carol Anderson
Costume Designer | Mila Livoni Zidel
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Kaelie Chavez
Lighting Designer | E. Lieu Wolhardt

The Cunning Little Vixen
Leoš Janáček
Act III Trio

Fox | Shannon Keegan
Vixen | Cadie J. Bryan
Poacher | Sam Dhobhany

Conductor | Roberto Kalb
Stage Director | Dan Wallace Miller
Pianist/Coach | Peter Pasztor
Costume Designer | Ashley Morgan
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Joshua Wisham
Lighting Designer | E. Lieu Wolhardt

La Ceneretola
Gioachino Rossini | Jacopo Ferretti
Act I Finale

Don Ramiro | Matthew Goodheart
Dandini | Bernardo Medeiros
Clorinda | Anna Thompson
Tisbe | Kayla Nanto
Alidoro | Tzvi Bat Asherah
Cenerentola | Tessa Fackelmann
Don Magnifico | Joshua Klein

Conductor | Robert Tweten
Stage Director | Alison Moritz
Pianist/Coach | Erica Guo
Costume Designer | Caifeng Hong
Assistant Costume Designer | Macey Veeder-Shave
Wigs & Makeup Designer | Tsu-Hsuan (Celine) Lin
Lighting Designer | E. Lieu Wolhardt


PRODUCTION STAFF

Production Stage Managers | Bruno Baker, Michael Janney, Whitney McAnally
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, Matthew Lamers
Stage Crew Leads | Casey Fort, Garner Harsh,Sara Johnson
Properties Director | Eileen S. Garcia
Assistant Properties Director & Acting Lead Carpenter | Hunter Lloyd
Properties Crafts Supervisor | Chance Kuehnel
Properties Run Crew Supervisors | Kelly Jean Edwards, Miranda Wilson
Costume Director | Blair Gulledge
Associate Costume Director | Kristi Johnson
Costume Collection Manager | Brianna Fristoe
Costume Workroom Supervisor | Lynae Vandermeulen
Costume Scenes Supervisor | Brooke Kesler
Costume Technical Advisor | Katie Peplinski Coffin
Wardrobe Supervisor | Kristen O’Maley
Lighting Director | Jonah Schnell
Head Electrician | Hannah L. Mackey
Assistant Head Electrician | Phill Hall
Audio/Video Director | Cooper Adams
Assistant Audio/Video Director | Daniel Massey
AV/ELS Technicians | Darien Durell, Valeria Texeira
Opera Titles Engineer | Emily Pan
Opera Titles Administrators | Ron Grinage, Jennifer Rhodes
Wigs & Makeup Designer | David C. Zimmerman
Assistant Wig & Makeup Department Head | Oran Wongpandid
Scenic Charge | Mark Edlund
Production/Music Services Supervisors | Liam Hurley, Leah Robinson
Stage Manager Part 1 | Caitlynn Sandoval
Production Assistants Part 1 | Adrian Speth, Katie Barnes
Lighting Supervisor Part 1 | Mathilda Kleinhans
Lighting Programmer Part 1 | Frida Capitán Parra
Head Electrician Part 1 | India Silverman
Assistant Head Electrician Part 1 and 2 | Micah Dominguez-Schatz
Stage Manager Part 2 | Hannah Blaile
Production Assistants Part 2 | Annabelle Gauthier, Ellora Venkat
Lighting Supervisor Part 2 | Eli McEwan
Lighting Programmer Part 2 | Rubysella M. Erickson
Head Electrician Part 2 | Emily Jones
Assistant Director for Dan Wallace Miller | Kira Weaver
Assistant Production Coordinator | Oscar Hough
Stage Operations Supervisors | Mike Cooprider, Andrea Tuthill, Eli Wallow
Stage Show Crew Supervisors | Josie Mueller, Amelia Routhier
Stage Run Crew | Brenda Mendez-Maria, Mitchel Statler, Nicholas Thomas, Robert Webb, Nathaniel York
Lead Carpenter | Chase Dietrich
Scenic Carpenters | Kay Burley, Brenda Mendez-Maria, Mitchel Statler, Desmond Wood
Properties Run Crew Supervisors | Kayla Cotter, Noah Davidson
Properties Run Crew | Natalia Baez Ortiz, Liliana Cudly, Dallas Fadul, Saige Kanik, Ivy Lariviere
Properties Crafts/Carpentry/Paints | Natalia Baez Ortiz, Vance Cook, Dallas Fadul, Heath Hubler, Saige Kanik, Dameon Vasquez
Wardrobe Lead | Morgan Bailie
Costume First Hand-La Rondine, The Cunning Little Vixen | Jordan Billiot
Costume First Hand-Falstaff, Il trovatore | Robin Klemaszewski
Costume First Hand-Eugene Onegin, La Cenerentola | Tyler Swartz
Costume Crafts Lead | Ava Greer
Assistant Costume Crafts | Eden Resnik
Scenic Painters | Meara Kronsperger, Rylan Marincovich
Focus Crew | Heath Hubler, Brooke Sauerwein, Reid Stadelman
Followspots | Micah Dominguez-Schatz, Heath Hubler, Brooke Sauerwein, Reid Stadelman
A/V Supervisors | Meara Kronsperger, Joshua Moore,
A/V Crew | Julia Griffith
Production Music Services Supervisors | Trista Cae Davidson, Elijah Hughes