Anniversary Arias Gala Concert 2006
Celebrate 50 years of The Santa Fe Opera and the Apprentice Program for Singers!
Join us for the Anniversary Arias Gala Concert on Saturday, August 12 and hear favorite arias and ensembles sung by recent members of the Apprentice Program whose careers are reaching new heights nationally and internationally. Music Director Alan Gilbert, John Fiore, Kenneth Montgomery, and Robert Tweten will conduct The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. The evening will be hosted by Frederica von Stade.
Program
Musical Program
The Bartered Bride | Bedřich Smetana
Overture
Conductor | Alan Gilbert
Rinaldo | George Frideric Handel
Sibillar gli angui d’Aletto
Argante | Mark S. Doss
Conductor | Kenneth Montgomery
La Cenerentola | Gioachino Rossini
Non più mesta
Angelina | Joyce DiDonato
Conductor | Kenneth Montgomery
I Pagliacci | Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Silvio’s aria
Silvio | Hyung Yun
Conductor | Alan Gilbert
Lucrezia Borgia | Gaetano Donizetti
Ero desso il figlio mio
Lucrezia | Barbara Quintiliani
Conductor | John Fiore
Idomeneo | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fuor del mar
Idomeneo | Kurt Streit
Conductor | Alan Gilbert
Lakmé | Léo Delibes
Sous le dôme épais
Lakmé | Jessica Rivera
Mallika | Kelley O’Connor
Conductor | Kenneth Montgomery
Les pêcheurs de perles | Georges Bizet
Au fond du temple saint
Nadir | Dimitri Pittas
Zurga | Hyung Yun
Conductor | Alan Gilbert
Lucia di Lammermoor | Gaetano Donizetti
Chi mi frena (Sextet)
Lucia | Susanna Phillips
Alisa | Kelley O’Connor
Edgardo | William Burden
Arturo | Keith Jameson
Enrico | Robert Gardner
Raimondo | Mark S. Doss
Conductor | Kenneth Montgomery
Intermission
Der Rosenkavalier | Richard Strauss
Conclusion of Act II
Annina | Nancy Maultsby
Baron Ochs | Andrew Funk
Conductor | John Fiore
La bohème | Giacomo Puccini
O soave fanciulla
Rodolfo | Dimitri Pittas
Mimì | Karen Slack
Conductor | Alan Gilbert
Samson et Dalila | Camille Saint-Saëns
Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse
Dalila | Nancy Maultsby
Conductor | John Fiore
La Cenerentola | Gioachino Rossini
Sia qualunque delle figlie
Don Magnifico | Patrick Carfizzi
Conductor | Kenneth Montgomery
Giulio Cesare | George Frideric Handel
Piangerò la sorte mia
Cleopatra | Susanna Phillips
Conductor | Robert Tweten
Roméo et Juliette | Charles-François Gounod
Ah! lêve-toi soleil
Roméo | William Burden
Conductor | Robert Tweten
Ernani | Giuseppe Verdi
Ernani, Ernani involami
Elvira | Karen Slack
Conductor | John Fiore
Das Land des Lächelns | Franz Lehàr
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
Prince Sou-Chong | Dimitri Pittas
Conductor | Robert Tweten
Die Fledermaus | Johann Strauss II
Act II Finale
Keith Jameson
Jennifer Black
Wilbur Pauley
Derek Taylor
and Full Company
Conductor | Alan Gilbert
Artists
Frederica von Stade
Mezzo-soprano
Mistress of Ceremonies
Frederica von Stade
Hometown: Somerville, NJ
SFO Debut:
Cherubino, The Marriage of Figaro, 1971
Past Seasons:
Mistress of Ceremonies, Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Xerxes, Xerxes, 1993
Chérubin, Chérubin, 1989
Mignon, Mignon, 1982
Zerlina, Don Giovanni, 1972
Mélisande, Pelléas et Mélisande, 1972
Maria, Yerma, 1971
William Burden
Tenor
William Burden
Hometown: Miami, FL
SFO Debut:
Lindoro, The Italian Girl In Algiers, 2002
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1989, 1990
Past Seasons:
The Podestà, La finta giardiniera, 2015
Frank Harris, Oscar, 2013
Shepherd, King Roger, 2012
Susan Graham and Friends Gala Concert, 2012
Captain Vere, Billy Budd, 2008
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Benedict, Beatrice and Benedict, 2004
Paris, La belle Hélène, 2003 (June 27 – August 15)
Ambassador from Edom, Judith, 1990
Lackey, Der Rosenkavalier, 1989
Patrick Carfizzi
Bass-Baritone
Patrick Carfizzi
Hometown: Newburgh, NY
SFO Debut:
Antonio, The Marriage of Figaro, 2000
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1997, 1998 & 1999
Past Seasons:
Bartolo, The Marriage of Figaro, 2021
Starveling, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2021
Taddeo, The Italian Girl in Algiers, 2018
Belcore, The Elixir of Love, 2009
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Masetto, Don Giovanni, 2004
The Chancellor, A Dream Play, 1998
Flora’s servant, La traviata, 1997
Joyce DiDonato
Mezzo-soprano
Joyce DiDonato
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
SFO Debut:
Cherubino, The Marriage of Figaro, 2000
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1995
Past Seasons:
Elena, La donna del lago, 2013
Cinderella, Cendrillon, 2006
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Annio, La clemenza di Tito, 2002
Peasant Girl, The Marriage of Figaro, 1995
Mark S. Doss
Bass-baritone
Mark S. Doss
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
SFO Debut:
Mustafà, The Italian Girl in Algiers, 2002
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1983
Previous Seasons:
Méphistophélès, Faust, 2011
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
John Fiore
Conductor
John Fiore
Hometown: Seattle, WA
2026 Season:
Madama Butterfly
2027 Season:
Turandot
SFO Debut:
La traviata, 1989
Past Seasons:
Tosca, 2023
Angel Blue in Concert, 2021
Madame Butterfly, 2018
Salome, 2006
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Madame Mao, 2003
La fanciulla del West, 1995
Salome, 1995 (August 18 & 24)
La traviata, 1991 (July 10-August 24)
Così fan tutte, 1990
Andrew Funk
Bass
Andrew Funk
Hometown: Fresno, CA
SFO Debut:
Don Pedro, Beatrice and Benedict, 2004
Past Seasons:
Zuniga, Carmen, 2006
First Nazarene, Salome, 2006
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
High Priest, Semele, 1997
Klitos, Daphne, 1996
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1996, 1997
Robert Gardner
Baritone
Robert Gardner
Hometown: Colorado
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1997, 1998
Past Seasons:
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Registrar, Madame Butterfly, 1998
Alan Gilbert
Conductor
Alan Gilbert
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
Falstaff, 2001
Past Seasons:
Carmen, 2006
The Tempest, 2006
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Turandot, 2005
Peter Grimes, 2005
Don Giovanni, 2004 (July 3 – 23, August 9 – 27)
Eugene Onegin, 2002
Susan Graham Concert, 2002
Keith Jameson
Tenor
Keith Jameson
Hometown: Greenwood, SC
SFO Debut:
Pong, Turandot, 2005
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1998, 1999
Past Seasons:
Don Basilio, The Marriage of Figaro, 2013
Gastone, La traviata, 2013
Goro, Madame Butterfly, 2010
Clarin, Life is a Dream, 2010
Gastone, La traviata, 2009
John Withers, The Letter, 2009
Novice, Billy Budd, 2008
Bardolph, Falstaff, 2008
Le Remendado, Carmen, 2006
Dean of the Faculty, Cinderella, 2006
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Bob Boles, Peter Grimes, 2005
Scaramuccio, Ariadne auf Naxos, 1999
Le Remendado, Carmen, 1999
Nancy Maultsby
Mezzo-soprano
Nancy Maultsby
Hometown: Burlington, North Carolina
SFO Debut:
Ursula, Beatrice and Benedict, 1998
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1988, 1989
Past Seasons:
Mistress Quickly, Falstaff, 2008
Lu/First Shadow/Tea Ritualist, Tea; A Mirror of Soul, 2007
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Annina, La traviata, 1989
Kenneth Montgomery
Conductor
Kenneth Montgomery
Hometown: Belfast, United Kingdom
SFO Debut:
Mignon, 1982
Past Seasons:
The Impresario & Le Rossignol, 2014
Susan Graham and Friends Gala Concert, 2012
Alceste, 2009
The Marriage of Figaro, 2008
Daphne, 2007
Cendrillon, 2006
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
The Barber of Seville, 2005
Beatrice and Benedict, 2004
La belle Hélène, 2003
Intermezzo, 2003
La clemenza di Tito, 2002
Mitridate, 2001
The Marriage of Figaro, 2000
Idomoneo, 1999
Così fan tutte, 1997
The Rake’s Progress, 1996
Abduction from the Seraglio, 1994
Xerxes, 1993
L’incoronazione di Poppea, 1986
Il matrimonio segreto, 1984
Kelley O'Connor
Mezzo-soprano
Kelley O'Connor
Hometown: Fresno, CA
SFO Debut:
Federico Garcia Lorca, Ainadamar, 2005
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2004, 2005
Past Seasons:
Meg Page, Falstaff, 2008
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Susanna Phillips
Soprano
Susanna Phillips
Hometown: Huntsville, AL
SFO Debut:
Pamina, The Magic Flute, 2006 (August 22 & 25)
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist: 2004
Past Seasons:
Arminda, La finta giardiniera, 2015
Countess Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro, 2013
Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, 2009
Countess, The Marriage of Figaro, 2008
Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, 2007
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Dimitri Pittas
Tenor
Dimitri Pittas
Hometown: New York, NY
SFO Debut:
First Armed Man, The Magic Flute, 2006
Past Seasons:
Alfred, Die Fledermaus, 2017
Faust, Faust, 2011 (August 8 – 27)
Nemorino, The Elixir of Love, 2009
Rodolfo, La bohème, 2007 (July 20 -August 25)
Narraboth, Salome, 2006
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Achille, La belle Hélène, 2003
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2002, 2003
Barbara Quintiliani
Soprano
Barbara Quintiliani
Hometown: Quincy, MA
Past Seasons:
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Fourth Maid, Elektra, 2000
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 2000
Jessica Rivera
Soprano
Jessica Rivera
Hometown: Panama City, CA
SFO Debut:
Nuria, Ainadamar, 2005
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1998, 1999
Past Seasons:
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Karen Slack
Soprano
Karen Slack
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1999, 2000
Past Seasons:
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Confidante, Elektra, 2000
Kurt Streit
Tenor
Kurt Streit
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
SFO Debut:
Tamino, The Magic Flute, 1993
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice: 1984, 1985
Past Seasons:
Gabriel von Eisenstein, Die Fledermaus, 2017
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Lensky, Eugene Onegin, 2002
First King, Die Liebe der Danae, 1985
Wounded Soldier 1/Assassin 1, We Come to the River, 1984
Robert Tweten
Conductor
Robert Tweten
Hometown: Victoria, Canada
2026 Season:
Eugene Onegin (August 12 & 19)
SFO Debut:
Ermione, 2000 (August 9 – 17)
Past Seasons:
Falstaff, 2022 (August 9 – 25)
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, 2017 (August 25)
The Marriage of Figaro, 2008 (August 5)
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
Don Giovanni, 2004 (July 29 & August 2)
Kátya Kabanová, 2003 (August 13 & 21)
The Pirates of Penzance, 2002
Hyung Yun
Baritone
Hyung Yun
Hometown: Seoul, Korea
SFO Debut:
Ping, Turandot, 2005
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice:1999, 2000
Past Seasons:
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert, 2006
The Jailer, Dialogues of the Carmelites, 1999
Anniversary Arias Gala Concert 2006
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