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Apprentice Scenes 2011

August 14 & 21, 2011

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. Our apprentice programs have launched numerous distinguished careers and these two evenings are the perfect opportunity to experience the future of opera – onstage now.

Programs

August 14, 2011

The Cunning Little Vixen
Leoš Janáček
Sharp-Ears’ Courtship

Vixen | Stephanie Washington
Fox | Daniel Shirley

Music Director | Carol Anderson
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Costume Designer | A. Whitney Melton
Wig & Makeup Designer | Manuel Jacobo

Summer and Smoke
Lee Hoiby
Act I, Scene 3

Alma | Amanda Opuszynski
Mrs. Bassett | Ellie Jarrett
Rosemary | Mary-Jane Lee
Mrs. Winemiller | Suzanne Hendrix
Roger | Kevin Ray
John | Christian Bowers
Vernon | Ryan Milstead

Music Director | Craig Kier
Stage Director | Candace Evans
Costume Designer | Joseph S. Blaha
Assistant Costume Designer | Emily White
Wig & Makeup Designer |Ashley Rae Callahan

The Ghost of Versailles
John Corigliano
Act I, Scene 3

Rosina | Julia Ebner
Marie | Stephanie Washington
Cherubino | Samantha Korbey
Count Almaviva | Matthew Peña
Bégearss | Theo Lebow
Beaumarchais | Matthew Scollin
Louis | Will Liverman

Music Director | James Lesniak
Stage Director | Linda Brovsky
Costume Designer | Anna M. Slocum
Assistant Costume Designer | Andrea Washington
Wig & Makeup Designer | SuSeon Bak
Assistant Wig & Make Up Designer | Samantha Anne Wiener

Semele
George Frideric Handel
Act II, Scene 2 and 3

Semele | Maria Lindsey
Jupiter | Randall Bills

Music Director | Carol Anderson
Stage Director | Jose Maria Condemi
Costume Designer | Aimee Deans
Wig & Makeup Designer | Nadescha Bunje

Carmen
Georges Bizet
Card Trio; Act III, Scene 2

Frasquita | Rebecca Nathanson
Mercedes | Emma Char
Carmen | Alissa Anderson

Music Director | Willem Van Schalkwyk
Stage Director | Jose Maria Condemi
Costume Designer | Jessica Doles
Assistant Costume Designer | Lea Preston
Wig & Makeup Designer | Samantha Anne Wiener

Idomeneo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Act III, Scene 2 Duet/Quartet

Ilia | Natalie Polito
Elettra | Julia Ebner
Idamante | Sarah Mesko
Idomeneo | Kevin Ray

Music Director | James Lesniak
Stage Director | Marc Astafan
Costume Designer | Matthew Pederson
Wig & Makeup Designer | SuSeon Bak

Porgy and Bess
George and Ira Gershwin
Act II, Scene 3

Bess | Stephanie Washington
Sporting Life | Michael Dailey
Porgy | Will Liverman

Music Director | Kirt Pavitt
Stage Director | Marc Astafan
Costume Designer | Jessica Doan
Wig & Makeup Designer | Tommy Kurzman

L’italiana in Algeri
Giaoacchino Rossini
Act II, Scene 2

Elvira | Sara Heaton
Isabella | Suzanne Hendrix
Lindoro | Matthew Peña
Taddeo | Christian Bowers
Mustafa | Matthew Scollin

Conductor | Craig Kier
Pianist | In Sun Suh
Stage Director | Jose Maria Condemi
Costume Designer | Sophie S. Schneider
Assistant Costume Designer | Patric Sullivan
Wig & Makeup Designer | Stephanie Williams

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Staff

Artistic Director | David Holloway
Head of Music Staff | Robert Tweten
Production Stage Manager | Melissa Sardella
Technical Coordinator | Tracy Armagost
Assistant Technical Coordinator | Justin Hamblen
Stage Crew Coordinator | Michael Hamer
Lighting Director | Vince Modugno
Master Electrician | Richard Bresnahan III
Audio/Video Manager | David Dillman
ELS Engineer | Aaron Mack
Opera Titles System Translation/Administration | Ron Grinage, Jennifer Rhodes
Wardrobe Supervisor | Brandy Karlsen
Wig & Makeup Supervisor | David C. Zimmerman
Properties Director | Randall Robert Lutz
Properties Crafts Supervisor | Amy Slater
Properties Run Crew Coordinator | Cayley Carroll
Assistant Properties Run Crew Coordinator | Leah Vogel
Properties Staff | Katy Jo Phebus, Miranda Wilson, Meg Edwards
Properties Carpenter Supervisor | David Levine
Costume Director | David Burke
Costume Supervisor | Joanne Martin
Costume Coordinator | Emilee McVey-Lee
Music Services Supervisors | Kyle Norris, Alexandra Hesbrook

Stage Manager, Part I | Kyra Hansen
Production Assistants, Part I | Joseph Fernandez, Jr, Emily Ledger
Lighting Designer, Part I | Kimberly Smith
Lighting Supervisor, Part I | Aaron Porter
Light Board Operator | Josh Taylor
Master Electrician | Robert Connors
Electricians | Thomas Joe Truitt III, Lane Ellison, Aja Jackson, Clayton Becker
Scheduling | Lee Ellen Hveem, Susanne Larsen
Followspots | Thomas Joe Truitt III, Lane Ellison, Aja Jackson
Audio/Visual Supervisor | Mike McShane
Music Services Supervisor | Andrew C.Donnelly, Cristina Rodguez
Wardrobe Lead and Alterations | Ariella Lebowitz
Wardrobe Assistant and Alterations | Corinne Hodges
Wardrobe Crew | Blair Russell
Stage Management Assistant | Andrew Lex

Stage Manager, Part II | Shawna Lucey
Production Assistants, Part II | RandiJo Spragg, Ann Louise Wolf
Lighting Designer, Part II | Kristen Neu
Lighting Supervisor, Part II | Brian Abbott
Stage Carpenter | Mason Baker
Master Carpenters | Jamie Fields, Nolen Doss
Stage Crew Supervisor | Daniel Bennett
Assistant Stage Crew Supervisor | Tiffany Hunsicker
Stage Run Crew | Mason Baker, Kyle Siegel, Abagail Frank, Matthew Jackson, Xavier Robles, Katrina “Chuck” Weber
Technical Assistant | Meredith Pompeani
Properties Run Supervisor | Tyler A. Mullen
Assistant Properties Run Supervisor | Amy Leigh Bingen
Properties Running Crew | Adrienne Johnson, Amber Naylor, Michael Karns, Oona Matson Tibbetts, Jeanne Hu, Travis Pigman
Properties Crafts | Sonia Henao, Kyle Siegel, David White, Robert Connors, Ellie Bye, Oona Matson Tibbetts, Michael Karns, Lee O’Reilly
Properties/Scenic Carpentry | Daniel J. Emerson, Mason Baker, Travis Pigman, Jeanne Hu, Xavier Robles
Scenic/Properties Painters | Paola Vengoechea Martini, Amber Naylor, Julie McCoy

August 21, 2011

Flight
Jonathan Dove
Act I, Scene 1

Tina | Amanda Opuszynski
Controller | Natalie Polito
Refugee | John Holiday Jr.
Bill | Theo Lebow

Music Director | Glenn Lewis
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Costume Designer | Aimee Deans
Assistant Costume Designer | Lea Preston
Wig & Makeup Designer | Tommy Kurzman

Béatrice et Bénédict
Hector Berlioz
Act I, Scene 2

Béatrice | Emma Char
Bénédict | Joseph A. Shadday

Music Director | Peter Pasztor
Stage Director | Marc Astafan
Costume Designer | Jessica Doan
Wig & Makeup Designer | Stephanie Williams

Manon
Jules Massenet
End of Act III

Manon | Danielle Pastin
Des Griuex | Samuel Levine
Count Des Griuex | Benjamin Clements

Music Director | Peter Pasztor
Stage Director | Candace Evans
Costume Designer | Joseph S. Blaha
Asst Costume Designer | Corinne Hodges
Wig & Makeup Designer | Samantha Wiener

Così fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Act I Finale

Fiordiligi | Rebecca Nathanson
Despina | Maria Lindsey
Dorabella | Katherine Tombaugh
Ferrando | John Irvin
Guglielmo | Will Liverman
Don Alfonso | Christopher Remmel

Conductor|  Robert Tweten
Pianist |Jeanne-Minette Cilliers
Stage Director | Linda Brovsky
Costume Designer | Matthew Pedersen
Assistant Costume Designer | Patric Sullivan
Wig & Makeup Designer | Nadescha Bunje

Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim
No. 17, Epiphany

Mrs. Lovett | Alissa Anderson
Sweeney Todd | Alan D. Dunbar

Music Director | Kelly Kuo
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Costume Designer| Jessica Doles
Wig & Makeup Designer | Ashley Rae Callahan

Capriccio
Richard Strauss
Scene and Trio

Countess | Mary-Jane Lee
Flamand | Matthew Newlin
Olivier | Ryan Milstead

Music Director| Kelly Kuo
Stage Director | Candace Evans
Costume Designer | A. Whitney Melton
Wig & Makeup Designer | Manuel Jacobo

Eugene Onegn
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Final Scene

Tatyana | Ashley Logan
Onegin | Darik Knutsen

Music Director| In Sun Suh
Stage Director | Linda Brovsky
Costume Designer | Emily White
Wig & Makeup Designer | Ashley Rae Callahan

Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
Quartet and Trio

Gilda | Sara Heaton
Maddalena | Kelly Hill
Duke | Michael Dailey
Rigoletto | Evan Brummel
Sparafuclie | Joseph Beutel

Music Director | Glenn Lewis
Stage Director | Marc Astafan
Costume Designer | Sophie S. Schnieder
Assistant Costume Designer | Ariella Lebowitz
Wig & Makeup Designer | Tommy Kurzman
Assistant Wig & Make Up Designer | Nadescha Bunje

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Staff

Artistic Director | David Holloway
Head of Music Staff | Robert Tweten
Production Stage Manager | Melissa Sardella
Technical Coordinator | Tracy Armagost
Assistant Technical Coordinator | Justin Hamblen
Stage Crew Coordinator | Michael Hamer
Lighting Director | Lee Fiskness
Master Electrician | Dave Hult
Audio/Video Manager | David Dillman
ELS Engineer | Aaron Mack
Opera Titles System Translation/Administration | Ron Grinage, Jennifer Rhodes
Wardrobe Supervisor | Brandy Karlsen
Wig & Makeup Supervisor | David C. Zimmerman
Properties Director | Randall Robert Lutz
Properties Crafts Supervisor | Amy Slater
Properties Run Crew Coordinator | Cayley Carroll
Assistant Properties Run Crew Coordinator | Leah Rae Vogel
Properties Staff | Katy Jo Phebus, Miranda Wilson, Meg Edwards
Properties Carpenter Supervisor | David Levine
Costume Director | David Burke
Costume Supervisor | Joanne Martin
Costume Coordinator | Emilee McVey-Lee
Music Services Supervisors | Kyle Norris, Alexandra Hesbrook

Stage Manager, Part I | Kris Longley-Postema
Production Assistants, Part I | Christina Rodriguez, Brittany Greunke
Lighting Designer, Part I | Aaron Porter
Lighting Supervisor, Part I | Kristin Neu
Light Board Operator | Brian Abbott
Master Electrician | Josh Taylor
Electricians | Kimberly Smith, Robert Connors, Mike McShane, Matthew Jackson
Scheduling | Lee Ellen Hveem, Susanne Larsen
Followspots | Kimberly Smith, Robert Connors, Mike McShane, Matthew Jackson
Audio/Visual Supervisor | Darlene Richardson
Music Services Supervisor | Randijo Spragg, Blair Russell
Wardrobe Lead and Alterations | Anna M. Slocum
Wardrobe Assistant and Alterations | Andrea Washington

Stage Manager, Part II | Becki Smith
Production Assistants, Part II | Andrew Landis, Katrina “Chuck” Weber
Lighting Designer, Part II | Aja Jackson
Lighting Supervisor, Part II | Meredith Pompeani
Stage Carpenter | Thomas Joe Truitt III
Master Carpenters | Jamie Fields, Nolen Doss
Stage Crew Supervisor | Lane Ellison
Assistant Stage Crew Supervisor | Christopher Stepanek
Stage Run Crew | Daniel J. Emerson, Thomas Joe Truitt III, Blake Whitaker, Sonia Henao, David White, Clayton Becker
Technical Assistant | Michael Karns
Properties Run Supervisor | Amber Naylor
Assistant Properties Run Supervisor | Andrew C. Donnelly
Properties Running Crew | Amy Leigh Bingen, Joseph Fernandez Jr, Ellie Bye, Ann Louise Wolf, Paola Vengoechea Martini
Properties Crafts | Sonia Henao, Kyle Siegel ,David White, Robert Connors, Ellie Bye, Oona Matson Tibbetts, Michael Karns, Lee O’Reilly
Properties/Scenic Carpentry | Daniel J. Emerson, Mason Baker, Travis Pigman, Jeanne Hu, Xavier Robles
Scenic/Properties Painters | Paola Vengoechea Martini, Amber Naylor, Julie McCoy