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Apprentice Scenes 2018

August 12 & 19, 2018

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 Apprentice Programs for Singers and Technicians provide training and opportunities to 120 talented young people each summer, led by our experienced staff and internationally-recognized visiting artists.  Many former apprentices work on our year-round Production team and return to Santa Fe to perform in principal roles.

The 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 12, 2018

Trouble in Tahiti
Leonard Bernstein
Interlude, Scenes 5 and 6

Dinah | Samantha Gossard
Sam | Michael J. Hawk
The Trio | Kaitlyn McMonigle, Elliott Paige, Jarrett Logan Porter

Music Director | Patrick Harvey
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Costume Design | Kenan Burchette
Assistant Costume Design | Sage Foley
Wig & Makeup Design | Monique Gaffney
Lighting Design |  Zachary Sager

Guilio Cesare
George Frideric Handel
Act I, Aria and Duet

Sesto | Hannah Hagerty
Cornelia | Leia Lensing

Music Director | Clinton Smith
Stage Director | James Robinson
Costume Design | James Ramsay Arnold
Wig & Makeup Design | Harley Haberman
Lighting Design | Zachary Sager

Les Troyens
Hector Berlioz
Act IV, Duet

Didon |Siena Licht Miller
Énée |Terrence Chin-Loy

Music Director |Francesco Milioto
Stage Director |Fernando Parra Borti
Costume Design |Brighid DeAngelis
Wig & Makeup Design |Meredith Keister
Lighting Design |Zachary Sager

The Grapes of Wrath
Ricky Ian Gordon
Act I, Finale

Rosasharn | Amy Owens
Ma Joad | Katherine DeYoung
Jim Casy | Seiyoung Kim
Al Joad | Jesse Darden
Tom Joad | Jarrett Logan Porter
Uncle John | Michael J. Hawk
Connie Rivers | Benjamin Taylor
Pa Joad | Vartan Gabrielian
Inspector | Erik Van Heyningen

Music Director | James Lesniak
Conductor | Robert Tweten
Stage Director | James Robinson
Costume Design | Mackenzie Dunn
Wig & Makeup Design |Emma Grace Gustafson

Lighting Design |Zachary Sager

Arabella
Richard Strauss
Act I, Excerpt

Arabella | Mathilda Edge
Zdenka | Jana McIntyre
Count Elemer | Jesse Darden
Count Waldner | Anthony Robin Schneider
Countess Adelaide | Kathleen Felty

Music Director | Carol Anderson
Stage Director | Mo Zhou
Costume Design | Laurel Yau
Wig & Makeup Design | Naomi Reisner
Lighting Design | Matthew Mahr

L’elisir d’amore
Gaetano Donizetti
Act II, Scene 8

Nemorino | Rafael Moras
Adina | Sylvia D’Eramo

Music Director | Keun-A Lee
Stage Director | Mo Zhou
Costume Design | Sage Foley
Wig & Makeup Design | Fiona Kraus
Lighting Design | Matthew Mahr

Faust
Charles Gounod
Act III, Final Trio

Faust | Justin Stolz
Méphistophélès | Anthony Robin Schneider
Marguerite | Sarah Tucker

Music Director | Clinton Smith
Stage Director | Fernando Parra Borti
Costume Design | Rebecca Kendrick
Wig & Makeup Design | Manuel Jacobo
Lighting Design | Matthew Mahr

Peter Grimes
Benjamin Britten
Act I, Excerpts

Peter Grimes | Bille Bruley
Ellen Orford | Regina Ceragioli
Captain Balstrode | Kenneth Stavert

Music Director | Patrick Harvey
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Costume Design | Hilary Rubio
Wig & Makeup Design | Nicholas Lynch-Voris
Lighting Design | Matthew Mahr

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STAFF

Artistic Director | Gayletha Nichols
Associate Artistic Director | Kathleen Clawson
Head of Music Staff | Robert Tweten
Production Stage Managers | Chelsea Antrim Dennis, Whitney McAnally
Assistant Production Stage Manager | Sandra Lee Zamora
Production Coordinators | Tracy Armagost, Theresa R. Kors
Stage Operations Supervisor | Katrina “Chuck” Weber
Stage Operations Carpenter | Erik McCullough
Show Crew Supervisors | Tara Ludwin, Cami R. Sackett
Stage Crew Leads | Kier Macartney, Timothy J. Scott
Lighting Director | Lee Fiskness
Staff Master Electrician | Jason Lynch
Audio/Video Director | Karl G. Kern
Audio/Video Engineer | Alex Davila
Audio/Titles Technician | Mitchell Prescott
Opera Titles System | Ron Grinage, Jennifer Rhodes
Titles | Katherine Fortner
Wardrobe Supervisor | Kristen O’Maley
Wig Master | David C. Zimmerman
Stage Manager, Part I | Nick Garcia
Production Assistants, Part I |MacKenzie Blair, Samantha Moretti
Lighting Supervisor, Part I |Jonah Schnell
Lighting Programmer, Part I | Bri Fuller
Master Electrician | Joseph Crumlish
Assistant Master Electrician | Mo Epps
Followspots | Mo Epps, Ian Gammarino, Dietrich Ginocchio
Electricians/Focus Crew | Ian Gammarino, Dietrich Ginocchio, Welsey Curtis, Justin Hamblen
Audio/Visual Supervisors | Wyatt Laster, Araceli Ramirez
Music Services Supervisors | Savannah Cathers, Derrick Hill
Wardrobe Lead | Elizabeth Verslues
First Hands | Chun-Kang Chen, Ana Cobos, Matthew Smith, Annie Yonge
Crafts | Liz Spilsbury
Assistant Crafts | Reilly Johnson
Supernumeraries | Kristi Johnson, Harry Rose
Technical Director | Scott G. Schreck
Associate Technical Director | Michael Ortiz
Assistant Technical Director | Jason Gottlieb
Properties Director | Randall Robert Lutz
Properties Crafts Supervisor | Aimee L. Plant
Properties Craftsperson | Hannah Jo Fenske
Properties Run Crew Coordinators | Becky Fryberger, Miranda Wilson
Properties Staff | Amaris Puzak
Properties Carpenter Supervisor | Michael Chemycz
Properties Carpenter | Benjamin Herrera
Properties Painter | Gina Boccolucci
Scenic Charge | Mark Edlund
Costume Supervisor | Carey Blackerby Hanson
Costume Coordinator | Brianna Fristoe
Costume Technical Advisor | Lara Southerland Berich
Music Services Supervisors | Tenley Pitonzo, Courtney Banks
Stage Manager, Part II | Kara Zotigh
Production Assistants, Part II | Itzel Paola Martinez, Kathryn Vocke
Lighting Supervisor, Part II | MacKenzie Van Tassel
Lighting Programmer, Part II | Sydney Norris
Stage Carpenter | Avery Hunt
Master Carpenters | Jake Bucks, Krissy Cralle
Stage Show Crew Lead | Venus Gulbranson
Stage Crew Lead | Austin Mueck
Stage Run Crew | Tyler Fridley, Kelsey McHugh, Becca Sundberg, Walter Tucker
Technical Assistants | Morgan Carder, Nakia Cheyenne Dalton
Properties Run Supervisor | Andrea Pacheco
Assistant Properties Run Supervisor | Kelly Edwards
Properties Running Crew | Rochele Mac, Adia Matousek, Alyssa Tryon, McKenna Warren, Sara Pool
Properties Crafts/Carpentry/Paints | Tessa Broyles, Ariel Lacey, Rochele Mac, Adia Matousek,
Sara Pool, Megan Ross, Alyssa Tryon
Scenic Carpentry | Adam Hooper, Avery Hunt, James Spray, Walter Tucker
Scenic Painter | Delia Revard

August 19, 2018

Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Act II, Sextet

Leporello | Brent Michael Smith
Donna Elvira | Sarah Tucker
Don Ottavio | Elliott Paige
Donna Anna | Mathilda Edge
Zerlina | Elizabeth Sarian
Masetto | Colin Ramsey

Music Director | Glenn Lewis
Stage Director | Fernando Parra Borti
Costume Design | Matthew Smith
Wig & Makeup Design | Fiona Kraus
Lighting Design | Sydney Norris

Rinaldo
George Frideric Handel
Act III, Duet

Armida | Stacey Geyer
Argante | Erik Van Heyningen

Music Director | Keun-A Lee
Stage Director | James Robinson
Costume Design | James Ramsay Arnold
Wig & Makeup Design | Monique Gaffney
Lighting Design | Sydney Norris

Pagliacci
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Act I, Duet

Nedda | Shannon Jennings
Silvio | Benjamin Taylor

Music Director | Glenn Lewis
Stage Director | Mo Zhou
Costume Design | Ana Cobos
Wig & Makeup Design | Emma Grace Gustafson
Lighting Design | Sydney Norris

Wuthering Heights
Carlisle Floyd
Act III, Thrushcross Grange Scene

Isabella | Erica Petrocelli
Nelly | Gillian Lynn Cotter
Cathy | Meryl Dominguez
Heathcliff | William Hughes
Edgar | Anthony Ciaramitaro

Music Director | Peter Pasztor
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Costume Design | Rebecca Kendrick
Wig & Makeup Design | Nicholas Lynch-Voris
Lighting Design | Sydney Norris

Eugene Onegin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Act I, Duet and Quartet

Tatyana | Erica Petrocelli
Olga | Kathleen Reveille
Madame Larina | Kaitlyn McMonigle
Filipyevna | Kathleen Felty

Music Director | Tatiana Vassilieva
Stage Director | James Robinson
Costume Design | Mackenzie Dunn
Wig & Makeup Design | Harley Haberman
Lighting Design | Jonah Schnell

Orphée aux enfers
Jacques Offenbach
Act II, The Fly Duet

Eurydice | Amy Owens
Jupiter | Colin Ramsey

Music Director | Francesco Milioto
Stage Director | Mo Zhou
Costume Design | Reilly Johnson
Wig & Makeup Design | Manuel Jacobo
Lighting Design | Jonah Schnell

Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
Act III, Aria, Quartet, and Storm Scene

Rigoletto | Kenneth Stavert
Gilda | Regina Ceragioli
Duke of Mantua | Mackenzie Gotcher
Sparafucile | Vartan Gabrielian
Maddalena | Gina Perregrino

Music Director | Robert Tweten
Stage Director | Fernando Parra Borti
Costume Design | Kenan Burchette
Wig & Makeup Design | Meredith Keister
Lighting Design | Jonah Schnell

La Rondine
Giacomo Puccini
Act II, Scene and Quartet

Magda de Civry | Meryl Dominguez
Ruggero | Abraham Bréton
Prunier | Joshua Blue
Lisette | Abigail Rethwisch

Music Director | Tatiana Vassilieva
Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson
Costume Design | Sage Foley
Wig & Makeup Design | Naomi Reisner
Lighting Design | Jonah Schnell

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STAFF

Artistic Director | Gayletha Nichols
Associate Artistic Director | Kathleen Clawson
Head of Music Staff | Robert Tweten
Production Stage Managers | Chelsea Antrim Dennis, Whitney McAnally
Assistant Production Stage Manager | Sandra Lee Zamora
Production Coordinators | Tracy Armagost, Theresa R. Kors
Stage Operations Supervisor | Katrina “Chuck” Weber
Stage Operations Carpenter | Erik McCullough
Show Crew Supervisors | Tara Ludwin, Cami R. Sackett
Stage Crew Leads | Kier Macartney, Timothy J. Scott
Lighting Director | Phil Alfano
Staff Master Electrician | Andie Szekely
Audio/Video Director | Karl G. Kern
Audio/Video Engineer | Alex Davila
Audio/Titles Technician | Mitchell Prescott
Opera Titles System | Ron Grinage, Jennifer Rhodes
Wardrobe Supervisor | Kristen O’Maley
Wig Master | David C. Zimmerman
Stage Manager, Part I | Anderson Nunnelley
Production Assistants, Part I | Megan Ross, Becca Sundberg
Lighting Supervisor, Part I | Zachery Sager
Lighting Programmer, Part I | Mo Epps
Master Electrician | Bri Fuller
Assistant Master Electrician | MacKenzie Van Tassel
Followspots | Nathaniel Feit, Araceli Ramirez, MacKenzie Van Tassel
Electricians/Focus Crew | Nathaniel Feit, Katherine Fortner, Venus Gulbranson, Araceli Ramirez, MacKenzie Van Tassel
Audio/Visual Supervisors | Nakia Cheyenne Dalton, Dietrich Ginocchio
Music Services Supervisors | Morgan Carder, Ian Gammarino
Wardrobe Lead | Brighid DeAngelis
First Hands | Hilary Rubio, Annie Yonge, Chun-Kang Chen, Hilary Rubio, Elizabeth Versules, Annie Yonge
Crafts | Liz Spilsbury
Assistant Crafts | Laurel Yau
Supernumeraries | Michael Janney, Brandon Neal
Technical Director | Scott G. Schreck
Associate Technical Director | Michael Ortiz
Assistant Technical Director | Jason Gottlieb
Properties Director | Randall Robert Lutz
Properties Crafts Supervisor | Aimee L. Plant
Properties Craftsperson | Hannah Jo Fenske
Properties Run Crew Coordinators | Becky Fryberger, Miranda Wilson
Properties Staff | Amaris Puzak
Properties Carpenter Supervisor | Michael Chemycz
Properties Carpenter | Benjamin Herrera
Properties Painter | Gina Boccolucci
Scenic Charge | Mark Edlund
Costume Supervisor | Carey Blackerby Hanson
Costume Coordinator | Brianna Fristoe
Costume Technical Advisor | Lara Southerland Berich
Music Services Supervisors | Tenley Pitonzo, Courtney Banks
Stage Manager, Part II | Melanie Bacaling
Production Assistants, Part II | Savannah Cathers, Tyler Fridley
Lighting Supervisor, Part II | Joe Crumlish
Lighting Programmer, Part II | Matthew Mahr
Stage Carpenter | Matthew Crossman
Master Carpenters | Jake Bucks, Krissy Cralle
Stage Show Crew Lead | Charlie Capps
Stage Crew Lead | Wesley Curtis
Stage Run Crew | Katherine Fortner, Will Hodges, Adam Hooper, Samantha Moretti, James Spray
Technical Assistants | Derrick Hill, Kelsey McHugh
Properties Run Supervisor | McKenna Warren
Assistant Properties Run Supervisor | Jacob Sullivan
Properties Running Crew | MacKenzie Blair, Tessa Broyles, Rochele Mac, Adia Matousek
Properties Crafts/Carpentry/Paints | Tessa Broyles, Nakia Cheyenne Dalton, Ariel Lacey, Rochele Mac, Adia Matousek, Sara Pool, Megan Ross, Alyssa Tryon
Scenic Carpentry | Adam Hooper, Avery Hunt, James Spray, Walter Tucker
Scenic Painter | Delia Revard