Opera Schedule

WFMT Radio Network Opera Series 2023
La fanciulla del West
September 23

COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
LIBRETTO: Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini

VENUE: National Centre for the Performing Arts
PRESENTING COMPANY: National Centre for the Performing Arts Opera

CAST:
Minnie Amarilli Nizza
Jack Rance Claudio Sgura
Dick Johnson alias Ramerrez Marco Berti
Nick KOU Jing
Ashby WANG Meng
Sonora Domenico Balzani
Trin ZHU He
Sid ENG Zhe
Bello SHANG Chunlai
Harry DU Fanyong
Joe GUO Jianchao
Happy ZHAO Denghui
Larkens ZHAO Ming
Billy DU Ang
Wowkle LIU Lu
Jake Wallace ZHANG Yang

ENSEMBLE: NCPA Orchestra and Chorus
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Salvatore Caputo
CONDUCTOR: Andrea Battistoni

Approx. Length: 2 Hours and 30 Minutes

Please Note: the Chinese family name comes first and is in uppercase. The first name is in sentence case and comes second in the listings above.


Picture a Day Like This
September 30

COMPOSER: George Benjamin
LIBRETTO: Martin Crimp

VENUE: Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix-en-Provence, FR
PRESENTING COMPANY: Aix-en-Provence Festival

CAST:
Woman Marianne Crebassa
Zabelle Anna Prohaska
Lover 1 / Composer Beate Mordal
Lover 2 / Composer’s Assistant Cameron Shahbazi
Artisan / Collector John Brancy

ENSEMBLE: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: George Benjamin

Approx. Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes


Jephtha
October 7

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
LIBRETTO: Rev. Thomas Morell

VENUE: North Shore Center, Illinois
PRESENTING COMPANY: Music of the Baroque

CAST:
Jephtha David Portillo
Iphis Lauren Snouffer
Storgé Clara Osowski
Hamor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Angel Katelyn Lee
Zebul Neal Davies

ENSEMBLE: Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Dame Jane Glover

Approx. Length: TBA


Assassinio nella cattedrale
October 14

COMPOSER: Ildebrando Pizzetti
LIBRETTO: T.S. Eliot

VENUE: The Chicago Temple, Chicago, IL
PRESENTING COMPANY: Opera Festival of Chicago

CAST:
Thomas Becket Andrea Silvestrelli
First Coryphée Maria Kanyova
Second Coryphée Anna Laurenzo
First Knight/Tempter Reuben Lillie
Second Knight/Tempter William Powell III
Third Knight/Tempter Patrick Blackwell
Fourth Knight/Tempter Eric Dubin
First Priest Michael Rivera
Second Priest Jeff Ray
Third Priest Frank DeVincentis
Herald André De Mesquita

ENSEMBLE: Opera Festival of Chicago Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Emanuele Andrizzi

Approx. Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes


Attila
October 21

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
LIBRETTO: Temistocle Solera

VENUE: Cahn Auditorium, Evanston, IL
PRESENTING COMPANY: Opera Festival of Chicago

CAST:
Attila Andrea Silvestrelli
Odabella Jenny Schuler
Ezio Franco Pomponi
Leone Patrick Blackwell
Foresto Ben Gulley
Uldino Reuben Lillie

ENSEMBLE: Opera Festival of Chicago Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Emanuele Andrizzi

Approx. Length: 2 hours


Le comte Ory
October 28

COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini
LIBRETTO: Eugène Scribe and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson

VENUE: National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
PRESENTING COMPANY: Opera Southwest

CAST:
Count Ory Christopher Bozeka
Tutor Tim Mix
Isolier Amanda Crider
Raimbaud Matthew Hanscom
Countess Adèle Lindsay Ohse
Ragonde Laurel Semerdjian
Alice Mary Brzezinski

ENSEMBLE: Opera Southwest Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Anthony Barrese

Approx. Length: 2 hours, 30 minutes


Zorro
November 4

COMPOSER: Héctor Armienta
LIBRETTO: Héctor Armienta

VENUE: National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
PRESENTING COMPANY: Opera Southwest

CAST:
Zorro César Delgado
Carlotta de Obragón Stephanie Sanchez
Ana Maria Laura León
Géneral Moncada Octavio Moreno
Toypurina Olga Perez Flora
Sergeant José Maria Gomez Javier Ortiz
Luisa Laura Soto-Bayomi

ENSEMBLE: Opera Southwest Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Anthony Barrese

Approx. Length: 2 hours


Der fliegende Holländer
(The Flying Dutchman)
November 11

COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
LIBRETTO: Richard Wagner

VENUE: Bayreuth Festival Theatre, DE
PRESENTING COMPANY: Bayreuth Festival

CAST:
Daland, a Norwegian sea captain Georg Zeppenfeld
Senta, Daland’s daughter Elisabeth Teige
Erik, a huntsman Tomislav Mužek
Mary, Senta’s nurse Nadine Weissmann
Daland’s steersman Attilio Glaser
The Dutchman Michael Volle

ENSEMBLE: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Oksana Lyniv

Approx. Length: 2 hour, 30 minutes


Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
November 18

COMPOSER: Johann Adolph Hasse
LIBRETTO: Francesco Ricciardi

VENUE: Jarvis Opera Hall, Illinois
PRESENTING COMPANY: Haymarket Opera Company

CAST:
Cleopatra Kangmin Justin Kim
Marc’Antonio Lauren Decker
Roman Soldier Jon Beal
Lady-in-Waiting to Cleopatra 1 Kali Benz
Lady-in-Waiting to Cleopatra 2 Julie Brumfiel

ENSEMBLE: Haymarket Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Craig Trompeter

Approx. Length: TBA

Please Note: Hasse’s original cast took opposite gender roles with Carlo Broschi, the famous castrato, singing Cleopatra, and the renowned contralto Vittoria Tesi Tramontini singing Marc’Antonio. In keeping with the original gender-fluid casting, Haymarket’s cast features countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim as Queen Cleopatra and contralto Lauren Decker in the role of Mark Antony.


Pelléas et Mélisande
November 25

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy
LIBRETTO: Adapted from a play by Maurice Maeterlinck

VENUE: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA
PRESENTING COMPANY: LA Opera

CAST:
Pelléas Will Liverman
Mélisande Sydney Mancasola
Golaud Kyle Ketelsen
King Arkel Ferruccio Furlanetto
Geneviève Susan Graham
Yniold Kai Edgar
A Physician Patrick Blackwell

ENSEMBLE: LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon

Approx. Length: TBA


Omar
December 2

COMPOSE: Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels
LIBRETTO: Rhiannon Giddens

VENUE: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA
PRESENTING COMPANY: LA Opera

CAST:
Omar James McCorkle
Fatima, Omar’s Mother Amanda Lynn Bottoms
Johnson / Owen Daniel Okulitch
Julie Jacqueline Echols
Auctioneer / Taylor Barry Banks
Eliza, Owen’s Daughter Deepa Johnny
Katie Ellen Briana Hunter
Abdul, Omar’s Brother Norman Garrett
Abe Alan Williams
Amadou Ashley Faatoalia
Olufemi Cedric Berry
Suleiman Patrick Blackwell
Principal Dancer Jermaine McGhee

ENSEMBLE: LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Kazem Abdullah

Approx. Length: 3 hours