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From Yale Opera in Italy in New Haven, United States on Jun 12 '07

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Diego Matamoros, Daniel Bircher, Nicholas Masters, Eric Downs, and Matthew Plenk in Yale Opera's February 2007 Production of "La Boheme". (Photo by Jennifer Lester)
Diego Matamoros, Daniel Bircher, Nicholas Masters, Eric Downs, and Matthew Plenk in Yale Opera's February 2007 Production of "La Boheme". (Photo by Jennifer Lester)
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Our time in Italy will be three manic weeks of rehearsals and performances, with a bit of time off for good behavior.  I've listed the casting for all four operas below, because you can't tell your lyric coloratura sopranos without a program...

Moskva, Cheremushki

Because you can't tell your lyric coloratura sopranos without a program...

Music by Dmitri Shostakovich

Performed in Russian

June 21, 2007

Musical and Diction Preparation Emily Olin

Musical Preparation Douglas Dickson

Lyusa -Adelaide Muir, soprano; Lidochka -Christy Lombardozzi, soprano; Masha -Olivia Vote, mezzo-soprano; Vava -Ana Sinicki, mezzo-soprano; Sergey -Zach Borichevsky, tenor; Boris -Diego Matamoros, baritone; Bubentsov / Baburov -Edward Parks, baritone; Barbashkin -Eric Downs, bass-baritone; Drebednyov -Nicholas Masters, bass

Orphèe aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld)

Music by Jacques Offenbach

Performed in French

June 27, 2007

Musical Preparation -Douglas Dickson and Mikhail Hallak

Aristée (Aristaeus), a farmer / Pluton (Pluto), god of the underworld - Edwin Vega, tenor; Jupiter, father of the gods -Edward Parks, baritone; Eurydice, wife of Orpheus -Adelaide Muir, soprano; L’Opinion Publique (Public Opinion) - Olivia Vote, mezzo-soprano; Orphée (Orpheus), a musician - Zach Borichevsky, tenor; Cupidon (Cupid), goddess of love, daughter of Venus - Ana Sinicki, mezzo-soprano; Vénus, goddess of beauty -Elona Ceno, soprano; Diane (Diana), goddess of chastity -Christy Lombardozzi, soprano; Mercure (Mercury), Jupiter’s messenger -Diego Matamoros, baritone; Mars, god of war -Nicholas Masters, bass; Rhadamante -Eric Downs, bass-baritone; John Styx, servant of Pluto - Daniel Trevor Bircher, baritone

Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)

Music by Franz Lehar

Performed in German

July 3, 2007

Musical Preparation - Douglas Dickson

Count Danilo Danilowitsch, cavalry lieutenant - Daniel Trevor Bircher, baritone; Hanna Glawari -Adelaide Muir, soprano; Baron Mirko Zeta, Pontevedrin envoy in Paris -Diego Matamoros, baritone; Valencienne, his wife - Elona Ceno, soprano; Camille de Rosillon - Matthew Plenk, tenor; Raoul de St. Brioche - Zach Borichevsky, tenor; Njegus / Pritschitsch - Nicholas Masters, bass; Vicomte Cascada - Edward Parks, baritone; Praskowia / Lolo - Olivia Vote, mezzo-soprano; Sylvaine / Dodo - Ana Sinicki, mezzo-soprano; Kromow - Edwin Vega, tenor; Bogdanowitsch - Eric Downs, bass-baritone

La Rondine (The Swallow)

Music by Giacomo Puccini

Performed in Italian

July 9, 2007

Musical Preparation - Douglas Dickson

Magda de Civry - Stephanie Gregory, soprano; Ruggero Lastouc - Raffaele Sepe, tenor; Lisette, Magda’s maid - Christy Lombardozzi, soprano; Prunier, a poet -Edwin Vega, tenor; Rambaldo Fernandez, Magda’s protector - Nicholas Masters, bass; Yvette - Elona Ceno, soprano; Bianca - Adelaide Muir, soprano; Suzy - Ana Sinicki, mezzo-soprano; Perichaud - Edward Parks, baritone; Gobin - Zachary Borichvevsky, tenor; Crebillon / Rabonnier - Eric Downs, bass-baritone

Yale University School of Music

Robert Blocker, Dean

Yale University Opera

Doris Yarick-Cross, Artistic Director

Grant Meachum, Managing Director


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