Milan casting

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