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USC Thornton Opera
2023 Opera Scenes

February 3, 2023

7:00 PM

Newman Recital Hall
(Livestream)

 

Brent McMunn

Music Director

Rose Freeman

Stage Director

Synopses | Bios

Die Zauberflöte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Emmanuel Shikaneder

Act I No. 5 Quintetto

1st Lady – Madeline Andriesen

2nd Lady – Katharine Bartosz

3rd Lady – Zineb Fikri

Tamino – Albert Stanley

Papageno – Jordan Jones

Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

Act I No. 9 Quartet

Donna Anna – Maria Campo

Donna Elvira – Lydia Brown

Don Ottavio – Daniel Voigt

Don Giovanni – Aidan Moravec

The Rape of Lucretia

Benjamin Britten

Libretto by Ronald Duncan

Act 1 “Tarquinius does not dare…” through  “the spinning scene.”

Male Chorus – Krishna Raman

Female Chorus – Andrea Church

Lucretia – Lindsay Martin

Lucia – Haeun Baek

Bianca – Zineb Fikri

Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

Act I No. 13 Finale

Donna Anna – Maria Campo

Donna Elvira – Lydia Brown

Zerlina – Joanna Kim

Don Ottavio – Daniel Voigt

Don Giovanni – Aidan Moravec

Masetto – Kevin Allen

Leporello – Matthew Weir

INTERMISSION

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Gioachino Rossini

Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

Act II Temporale

Recitativo, No. 16 Terzetto

Rosina – Lindsay Martin

Il Conte – Krishna Raman

Figaro – Aidan Moravec

Le nozze di Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

Act I No. 7 trio 

Susanna – Xin Liang

Basilio – Evan Llafet

Il Count – Erick Mosteller

Cherubino - Katharine Bartosz

The Silent Woman

(Die Schweigsame Frau)

Richard Strauss

Libretto by Stefan Zweig

Act I Last Scene

Razorblade – Adrian Melendrez

Aminta – Chloe Millard

Henry – Stephan Lee

Isotta – Elicia Freeman

Carlotta – Lydia Brown

Morbio – Ajani Harris

Vanuzzi – Jordan Jones

Farfallo – Johnny DiGiorgio

Pianists: Cathy Yang, Michael Leach, Brent McMunn

Synopses | Bios

Thornton Vocal Arts

& Opera

Personnel

Brent McMunn

Music Director & Conductor

Ken Cazan

Resident Stage Director

Damien Elwood

Opera Program Manager

Graycen Gardner

Opera Scenes Stage Manager
 

Alec Fore

Opera Coordinator

Michael Leach

Opera Teaching Assistant

Mark Robson, Rakefet Hak

Principal Coaches

Cathy Yang

Pianist

Jordan Jones

Scheduling Assistant

Zineb Fikri

Production Assistant

Ashley Pei

Graphic Designer

 

Thornton Vocal Arts Faculty

 

Lisa Sylvester - Chair

Thomas Michael Allen

Ken Cazan

Rod Gilfry
Lynn Helding

Elizabeth Hynes

Brent McMunn

Karen Parks

Synopses | Bios

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