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Saturdays at 10:00 AM
Schedule 2009
July 4th, 2009
IL TRITTICO (in Italian)
Giacomo Puccini
Il Tabarro
CAST:
Michele Mark Delavan, baritone
Giorgetta Anja Kampe, soprano
Luigi Salvatore Licitra, tenor
Talpa John Del Carlo, bass-baritone
Frugola Tichina Vaughn, mezzo-soprano
Tinca Matthew O’Neill, tenor
Song Vendor Robert MacNeil, tenor
The Lovers Daniel Montenegro, tenor and Lori Ann Fuller, soprano
Sour Angelica
CAST:
Sister Angelica Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano
Princess (Angelica’s Aunt) Larissa Diadkova, mezzo-soprano
Abbess Ronnita Nicole Miller, mezzo-soprano
Monitor Tichina Vaughn, mezzo-soprano
Headmistress of the Novices Catherine Keen, mezzo-soprano
Sister Genovieffa Jennifer Black, soprano
Sister Osmina Angel Blue, soprano
Sister Dolcina Danielle Walker, soprano
Infirmary Sister Melissa Citro, soprano
Lay Sisters Karen Vuong, soprano; Tammy Jenkins, soprano
Novice Karin Mushegain, mezzo-soprano
Almoner Sisters Lori Ann Fuller, soprano; Malesha Jessie, mezzo-soprano
Five Sisters Rebecca Tomlinson, soprano; Sara Campbell, mezzo-soprano;
Leslie Dennis, soprano; Jennifer Wallace, mezzo-soprano; Renée
Sousa, soprano
Gianni Schicchi
CAST:
Gianni Schicchi Thomas Allen, baritone
Lauretta (Schicchi’s
daughter) Laura Tatulescu, soprano
Zita (Buoso’s cousin) Jill Grove, mezzo-soprano
Rinuccio (Zita’s nephew) Saimir Pirgu, tenor
Gherardo (Buoso’s nephew) Greg Fedderly, tenor
Nella (Gherardo’s wife) Rebekah Camm, soprano
Simone (Buoso’s cousin) Andrea Silvestrelli, bass
Betto di Signa (Buoso’s
brother-in-law) Steven Condy, baritone
Marco (Simone’s son) Brian Leerhuber, baritone
La Ciesca (Marco’s wife) Lauren McNeese, mezzo-soprano
Maestro Spinelloccio
(the physician) Levi Hernandez, baritone
Ser Amantio di Nicolao
(the notary) Philip Cokorinos, bass-baritone
Gherardino (Gherardo’s
& Nella’s son) Noah Sonderlin, treble
Pinellino (the shoemaker) Daniel Armstrong, baritone
Guccio (the dyer) Craig Colclough, bass-baritone
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Grant Gershon
July 11, 2009
THE FLY (in English)
Howard Shore
LIBRETTIST: David Henry Hwang
CAST:
Seth Brundle Daniel Okulitch, baritone
Veronica Quaife Ruxandra Donose, mezzo-soprano
Stathis Borans Gary Lehman, tenor
Police Officer/Lab
Doctor/Cheevers Beth Clayton, mezzo-soprano
Marky Jay Hunter Morris, tenor
Tawny Perkins Ashlyn Rust, soprano
Scientist #1 Silvia Vasquez, mezzo-soprano
Scientist #2 Nicholas Hartley, baritone
Scientist #3 Anna Jablonski, mezzo-soprano
Scientist #4 Matthew Moore, baritone
Scientist #5 Andrew Wilkowske, baritone
CONDUCTOR: Placido Domingo
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Grant Gershon
July 18, 2009
DAS RHEINGOLD (in German)
Richard Wagner
CAST:
Woglinde Stacey Tappan, soprano
Wellgunde Lauren McNeese, mezzo-soprano
Flosshilde Beth Clayton, mezzo-soprano
Alberich Gordon Hawkins, baritone
Fricka Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Wotan Vitalij Kowaljow, bass
Freia Ellie Dehn, soprano
Fasolt Morris Robinson, bass
Fafner Eric Halfvarson, bass
Froh Beau Gibson, tenor
Donner Wayne Tigges, bass-baritone
Loge Arnold Bezuyen, tenor
Mime Graham Clark, tenor
Erda Jill Grove, mezzo-soprano
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA
July 25, 2009
DIE WALKÜRE (in German)
Richard Wagner
CAST:
Siegmund Plácido Domingo, tenor
Sieglinde Anja Kampe, soprano
Hunding Eric Halfvarson, bass
Wotan Vitalij Kowaljow, bass
Brunnhilde Linda Watson, soprano
Fricka Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Gerhilde Ellie Dehn, soprano
Helmwige Susan Foster, soprano
Waltraute Erica Brookhyser, mezzo-soprano
Schwertleite Ronnita Miller, mezzo-soprano
Ortlinde Melissa Citro, soprano
Siegrune Buffy Baggott, mezzo-soprano
Grimgerde Jane Gilbert, mezzo-soprano
Rossweisse Margaret Thompson, mezzo-soprano
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA
August 1, 2009
THE BIRDS (in German)
Walter Braunfels
CAST:
Nightingale Désirée Rancatore, soprano
Good Hope Brandon Javanovich, tenor
Loyal Friend James Johnson, baritone
Wren Stacey Tappan, soprano
Hoopoe Martin Gantner, baritone
First Thrush Valerie Vinzant, soprano
Second Thrush Courtney Taylor, soprano
Prometheus Brian Mulligan, baritone
Eagle/Zeus Matthew Moore, baritone
Flamingo John Kimberling, tenor
Raven Daniel Armstrong, baritone
First Swallow Renee Sousa, soprano
Second Swallow Rebecca Tomlinson, soprano
Third Swallow Ayana Haviv, soprano
First Tit Nicole Fernandes, soprano
Second Tit Tara Victoria Smith, soprano
First Dove Adriana Manfredi, mezzo-soprano
Second Dove Helene Quintana, mezzo-soprano
Third Dove Amber Erwin, mezzo-soprano
Fourth Dove Jennifer Wallace, mezzo-soprano
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Grant Gershon
August 8, 2009
RISE & FALL of the CITY of MAHAGONNY (in English)
Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
CAST:
Jenny Smith Audra McDonald, soprano
Leocadia Begbick Patti LuPone, mezzo-soprano
Jimmy McIntyre Anthony Dean Griffey
Fatty, the Bookkeeper Robert Wörle, tenor
Trinity Moses Donnie Ray Albert, baritone
Jack O’Brien John Easterlin, tenor
Bank Account Bill Mel Ulrich, baritone
Alaska Wolf Joe Stevn Humes, bass
Maidens of Mahagonny Catherine Ireland, Karen Vuong, Rena Harms, sopranos; Natasha
Flores, Sharmay Musacchio, Priti Gandhi, mezzo-sopranos
Toby Higgins Derek Taylor, tenor
A Man’s Voice Mark Kelley
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: William Vendice (men only)
August 15, 2009
Los Angeles Opera launched its 22nd season
with Plácido Domingo conducting LA Opera’s firstever performance
of Verdi’s Requiem featuring a quartet of world-class singers,
dedicating this performance to the memory of tenor Luciano Pavarotti
and Edgar Baitzel, the Company’s late Chief Operating Officer.
CONDUCTOR: Plácido Domingo
SOLOISTS: Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano; Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano;
Arturo Chacón-Cruz, tenor; René Pape, bass; Los Angeles Opera
Chorus, Grant Gershon, Chorus Master
Verdi: Requiem
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