USU Opera Theatre Production

DATE: Friday, April 9, 2010 at 7:30pm

DATE: Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 7:30pm

LOCATION: Caine Lyric Theatre,

28 W. Center St, Logan, UT

TICKETS: $13 adult admission and free to USU students with ID. No children under 8 years old please.

Tickets available through the Cain School of the Arts Box Office http://csaboxoffice.usu.edu, or call 435.797.8022.

CSA Box Office hours 10:30am - 5:00pm M-F, Chase Fine Arts Center, FAC 139-B

Utah State Opera Theatre Presents an evening of Opera Scenes and Puccini's classic comedy "Gianni Schicchi".

Come join us on Friday, April 9th and Saturday, April 10th at 7:30.

The scenes to be presented are excerpts from "The Merry Wives of Windsor" by Otto Nicolai, "Albert Herring" by Benjamin Britten, and "Louise" by Gustave Charpentier.

Casts:

Nicolai, ACT I Duet from THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Performance time approximately 10 mins; sung in English;

Mrs. Ford- Becca Roberts
Mrs. Page- Claire Burnett

Charpentier, Scene and Aria from LOUISE

Performance time approximately 20 mins; sung in French with English supertitles
Louise- Miriam Costa-Jackson
Julian- Carson Smith
Irma- Amy Garner
Camille- Angela LeBaron
Gertrude- Chelsie Shumway
Blanche- Paige McGuire
Elise- Linda Linford
Marguerite- Emily Hecker
Errand Girl- Stacey Bodtcher
Suzanne- Marissa Spraktes
Madeleine- Kami Caple
Forewoman- Jennifer Baker
People of Montmartre:
Claire Burnett, Kacee Cambron, Makenzie Matthews, Becca Roberts
Matt Boeckmann, Kyle Cropper, Shane Mickelsen, Jeff Riches, Mike Heber, Kristopher King

Britten, Scene from ALBERT HERRING
Performance Time approximately 15 minutes;sung in English

Miss Wordsworth- Kacee Cambron
Lady Billows- Makenzie Matthews
Florence Pike- Kami Caple
Superintendent Budd- Matt Boeckmann
The Mayor- Kyle Cropper
The Vicar- Shane Mickelsen

INTERMISSION [15 minutes]

Puccini, GIANNI SCHICCHI
A one-act comedy, part of Il Trittico, premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC in December 1918. Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano; based upon an episode (Canto xxx, 1.32) from Dante’s Inferno ,

Performance time approximately 50 mins.; sung in Italian with English supertitles

setting: Florence, Italy, c. 1930’s (originally 1299)

Gianni Schicchi- Anthony Eversole
Lauretta, his daughter- Tenille Spencer
Relatives of Buoso Donati (deceased):
Zita, an older cousin- Karyn Stubbs
Rinuccio, Zita’s nephew- Travis Stehmeier
Gherardo, Buoso’s nephew- Jaron Putnam
Nella, Gherardo’s wife- Nadia Stehmeier
Gherardino, their son- Daniel Francis
Betto, from Signa, Buoso’s brother-in-law- Jordon LeBaron
Simone, Buoso’s eldest cousin- Ben Hall
Marco, Simone’s son- Max Moreno
La Ciesca, Marco’s wife- Bridgette Worthington
Master Spinelloccio, a physician- Morgan Hall
Amantio di Nicolao, a notary- Mike Heber
Pinellino, a cobbler- Shane Mickelsen
Guccio, a dyer- Kristopher King
Buoso Donati (deceased)- Kyle Cropper

** Merry Wives of Windsor scene and Louise scene directed by Karlee Heaps; Albert Herring scene and Gianni Schicchi directed by Kimberly Mumford; USU Director of Opera and coach/collaborative pianist is Dr. Lynn Jemison-Keisker.