Opera Scenes Spring 08

6th & 8th March 2008

Approx 2 hrs 15 mins music, plus 20 min interval = 2 hrs 35 mins

Start 7.15pm, finish approx 9.50pm.

Director: Carleen Graham

Musical Director: Duncan Williams

Stage Manager: Sam Ramsay

Assistant Stage Manager: Anne Hamilton

LX Design: Andrew Smart

Production Electrician: Andrew Smart

LX Operator: Andrew Smart

Cast (by Scene)

1) Rape of Lucretia

Britten Act 1 from Ride to Rome ( ‘My horse..’to end (20mins)

Lucretia – Charlotte Tetley

Male Chorus - James Geer

Female Chorus - Fiona Scott

Lucia - Sung Eun Seo

Bianca – So Young Jung

Tarquinius – Benjamin Weaver

Repetiteur - Susan Wapshott

2) Rosenkavalier

Strauss Act 3 Trio from Fig 256 ’Mein Gott, es war nicht mehr als eine Farce..’ to end of Act( (18 mins)

Octavian – Bohae Kim

Sophie – Clare Tucker

(Faninal - Benjamin Weaver)

Marschallin – Margret Einarsdottir

Repetiteur – Susan Wapshott

3) Serse

Handel Act 2 scene 9-10 inc ( ‘Per dar fine’ - ‘Il core spera’(13 mins)

Serse – Louise Collett

Arsamene - Elysia Leech

Atalanta - Sung Eun Seo

Repetiteur – Ellen Lampo

4) A Midsummer Nights Dream

Britten Act 2 Quartet from Act 2 Fig 70 ‘Why should you think…’ to Fig 87( 10 mins)

Lysander – Reuben Lai

Demetrius – Benjamin Weaver

Helena – Margret Einarsdottir

Hermia – Louise Collett

Repetiteur – Susan Wapshott

5) Götterdammerung

Wagner Act 1 sc i( (12 mins)

Norns:

Fiona Scott - 3rd Norn

Ling Jia - 1st Norn

Bohae Kim - 2nd Norn

Repetiteur - Alison Luz

6) Hansel and Gretel

Humperdinck Act 2 sc I and ii ( 15 mins)

Hansel – Elysia Leech

Gretel – Clare Tucker

Sandman, offstage voices and cuckoo Thelma Sigurdorsdottir

Repetiteur – Ellen Lampo

7) Manon Massenet

Act 1 from ‘Il vous parlait, Manon?’ Learn through to end of Act, although we may not stage it all (16 mins)

Manon - Sung Eun Seo

Des Grieux - Reuben Lai

Lescaut – Benjamin Weaver

Offstage voices TBD if necessary

Repetiteur – Ellen Lampo

8) Faust

Gounod Act 2 opening – nos 7, recit and no 8 ( Siebel and Faust arias) and Qtet and Duet up until ‘Je veux mourir’ ( 25 mins max)

Faust – Jung Soo Yun

Siebel - Yanbo Xiong

Marguerite – Maria Kozlova

Martha - Ling Jia

Mephistopheles – Henry Kerswell

Repetiteur – Susan Wapshott

9) La Cenerentola

Rossini Act 1 sc 1 ( 10 mins)

Cenerentola – Yanbo Xiong

Alcindoro – Henry Kerswell

Clorinda -Clare Tucker

Tisbe – So Young Jung

Repetiteur – Alison Luz