Opera Scenes Spring 08

Opera scenes 6th & 8th March 2008

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

Start 7.15pm, finish approx 9.50pm.

Director: Carleen Graham

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

Technical

Stage Manager: Sam Ramsay

Assistant Stage Manager: Anne Hamilton

LX Design: Andrew Smart

Production Electrician: Andrew Smart

LX Operator: Andrew Smart