Opera Scenes Spring 08
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
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
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