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