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It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2008-2009 season of Opera Vivente.
This season Opera Vivente embarks on its second decade of bringing innovative, high-quality chamber opera to Baltimore. The 2008-2009 season brings the company debut of several fantastic singers, including male soprano David Korn, as well as the return of some of Opera Vivente’s favorite artists, including Ah Hong, Monica Reinagel, and Christopher Austin.
This “bad boys” themed season opens with Mozart’s Lord Giovanni, featuring Christopher Austin as the legendary womanizer. We continue with Monteverdi’s racy baroque masterpiece, The Coronation of Poppea, a tale of sex and political intrigue involving the emperor Nero sung by David Korn and his mistress Poppea sung by Ah Hong. Our season concludes with Britten’s comedy of manners Albert Herring, featuring the debut of Adam Caughey as the “May King” himself.
Join us for our 11th season as we continue to bring you the highest quality performances in an intimate space, and in a language you can understand. Opera Vivente will be a truly remarkable, memorable experience.
John Bowen
General Director
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Friday, September 26, 2008 at 7:30pm
Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 3pm
Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 7:30pm
Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 7:30pm
Sex, power, deception, and disease. Mozart’s stormy masterpiece is infused with these dark undercurrents of the human experience. Filled with music of tremendous emotion, Lord Giovanni provides a truly gripping night of theatre.
Lord Giovanni – Christopher Austin
Lady Anna – Joy Greene
Lord Ottavio – Gran Wilson
The Commander – David Neal
Lady Elvira – Heather Michele Meyer
Leporello – John Dooley
Zerlina – Erica Cochran
Masetto – Jason Epps
Conductor – Jed Gaylin
Director – John Bowen
Set designer – Thom Bumblauskas
Lighting Designer – TBA
Costume designer – Melanie Clark
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Friday, March 6, 2009 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 3pm
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 7:30pm
Love or at least lust does indeed conquer all in Monteverdi’s decadent baroque opera. Based on historical events surrounding the Emperor Nero’s exiling of his first wife and subsequent coronation of his mistress, The Coronation of Poppea is filled with some of Monteverdi’s most luxurious and sophisticated music.
Poppea – Ah Hong
Nero – David Korn
Ottavia – Katherine Drago
Ottone – Monica Reinagel
Drusilla – Lisa Dodson
Seneca – Charles Stanton
Arnalta – Karim Sulayman
Nutrice – Vijay Ghosh
Virtue/Pallas Athene/Venus – Lisa Eden
Fortune/Damigella/Amore Secondo – Maria Kate Fleming
Love/Valletto – Joshua Garvey
Praetorian Soldier/Lucano/Liberto/Tribune – Frédéric Rey
Praetorian Soldier/Seneca’s Companion/Tribune – Robert Boldin
Mercury/Consul – Ryan de Ryke
Seneca’s Companion/A Lictor/Consul – John Brandon
Seneca’s Wife/Amore Terzo – Jenna Lebherz
Conductor – Joseph Gascho
Director – John Bowen
Set designer – Thom Bumblauskas
Lighting designer – A. J. Guban
Costume designer – Jennifer Tardiff
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Friday, May 1, 2009 at 8pm
Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 3pm
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 8pm
Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 8pm
The decline of good old-fashioned moral values in a small British community provides the impetus for Britten’s most delightful comic operas. The search for a young person of sufficient moral rectitude to satisfy Lady Billows’ requirements for a May Queen results in the hilarious choice of the eponymous Albert Herring as “May King”.
Albert Herring – Adam Caughey
Lady Billows – Jennifer Root
Florence Pike – Dina Martire
Miss Wordsworth – Leah Inger
Mr. Gedge – Will Heim
Mr. Upfold – James Bailey
Superintendent Budd – Jeffrey Tarr
Sid – Christopher Herbert
Nancy – Jessica Renfro
Mrs. Herring – Jennifer Blades
Emmie – TBA
Cis – TBA
Harry – TBA
Conductor – JoAnn Kulesza
Director – Eric Gibson
Set Designer – Thom Bumblauskas
Lighting Designer – TBA
Costume Designer – Mary Bova
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