CMU OPERA 2021-2022
La Finta Giardiniera, Mozart Nic Cory, director Thomas W. Douglas, conductor October 28-31, 2021
ALL CASTING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Don Anchise, tenor Thomas Fong, Alana Smith MJ Lintern – cover
Sandrina, soprano Kaya Giroux, Julia Timmons
Arminda, soprano Daniella Brancato, Alexandra Zallo
Count Belfiore, tenor Daniel Miller Michael Vallikappil
Ramiro, mezzo Lucy Altus Brianna Dulock Megan Julien – cover
Serpetta, soprano Emma Rogers, Olivia Gesualdi Sydney Fabregas – cover
Nardo, baritone Michael Madison Brennan Brown
L’enfant et les sortileges, Ravel Katherine Carter, director Dimitrii Papadimitriou, conductor January 27-30, 2022
L’enfant, the child, mezzo Sadye Sobel, Megan Julien Maman, the mother, mezzo Grace Alai, Loghan Wright
Le fauteuil, the armchair, bass Bryan Bennett
La bergère Louis XV, the armchair, soprano Kaya Giroux Daniella Brancato
L’horologe comtoise, a grandfather clock, baritone Jordy Betancourt-Vargas Le feu, the fire, soprano Leah Huber, Zofia Majewski
La princesse, the princess, soprano Morgan Dodds, Sydney Fabregas
Une pastourelle, shepherdess, soprano Kaya Giroux, Daniella Brancato
Un pâtre, shepherd, Lucy Altus
Le petit vieillard, little old man, tenor Zachary Smith, Jacob Berger
Le chat, the cat, Nathaniel McBride
La chatte, the cat, mezzo Lucy Altus
La chouette an owl, soprano Kaya Giroux, Daniella Brancato L’arbre, a tree, baritone Jordy Betancourt -Vargas
La libellule, a dragonfly, mezzo Loghan Wright, Grace Alai
Le rossignol, a nightingale, soprano Leah Huber, Zofia Majewski
Le chauve-souris, widower bat, soprano Kaya Girioux, Daniella Brancato
L’écureuil, a squirrel, mezzo Lucy Altus
La rainette, the tree frog, tenor Shane Killen
Chorus TBD
Cendrillon, Viardot
Le Baron de Pictordu, baritone Keyshon Jones
Marie, Cendrillon, daughter, soprano Emma Rogers, Julia Timmons
Armelinde, another daughter, mezzo Laurel Styner, Brianna Dulock
Maguelonne, another daughter, soprano Olivia Gesualdi, Megan Cumming
La Fée, Fairy Godmother, soprano Sydney Fabregas, Morgan Dodds
Le Prince Charmant, tenor Thomas Fong, Matthew Zatko
Le Comte Barigoule, tenor Shane Killen, MJ Lintern
Looking at You, Sakaram/Handel Richard Gammon, director Daniel Curtis, conductor March 30-April 2
Dorothy, a coder, mezzo Grace Alai, Sarah Austin Sadye Sobel – cover
Ethan, a coder turned whistleblower, tenor Jacob Berger Jordy Betancourt-Vargas Shane Killen – cover
Raj, head of the company, baritone Michael Madison, Keyshon Jones
Annina, a geek/Agent, soprano Melissa Medina Valencia
Brooke, a geek/Journalist/Agent, soprano/mezzo Morgan Dodds
Charlie, a geek/Agent, baritone Nathaniel McBride