ARTISTPROFILES CHARLESCASTRONOVO, Ernesto ROBERTDAHEY Hop Sing It is alwalts wonderful to sing Donizexi's music! For RobertDahey is reprisingthe roleof Hop Sing Etnesto, he created a rnusical cltaracter that I belieue he performed 10 years ago for San Diego is ueryt honest, euen f he is a bit ouer ernotional. But Opera.Fort Worth Opera, I belieue Donizeni captilres KentuckyOpera and this in Ernesto3 Touthful, ArizonaOpera. He is an actor,director, desrgner irnpatient, anrl heartfeh ztocallines. In Ernexo wi get who hasworked with local the nzostronantic lines in the opera,perfectfor a teir! companiessuch as La Jolla Playhouse,The American tenor Charles Castronovo made his Globe Theatres,San Diego Companydebut in 2OOBas Nadrrin Thepear/ Rep,North CoastRep. Asian American Fishers. Repand New Village He began his career at Los Angeles Opera as a Resident Arts.His stage work hasgarnered him a KpBS Artist and .1999 Performance playbill made his debut at the MetropolitanOpera in as Awardand a SanDiego Awardfor Outstanding Beppein Pagliacci. Performance. Recentappearances include devetoprng the role He has numeroustelevision credits includingCSl, of Mario Ruoppolo postlno in the world premiereof l/ at LosAngeles Bones. and LOST along with film credits including Lakeview Opera,Belmonte in TheAbduction Terrace(wtih from the Serag/ioat Teatrodell. SamuelL. Jackson)and HarshTimes (with Christian Opera di Roma. Gennaro in Lucrezia Bale). Borgra, Don Otlavio in Don Roberthas also co-created and originatedthe roleof Shaban Giovanniand Belmontefor Bayerische Staatsoper,Don Ottavio at for TokyoDisneySea's Feature Live Show "MagicLamp Theatel,. San Francisco Opera and Los AngelesOpera, Nemorino in The Elixlrof Love for op6ra de Nice.Romeo in Romeo and Jurietf or The Dallas JEFF MATTSEY Or Matatesta Opera,Tamino in TheMagic Flute for LyricOpera of Chicago, Santa This production pasquale Fe Opera. San FranciscoOpera and Vienna Slaalsoper, olf Don is my all time Alfredoin La Malatesta travtatafor the OperaCompany of philadelphiaand the fauorite. is the Suengaliof thepiecr, aork- RoyalOpera, i1{ tbe background CoventGarden, Elvino in La Sonnambulaat Michigan ! to get theyoung loiers together. Opera In thisproduction Theatre.the title roleof Faust and Rodolfoin La bohdmefor aeget t0plal couborysantl1 walk Staatsoper arounrl witb a cigar (non unter den Lindenin Berlin,Ferrando in Cosl fan tutte Ior Cuban, wink wink) in mv RoyalOpera. mouth all night. CoventGarden. the Duke in Rigo/ettoin Bordeauxand ll/hat's nlt t0 llue? American Tom Rakewellin progress baritoneJeff Mattsey Stravinsky'sThe Rake's for Th66trede ra made his San Dreoo j99b Monnaie,Brussels and RoyalOpera Covent Garden Opera debut in as Schaunardjn la bohdme and returned as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. Valentin in Faust, Dancalre in Carmen. Marcello in La boheme and last JOHN DEL CARLO,Don pasquate season as Ping in Turandotand again as Dancajrein Carmen. Don Pasquale......this His h a story that is still releuant Metropolitanopera appearancesincrude Ned Keenetn peter today. An older, rather Grimes, wea/tb7 grntlernan, looking Mercutio in Romeo and Jullet, Silvano in A Masked Ba//, to bis yath b7 marrling a youngr, Schaunard in La ,reclaim *o.oi. boheme. Marco in Gianni Schicchi. Hermann/ rhere are so many Schlemiel Jacets t0 this nan: bappiness, in The Talesof Hoffmann, paris in Romeo and Juliet sorrow, anger, jolt, jubilation. and h,s not tbat ofien that Joe Castroin The Girl of the Go/den West. OIherappearances a comic opera cltaracter includethe has fue opportunitl to sbou title rolein Don GiovanniwithCentral City Operaand this many sides to Manitoba his character, and. the music blends Opera,the Count in The Marriage of Figaro at Madison Opera. Sharplessin Madama Butterfly and Renalo in A Masked snyt.rfo,t rt n g,:: i:!;, Ball with felt tr;,::;,;:::l:,";::::;f::;:::!,,',';;:; VancouverOpera. Count Carl_Magnusin A Little Night sing Americanbass-baritone John Del Carlomade his San Diego Muslc with Central City Opera. Silvio in pagliaccl pantalone with lVjchigan Opera debut as jn TheLove for Three Opera Theatre, Oranges in 197g Frgaroin The Barber of Sevihewith Opera Tampa and returnedfor the Commissionerin Madama and Captain pinafore Butterfly,Silvjo in Corcoranin H.M.S. with UtahSymphony and Pagliacci.Dulcamara in TheE/ixir of Love.Sulprce Opera. He has york in TheDaughter alsosung with New CityOpera. Lyrrc Opera of of the Regiment, Barcn Zeta in The Merry Chicago. Widow, Mustafa in WashingtonNational Opera, portland Opera, Lyric Opera The lta/ian Gir/ rn Argiers, Bartoro in The Barber of sevi//e, Frank of KansasCity, Cincinnati Opera and pittsburghOpera. in Dle Fledermaus peter and Swallow in Grlmes in 2009. He has enjoyed an important relationshipwith the l\4etropotrtanOpera DAVID since his debut jn MARSHMAN, Notary in 1993 as Kothner Die Meistersinger von Ntirnberg, returning I anz delighted t0 re?eat the twice for the title roleof Don pasquale, twice ro/e of the Notarv as Swallow, Ouince (Malatexas cousin Carlino ln in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mathieu in disg)ise) nod ti, Andrea Chenier, o??lrtunit! to work again Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber with Dauid Gateh who of Seville, brougbt this cleuerlystaged and Alfieri in A View from the Bidge. among others. and hilarious'"Wild With San Francisco West"production to San Opera his numerousupp..rrn.u, include Diego Opera in 2002. the title role Im also excited t0 be working of Farstaff,Aridoro in cindereila and GenerarBoom witb a wonderfully in La Grande talented group of principal - Duchesse de Gdrolstein,among others. Recent artkts. il/hat frn";t it engagements Baritone.David Marshman. include Mr. Scattergoodin The LastSavage wilh appearsregurarly Santa Fe with the San Diego Opera and Los Angeles Opera, Fritz Kothner in Die Meistersinger von Ndrnberg Opera as a choris_ with cincinnati ter and solo artist.His main stage roleswith opera,Don Arfonsoin cosifan tutte arthe Ravinia San Diego Opera Festival.Bartojo for include FriarJohn in Romeo and Juliet. Thjrd noble San FranciscoOpera. Alfieri in A Viewfrom the in Lohengrin, Bridge Second TrojanMan in ldomeneo: King aI Teatrodell' Opera di Roma.and Bartolo in of Crete,the Notary in Don The Marriage Pasquale. of Flgaro for The6tredes Champs-Elvs6es. the Heraldin Otello,the Usher in Rigoletto,the Customs PIOPERFORMAI{CES I.IAGAZII.{T has worked on seveTalnotable Guard in La Bohdme, and Ochs' Servant in Der Rosenkavaher' and TeatroCo16n in Argentina.He Place and He also performswith the Bach Collegiumand Sacra Profana. world premieresincluding Leonard Bernstein's A Quret Throughoutthe U.S..he has appearedas a soloistin majorchoral CarlisleFloyd's Willle Stark a7 Houston Grand Opera. Stewart and solo works. including Handel'sMessiah, Saul, lsrael in Egypt: Copeland'sHoly Blood aI ClevelandOpera, Pasatieri's Frau Margot Bach's Sr John Passlon. Christmas Oratorio, Magnlflcat' Cantatas and Martin'sBefore Night Falls aIForI Worth Opera.His Broadway No. 56. B2: MozarI's Coronatron Mass. Requiem; Faur6'sRequiem, creditsinclude Julie Taymors production of Gozzi'sGreen Blrd and and Mendelssohn'sElijah, in which he was featuredin the title role Styne's Gentlemen Prefer B/ondes. Marshmanwas a guestartist with the LaJolla Symphony, perform- ing as soloistin Haydn'sHarmonle-Messe, and was a soloistin Handel'sMessiah with OrchestraNova and SacraProfana TONY FANNING,Set Designer researclt. Wben One of rn1fauorite parx of doing this production was tbe in DANIELLEDE NIESE,Norina Dauid and I startedcollaborating on tbe project 11/eaere botb based Los Angeles.I had accessto the mouiestudio libraries and archiuesat the I am so excited to debut here at San Diego Opera in tiwe. TheT wereflled witb great ph0t0 researchand stilk fron classic magnetic rn1 ro/e debut as Norina, one of the rnost mooiewesterns. It wasa designersdrearn. American Set DesignerTony and ebullient ?ersznalities to hh tbe lpera stage! Fanning'swork was firstseen here in 2OO2with this productionof Shei a muhi-faceted diamond - charming, witty, Don Pasquale.For theatre.Fanning designed the setsIor Art and pure of feistl and craftl yt uulnerable, sincere and All My Sons,Good as New, An ldeal Husband and Three Vrewtngs heart; it's irnpossiblenot tofall in loue witb Norina! He designedthe setsfor Two TrainsRunnrng on Broadwayand for She'salso incredibly resourcefuland belieuesherse( the nationallour ol The Who's Tommy His theatrework includes to bequite a goodactress which nrakes the webofintrigues that areplayed Vita and Virglnia and A Mtdsummer Nlght's Dream at the Old outtofoctl poor Pasquale all thetnore belieuable! San Diego Operadebut Globe Theatreand designsfor the GeffenPlayhouse, Goodman Australian-bornAmerican Daniellede Niese was the youngest Theatre,Yale RepertoryTheatre. Virginia Opera, Chautauqua singerto ever enter the lvletropolitanOpera's Ltndemann Young Opera, CanadianOpera Company and Piedmont Opera Film '1 Artists Developmentprogram at the age of B She made her work includes Youth rn Revolt, Harold and Kumar 2, Ocean's lvletropolitanOpera debut the followingyear as Barbarinain The Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen, War of the Worlds, Lemony Snrcket, Marrlage of Figaro. Performanceswith the Metropolitan Opera Polar Express, SpiderMan, October Skv, Amistad, Nell and Forrest (Ior includeAriel in The Enchantedlsland /a part of the Met's HD Gump. Nistelevision work includesThe West Wrng which he BroadcastSeries/. Despina in Cosl fan tutte. Euridicein Orfeo won an Emmy Award for Art Direction),Melrose Place, Talesfrom