New England Conservatory Studies Department presents

Cendrillon

Opera in four acts

by

Libretto by HENRI CAÏN

Conductor Hugh Wolff

Stage Director Joshua Major

Set Design by Cameron Anderson Costume Design by Gail Astrid Buckley Lighting Design by Chris Hudacs Chorus Master Daniel Wyneken

Musical Preparation Michael Strauss

Daniel Wyneken This organization is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, Production Stage Manager Amanda Otten and by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, Production Manager Rich Frost a local agency funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and administrated by the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events.

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There will be a 15-minute Intermission between Act II and Act III.

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CAST OF CHARACTERS February 11 & 13, 2017 February 12 & 14, 2017 Erica Petrocelli Sooyeon Kang Margaret Bridge LE PRINCE CHARMANT Niru Liu Josh Quinn PANDOLFE Chauncey Blade Brindley McWhorter MADAME DE LA HALTIÈRE Whitney Robinson

Morgan Middleton DOROTHÉE Rhiannon Vaughn Chang Liu NOÉMI Jeongmin Kim Helen Zhibing Huang LA FÉE Gyuyeon Shim

February 11-14, 2017 Chi Xue LE ROI Thomas E. Hamilton LE SURINTENDANT

DES PLAISIRS Judson Virden LE DOYEN DE LA FACULTÉ Allyn McCourt LE PREMIER MINISTRE Special thanks to:

ENSEMBLE Jim deVeer and Advanced Lighting and Production Services David Rivera Bozon, Grant Braider, Rush Dorsett, Julia Dwyer, Chelsea DeSouza Liz Perlman Corey Gaudreau, Michael González, Jordan Harrington, Kaitlin Loeb, Jordan Reynolds Costume Works, Inc. Pepita Salim, Austin Vitaliano, Alyssa Weathersby, Rachel Webb, Gretchen Werda Ryan Goodwin Andrea Wozniak, Yoonjeong Yoo, Shang Zhang NEC Information Technology Services Sally Millar Benjamin Honeycutt NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA Hugh Wolff, conductor Talamas Arts Emerson and the staff at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre

First Violin Minjia Xu, Sophie Wang, Orin Laursen, Yingchen Zhang, Craig Allen, Bonnie J. Baggesen, Stuart Beacham, Juliet Cocca, Zak Fayssoux Nobby Suganuma, Reina Murooka, Johyun Min, Yen-Chun Lin Rebecca A. Frank, Christina Harrington, Matthew Harrington, Michael Murphy Second Violin Sherri Zhang, Yun Jae Choi, Sophia Bernitz, Jian Du, Isabella C. Costanza, Benjamin O. Saint Louis, Jamie Siebenaler, Mark Wallace, Ben Walsh Erin Burkholder Viola Jiali Li, Meng-Hsien Cheng, Hsien-Hsiu Tsai, Ariel Chapman Cello Zi Wang, Chava Appiah, Christopher Hwang Double Bingwen Yang, Nick Leonard Flute Wooyeon Milk Yoo, Jiyeon Han, Bo Lee Piccolo Jiyeon Han, Bo Lee Oboe Elizabeth O’Neil, Samuel Waring English horn Samuel Waring Clarinet Britnee Poole, Somin Lee Bassoon Joshua Kosberg, Alice Hsieh French horn Christian Gutierrez, Mackenzie Newell, Matt Pennington, Andrew Bass Trumpet Andrew Heath, Kevin Natoli Trombone Michael Shayte, Kyle Peck Bass trombone Christopher Bassett Timpani Darren Lin

Percussion Austin Allen, Seth Burkhart Harp Alix Raspé ORCHESTRA Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Hugh Wolff SYNOPSIS Director of Orchestras Administrative Director of Orchestras Marjorie Apfelbaum ACT I Associate Director of Orchestras David Loebel Artistic Director of Chamber Orchestra Donald Palma Servants in the house of Madame de la Haltière help ready her for the ball. Haltière’s Performance Librarian Ashton Bush husband, Pandolfe, questions his decision to abandon his simple country home, and Instrument Librarian Benjamin Honeycutt forsaking his daughter Cendrillon, in favor of marrying such a selfish woman and her two daughters, Noémie and Dorothée. VOICE FACULTY Jane Eaglen, Carole Haber, Karen Holvik – Chair Madame Haltière counsels her daughters on how best to attract the attention of the Ian Howell, MaryAnn McCormick, Michael Meraw, Lorraine Nubar Prince. With reluctance, Pandolfe escorts Haltière and daughters to the ball, leaving Lisa Saffer, Bradley Williams – Assistant Chair Cendrillon to finish chores.

Cendrillon cleans and then falls asleep next to the stove, wishing she could go to the ball. Suddenly La Fée appears with her Spirits casting a spell on Cendrillon and transforms her drab clothes into a magnificent gown with glass slippers that will conceal her true identity from her family. However, the spell wears off at midnight.

ACT II

Courtiers try to cheer up the depressed Prince Charmant. The King (Le Roi) reminds the Upcoming Opera at New England Conservatory Prince that soon he must choose a wife. Desirable princesses present themselves, but it (all programs subject to change) is Cendrillon that commands the Prince’s attention. They fall in love at first sight. But when the clock strikes midnight, Cendrillon runs off leaving the Prince bewildered – and holding one glass slipper. PERKIN OPERA SCENES Featuring: Graduate Opera Students INTERMISSION Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. Monday, March 6, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. ACT III Brown Hall Cendrillon returns home before her family. She relives the experience in her mind. When MOZART : LA FINTA GIARDINIERA Haltière and her daughters arrive, they are adamant that the Prince did not choose the Steven Goldstein, director unknown princess with the glass slippers as his betrothed. Pandolfe has heard enough Paul Nadler, conductor of their selfishness. He promises Cendrillon that they will move back to their country Saturday, April 22 - Tuesday, April 25, 2017 home. Unwilling to burden her father further and seeing no way out, Cendrillon flees The Emerson Paramount Center Robert J. Orchard Stage, Boston into the night. Performance times vary – tickets required Cendrillon and the Prince find themselves lost in an enchanted forest unaware of each other. He pledges his heart if he could only see her again. The Fairies reveal them to each other and lull them to sleep.

ACT IV Bridget Collins Katie Hoolsema Cendrillon wakes to see her father fretting over her. He explains that she had been Michael Jarvis missing for months and spoke of a prince and slippers in feverish dreams. Haltière Shannon Knotts brings news of a royal assembly – all princesses in the land are to try on a glass slipper. Becky Marsh Tyson Miller Noémie and Dorothée each proclaim that they are the rightful owner of the glass Taylor Ness slipper. But when Cendrillon enters, the Prince knows that she is the unknown princess Kristin Seibert from the ball and from the forest. FOR NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY Interim President, Provost, & Tom Novak Dean of the College CAST BIOGRAPHIES Assistant Dean for Administration & Alison Garner Academic Affairs CHAUNCEY BLADE, Pandolfe College Artistic Manager Hank Mou From: Lawrenceville, IL Senior VP of Finance & Operations Ed Lesser studying with Michael Meraw Vice President of Marketing & Carol Phelan Credits/Awards: Pallante in Agrippina , Harašta in The Cunning Little Vixen , Marco in Communications Gianni Schicchi and Count Almaviva in Opera Scenes (NEC); Harlequin in Ariadne auf Finance Administrative Director Shaula Jauk Naxos Accounts Payable Accountant Rachinda Gutierrez Audience Services Manager Natalie Wheeler MARGARET BRIDGE, Le Prince Charmant Director of Performance Services Brian Yankee From: Bray County, Wicklow, Ireland Production Manager Bob Winters studying with Lisa Saffer Credits/Awards: Erisbe in Ormindo (RIAM); Young Associate Artist (Opera Theatre OPERA STUDIES Company, Ireland); Elaine O'Neill in Later the Same Evening (Opera Memphis, April 2017); Chair of Opera Studies Joshua Major Handel + Haydn 2016-17 season. Acting Steven Goldstein Diction Jean Anderson Collier THOMAS E. HAMILTON, Le Surintendant des plaisirs Movement Peter DiMuro From: Harrisburg, PA Stage Combat Andrew Moss Baritone studying with Michael Merraw Opera Production & Rich Frost Credits/Awards: Lesbo in Agrippina , Betto in Gianni Schicchi (NEC). Administrative Director Vocal Coaching & Musical Preparation Jean Anderson Collier, HELEN ZHIBING HUANG, La Fée Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek From: Beijing, China / Richmond, VA Timothy Steele Soprano studying with Lorraine Nubar Michael Strauss Credits/Awards: Baby Doe in The Ballad of Baby Doe (Central City Opera); Poppea in Daniel Wyneken Agrippina , Madam White Snake in Gilgamesh, Flora in The Turn of the Screw, Carolina in Il Senior Staff Assistants Helen Zhibing Huang, Andrea Wozniak Matrimonio Segreto , Amore in Orfeo ed Euridice (NEC); Earl Kim’s Where Grief Slumbers Nicholas Tocci with NEC Contemporary Ensemble . Graduate Work-Study Staff Christon Carney, Julia Dwyer

SCENIC BUILD & STAGE SUPPORT SOONYEON KANG, Cendrillon From: South Korea Stage Manager Amanda M. Otten Soprano studying with Lorraine Nubar Assistant Stage Manager Jeremy Ayres Fisher Musetta in La Bohème , Bagger Woman in Sweeney Todd, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro 2nd Assistant Stage Manager Sam Filson Parkinson (University of Texas at Austin); soloist with Balcones Community Orchestra as the winner of Classical Artists Development Foundation Voice Competition; Round Rock Symphony Technical Director Peter Lanza Orchestra; Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi (Hubbard Hall and NEC); Sandrina in La finta Assistant Technical Director Brandon McSweeney giardiniera (NEC April 2017). Master Carpenter William Hawkins IV Scene Shop BeNT Productions JEONGMIN KIM, Noémie Richard Gray & Becki Gray From: South Korea Tom Farrell Soprano studying with Lorraine Nubar Anthony Phelps Credits/Awards: Pamina in Die Zauberflöte , Donna Evira in Don Giovanni ; Just Jeanette in Brett Rochford Too many (Seoul National University) Ben Williams Props Master Lisa Guild CHANG LIU, Noémie Audio / Visual Technicians Elizabeth Cahill From: Shanghai China Nell Robinson Soprano studying with MaryAnn McCormick. Supertitles by Cori Ellison Credits/Awards: Micaëla in Carmen (Berlin Opera Academy); Cendrillon in Cendrillon (Peabody Opera): Pamina in The Magic Flute (Peabody Opera Outreach); Norina in Don COSTUME & WARDROBE Pasquale (NEC Opera Scenes) ; Sophie in the Final Scene of Der Rosenkavalier with Costume Shop Manager Brooke Stanton Charleston Orchestra Symphony. Wig Artisan Rachel Shufelt Hair & Make-up Jennifer DeMarco-Gregory NIRU LIU, Le Prince Charmant Wig Run Crew Troy Siegfreid From: Canton, China Costume Shop Crew Gina Angell Mezzo-soprano studying with MaryAnn McCormick Erin Camp Credits/Awards: Die Knusperhexe in Hänsel und Gretel , Romeo in I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Lindsay Clinton Third Lady in The Magic Flute , Troisième Sorcière and Troisième Apparition in Macbeth Avery Earle with Manhattan School of Music; Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette, Aspen Summer Music Luisa Earle Festival; Winner of Lied Duo and Finalist of the opera category in 51st International Dianne Stanton Vocal Competition’s-Hertogenbosch, China. Molly Williams Lisa Wilson ALLYN McCOURT, Le Premier Ministre Wardrobe Supervisor Jill Costello From: Jamaica Plain, MA Dressers Kathleen Shanahan Baritone studying with Ian Howell Kathryn Schondek Credits/Awards: Conductor, Lowell Youth Orchestra; Lesbo in Agrippina (NEC). Joellen Olari BRINDLEY McWHORTER, Madame Haltière ELECTRICS & LIGHTING SUPPORT From: New Orleans, LA Master Electrician Nathaniel Jewett Mezzo-soprano studying with MaryAnn McCormick Assistant Master Electrician/Board Op Kevin Barnett Credits/Awards: Zita in Gianni Schicchi , the dog and the woodpecker in The Cunning Electrics Crew Emily Bearce Little Vixen, Ottone in Agrippina (NEC) Kyle Brown

MORGAN MIDDLETON, Dorothée Opera, calling productions including Lucio Silla, Powder Her Face, , Un giorno di From: Springfield, VA regno, The Zoo, and The Bear. As the staff stage manager at the Boston Conservatory at Mezzo-soprano studying with Jane Eaglen Berklee, her credits include Alcina, Le nozze di Figaro, Flight, The Rake’s Progress, and Credits/Awards: Tituba in The Crucible (Miami Music Festival); Carmela in La vida breve; L’Italiana in Algeri. Ms. Otten has also called shows with Guerrilla Opera and Boston Narciso in Agrippina (NEC) Opera Collaborative, as well as running the opening night galas for Boston Lyric Opera for the past two seasons. Prior to her arrival in Boston, Ms. Otten worked as the ERICA PETROCELLI, Cendrillon Production Stage Manager at Northwestern University for three seasons, calling From: East Greenwich, RI L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Lucrezia, Bastianello, Albert Herring, Die Fledermaus, and Street Soprano studying with Bradley Williams Scene . After completing her B.F.A in Technical Production from the University of North Credits/Awards: the Vixen in Cunning Little Vixen (NEC); Onoria in Ezio , Der Zwerg Carolina – Greensboro, she began her opera career with Ash Lawn Opera, assisting for (Odyssey Opera); MONC Encouragement Award New England Finals; Grapes of Wrath two summer seasons. Although she is most at home in opera, Ms. Otten has worked in a (Opera Theatre of St. Louis) variety of disciplines, including dance, music theater, straight plays, and concert events.

JOSH QUINN, Pandolfe JEREMY AYRES FISHER, Assistant Stage Manager Bass-baritone studying with MaryAnn McCormick Papageno in The Magic Flute , the Forester in Cunning Little Vixen , Thoas in Iphigénie en Mr. Fisher has assisted primarily with Odyssey Opera, with credits including Powder Her Tauride , Falke in Die Fledermaus , Mr. Kofner in The Consul , Seneca in L’incoronazione di Face and The Picture of Dorian Grey , and will be assisting on their upcoming productions Poppea , Marquis/Jailor in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and the Monk in the workshop of of The Importance of Being Earnest, Der Zwerg, and Patience . Also an operatic , Mr. Naga , (NEC); 1st Commissioner in Dialogues of the Carmelite s (Opera Theatre of Saint Fisher studies with the internationally-acclaimed tenor Yegishe Manucharyan. Mr. Fisher Louis); cover for the premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon's opera " 27 ", as well as the American made his Boston debut with Boston Opera Collaborative in the title role of Albert premiere of Handel's Richard the Lionheart; Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte , and cover for Herring . Other Boston credits include, Le Cid , Lucio Silla , Dimitrij, and The Picture of Dorian #8 in Susa's Transformations (Merola Opera Program). Grey with Odyssey Opera. He spent two summers as an Apprentice Artist with Opera Saratoga, where he was seen as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Borsa in Rigoletto, and WHITNEY ROBINSON, Madame Haltière Fireball Snedeker in The Mighty Casey . As an Apprentice Artist with Sugar Creek From: Houston, TX Symphony and Song, he performed Camp Williams and covered Will Tweedy in Carlisle Mezzo-soprano studying with Bradley Williams Floyd’s Cold Sassy Tree. He conducted his graduate studies at Northwestern University, Credits/Awards: Zita in Gianni Schicchi ; Berta in The Barber of Seville ; Dame Carruthers in where he sang Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, as well as Des Grieux and Lensky in Yeoman of the Guard ; Zaida in Il Turco in Italia ; Lady Sangazure in The Sorcerer ; Isabella in selections from and Eugene Onegin . He was the house tenor at Prairie Fire L’Italiana in Algeri Theatre for a number of years, singing the leads in the major Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Mr. Fisher received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of GYUYEON SHIM, La Fée Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, singing roles including Albert in Albert Herring, Hansel in From: South Korea Neely Bruce’s Hansel and Gretel, Lt. Cable in South Pacific, and Benvolio in Roméo et Soprano studying with Lorraine Nubar Juliette. Credits/Awards: Adelle in Die Fledermaus (Daegu Opera House); Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos (Chautauqua Music Festival and AIMS); Nella in Gianni Schicchi (NEC); Third prize at The Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition, New England Regional Finals 2016; First prize & the Platinum award at Forte International Competition, Carnegie Hall 2015; Second prize at Meistersinger-Gesangwettbewerb 2014.

CHRIS HUDACS, Lighting Design RHIANNON VAUGHN, Dorothée From: Pittsburgh, PA This is Chris’ first collaboration with NEC. He has designed lights for Boston Lyric Opera, Soprano studying with Carole Haber Pilobolus Dance Theater, The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, The ART/MXAT Institute, Credits/Awards: Blanche, Susannah, Curley's Wife, and Donna Anna in scenes programs Sylvain Emard’s “Le Grand Continental” (Celebrity Series of Boston), Pickleshoes Family at NEC; Fury 3 in REV 23 , Baby Vixen in The Cunning Little Vixen , Mother in Hansel and Theater, Tiffany Mills Company (NYC), The York Theatre (NYC), Toy Box Theatre (NYC), Gretel and Phoebe Meryll in The Yeoman of the Guard (NEC) Nancy Meehan Dance (NYC), Paula Josa-Jones (MA), Trinity College (Hartford, CT), Rites & Reason Theatre (Brown University) and many others. In addition, Chris has toured as a JUDSON VIRDEN, Le Doyen de la Faculté Production Manager/Technical Director with Pilobolus, Shen Wei Dance Arts, David From: Richland, WA Dorfman Dance, Doug Varone and Dancers, and Stephen Petronio Dance Company. Tenor studying with Jane Eaglen www.WhodaxLD.com Credits/Awards: Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi (Miami Music Festival); Opera Scenes (NEC)

MICHAEL STRAUSS, Musical Preparation CHI XUE, Le Roi From: Tao Nan, China For the past twenty-five years, Mr. Strauss has been active in and around the Boston Baritone studying with Lorraine Nubar area as a performer accompanist, conductor and vocal coach. He has recorded with Credits: Harašta in The Cunning Little Vixen (NEC 2016); Hans Gabor International Vocal various chamber music ensembles for WGBH radio. Contest; Zhou Xiaoyan Internation Opera Center He has also toured with The Boston Music Theater featuring American music in Brussels in 1999 for the 50 th anniversary of NATO and in 2001 in both Paris and Brussels; and in July 2002 he toured with the same group in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, which ARTISTIC TEAM & GUEST ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES included a performance at Rachmaninov Hall in the Moscow Conservatory. Mr. Strauss is currently an opera coach for the department of opera studies at New HUGH WOLFF, Conductor England Conservatory. He is also on the faculty of the Boston Conservatory where he Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras; Chair, Orchestral Conducting performs regularly in the Faculty series. Mr. Strauss is the music director of the International Performing Arts Institute, Hugh Wolff joined the New England Conservatory faculty in 2008 and has conducted a which convenes every summer in Bavaria, Germany. large share of NEC’s orchestral concerts every year since then. In 2009, he began teaching graduate students in an elite training program for orchestral conductors. DANIEL WYNEKEN, Musical Preparation Wolff has appeared with all the major American orchestras, including those of Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Cleveland. He Daniel Wyneken is a vocal coach in the NEC opera department and serves as chorus is much in demand in Europe, where he has conducted the London Symphony, the master for the department's mainstage productions. He is music director of the Philharmonia, the City of Birmingham Symphony, the Orchestre National de France, department's outreach efforts into the Boston schools and is music director of NEC's Czech Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Philharmonic, and the Bavarian and summer session Opera Studio. He has worked at several regional opera companies, Berlin Radio Orchestras. A regular guest conductor with orchestras in Japan, Korea, including Central City Opera, Opera Omaha, Syracuse Opera, and Opera on the James Scandinavia, Canada and Australia, he is also a frequent conductor at summer festivals. (Lynchburg, Virginia). He has taught diction at both The Boston Conservatory and New Principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra from 1997 to 2006, England Conservatory. He has been a frequent collaborator in chamber music recitals in Wolff maintains a close relationship with that ensemble. He led it on tours of Europe, the Boston and Baltimore areas. Japan, and China, and at the Salzburg Festival. Wolff was principal conductor and then music director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (1988-2000), with which he AMANDA M. OTTEN, Production Stage Manager recorded twenty discs and toured the United States,Europe, and Japan. Performances with the Boston Symphony have included the world premiere of Ned Rorem’s Swords Ms. Otten is thrilled to be working on her first production with NEC. She has quickly and Ploughshares in Symphony Hall. established herself as one of the premier opera stage managers in Boston since Wolff was music director of the New Jersey Symphony (1986-1993) and principal relocating from Chicago three years ago. She has worked extensively with Odyssey conductor of Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival (1994-1997). He began his professional

career in 1979 as associate conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra under Michigan included Falstaff , Armide , A Midsummer Night’s Dream , and Eugene Onegin . He Mstislav Rostropovich. Effective in September 2017, he will be the new music director of continues to be a stage director for the International Vocal Arts Institute, where he has the National Orchestra of Belgium (Orchestre National de Belgique/Nationaal Orkest van directed annually since 1993. België), while continuing as Director of Orchestras at NEC. Wolff’s extensive discography includes the complete Beethoven symphonies with CAMERON ANDERSON, Scenic Design the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra and music from the baroque to the present. He has recorded or premiered works by John Adams, Stephen Albert, John Corigliano, Brett Cameron Anderson’s recent international credits include: West Side Story for the Kilden Dean, Lukas Foss, John Harbison, Aaron Jay Kernis, Edgar Meyer, Rodion Shchedrin, Performing Arts Center in Norway and for the Vancouver Opera, and Simon Boccanegra Bright Sheng, Michael Torke, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Joan Tower, and collaborated for the Teatro Colon in Argentina. Selected opera credits include: La Cenerentola on CD with Mstislav Rostropovich, Yo-Yo Ma, Steven Isserlis, Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, (Glimmerglass Opera), Il Barbiere di Sivilia (The Opera Theatre of St. Louis), West Side Dawn Upshaw, Jennifer Larmore, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and jazz guitarist John Scofield. Story , A Little Night Music , and Three Decembers (Central City Opera), Maria Padilla (The Three times nominated for a Grammy Award, Wolff won the 2001 Cannes Classical Minnesota Opera), Don Giovanni (Wolf Trap Opera), La Traviata (Indiana University Award. Opera Theater), Happy Birthday Wanda June (Indianapolis Opera), Das Liebesverbot (USC A graduate of Harvard College, Wolff studied piano with Leon Fleisher and Leonard Thornton School of Music), Così fan tutte (Seattle Opera), The Village Singer (The Shure, composition with Leon Kirchner and Olivier Messiaen, and conducting with Manhattan School of Music), Comedy on the Bridge , Alexandre Bis , and Scenes from Gypsy Charles Bruck. In 1985, Wolff was awarded one of the first Seaver/National Endowment Life (Gotham Chamber Opera, NYC), The Consul (Opera Boston), Don Pasquale for the Arts Conducting Prizes. (Pittsburgh Opera Young Artist Program), The Marriage of Figaro (On Site Opera, A gift from the Calderwood Charitable Foundation endowed the Stanford and NYC), and La Bohème (The San Francisco Opera Center). Selected theater credits include: Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras chair now occupied by Hugh Wolff. He Becoming Cuba (Huntington Theater Company), The Language of Trees (Roundabout and his wife, harpist and writer Judith Kogan, have three sons. Underground), A Feminine Ending (Playwrights Horizons), Fault Lines (Naked Angels Theater Company, directed by David Schwimmer), Massacre (The LAByrinth Theater Co), JOSHUA MAJOR, Director Underground (David Dorfman Dance at BAM), A Midsummer Night’s Dream , which was nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Sight Unseen and Emilie (South Toronto-born Joshua Major began his opera stage directing career at the age of twenty- Coast Rep), Heddatron (Les Frères Corbusier), Dixie’s Tupperware Party (Ars Nova ), Elvis three with La Cenerentola for Opera Omaha. Soon after, Mr. Major worked as an assistant People (New World Stages), Dead City , Anna Bella Eema, and Belly (New Georges), and at the Welsh National Opera to Rhoda Levine at Juilliard and to Cynthia Auerbach at Much Ado About Nothing and Martha Mitchell Speaks (Shakespeare and Company). both Chautauqua Opera and the . Mr. Major has worked as a stage www.cameronanderson.net director for over thirty years throughout the United States and Canada, developing an impressive and diverse repertoire of productions. Recent productions include Ezio GAIL ASTRID BUCKLEY, Costume Design (Gluck), Sir John in Love (Vaughan Williams), Cendrillon (Massenet), Romeo and Juliet (Gounod), Un giorno di Regno (Verdi), Die Fledermaus (Strauss), the North American Ms. Buckley happily makes her debut at New England Conservatory with Cendrillon . premiere of Rossini's La Gazzetta, The Consul (Menotti), The Cunning Little Vixen Recent designs include Hand to God at SpeakEasy Stage, Regular Singing for the New (Janáček), Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti), The Turn of the Screw (Britten), Les Mamelles Repertory Theatre, The Alabama Story for Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, The Merry de Tirésias (Poulenc), L'Impressions de Pelléas (Brook/Debussy), L’Enfant et les sortilèges Widow for the Boston Lyric Opera, My Fair Lady and Sondheim on Sondheim at the Lyric (Ravel) , and La Tragédie de Carmen (Brook/Bizet) Mr. Major has worked for numerous Stage , Cosi fan tutte for Pittsburgh Opera , Flight at Boston Conservatory ; Sorry companies, including Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Wolf Trap Opera, Central City Opera, and Christmas on the Air at the Stoneham Theatre; and A Christmas Carol at the Hanover Michigan Opera Theatre, Cape Town Opera, Opera Omaha, and Odyssey Opera. From Theatre. Upcoming work includes The Marriage of Figaro for The Boston Lyric Opera, 2003-2014 Joshua Major was the Artistic Director of the Pine Mountain Music Festival, Gabriel for The Stoneham Theatre, Merry Wives of Windsor for Boston Conservatory. Gail located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the shores of Lake Superior, where he has received the 2002 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Costume Design, the 2010 produced over 300 concerts of opera, symphony and chamber music. In August 2012 Elliot Norton for best design for The Adding Machine at SpeakEasy Stage, the 2002 IRNE Mr. Major became Chair of Opera Studies at New England Conservatory after Award for Costume Design for Twelfth Night at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, completing twenty years on the faculty of the University of Michigan where he oversaw the 2006 IRNE Award for Costume Design for Caroline, or Change and The Women for the Opera Program, both teaching and directing. Productions at the University of SpeakEasy. Gail is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.