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11-7-2003

Amahl and the Night Visitor and The Impresario

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Recommended Citation School of Music, "Amahl and the Night Visitor and The Impresario" (2003). School of Music Programs. 2558. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp/2558

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I Opera F racticum I

I presents I 1Amahl and the Night Visitors I and I The Impresario Operas in One Act I I

Center for the f erfom1ing Arts I November 7 % 8, 200; f rida.'J a nd Saturda.'J E._venings I 8:00 p.m. This is the fort_1J-sixth program of the 200;-2oo+ season. I I I frogram The Impresa rio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Amahfand the Night \/,'sitars, an O pera in One Act I I Libr~tto Stephanie the Younger Words and music b.':J Giancarlo Menotti C hri stopher H oll ingsworth, Director English Adaptation Giovanni Cardelli Dennis M-T obenski, Conductor I I Cast Cast Andrew E_dgar (Nov. 7 & November 7, 200? November 8, 200:i Mr. Scruples, an opera Impresario (manager) 8) Amahl - Marisa D e Silva Amahl - Marisa De Silva I I Miss l)luffie, his assistant Meredith Owens (Nov. 7 & 8) Mother- Deanne f crozzi Moth er- Tamara T ra nowski Mr. Angel, an elderl':J stage-struck rin ancier Andrew f isher (Nov. 7 & 8) Madame Goldentrill, an aging opera diva Ashle.':J Smith (Nov. 7) Kaspar- Christopher F a.':Je Kaspar- C hristopher F a.':Je Melchior- f cter Schwartz Melchior- f eter Schwartz I I Wend.':! Moss (Nov. 8) l)althazar- Mark Waggoner l)althazar- Mark Waggoner Miss Silverpeal, an aspiring opera star Rebecca Johnson (frida':J , Nov. 7) The f age - T rac.':J Hoogstra The f age - T rac.':J Hoogstra I I [_indsa':J 5ucdkamp (Saturda.':J, Nov. 8) Covers /casant Dancers Accompanist Kristor Kovacs Mother- T rac.':J t1oogstra Sarah Genta Director .J Miche ll e Vought The f age - Gcoi:i:re.':J Arndt S ~ott }\mmann I- I Setting, Mr. Scruples' Chicago orrice, present da':J 5hephad's Chonis Gcorrre.':J Arndt Andrew E_dgar I I Andrew fisher F rogram Notes: Lauren Gibson Michael Hadad.':! Mozart composed this little "Singspiel" in 1786, its first perfom1ance given in the 0rangerie at the Ashle':J Hotz I I Schonbrunn Palace outside of Vienna during an entertainment given by Emperor Joseph II for the Governor General of the Netherlands. Mozart's spirited jest at the problems of an opera manager's Rebecca J ohnson life shared the billing with a satire on Italian opera by the composer's contemporary, Antonio l)randon Luparell Salieri. We nd':! Moss I I Ashle':J Smith In the cast of the premiere were Stephanie the Younger as the Impresario; Joseph Lange, Mozart's brother-in-law and portraitist, as Bluff; Mozart's sister-in-law, Aloysia Lange, as Madame Undse':J.Suedkamp Goldentrill; and the celebrated Catarina Cavalieri, who created the role of Constanza in Mozart's Amanda Tunstall I I The Abduction from the Seraglio, as Miss Silverpeal. Costume/Make-up Design 5pecfaf Thanks The admittedly weak and sprawling libretto has been the object of repeated revisions designed to strengthen the fragile framework on which the incomparable Mozart hung such gems as the Cassid':J l)rowni,:ig Dr. James Major I I Overture, the disputatious Trio and the delightful Finale. Scott Ammann Kell.':! Grounds Julie Mack In the present version, the original cast often, six of whom never sing, has been reduced to five, 5etDesign Fam Miller thus eliminating the lengthy and irrelevant dramatic auditions which have no connection with the music. This has also lead to a material reduction in the length of the purely spoken material. 'fcter Schwartz C arl Thacker I I Mona Rains The mock pathos of the two soprano arias has been retained, together with their tongue-in-cheek Lighting Design Susan Owens solemnity, so deftly reminiscent of the same composer's tragic heroines. The acrimonious pyrotechnics in which the two prima donnas strive for top billing is paraphrased from the original, Stephanette Smith Ro':J Owens I I and the lofty note sounded in the finale has been underlined by what appears a logicai denouement Art- Design to the scrupulous Impresario's dilemma. · Robin Arata I I Upcoming E_vents I Novcmbc,-

09 ),00 p.rn. CFA Madrigal Singers & Concert Choir 09 7,00 P·"'· KRH Chamber Winds 10 8,oo P·"'· KRt-1 Music Factor~ 12 8,oo P·"'· KRH fiano Trio and fiano Q~artct 1+ 8,00 p.m. CFA E_ncore 1 Jazz E_nscmblc I 5 I 1,00 a.rn. KRl 1 Guest Artist, Martin tlacklcman, Masterclass 15 2 ,)0 p.m. KRH Senior Recital, Jennette E_ckert, cello I 15 ),)0 p.m. KRH Senior Recital, Tamara M~ers, piano 15 5,00 P·"'· KRH Senior Re cital , Undse~ Suedkamp, soprano 16 ),00 p.m. CFA Wind S~mphon~ oboe I 18 8,00 p.m. KRH Faeult~ Recital, .Judith Dicker, & Michael Dicker, hassoon

19 7 ,)0 p.m. KRH IS U Guitar Studio Recital 20 7,)0 p.m. CFA Univci-sit~ E:,and, S~mphonic E:,and I & S~rn phonic Winds

December I

07 ),OOp.m. CFA Music ror the Holida~s 07 7,00 P·"'· CFA Music rorthe Holida~s I

M adrigal Dinners December2,3,+,5, 6,8,9, 10, 11, 12 I All dinners start at 6,30 p.m . December6 Matinee@ Noon I

KRt1 - Kemp Recita l Hall CFA - Center ror the f eJorming Arts I E:,A E:, radcn Audito,·ium I

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