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Opera by Jake Heggie Libretto by Gene Scheer
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A NOTE FROM THE DEAN Welcome to Booth Theatre! I often refer to this theatre as our beacon. It was an opera, staged here last year, that brought the live arts back to Brookline. Boston University artists—the keepers of the light—showed us the way. BU’s College of Fine Arts will continue to play a lead role in the reopening of the arts. Next month, we will host a FREE concert at Symphony Hall. It will be the first of dozens of events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of our School of Music. I hope you will join us. More immediately, I invite you to visit Life Altering, a brilliant art exhibition featuring leading contemporary artists, including Amy Sherald and Hank Willis Thomas, at BU Art Galleries. It’s free and across the street (855 Comm. Ave). I am glad you are here. - Harvey Young Dean, College of Fine Arts
BU COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS Harvey Young • Dean, College of Fine Arts Dana Clancy • Director, School of Visual Arts Gregory Melchor-Barz • Director, School of Music Susan Mickey • Director, School of Theatre -1-
A NOTE FROM THE OPERA INSTITUTE’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Welcome to the Opera Institute’s first mainstage production since February of 2020. Even in the challenging times of a pandemic, our students continue to demonstrate a deep commitment to their craft, and our return to live performances this season has been invigorating and rewarding. Tonight we share with you the artistry of our School of Music Opera Institute and Graduate Voice students, members of the instrumental ensembles program, and the craftmanship of the School of Theatre’s Design and Production students and faculty. Mr. Heggie’s music, which is at times playful, romantic, and appropriately sinister, paired with the clever poetry and natural conversation of Mr. Scheer’s libretto, combine to provide the perfect vehicle for our students to explore a new operatic work based on the familiar tale of the Faustian bargain. We hope you enjoy the ride! - William Lumpkin Artistic Director, Opera Institute
COMING UP THIS SPRING AT BOOTH THEATRE
Shakespeare in Love Directed by Judy Braha April 30 - May 8, 2022 bu.edu/cfa/season
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IF I
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An Opera in two acts
Music by Jake Heggie Libretto by Gene Scheer
February 24 - 27, 2022
February 24 - 27, 2022 Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre
William Lumpkin Conductor Opera commissioned by Jim Petosa Director MerolaDesigner Opera Program Adam HawkinsTheScenic in San Francisco, California Andrew Wehling Costume Designer Max Wallace Lighting Designer Angela Dogani Production Stage Manager Annie Kao Production Manager Allison Voth Principal Coach, Chorus Master Matthew Larson Coach Fernando Gaggini Assistant Conductor Angela Gooch Repetiteur Ryan Winkles Fight Choreography Oshin Gregorian Managing Director Based on the novel Si J’etais Vous by Julien Green Courtesy of The Estate of Julien Green and Editions Fayard Opera commissioned by The Merola Opera Program in San Francisco, California © 2019 Bent Pen Music, Inc. If I Were You is a co-production of Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music: Opera Institute and the School of Theatre
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CAST OF CHARACTERS BRITTOMARA .........................................*Gabrielle Barkidjija, +Alexis Peart The devil. She appears as an auto mechanic, EMT, a bartender, a hair stylist, among others
DIANA…………………………………………….…….......*Kira Kaplan, +Addison Pattillo An ebullient, 24-year old woman
FABIAN……………………………………....……….…..*Jangho Lee, +Ryan Lustgarten A young writer and restless dreamer in his early 20s; filled with self-doubt, he feels unlovable
SELENA.............................................................*Sarah Rogers, +Danielle Pribyl
Diana’s close friend since childhood
PUTNAM..............................................................................................Hyungjin Son Fabian’s boss
PAUL .....................................................................*Jacob O’Shea, +Yunus Akbas
A young man, a drug dealer and a brute
DAVID .............................................................*William Benoit, +Marcus Huber A young successful photographer
RACHEL ...............................................*Carli Mazich-Addice, +Lena Costello
Paul’s current girlfriend
JONATHAN ..........................................*Anthony Pilcher, +Ryan Mewhorter A cop
TWO WOMEN…...........................…..Allison Holloway, Margaret Matejcek
CHORUS
Townspeople, Lost Souls SOPRANO Erin Hogan Lucia Palladino
MEZZO TENOR BARITONE Phillip Lee Ektoras Georgiou Ryan Mewhorter Donovan Black William Benoit Anthony Pilcher Danielle Smith Marcus Huber Marin Sewell
COVERS..........................Selena: Erin Hogan.............Rachel: Danielle Smith * Thursday/Saturday performances -4-
+ Friday/Sunday performances
IF I WERE YOU TIME
The present
PLACE
A small city
ACT I Prologue: An Ambulance Scene 1: An Auto Shop Scene 2: Putnam Publishing Scene 3: A Popular Bar Scene 4: Paul’s Apartment Scene 5: The Bar 15-minute intermission
ACT II
Prelude Scene 1: Fabian’s Apartment Scene 2: The Street Outside Fabian’s Apartment Scene 3: The Auto Shop Scene 4: The Bar Scene 5: Fabian’s Apartment Scene 6: The Auto Shop Scene 7: Fabian’s Apartment
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ORCHESTRA Violin I
Josefina Guzmán Pérez, concertmaster Timmy Tsou Clara Montes Bennett Astrove Keat Zhen Cheong Yingchen Zhang
Violin II
Molly Tucker, principal Ying-Jhu Gong Christine Lin Charlie Thollander Jess Tovey Sofi Janssen
Viola
Rayna Chou, principal Christine Nien-Tzu Lin Anna Denfeld
Cello
Jenna Wang, principal Sofia Puccio Beatriz Meléndez Valverde Zenia Wu
Bass
Lindy Billhardt, principal Jeonghoo Logan Lee
Flute
Matthew Lee, principal Barrett Yueh
Piccolo Oboe & English Horn Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Barrett Yueh Casey Kearney Peilin Zhou
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ORCHESTRA Bassoon Horn Trumpet Trombone Bass Trombone
April Verser Joseph Venezia, principal Timothy Moy Chloe Francis Anthony Cosio-Marron Spencer Hudson
Harp
Amanda Romano Foreman
Percussion
Mason McDonald, principal Harry Zhang
Managers
Beatriz Meléndez Valverde Jackie Bartling-John
Assistant Managers
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Molly Tucker Mason McDonald
DESIGN & PRODUCTION TEAMS ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ASSISTANT SCENIC DESIGNERS ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER DRAPERS ALTERATIONS DRAPER
Katrina Ali India Silverman Jace Hong Anika Reichelt Dante Gonzalez Stacy Brannan Sasha Lato Brittany Meehan
CRAFTS ARTISAN
Liza Ryus
COSTUME CREW
Zoe Charbonneau Valerie Zhao
ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER
Isaak Olson
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Kendall Khan
ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Jackson Hamman
MASTER CARPENTER
Nathaniel Crain
AUTOMATION OPERATOR
Reanna Valencia -8-
DESIGN & PRODUCTION TEAMS PROPERTIES MASTER SCENIC PAINT CHARGE HEAD ELECTRICIAN/ MOVING LIGHTS PROGRAMMER
Anika Reichelt Lydia Anderson Molly Beall
ASSISTANT HEAD ELECTRICIAN
Lena Broach
LIGHTING BOARD OPERATOR
Denali Baker
AUDIO ENGINEER
Gage Baker Patrick Meade
ASSISTANT AUDIO ENGINEER SOUND BOARD OPERATOR VIDEOGRAPHY & LIVE-STREAM SUPERTITLES RUN CREW
Katie Chen Luke Capello Christopher Dempsey Allison Voth Mateen Bizar Imayah Hawkins
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DIRECTOR’S NOTE The Faust myth seems eternal in its own damnable persistence. As we evolve, the myth twists, turns, and alters itself over time. Consider what follows as you prepare to watch what is to unfold:
“Two souls, alas, are dwelling in my breast, and one is striving to forsake its brother.” – "Once I blazed across the sky, Leaving trails of flame; I fell to earth, and here I lie Who'll help me up again? A shooting star." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Faust
PROGRAM NOTE If I Were You (2019) is an opera in two acts with a libretto by Gene Scheer, loosely based on the 1947 novel Si j’étais vous… by Julien Green (courtesy of the Estate of Julien Green and Editions Fayard). In this modern telling of the Faust story, the devil (Brittomara) makes a bargain with a dispirited young writer named Fabian Hart. He is given the supernatural power to move his soul and identity from person to person for as long as he likes; but, if he ever returns to his original body, he will die and the devil will collect his soul. On his precarious journey to win the heart of his beloved, he leaves a trail of human wreckage and hollow shells. In the end, will he choose to live forever as someone else, or die for love as himself? - jakeheggie.com
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ABOUT THE COMPOSER JAKE HEGGIE is the American composer of the operas Dead Man Walking (libretto by Terrence McNally), Moby-Dick (libretto by Gene Scheer), It’s A Wonderful Life (Scheer), If I Were You (Scheer), Great Scott (McNally), Three Decembers (Scheer), For a Look or a Touch (Scheer) and Two Remain (Scheer), among others. In addition to eight full-length operas and several one-acts, Heggie has composed nearly 300 art songs, as well as concerti, chamber music, choral and orchestral works. He recently completed and recorded Songs for Murdered Sisters, a song cycle based on new poems by Margaret Atwood, created for baritone Joshua Hopkins and commissioned by Houston Grand Opera. Earlier this year, he completed INTONATIONS: Songs from the Violins of Hope (texts by Gene Scheer), a dramatic song cycle featuring mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and violinist Daniel Hope, recorded live for Pentatone. The label recently released a new all-Heggie recording titled Unexpected Shadows, featuring mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and cellist Matt Haimovitz. Heggie is currently at work with Gene Scheer and Jawole Zollar on a new opera for the Houston Grand Opera titled Intelligence. Heggie’s operas – most created with Gene Scheer or the late Terrence McNally – have been produced on five continents. In 2019, Dead Man Walking received its 70th international production at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, the first American opera to be produced by that company. New York’s Metropolitan Opera has announced Dead Man Walking for a future season in a bold new production by director Ivo van Hove, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Since its San Francisco Opera premiere in 2000, Dead Man Walking has been recorded live twice and performed more than 300 times, making it the most-performed American opera of the 21st Century. In addition to major productions throughout the USA, Dead Man Walking has been seen in Dresden, Vienna, London, Madrid, Sydney, Adelaide, Calgary, Montreal, Cape Town, Dublin, Copenhagen, and Malmö. Moby-Dick has received 12 international productions since its 2010 premiere at The Dallas Opera; San Francisco Opera’s production was telecast as part of Great Performances’ 40th anniversary season and released on DVD (EuroArts). It is also the subject of a book by Robert Wallace, titled Heggie & Scheer’s Moby-Dick – A Grand opera for the 21st Century (UNT Press). Three Decembers, Heggie & Scheer’s three-character chamber opera, has received 30 international productions and was recently recorded by Opera San Jose in a new production starring Susan Graham. A Guggenheim Fellow, Heggie has also served as a mentor for Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative and CU Boulder’s New Opera Workshop. In 2016, he was awarded the Eddie Medora King Prize by the UT Austin Butler School of Music. He was also the recipient of the Champion Award from the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus in a private concert that featured a performance by the great Patti LuPone. Heggie was the keynote speaker for the 2016 meeting of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) in Dallas and has given commencement addresses at the Eastman School of Music and Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music. He is a frequent guest artist and master teacher at universities and conservatories, including Boston University, Bucknell, Cincinnati Conservatory, Cornell, Eastman, CU Boulder, Northwestern, Peabody Conservatory, Roosevelt, The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, San Diego State, UNI, UNT, UT Austin, USC’s
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ABOUT THE COMPOSER Thornton School, Vanderbilt University, and at festivals such as SongFest at the Colburn School. In his teens, Heggie studied composition privately with Ernst Bacon. At UCLA, he worked closely with pianist Johana Harris and composers Paul DesMarais, Roger Bourland and David Raksin. Prior to composing Dead Man Walking, he was mentored by his friend Carlisle Floyd. Heggie dedicated the score of Moby-Dick to one of the most inspiring heroes of the American theater, Stephen Sondheim. Jake Heggie has collaborated as composer and pianist with some of the world’s most loved singers, including sopranos Kiri Te Kanawa, Renée Fleming, Ailyn Pérez, Heidi Stober, Golda Schultz, Karen Slack, Talise Trevigne, Ann Moss, Caitlin Lynch and Lisa Delan; mezzo-sopranos Joyce DiDonato, Susan Graham, Frederica von Stade, Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges, Suzanne Mentzer, Joyce Castle, Elise Quagliata, Maria Zifchak, Catherine Cook and Sasha Cooke; Broadway stars Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald; tenors Ben Heppner, William Burden, Stephen Costello, Jay Hunter Morris, Paul Groves, Nick Phan and Jonathan Blalock; baritones Keith Phares, Joshua Hopkins, Morgan Smith, Rod Gilfry, Bryn Terfel and Michael Mayes. He has also worked closely with extraordinary instrumentalists such as flutists Carol Wincenc and Lorna McGhee; violinists Daniel Hope, Leila Josefowicz, Aloysia Friedmann and Dawn Harms; cellists Matt Haimowitz, Emil Miland and Anne Martindale-Williams; pianists Jon Kimura Parker and Gustavo Romero; as well as the Miró Quartet, Brentano String Quartet and the Alexander String Quartet. Directors who have championed his work include Leonard Foglia, Joe Mantello, Francesca Zambello and Jack O’Brien. All of Heggie’s major opera premieres have been led by Patrick Summers; he has also worked closely with conductors John DeMain, Joseph Mechavich and Nicole Paiement. Jake Heggie lives in San Francisco with his husband, Curt Branom. jakeheggie.com
ABOUT THE LIBRETTIST GENE SCHEER’s work is noted for its scope and versatility. With the composer Jake Heggie, he has collaborated on many projects, including the critically acclaimed 2010 Dallas Opera world premiere, Moby-Dick, starring Ben Heppner as Captain Ahab; Three Decembers (Houston Grand Opera), which starred Frederica von Stade; and the lyric drama To Hell and Back (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra), which featured Patti LuPone. Other works by Scheer and Heggie include Camille Claudel: Into the fire, a song cycle premiered by Joyce di Donato and the Alexander String Quartet. Mr. Scheer worked as librettist with Tobias Picker on An American Tragedy, which premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 2005 and on Therese Raquin which was produced by the Dallas Opera in 2001. Other collaborations include the lyrics for Wynton Marsalis’s It Never Goes Away, featured in Mr. Marsalis’s work Congo
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Square. With the composer Steven Stucky, Mr. Scheer wrote the oratorio August 4, 1964, for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The work was nominated for a Grammy in 2012 for best classical composition. In 2015, Mr. Scheer collaborated with Joby Talbot on the opera Everest, based on the doomed 1996 Everest expedition. With Jennifer Higdon, Mr. Scheer wrote an operatic adaptation of Cold Mountain, which premiered in the summer of 2015 at the Santa Fe Opera. This work won the International Opera award, presented in London, for the best World premiere in 2015. Recently, along with Ms. Higdon, Mr. Scheer was nominated for a Grammy for his work on Cold Mountain for best classical composition. In December of 2016 Mr. Scheer and Jake Heggie premiered an operatic adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life for the Houston Grand Opera. Also a composer in his own right, Mr. Scheer has written a number of songs for singers such as Renée Fleming, Sylvia McNair, Stephanie Blythe, Jennifer Larmore, Denyce Graves, and Nathan Gunn. The distinguished documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns, prominently featured Mr. Scheer’s song “American Anthem” (as sung by Norah Jones) in his Emmy Awardwinning World War II documentary for PBS entitled The War.
IF I WERE YOU SINGERS Yunus Akbas, baritone, from Istanbul, Turkey, is a first-year Opera Institute student under the tutelage of William Lumpkin. Yunus earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Halic University Conservatory. With the Opera Institute, Yunus Akbas has performed the role of Charles Babbage in The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace. Yunus has received awards as the winner of the Turkey National 19 May Youth Day Concert and 2nd prize for the Istanbul Baroque Festival 2018. With the Opera Institute, Yunus Akbas will be performing the roles of Paul in If I Were You and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte. Gabrielle Barkidjija, mezzo-soprano, is originally from Chicago, Illinois. She is in her 2nd year at the Boston University Opera Institute and studies voice under Penelope Bitzas. She received her Bachelors and Masters of Music in Voice and Opera Performance from Northwestern University. At BU, Gabrielle has performed as Ada Lovelace in The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace and Fanny Price in Mansfield Park. At Northwestern, Gabrielle most notably performed as
Captain in Dog Days, Beatrice in Beatrice et Benedict, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Mother Marie in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Estelle in Later the Same Evening. She has been a young artist with the Merola Opera Program, Central City Opera, and the Aspen Music Festival. This spring, she will sing Dorabella in Così fan tutte at BU, and this summer, she will return to Central City Opera as an Apprentice Artist, and will sing the role of Zosia in Jake Heggie’s Two Remain. William Benoit is a tenor from Gresham, Oregon. He is currently in his first year in the MM Voice Performance program at Boston University, under the tutelage of Dr. David Guzman, and has previously received a BM in Voice Performance from Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where he studied under Michael Hanley. This is William's first operatic appearance during his time at BU. He has an upcoming appearance as a chorus member in BU's Spring production of Così fan tutte. Donovan Black, counter-tenor, is a recent graduate from Westminster Choir College, where he received his Master’s degree in Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy.
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IF I WERE YOU SINGERS He attends Boston University, where he Symphony Orchestra. Most recently, he is working on his Performance Diploma in participated in a virtual series of musical theatre Vocal Performance. He recently performed productions for the state theatre of Cyprus. in the leading role as Damon Shaw in the Erin Hogan is a versatile vocalist from play Colossal for the 2021 Fringe Festival. Grafton, Wisconsin and a first-year Master Donovan won the 2017 Grady-Rayam Prize of Voice Student under the tutelage of Dr. In Vocal Performance and Negro Spiritual Lynn Eustis. She earned her Bachelor of competition in Lakeland, Florida, and Music degree at DePaul University where ambassador for the American Spiritual she explored a wide variety of vocal styles Organization. He also performed with ranging from opera and early music to the Pensacola Opera’s productions of jazz, musical theater, and folk. Her roles as Aida, Dead Man Walking, La Traviata, and a chorus member and a cover for Selena The Merry Widow. At Northwest Florida mark her Boston University debut. Erin is State College, Donovan was in Spamalot a recent participant in the Silkroad Global (Sir Galahad), Les Miserables (Feuilly), Musician Workshop and a current chorister and The Wiz (Tinman), the ensembles of at Church of The Advent, Boston. This Big River and Crazy for You, and several spring she plans to perform alongside Dance Facets show. He has been a featured esteemed bassist, educator, and composer soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Ike Sturm, and into the summer on June Charpentier’s Midnight Mass for Christmas, 21st in collaboration with Connect.Faith. and Handel’s Messiah with the Northwest Allison Holloway, soprano, from the Florida Symphony Orchestra and Chicagoland area, is a first-year Master of Symphony Chorale. Donovan was also the youngest Vice President for the Northwest Voice student under the tutelage of Sharon Daniels. Ms. Holloway earned a Bachelor Florida Symphony Guild for three years. of Music degree in Vocal Performance Lena Costello, a mezzo-soprano from from Truman State University With the Dublin, California, is a second-year Master Opera Institute, she has performed the of Voice student studying with Sharon role of Nanny in Kamala Sankaram’s The Daniels. She received a Bachelor of Music Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace as a part degree in Voice Performance as well as of Boston University’s Fringe Festival. This a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre past summer with Opera in the Ozarks, Performance from Susquehanna University. Ms. Holloway was a studio artist and With the Opera Institute, Costello has performed the role of Papagena in The performed the roles of the Nanny in Magic Flute. With Truman State University The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace and Opera Theatre, she performed the roles Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro. Previous of Lola in Gallantry, The Mother in Amahl roles also include Jo in scenes from the and the Night Visitors, Carrie in Speed opera Little Women, Agnes in She Kills Dating Tonight, and Dew Fairy in Hansel Monsters, Beatrice in Much Ado About and Gretel. Ms. Holloway is a winner of the Nothing, and Berthe in Pippin. This summer, Presser Foundation Scholar Award. Costello will perform La Zelatrice in Suor Marcus Huber, tenor, from Lancaster, Angelica with the Berlin Opera Academy. Pennsylvania, is a first-year Master of Ektoras Georgiou, tenor, from Nicosia, Music student studying voice under the Cyprus, is currently a first-year Master's tutelage of Penelope Bitzas. Marcus student at BU studying with Prof. Penelope received a Bachelor of Music degree in Bitzas. He earned a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Temple University Performance (Voice), Magna Cum Laude, in 2021. With the Opera Institute, he from Berklee College of Music. Previous performed the role of William in Kamala performances include the Sailor in Dido Sankaram's The Infinite Energy of Ada and Aeneas with the Cyprus Opera Lovelace as part of Boston University's Organization, and at the Boston Symphony Fringe Festival. Previous roles performed Hall with the Berklee Contemporary - 14 -
IF I WERE YOU SINGERS include Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance with Sketch Club Players, Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus, and Pisandro in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria with Temple University Opera Theater, where he also covered the roles of Alfred in Die Fledermaus and Laurie in Little Women. Kira Kaplan, soprano, originally from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, is in her first year at the Boston Opera Institute under the tutelage of Penelope Bitzas. Kira earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Furman University, and a Master of Music from Mannes School of Music. With the Opera Institute, Kira has performed as Harriet Beecher Stowe in Kamala Sankaram’s The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace. Kira has been seen previously in the roles of Madame Herz in Der Schauspieldirektor, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Le Feu in L’enfant et les sortilèges, and Anne Truelove in The Rake’s Progress. With the Opera Institute, she looks forward to performing the role of Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte later this season, as well as a debut as the soprano soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra. Kira has received awards from the 2021 Friends of Eastman Opera Competition, and the 2020 MI Opera Opera Competition. In January 2022, Kira was named a winner in the North Carolina district of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. JangHo Lee, Tenor, from Seoul, South Korea, is a second-year Opera Institute student under the tutelage of Penelope Bitzas. JangHo earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, and a Master of Music degree from Mannes School of Music in New York. With the Opera Institute, JangHo has performed the roles of Mr. Rushworth in Mansfield Park and Miles Zegner in Proving Up. With the Yonsei University, He has performed the roles of Don Basilio in Le Nozze di Figaro and with the Mannes School of Music, he has performed the roles of Peter Quint in The Turn of The Screw. Lee was the Illinois District Winner Prize at the Metropolitan
Opera National Council, and received the Encouragement Prize at the Gerda Lissner Lieder Competition. With the Opera Institute, he will perform the role of Ferrando in Così fan Tutte. Philip Lee, Jr, countertenor from Augusta, GA, is a Master of Voice student in his first year studying with Sharon Daniels. He received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Georgia State University. With the Opera Institute, Philip performed in the scene “Io t’abbraccio” from Rodelinda as Bertarido. During his undergraduate studies, he played the trio soprano in Trouble in Tahiti, a chorus member in The Village Singer as well as Candide, and premiered the role of Kelly in Don’t You Know. Ryan Lustgarten, tenor, was born in Seattle, WA and is currently a second-year member of the Boston University Opera Institute. He received his Bachelor of Music in Voice and Opera Performance from Washington State University in 2016, and his Master’s Degree in Voice & Opera from Northwestern University in 2020, where he performed numerous operatic roles, including the role of Pat in the Midwestern premiere of David T. Little’s opera Dog Days. As an Apprentice Artist at Central City Opera in Colorado, Ryan sang the role of Borsa in Verdi’s Rigoletto. He will be reprising the role of Borsa this coming March at Shreveport Opera in Louisiana, where he will be making his company debut. This season at the Opera Institute, Ryan has already performed the role of Miles in Missy Mazzoli’s contemporary opera Proving Up, and is also performing the role of Ferrando in Così fan tutte this Spring. Carli Mazich-Addice is a mezzo-soprano from Point Pleasant, NJ. She is a first-year masters student under the tutelage of Penelope Bitzas. Margaret Matejcek, soprano, came to Boston from the wintry city of Minneapolis, Minnesota to pursue her Master's degree in Voice with Sharon Daniels. She received her Bachelor's degree in Voice Performance from the University of Minnesota in 2018,
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IF I WERE YOU SINGERS where she performed the roles of Suor Genevieffa in Suor Angelica and Morpheus in Orphée aux enfers. Other notable roles include Yum-Yum in an adapted version of the Mikado with Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company, Venus in Venus and Adonis with Brooklyn Music School, and Gretel in a children's production of Hansel and Gretel with Imaginality Opera. Margaret was awarded Second Place in the 2019 Thursday Musical Competition as well as the 2019 MN-NATS Competition. Ryan Mewhorter, baritone, from Clifton Park, New York, is a second-year Master of Voice student under the tutelage of James Demler. Ryan earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Syracuse University. With the Opera Institute, Ryan has performed the role of Charles Babbage in The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace. With Prague Summer Nights, Ryan has performed the role of Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro. With Syracuse University, Ryan has performed the role of the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro. Ryan was the recipient of Syracuse University’s Carol Hall Nichol’s memorial prize. With the Opera Institute, Ryan will be performing the role of Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte. Jacob O’Shea, bass-baritone, from Clifton Park, NY, is a first-year Opera Institute student under the tutelage of Penelope Bitzas. Jacob earned his Bachelor of Music from Syracuse University in 2019, and received his Master’s in Music from Boston University in 2021. With the Opera Institute, he has performed the roles of Joe Harland in Later the Same Evening, Keeper of the Madhouse in The Rake’s Progress, and, most recently, the Sodbuster in Proving Up. Previously, he has also performed the roles of Colline in La Bohème at the Seagle Festival, Moralès in Carmen with Syracuse Opera. Later this season, Jacob will be performing Guglielmo in the Opera Institute’s production of Così fan tutte, and the ensemble of Die Fledermaus with Central City Opera. Lucia Palladino is a soprano from South Windsor, Connecticut. She is a first-year Master of Voice student studying with
James Demler. Lucia earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Belmont University in 2021. At Belmont, she performed the roles of Romilda in Handel’s Serse and Beth in Copland’s The Tender Land. Addison Pattillo, soprano, from Flower Mound, Texas, is a first-year Master of Vocal Performance student in Dr. Lynn Eustis’ studio. She received her Bachelor of Music Education degree in 2017 from Baylor University, and has spent the last 4 years as an elementary music teacher in Dallas, Texas. Addison is thrilled to make both her Boston University debut and her opera performance debut as Diana. Alexis Peart, mezzo-soprano, from Titusville, NJ, is a first-year Master of Voice Student under the tutelage of Penelope Bitzas. She received Bachelor of Music degrees in Vocal Performance and Music Education. With the Opera Institute, Alexis performed the role of Taller Daughter in Missy Mazzoli's Proving Up, from the Eastman School of Music, and appears as Brittomara in this season's production of Jake Heggie's If I Were You. Alexis is a winner of the 2021-2022 Boston University Carnegie Hall Competition, making her Carnegie Hall debut in March 2022. Operatic highlights include two seasons as a Wolf Trap Opera studio artist, the title role in Handel's Guilio Cesare with Chicago Summer Opera, Der Trommler in Viktor Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis, and Bessie in Kurt Weill's Mahagonny-Songspiel with the Eastman School of Music, Léonore in Andre Campra's Le Carnaval de Venise, and Cupid in John Blow's Venus and Adonis with Eastman's baroque ensemble Collegium Musicum. Anthony Pilcher, baritone, from Buffalo, New York, is a first-year Master of Voice student under the tutelage of James Demler. Anthony earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Music Education from Ithaca College. With the Opera Institute, Anthony has performed the role of Butler in The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace. Previously, Anthony has performed the roles of Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Dr Malatesta
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Boston University School of Music presents
One Night in New York City March 2, 2022 7:30pm
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featuring
Barrett Yueh flute Huiying Ma violin Yunhee Ko piano Rayna Yun Chou viola Alexis Peart mezzo-soprano Seungmin Kang piano Hsing-Ho Hou piano Yingchen Zhang violin Chuze Sun saxophone Richard Rivale piano Siu Yan Luk piano
IF I WERE YOU SINGERS in Don Pasquale, and He/chorus in Dido and Opera National Council Auditions. Aeneas. Anthony will additionally perform Marin Sewell, mezzo-soprano, from Deer in the chorus of the Opera Institute’s Lodge, Montana, is a first-year Master of production of Così fan tutte later this season. Voice student under the tutelage of Dr. Danielle Pribyl, soprano, from San Lynn Eustis. Marin earned her Bachelor of Clemente, California, is a second-year Arts degree in Musical Studies from the Master of Voice student under the tutelage University of Montana, and this will be her of Dr. Lynn Eustis. She received a Bachelor first appearance with BU Opera Institute. of Music degree on Vocal Performance Ms. Sewell's previously performed roles from California State University Fullerton. include the title role in Handel's Julius With the Opera Institute, Danielle Pribyl has Caesar, Mother Teresa in Milton Granger's performed the roles of Susanna in Le Nozze The Proposal, Mother Superior in The Sound di Figaro and Littler Sister in Proving Up. of Music, and Marmee in Little Women. With the Lyric Studio in Weimar, Danielle Danielle Alexis Smith, mezzo-soprano, Pribyl has performed the roles of Zweite from Los Angeles, California, is a secondDame and Zweite Knabe in Die Zauberflöte. year MM voice student under the tutelage With the School of Music at CSUF, Danielle of Dr. Lynn Eustis. Danielle earned has performed the roles of Zerlina in Don a BA degree in Music with HonorsGiovanni, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, and Concentration in Performance from Despina in Cosí fan Tutte. Danielle Pribyl Stanford University. She performed the has originated and recorded the role of role of Ada Lovelace in Kamala Sankaram’s Maren, in Thom Sharpe’s Threshold of The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace at Silence and Lucretia, in ScienceNV’s The Boston University. At Stanford, Danielle Brides of God. In California Danielle was a performed the roles of Dinah in Trouble winner of the South Coast Singers Stars of in Tahiti and Prince Orlofsky in Die Tomorrow, OC Register’s Artist of the Year, Fledermaus. At BU, she has been awarded Coto de Caza Talent Tea, and Childress membership in the Pi Kappa Lambda Music M.A.C.Y. awards. Honor Society. At Stanford, Danielle Sarah Rogers is a Boston-based soprano, earned Music Departmental Honors originally from South Florida. She is and the Department of Music Marie currently in her first year at the Boston Gibson Prize in Vocal Performance. In University Opera Institute, in the studio of Florence, Italy, she received the Bel Canto Penelope Bitzas. With the Opera Institute, Institute Voice Program Performance and she has performed as Harriet Beecher Orchestral Performance Awards. Danielle Stowe in Sankaram’s The Infinite Energy of is looking forward to performing in her Ada Lovelace, and will perform the roles Master of Music Voice Recital on April 30, of Selena in Heggie’s If I Were You, and 2022 at 2 pm in the CFA Concert Hall. Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte. She has Hyungjin Son, Baritone, from Seoul, South also performed the role of the Countess in Korea, is a second-year Opera Institute Mozart’s in Le nozze di Figaro with the Utah student under the tutelage of Sharon Vocal Arts Academy. Ms. Rogers received Daniels. Hyungjin Son received a Bachelor her Master of Music in Voice Performance of Music degree in Vocal Performance from at Boston University, where she was one Seoul National University. With the Opera of eight winners of the Boston University Institute, Hyungjin Son has performed at Carnegie Hall competition, and one the roles of Sir. Thomas in Mansfield Park, of four winners of the Boston University Pa Zegner in Proving Up. He won the Soloist Competition (performing Alban encouragement winner in 2020 and the Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder). She was also district winner in 2022 from Metropolitan named a semi-finalist in the Orpheus Vocal Laffont Competition Boston District. With Competition student category, and an the Opera Institute, Hyungjin Son will Encouragement Award winner in 2021 and perform the role of Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte. 2022 in the Florida district of the Metropolitan - 18 -
ARTISTIC, DESIGN, AND PRODUCTION TEAM William Lumpkin, Associate Professor of Music, is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Opera Institute at Boston University where he conducts Opera and Chamber Orchestra performances. He has conducted Boston Lyric Opera productions of Cosí fan tutte and Dove’s Flight and conducted the premiere of Flight and Hansel and Gretel with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. In 2002, Lumpkin led performances of Philip Glass’ Galileo Galilei as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s New Wave Festival. Mr. Lumpkin was Assistant to the Music Director at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis where he made his company debut conducting performances of La bohème, followed by Magic Flute and Lucia di Lammermoor. He has appeared as guest conductor at Indiana University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Other professional credits include Wolf Trap Opera Company, Boston Lyric Opera, Aspen Opera Theatre Center, Chicago Opera Theater, and the Los Angeles Opera. Mr. Lumpkin holds a BM from the Eastman School of Music and a D.M.A. in Collaborative Piano from the University of Southern California. Jim Petosa is a Professor Emeritus in Boston University's College of Fine Arts. He served as the director of its School of Theatre from 2002-2019, and as Artistic Director of New Repertory Theatre in Watertown, Massachusetts from 20122019. In August 2012, Petosa completed his tenure as Artistic Director of Maryland’s Olney Theatre Center for the Arts, a position he held since 1994. In 2008, Petosa established the Boston Center for American Performance, the professional extension of the BU School of Theatre and served as BCAP’s Artistic Director. Petosa also serves as one of three artistic directors for PTP/NYC, a company devoted to the presentation of political works in an annual festival of plays in New York City. He has directed many operas with the Institute, including Picker’s Dolores Claiborne, Emmeline, Therese Raquin, Britten’s Owen Wingrave, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Dove’s Siren Song, Brooks’ La tragedie de Carmen, Paulus’ The Postman Always Rings Twice, among others. Petosa has served as director for the New York Theatre Studio, Theatre Matrix, and as performing arts coordinator for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. A member of Actors’ Equity Association, Petosa has served on the board of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Catalyst Theatre, Playwrights Forum, Stage Source, and the Becket Arts Center in the Berkshires. He is currently serving as President of the Board of Governors of United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts. Matthew Larson received his Doctorate in Collaborative Piano from Arizona State University under the tutelage of Eckart Sellheim. An accomplished recitalist, Dr. Larson has played over 1,000 performances in the US and Europe. He has worked with such varied artists as Metropolitan Opera stars Carol Vaness, Maria Spacagna, Eric Owens, and Lawrence Brownlee; Academy of Ancient Music director Christopher Hogwood; vocal pedagogy pioneer Richard Miller; and the eminent collaborative artist Dalton Baldwin, with whom Matthew was invited to study in New York. Past positions include Assistant Conductor for Boston Lyric Opera; Music Director for the University of Connecticut Opera Program; Staff Pianist for Yale University Opera; Vocal Coach at Brown University; Staff Pianist for The American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria; Music Director of Opera Providence; Vocal Coach at Walnut Hill School for the Arts; Pianist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Music Director of Cape Cod Opera; and Vocal Coach for Tanglewood
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ARTISTIC, DESIGN, AND PRODUCTION TEAM Institute’s Young Artist Vocal Program. Currently, Dr. Larson is on faculty at Boston University; Music Director of Seaglass Theater Company of New Bedford MA; and Minister of Music at First Congregational Church of Milton, Massachusetts. In January 2020 he earned a Grammy Award as pianist on Boston Modern Opera Project’s recording of Tobias Picker’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. Allison Voth is an Associate Professor of Music at Boston University and Principal Coach at BU’s Opera Institute. A well-known coach with a specialty in diction, she has worked with such companies and festivals as Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, Chautauqua Opera, Opera North, Opera Unlimited, The Florence Voice Seminar, and the Athens Music Festival. Also a recognized supertitlist, her titles have been used nationwide, including at Washington Opera and the Chicago Symphony, and, internationally, at the Barbican Festival in London. As a specialist in the music of Paul Bowles, in 1992, she produced and performed in a multi-media performance piece entitled Paul Bowles: One Man, Two Voices at Merkin Hall in New York, and in 1995, she premiered a set of piano preludes in the EOS Ensemble’s Bowles Festival. Ms. Voth is also the Music Director of the Cantata Singers’ Chamber Series and can be heard on CRI recordings. Ryan Winkles has previously worked with BU Opera choreographing the fights for Dolores Claiborne. Other credits include Barrington Stage Company: Broadway Bounty Hunter(World Premiere), Fall Springs(World Premiere), The Royal Family of Broadway(World Premiere), Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah(World Premiere), Into The Woods, Pirates of Penzance, Ragtime, West Side Story; Weston Playhouse: All My Sons, Oklahoma, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Shakespeare & Company: All’s Well That Ends Well, Richard III, The Taming of the Shrew, Two Gentlemen of Verona; Hampshire Shakespeare Company: Othello;
New York City Center: Encores!: The Golden Apple. Ryan is a company member at Shakespeare and Company and a proud member of Actors Equity. Angela Gooch joined the opera faculty in 2018 as pianist, coach, and music director of Opera Project. She also serves on the faculty at Boston Conservatory at Berklee and the Longy School of Music of Bard College. She has been honored by the NFAA and named in the Who’s Who Among American Teachers as one the arts most distinguished teachers. Ms. Gooch served on faculty at The Walnut Hill School for the Arts where she served ten years as the Head of the voice program. Ms. Gooch served as music director of the Opera Theatre of Weston in VT for 10 years where she most recently music directed the east coast premiere of Nolan Gasser’s The Secret Garden. Ms. Gooch has also spent a great deal of her career as an operatic soprano. Most recently she recorded Rorem’s Our Town and Barber’s Hand of Bridge with Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Other Credits include Voice of the Fountain in Golijov’s Grammy award winning Ainadamar, Ward’s opera The Crucible, and Sawyer’s Our American Cousin, in which she created the role of Mary Lincoln with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Oshin Gregorian is the Managing Director and Producer for the Boston University Opera Institute. Previous positions include Director of Operations with the ProArte Chamber Orchestra, and General Manager for Collage New Music. Mr. Gregorian holds a BM in vocal performance from Boston University, a MM in vocal performance from Manhattan School of Music, and is a graduate of the Opera Institute with honors. With the Opera Institute, he has been seen as Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Il Podesta in La Finta Giardiniera, and Junius in The Rape of Lucretia, among others. He has performed in numerous concerts and oratorio works with
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ARTISTIC, DESIGN, AND PRODUCTION TEAM ensembles such as the Tanglewood Festival Chorus/Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Newburyport Choral Society, and Boston Youth Symphony, among others. Mr. Gregorian made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2005 under the auspices of Music Armenia. Fernando Gaggini recently finished a oneyear program in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München studying with Marcus Bosch and Georg Fritzsch. He joined Boston University last Fall to pursue his DMA in Orchestral Conducting under the guidance of James Burton. During his time in Germany, he studied pianocoaching with Wolf Storz and conducted the Münchener Kammerorchester, Münchner Symphoniker, Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau, Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock and Bad Reichenhaller Philharmoniker. Mr. Gaggini holds a MM degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) where, mentored by Mark Gibson and Aik-Khai Pung, he served as assistant conductor of CCM Philharmonia and CCM Concert Orchestra. Some of his most notable performances at CCM were Benjamin Britten’s opera “The Turn of the Screw”, Charles Minkus’ ballet La Bayadere, Debussy’s Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra and Johannes Brahms’ Serenade No. 2. His interest in opera led him to attend Opera Bootcamp summer course in 2018, where he conducted Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. Christopher Dempsey is the Director of Production and Performance for Boston University School of Music. He received a BA in Music and MA in Music History from Boston University. He pursued a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Michigan, where he also served as Curator of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. He was previously President of the Academy of Early Music in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Annie Kao (they/them) is a second-year MFA production Management student.
Originally growing up in Thailand, they joined BU last year after spending a year at the American Conservatory Theater as their Production Management Fellow. Annie-kao.com. Angela Dogani (she/her) is a recent graduate of Boston University’s College of Fine Arts where she received a degree in Stage Management with a concentration in Performance/Directing. Recent credits include Tsunami, Appropriate (Boston University’s STAMP); BEASTS (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre & Boston University); Much Ado About Nothing (Brown Box Theatre Project); and MĀYĀ (National Alliance for Musical Theatre). She is immensely grateful for all the friends and family who constantly support her in all of her endeavors. More information at adogani.com. Katrina Ali (she/her) is a sophomore Stage Management major with a minor in Advertising. She was recently the ASM for Passage at BU, and excited for the opportunity to work on an opera. Much love always to her mother and father for always supporting her and her dreams. Lydia Jane Anderson (she/her) is graduating May 2022 with a Scenic Painting Certificate from Boston University. Taking this knowledge to TV and Film as well as the street art world. Lydia started her art career painting and creating chalk murals at festivals and private events. She is eager and open to all possibilities and experiences art can lead to. Isaak Olson (he/him) is a Junior Undergrad Lighting Design student who is interested in pursuing a career in theatre education. Most recently he was the Supervising Electrician on BU's 2021 Fringe Festival, the Moving Lights Programmer on The Infinate Energy of Ada Lovelace, and Co-Lighting Designer with Max Wallace on Machinal. He is excited to be assisting Max once again on a contemporary piece and he hopes the audience will be truely impacted.
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ARTISTIC, DESIGN, AND PRODUCTION TEAM Dante Gonzalez (he/they) is a sophomore Costume Design Theatre Arts student. He recently assisted in designing costumes for The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace (Booth). He is excited to continue designing, writing, and creating work at Boston University. Andrew Wehling (he/him) is a firstyear MFA Costume Design candidate. He comes from New York City where he spent over a decade as an actor and wardrobe supervisor. Past wardrobe clients include Rock of Ages, Tectonic Theater Project, and New York Theater Workshop. As a costume design assistant, Andrew has assisted designers that include Emilio Sosa, Susan Hilferty, and Isabel Toledo. A worker’s rights advocate, Andrew is a member of Theatrical Wardrobe Union Local 764 IATSE. andrewwehling.com Adam Hawkins (he/him) is a third year MFA candidate at Boston University, and has been designing spaces since his undergraduate in Colorado. Since then, his work has taken him to upstate NY, Colorado, and now Boston working in theater, as a scenic designer. He has also been a props master, an assistant technical director and welder. Past productions at BU include Gone Nowhere, and The Smuggler (Boston Playwright’s Theatre), Mansfield Park (Opera Institute), Summer and Smoke, A Normal Heart, and Photograph 51. Max Wallace (he/him) is a second year graduate student from Austin, TX. His previous designs at Boston University include: Incels and Other Myths (Lighting Designer), Machinal (Co-Lighting designer), Assistance (Lighting Designer), Grounded (Lighting + Projection Designer). Previous credits outside of BU include: Antonio’s Song at Milwaukee Rep (Associate Projection Designer), The Magic Flute at TXST University Opera (Projection Designer), The After Party at Vortex Repertory Theater (Co-Projection Designer), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
at Summer Stock Austin (Projection Designer). Maxwallacedesigns.com Patrick Meade (he/him) is a sophomore Sound Design major with a minor in Computer Science. Recent works have included Patterns of Wind and Walking The Tightrope and will later be working on Exit The King. Patrick is excited to continue to pursue his passion of audio and sound design across different mediums of theatre. Katie Chen (she/her) is a sophomore Sound Design student with a minor in Marine Science. Recent works include Aurora Borealis, Assistance, Red Bike and is in the process with Rx Machina. She hopes to continue exploring artistically and make new discoveries on the way. Jace Jayoung Hong (she/her) is a second- year MFA candidate in scene design at Boston University. Originally from South Korea, her exploration in storytelling through painting led to being a theater maker. Her recent design credits include: Proving Up (Boston University), and upcoming design includes Shakespeare in Love (Boston University). Molly Beall (she/her) is a second-year BFA Lighting Design student. She has recently worked on Mansfield Park, The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace, and Aurora Borealis 2021. She is excited for another two years of creativity and growth here at BU! Denali Baker (she/her) is a first year BFA Design and Production student. She grew up in Norwalk, CT, and is excited to be composing music and making costumes during her time at Boston University. Luke Capello (he/him) is a first-year BFA Theatre Performance Core student. Making his way from the small town of Westborough MA, he has come to Boston University to pursue rigorous actor training and discover who he is as an artist.
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ARTISTIC, DESIGN, AND PRODUCTION TEAM Nathaniel Crain (he/him) is a sophomore Technical Production major. He is returning from a gap year and excited about the new opportunities he is getting to participate in. Mateen Bizar (He/him) is a BFA acting major. India Silverman (she/her) is a first-year BFA Design & Production student. Originally from Seattle, she has come to Boston University to pursue technical theatre and has had a wonderful time learning about stage management throughout this process. She looks forward to her next few years at BU, and hopes to work with the Opera Institute again soon. Anika Reichelt (she/her) is a junior theatre arts major with a focus in scenic design. At BU, she most recently designed The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace (Booth), and is currently working on Mac Beth (354). Sending love to her mom and dad, Ben, Bella, Grace, and most of all, Dusty and Inky. Lena Broach (she/her) is a first-year BFA design and production core major from North Aurora, IL. She hopes to declare a lighting focus at the end of the year. She wants to thank the people above her for their patience, their instruction, and their wisdom, and the lighting crew for being patient with her as she learned alongside them. She's incredibly excited to see everyone's hard work come together and thankful for the experience. Liza Ryus (she/her) is completing her final year as a costume production grad student. Though originally from Chicago, Liza spent the last several years as a costumer at the San Francisco Opera before coming to Boston in 2019. She recently moved her work to a commercial space in
Pawtucket, RI and intends to open her own production studio, Blue Canary Made Inc, in May 2022. Jackson Hamman (he/him) is very excited and grateful that everyone has come to see the show tonight. The experience he has gained and the fun he’s had being involved has been indispensable. Stacy Brannan is a first year MFA Costume Production student. During her career, Stacy has worked as a costume technician at regional theatres and theatre festivals around the country. She has spent time working in opera and theatre for young audiences, but has primarily worked in musical theatre. Some of her favorite roles have been wardrobe for Fiddler on the Roof (The Maltz Jupiter), stitcher for Gypsy (Riverside Theatre), and draper for both Ring of Fire (The Phoenix Theatre Co.) and the US premiere of Tim Rice's From Here To Eternity (The Rev Theatre). Gage Baker is a sound designer and mixer from Houston. He is a current Sound Design MFA Graduate student. Credits include Alley Theatre, Stages Rep, and Rec Room. gagebaker.com.
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Traviata ON E P ER FO R M A N CE O N LY Sunday, April 10, 2022 • 3pm Symphony Hall BOSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY Federico Cortese, Conductor
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