Sunday afternoon brought a chance for the 2013 Studio Artists to shine. And shine they did. What a terrifically talented, generous and strong group of people. Bravi tutti.
Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)
Act II Trio: “Ah qual colpo…Zitti ziti”
Rosina – Grace Newberry / Almaviva – Brian Yeakley / Figaro – Brian Vu
Così fan tutte (Mozart) Sextet: “Alla bella Despinetta”
Fiordiligi – Courtney Johnson / Dorabella – Emily Moses
Ferrando – Miles Mykkanen / Guglielmo – Harry Greenleaf
Despina – Vanessa Becerra / Don Alfonso – Nicholas Brownlee
Carmen (Bizet) Act III Trio: “Mêlons! Coupons!”
Frasquita – Shannon Jennings / Mercedes – Alexandra Rodrick
Carmen – Chaazi Munyanya
The Grapes of Wrath (Gordon)
Act I Duet: “The Zephyr/One Star”
Rosasharn – Anush Avetisyan / Connie – Ben Edquist
Idomeneo (Mozart)
Act III Quartet: “Andró ramingo e solo”
Ilia – Anush Avetisyan / Elettra – Shannon Jennings
Idamante – Grace Newberry / Idomeneo – Brandon Russell
L’heure espagnole (Ravel) Scenes III-VI: “Il reste, voilà bien ma chance”
Concepción – Emily Moses / Gonzalve – Miles Mykkanen / Ramiro – Ben Edquist
Serse (Handel)
Act II, Scenes IV-V: “Ingannata Romilda!…È gelosia”
Romilda – Vanessa Becerra / Serse – Alexandra Rodrick
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten) Act 2 Quartet
Helena – Anush Avetisyan / Hermia – Emily Moses
Lysander – Alec Carlson / Demetrius – Harry Greenleaf
Puck – Brian Vu
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai)
Act I, Scene II: “So hab ich dich errungen”
Frau Fluth – Shannon Jennings / Frau Reich – Chaazi Munyanya
Sir John Falstaff – Nicholas Brownlee
La rondine (Puccini)
Quartet: “Dio! Lei!…Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso”
Lisette – Vanessa Becerra / Magda – Courtney Johnson
Prunier – Alec Carlson / Ruggero – Brandon Russell
Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss) Champagne Song
A non-photographic shout-out to rock star pianists Brett Hodgdon and Nyle Matsuoka, conductor William Lumpkin, director Erik Friedman and stage manager Meg Edyvean, and to Lee Anne Myslewski and Grant Loehnig for programming such a terrific afternoon.
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