2019: ‘Voices from the Tower’ Festival
August 10–26
Summer Shares at La MaMa
66 East 4th Street (btw Bowery & 2nd Ave)Our 2019 Festival celebrates the powerful presence, contributions, and leadership of women in opera from its very origins. To bookend this story, we offer Francesca Caccini’s 1625 opera La liberazione di Ruggiero, the first opera by a woman, and the LATEST opera by women: Princess Maleine, by composer Whitney George and librettist Bea (Brittany) Goodwin.
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La liberazione di Ruggiero
August 10, 11m, 15, 17, 23, 25m
Sarah Young, Stage Director
Charles Weaver, Conductor and Music Director
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_liberazione_di_Ruggiero
| August 10, 15, 25m | August 11m, 17, 23 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ruggiero | Markel Reed | Nobuki Momma |
| Alcina | Heather Jones | Merav Eldan |
| Melissa | Ilanna Starr | Stephanie Feigenbaum |
| Nettuno | Connor Lidell | Brian Alvarado |
| Pastore | Cory Gross | Christopher Fotis |
| Sirena | Robin Clifford | Alessandra Altieri |
| Una dama disincantata | Heather Bobeck | Rebecca Richardson |
| Nunzia | Clara Lisle | Micaela Aldridge |
| Astolfo | Tyler Dobies | Tyler Dobies |
Princess Maleine
August 16, 18m, 20, 22, 24
Bea Goodwin, Stage Director
Chris Fecteau and Whitney George, Conductor and Music Director
| August 16, 18m, 20, 22, 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Maleine | Elyse Kakacek | |
| Prince Hjalmar of Ysselmonde | Eric Lindsey | |
| Queen Anne | Liz Bouk | |
| Aleta, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Maleine | Nicholle Bittlingmeyer | |
| The Fool | Jeffrey Mandelbaum | |
| Petit Allan, son of Queen Anne of Jutland | Megan Vanacore | |
| Angus, Prince Hjalmar's lieutenant | Matthan Black | |
| Princess Ursula of Jutland | Makayla McDonald |
Scenes from the Tower – by P. Viardot, T. Musgrave and V. (Bond)
August 21, 24m
Lauren Hlubny and Emily Bishai, Stage Director
Cendrillon
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mrs. President
Les Boulangers
August 17m
Creative Team & Production Staff
Dante Olivia Smith, Lighting DesignerClaire Townsend, Costume Designer