2022 Festival Season – “Finding Home” featuring Pelléas, Ritorno and Juana

    August 6–28
    Baruch Performing Arts Center

    55 Lexington Avenue. At 25th St

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    Only one weekend remains of our August “Finding Home” Festival!  Come and experience the final performances of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande (in French, abridged); Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria by Claudio Monteverdi (in Italian); and Juana by Carla Lucero with a Spanish libretto by Alicia Gaspar de Alba and Ms. Lucero (professional Premiere).  All are offered with surtitles and chamber orchestra.  Each piece’s protagonist is on their own unique journey toward ‘Finding Home.’

    WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND BRINGING A SWEATER or other extra outer layer, as Nagelberg Theater is COLD, and the temperature not controlled by dell’Arte or even the Performing Arts Center.


    Pelléas et Mélisande (abridged 2022)

    August 6, 7m, 12, 14m, 26, 28m

    Chuck Hudson, Stage Director
    Chris Fecteau and Eldred Marshall, Conductor and Music Director

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    Synopsis (by C. Hudson, Stage Director)

    Show Cast List

    August 6, 14m, 26August 7m, 12, 28m
    PélleasMorgan ManifacierJames Danner
    MélisandeClara LisleAddie Rose Forstman
    GolaudTim Wilt
    Arkel, King of AllemondeJoseph TrumboMatthew Mueller
    GenevièveOlivia Ottinger
    YnioldChelsea BaccayJessica Bloch

    Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

    August 13, 20, 24, 27m

    Jessica Harika, Stage Director
    Caitlyn Koester, Conductor and Music Director

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    Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria was premiered in Venice during the 1639–1640 carnival season. Claudio Monteverdi’s setting of a libretto by Giacomo Badoardo follows the latter portion of Homer’s Odyssey, from Ulysses’ arrival home from the Trojan Wars.  King Ulisse finds a trio of suitors trying to woo his wife and queen, Penelope.  With the help of the gods, his son Telemachus, and his faithful swineherd Eumete, Ulysses recovers his kingdom, his home, and his beloved wife.

    Show Cast List

    August 13, 27mAugust 20, 24 only
    Il TempoJason Adamo
    La FortunaMelissa McCann
    L'AmoreChelsea Baccay
    NettunoJoseph Trumbo
    GioveJosaphat Contreras
    GiunoneOlivia Ottinger
    MinervaKaitlyn Tierney
    PenelopePerri di ChristinaStephanie Feigenbaum
    EricleaKimberly Milburn
    MelantoRudy Giron
    UlisseThomas WaltersDiego Valdez
    TelemacoBo Shimmin
    EumeteCharles David Tay
    IroJulio Mascaro
    AnfinomoWilliam Lim
    AntinooMatthew Mueller
    PisandroAi Ra
    EurimacoMichael TK Lam

    Juana

    August 21m, 23, 25, 27

    The Rose Nagelberg Theater

    Rod Gomez, Stage Director
    Alfonso Piacentini Betancourt, Conductor and Music Director

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    dell’Arte Opera Ensemble proudly presents the professional premiere of the new opera Juana based on the novel “Juana’s Second Dream” by Alicia Gaspar de Alba.  Composer Carla Lucero has set the Spanish-language libretto by Gaspar de Alba and Lucero with evocative colors and a moving narrative voice. The opera tells the story of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, a 17th century feminist genius whose life was marked by repeated conflict with men of the Inquisition, despite the friendship and protection of two successive Spanish vicereines and the fame brought by her own published writings.  She was an accomplished theologian, poet author, composer, artist and architect, and favorite of the Spanish colonial court, yet her fame and brilliance eventually led to her suppression.

    Show Cast List

    August 21m, 23, 25, 27Cover Cast
    Sor Juana Inés de la CruzFlavia DarcieRosario Hernandez
    ConcepcíonChelsea BaccayJessica Bloch
    Young JuanaJessica BlochChelsea Baccay
    El AlmaRobert ColonRudy Giron
    The Vicereine (La Condesa)Anna WoiwoodMelissa McCann
    The ViceroyMichael TK LamBo Shimmin
    Sor Andrea/Mother AndreaFrancesca FedericoBarbee Monk
    Padre AntonioRobert E. FengVladimir Avetisian
    The Bishop of Puebla/Sor FiloteaAi RaFrederick Schlick
    The ArchbishopChristopher NazarianJason Adamo
    Madre MelchoraKayla FaccilongoKaitlyn Tierney
    Sor RafaelaAlexa RosenbergKimberly Milburn
    Don CarlosJosaphat ContrerasMark Martinez
    Fiscal (the Prosecutor)Bo ShimminMichael TK Lam


    Creative Team & Production Staff

    Barry Steele, Scenic Designer
    Angela Huff, Costume Designer
    Steven Brenman, Technical Director
    Louise Brownsberger, Production Manager