2022 Festival Season – “Finding Home” featuring Pelléas, Ritorno and Juana
August 6–28
Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Avenue. At 25th StTICKETS
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
Synopsis (by C. Hudson, Stage Director)
August 6, 14m, 26 | August 7m, 12, 28m | |
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Pélleas | Morgan Manifacier | James Danner |
Mélisande | Clara Lisle | Addie Rose Forstman |
Golaud | Tim Wilt | |
Arkel, King of Allemonde | Joseph Trumbo | Matthew Mueller |
Geneviève | Olivia Ottinger | |
Yniold | Chelsea Baccay | Jessica Bloch |
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
August 13, 20, 24, 27m
Jessica Harika, Stage Director
Caitlyn Koester, Conductor and Music Director
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.
August 13, 27m | August 20, 24 only | |
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Il Tempo | Jason Adamo | |
La Fortuna | Melissa McCann | |
L'Amore | Chelsea Baccay | |
Nettuno | Joseph Trumbo | |
Giove | Josaphat Contreras | |
Giunone | Olivia Ottinger | |
Minerva | Kaitlyn Tierney | |
Penelope | Perri di Christina | Stephanie Feigenbaum |
Ericlea | Kimberly Milburn | |
Melanto | Rudy Giron | |
Ulisse | Thomas Walters | Diego Valdez |
Telemaco | Bo Shimmin | |
Eumete | Charles David Tay | |
Iro | Julio Mascaro | |
Anfinomo | William Lim | |
Antinoo | Matthew Mueller | |
Pisandro | Ai Ra | |
Eurimaco | Michael TK Lam |
Juana
August 21m, 23, 25, 27The Rose Nagelberg Theater
Rod Gomez, Stage Director
Alfonso Piacentini Betancourt, Conductor and Music Director
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.
August 21m, 23, 25, 27 | Cover Cast | |
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | Flavia Darcie | Rosario Hernandez |
Concepcíon | Chelsea Baccay | Jessica Bloch |
Young Juana | Jessica Bloch | Chelsea Baccay |
El Alma | Robert Colon | Rudy Giron |
The Vicereine (La Condesa) | Anna Woiwood | Melissa McCann |
The Viceroy | Michael TK Lam | Bo Shimmin |
Sor Andrea/Mother Andrea | Francesca Federico | Barbee Monk |
Padre Antonio | Robert E. Feng | Vladimir Avetisian |
The Bishop of Puebla/Sor Filotea | Ai Ra | Frederick Schlick |
The Archbishop | Christopher Nazarian | Jason Adamo |
Madre Melchora | Kayla Faccilongo | Kaitlyn Tierney |
Sor Rafaela | Alexa Rosenberg | Kimberly Milburn |
Don Carlos | Josaphat Contreras | Mark Martinez |
Fiscal (the Prosecutor) | Bo Shimmin | Michael TK Lam |
Creative Team & Production Staff
Barry Steele, Scenic DesignerAngela Huff, Costume Designer
Steven Brenman, Technical Director
Louise Brownsberger, Production Manager