2018 Festival: Mozart & Salieri
Festival dates: August 11–26
Season Venues: Summer Shares at La MaMa; Evenings at 7:30 pm, Matinees at 2:00 pm;Opera’s greatest rivals, or Opera’s greatest co-workers? Mozart and Salieri simultaneously served as important musicians in the Viennese Court Theater for years in the late 18th century, alongside their colleague, librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. During the festival, we told the story of two of opera’s most famous rivals (or most productive colleagues!). Don Giovanni, Mozart’s iconic operatic #metoo tale was paired with Salieri’s playful La Cifra (The Code)… a hidden gem of an opera about a hidden gem of a young woman. The repertory season encompassing 13 total performances also included “Vignettes from Vienna,” a scenes program featuring not only works by the two Vienna court composers, but also Rimsky-Korsakov’s one-act opera Mozart & Salieri (based on a short Pushkin play), bringing the two composers to life (and one “to death”) on stage. On the penultimate day of the festival, Sacred & Profane: Songs and Ephemera gathered religious and sacrilegious works of both composers in an afternoon recital including “Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia” – a cantata written jointly by Mozart, Salieri, and “Cornetti” with a libretto by Da Ponte, plus magnificent songs of Mozart, a canon of Salieri, and other rarities both sublime and ridiculous.
Don Giovanni
August 11, 12m, 17, 19m, 23, 25Summer Shares at La MaMa
Owen Horsley, Stage Director
Chris Fecteau and Chris Whittaker, Conductor and Music Director
August 11, 19m, 23 | August 12m, 17, 25 | |
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Don Giovanni | Eric Lindsey | Cole Grissom |
Leporello | Jonathan Harris | |
Donna Anna | Jenny Lindsey | Angel Azzarra |
Donna Elvira | Jessica Mirshak | Stephanie Kim Johnson |
Don Ottavio | Morgan Manifacier | Gabriel Hernandez |
Zerlina | Elyse Kakacek | SarahAnn Duffy |
Masetto | Nobuki Momma | Sung Shin |
Commendatore | Hector Mori | Will Esch |
La cifra
August 18, 22, 24, 26mSummer Shares at La MaMa
Bea Goodwin, Stage Director
Catherine O'Shaughnessy, Conductor and Music Director
August 18, 22, 24, 26m | Cover Cast | |
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Milord Gualtier Fideling | Timothy Stoddard | Charles Calotta |
Eurilla | Rachel Barker | Heather Bobeck |
Lisotta | Allison Gish | Nicholle Bittlingmeyer |
Sandrino | Jay Chacon | Ian Joyal |
Leandro | Stephen Steffens | Vincenzo Catarisano |
Rusticone | Angky Budiardjono | Andrew Dwan |
Vignettes from Vienna
August 20, 21Summer Shares at La MaMa
Whitney George, Conductor and Music Director
Così fan tutte — Show Cast List
August 20, 21 | ||
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Fiordiligi | Heather Bobeck | |
Dorabella | ||
Ferrando | Vincenzo Catarisano | |
Guglielmo | Jay Chacon | |
Despina | Nicholle Bittlingmeyer | |
Don Alfonso | Ian Joyal |
Falstaff [Salieri] — Show Cast List
August 20, 21 | ||
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Bardolfo | Will Esch | |
Falstaff | Hector Mori | |
Mr. Ford | Charles Calotta | |
Mr. Slender | Jay Chacon | |
Mrs. Ford | Elyse Kakacek | |
Mrs. Slender | Inbal Milliger |
Mozart & Salieri — Show Cast List
August 20, 21 | Cover Cast | |
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Mozart | Gabriel Hernandez | Morgan Manifacier |
Salieri | Nobuki Momma | Jonathan Harris |
Le nozze di Figaro — Show Cast List
August 20, 21 | ||
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Figaro | Jay Chacon | |
Susanna | ||
Countess | Maria Servodidio | |
Count | Sung Shin | |
Cherubino | SarahAnn Duffy |
Sacred & Profane: Songs & Ephemera of Mozart & Salieri
August 25, 2018 at 2 pmSummer Shares at La MaMa
Sacred & Profane
Songs and Ephemera of and inspired by Mozart & Salieri
Cantata per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia Salieri, Mozart, Cornetti(?) / Da Ponte
Nichole Bittlingmeyer, mezzosoprano
Nicholas Burkel, cello
Chris Fecteau, harpsichord
‘Birthday’ Canon’ “Zum Geburtstag kommen wir” A. Salieri / W. Kuhlbrodt
Charlie Calotta, Stephen Steffens, Sam Strickland, three tenors
Ode “Deh, si piacevoli, no, non spirate” by A. Salieri / Librettist unknown
Maria Servodidio, soprano; Nicholas Burkel, cello; Chris Fecteau, harpsichord
Mass in C minor W. A. Mozart / the Latin Mass setting
Gloria: “Quoniam”
Jenny Lindsey, soprano; Jessica Mirshak, mezzosoprano; Morgan Manifacier, tenor
Credo: “Et incarnatus est”
MaKayla MacDonald, soprano
Lucas Barkley, piano
Variations on “La stessa, la stessissima” by Antonio Salieri Ludwig van Beethoven
Levi Vutipadadorn, piano; Elyse Kakacek, Mistress Ford; Inbal Milliger, Mistress Slender
Four Mozart Lieder
“Das Veilchen” W. A. Mozart / Goethe
Inbal Milliger, mezzosoprano
Andrea Howland Myers, mezzosoprano
Sam Strickland, tenor
Dura Jun, piano
“La Passione di nostro Padre Gesu Cristo” by Antonio Salieri / Metastasio
Recitative and Aria (Peter) “Ingratissimo Pietro… Giacché mi tremi in seno”
Aria (Magdalene) “Potea qual pianto”
Duet (Magdalene and Peter) “Vi sento, o Dio”
Recitative and Aria (Giuseppe di Arimatea) “Qual terribil vendetta… All’idea de’ tuoi perigli”
Elyse Kakacek, Magdalene
Charles Calotta, Peter
Sung Shin, Giuseppe di Arimatea
Charles Calotta, tenor
Sung Shin, baritone
Chris Fecteau, piano
“Abendempfindung” by W. A. Mozart
Allison Gish, mezzo soprano
Levi, Vutipadadorn, piano
Program curated by Chris Fecteau
Artistic Director, DELL’ARTE OPERA ENSEMBLE
Creative Team & Production Staff
Matthew Iacozza, Scenic DesignerDante Olivia Smith, Lighting Designer
Claire Townsend, Costume Designer
Madison Lane, Production Manager