ANNA I – Elizaveta Kozlova (June 7, 16matinee)
ANNA I – Clara Lisle (June 9matinee, 14)
ANNA II – Elisa Toro Franky (all performances)
Tenor I/Brother – Jeremy Sivitz
Tenor II/Brother – Thomas Walters
Baritone/Father – Renato Estacio
Bass/Mother – Jason Adamo

ALL PERFORMANCES
ANNIE – Allison Deady
NORA – Sadie Spivey
LAURA – Helen Sánchez
POLLY – Kaitlyn Tierney
EMMY – Rachelle Pike
CISSY – Carlyle Quinn
JOHN THOMAS  – Dicky Dutton

Covers:
NORA/LAURA  – Alexandra Cirile
ANNIE/POLLY  – Oliva Ericsson
CISSY/EMMY – Valerie Filloux
JOHN THOMAS  – Thomas Walters

Season Information

Rehearsal and Performance Dates

Roles will be cast as suitable candidates are found, so apply asap; not all roles will require call-backs.  We expect to be full-cast (or nearly so) by Feb. 12, 2024.

Other Information

Morgan Manifacier, Bo Shimmin, Ai Ra, Jessica Bloch

PROGRAM:

from Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22  (1940)            Benjamin Britten
5. XXXVIII: Rendete agli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume
(“Give back to my eyes, o fountains and rivers”)
6. XXXII: “S’un casto amor, s’una pietà superna”
(“If there is a chaste love, a heavenly pity”)
         Morgan Manifacier, tenor
         Corinne Penner, pianist

I poemi del sole (1914)                                                   Francesco Santoliquido
1. Un’ ora di sole
2. Riflessi
3. Nel giardino
4. Sole d’autunno
     Bo Shimmin, tenor
     Chris Fecteau, piano

Three songs                                                                       Gabriel Fauré
1. Prison Op. 83, No. 1
2. Fleur jetée Op. 39. No. 2
3. L’absent Op. 5, No. 3
     Jessica Bloch, soprano
     Edward Forstman, piano

Romancillo                                                                    Joaquin Rodrigo
     Bo Shimmin, tenor
     Chris Fecteau, piano

INTERMISSION

Tre sonetti di Petrarca                                                       Franz Liszt
    ‘Pace non trovo,’ sonetto 104
    Ai Ra, tenor
    Edward Forstman, pianist

Les nuits d’été  H. 87 (1841)                                             Hector Berlioz
1. Villanelle
2. Le spectre de la rose
3. Sur les lagunes
4. Absence
5. Au cimetière
6. L’île inconnue
     Morgan Manifacier, tenor
     Corinne Penner, pianist

From Cincos Canciones Negras                                 Xavier Montsalvatge
4. Cancion de cuna para dormir un negrito
     Bo Shimmin
     Chris Fecteau, piano

Described as a “lovely soprano voice with a great deal of power as well as lyricism” (Opera News), soprano Clara Lisle was most recently seen as Suzel in L’Amico Fritz with Teatro Grattacielo and the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice. Other operatic credits include Governess, The Turn of the Screw, Tatiana, Eugene Onegin, Musetta, La Bohème, Eurydice, Orpheus in the Underworld, and Marguerite, Faust. In addition to the traditional repertoire, she’s performed the role of Madeline Usher in Philip Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher and was in the premiere cast of Onsite Opera’s Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt. Clara holds a Master’s degree and Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes The New School of Music and a Bachelor’s degree in vocal performance with Honors from Trinity Conservatoire of Music, London. She can be seen as Mélisande in dell’Arte Opera’s Pelléas et Mélisande this August.

Described as a performer who “gives himself completely to the singing” (Unser Lübeck), French tenor Morgan Manifacier is enjoying an international career as an interpreter of repertoire spanning from the Renaissance to the newest of contemporary music. Notable opera roles include the title role of Pygmalion (Rameau), Chevalier de La Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Sultan Soliman in Zaide, and Agenore in Il re pastore. He holds a DMA from Stony Brook University and has performed with the Oxford Lieder Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, and Amherst Music Festival. He will appear with dell’Arte Opera this summer as the title role in Pelléas et Mélisande.

Long ago when the land and the king were one, a terrible darkness spread across the kingdom of Allemonde in the form of a dynasty of Tyrant Kings. So complete was this darkness that King Arkel became blind, and his sons were afflicted with a mysterious disease that cut their lives short in their prime. The only sources of the light were the Princesses of Hors-lemonde, whose sole task became to breed daughters who would bring the light back to the land. Arkel arranged the marriage of his first son to one of these women, Geneviève who failed to bring the light by giving birth to a male child, Golaud, before her husband died. Arkel married her to his second son, and she failed again giving birth to Golaud’s half-brother Pelléas, whose father suffers from his disease and is close to death.

Golaud’s first wife died giving birth to a male child, Yniold, and rather than risk another failure submitting to another marriage arranged by Arkel, Golaud left his family home to live in the forests beyond the sea. Golaud became lost hunting in these woods, and came across a young, ethereal woman by a fountain named Mélisande who recently escaped a terrible fate she cannot remember. Defying his family’s laws, Golaud marries Mélisande and brings her home to live in Arkel’s castle with his mother Geneviève, his son Yniold, and his half-brother Pelléas.

Enclosed by the darkness, Golaud neglects Mélisande who discovers she has more in common with young Pelléas. Golaud becomes blind with jealousy, believing Pelléas and Mélisande to be in an illicit affair, while Arkel sees Mélisande as the innocent woman who can bring the light back to the kingdom. Can Mélisande help Golaud master his beastly self, or does Golaud become the monster that Pelléas must slay? Can Mélisande bring balance to the kingdom by giving birth to the light, or will she fail as Geneviève has? Is this a story of Voyage and Return, or the Tragedy of Rebirth?

7:00 pm, 640 East 12th St., NYC (between Ave. B/C)

Clara Lisle, soprano
Kimberly Milburn, mezzo soprano
Rudy Giron, counter tenor
Ai Ra, tenor

PROGRAM

Rudy – “Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo by G.F. Handel
Clara – “Quando m’en vo” from La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini
Ai – “Ah! Mes amis!” from La fille du Regiment by Gaetano Donizetti

MOZART/DA PONTE SET
Kimberly – “Smanie implacabili” from Cosi fan tutte by W.A. Mozart
Clara – “Porgi amor” from Le nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart
Ai – “Il mio tesoro” from Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart

Rudy – “I know a bank” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Benjamin Britten

CARMEN SET
Kimberly – Seguidilla or Habanera from Carmen by Georges Bizet
Clara – “Je dis que rien ne m’epouvante” from Carmen by Georges Bizet
Kimberly – the Card Aria from Carmen by Georges Bizet

Rudy – “My heart is in the East” – Aaron Copland

ROMANTIC ITALIAN SET
Clara – “Stridono lassù” from Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo OR
Ai – “Pace non trovo” by Franz Liszt
Kimberly – “Voi lo sapete” from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni
Clara – “Donde lieta” from La Boheme – Giacomo Puccini

FRENCH SONGS
Rudy – “L’enamouree” and/or “Si mes vers avaient des ailes” – Reynaldo Hahn
Ai – “Chanson triste” by Henri Duparc
Kimberly – “Après un rêve” by Fauré

ENCORE-ISH
Clara – “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini
Rudy – “Nana” – Manuel de Falla

Sunday, June 12 at 3 pm
(on the lawn near Bruce’s Garden)
Park Terrace East at 214th Street

Featuring:

Rudy Giron
Anna Woiwood
Thomas Walters
Chris Fecteau, pianist and music director

PROGRAM

Rudy: “Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo – G.F. Handel

Tom: “Salut! demeure chaste et pure from Faust – Charles Gounod

Anna “Ah, je ris” (The Jewel Song) from Faust – Charles Gounod

Rudy – “L’enamouree” and “Si mes vers avaient des ailes” – Reynaldo Hahn

Anna – “Non mi dir” from Don Giovanni – W.A. Mozart

Tom – “La fleur que tu m’avais jetee from Carmen – Georges Bizet

Rudy – “I know a bank” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Benjamin Britten

Anna – “Si, mi chiamano Mimi” OR “Donde lieta” from La Boheme – Giacomo Puccini

Tom – “E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca OR “Amore o grillo from Madama Butterfly – Giacomo Puccini

Rudy – “My heart is in the East” – Aaron Copland

Tom – Aria of the Worm from The Ghosts of Versailles – John Corigliano

Anna – “But you do not know this man” from A View from the Bridge – William Bolcom

Tom – “Lonely House” from Street Scene – Kurt Weill

Anna – “Vilja Song” from The Merry Widow – Franz Lehar

Rudy – “Nana” – Manuel de Falla