"Opera Scenes"

C SU F Ope ra Theatre

Opera Scenes Family Ties

November 14 - Noveber 16, 2025 Recital Hall

C AL STAT E FULLER TON

C S U F S C H O O L O F M US IC

RONALD S. ROCHON President, California State University, Fullerton

DR. RANDALL GOLDBERG Director, School of Music

AMIR H. DABIRIAN Provost and VP for Academic Affairs

KIMO FURUMOTO Assistant Director, School of Music

ARNOLD HOLLAND, EDD Dean, College of the Arts

BONGSHIN KO Assistant Director, School of Music

SCHOOL OF M U S I C F U L L-TI M E FAC U LT Y A N D S TA F F Bongshin Ko cello Dr. Ernest Salem* violin

FACULT Y CONDUCTING Kimo Furumoto instrumental Dr. Robert Istad choral Dr. Christopher Peterson choral Dr. Dustin Barr instrumental JAZZ AND COMMERCIAL MUSIC Bill Cunliffe jazz piano; arranging; Fullerton Jazz Orchestra, Fullerton Big Band and combo director Rodolfo Zuñiga* jazz studies, jazz percussion, and music techology; Fullerton Chamber Jazz Ensemble director PIANO, ORGAN, PIANO PEDAGOGY Bill Cunliffe jazz piano Alison Edwards* piano, piano pedagogy, class piano Dr. Robert Watson piano MUSIC EDUCATION, TEACHER TRAINING, AND TEACHING CREDENTIAL Dr. Christopher Peterson choral Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore* instrumental MUSIC IN GENERAL EDUCATION Dr. John Koegel* Dr. Katherine Reed MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE Dr. Vivianne Asturizaga musicology Dr. John Koegel* musicology Dr. Katherine Reed musicology STRINGS Kimo Furumoto Director of Orchestra Studies and University Symphony Orchestra conductor

THEORY AND COMPOSITION Dr. Hesam Abedini composition, theory Dr. Pamela Madsen composition, theory Dr. Ken Walicki* composition, theory VOCAL, CHORAL, AND OPERA Dr. Robert Istad* Director of Choral Studies and University Singers conductor Dr. Kerry Jennings* Director of Opera Dr. Christopher Peterson CSUF Concert Choir and Singing Titans conductor Dr. Joni Y. Prado* voice, academic voice courses Dr. Bri’Ann Wright general education WOODWINDS, BRASS, AND PERCUSSION Dr. Dustin Barr Director of Wind Band Studies, University Wind Symphony, University Band Jean Ferrandis* flute Sycil Mathai* trumpet Ken McGrath* percussion Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore University Symphonic Winds conductor Michael Yoshimi* clarinet S TA F F Michael August Production Manager Eric Dries Music Librarian Gretchen Estes-Parker Office Coordinator Will Lemley Audio Technician Jeff Lewis Audio Engineer Chris Searight Musical Instrument Services Paul Shirts Administrative Assistant Elizabeth Williams Business Manager

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Welcome to the Fall 2025 performing and visual arts season at Cal State Fullerton’s College of the Arts. Each new semester, our campus comes to life with the energy and creativity of thousands of arts students eager to share their unique visions. Whether you’re returning to our venues or here for the first time, we are so excited to present another season to you. Thank you for joining us.

On October 12, the School of Music presents the interdisciplinary performance “Shakespeare in Sound,” featuring the University Symphonic Winds along with vocal and theatre students. Later in the semester, “Here’s Johnny!: Celebrating 100 Years of Johnny Carson” swings its way onto the stage with a program of jazzy favorites on November 16.

More toe tapping is in order when the Department of Theatre and Dance presents their fall musical “9 to 5,” based on the hit 1980 film and featuring the music of Dolly Parton.

To close the season, “Fall Dance Theatre: Tethered” returns to the Hallberg Theatre with a fully interactive stage set for our dancers and choreographers to explore.

If you haven’t yet visited the College of the Arts Galleries, join us for the October 4 opening reception for the exhibitions Soo Kim: “(Charlie sings in the quietest voice)” and Carol Caroompas: “Mystical Unions.” Kim is known for her intricately cut and layered photographic work while trailblazing alumna Caroompas is widely recognized for her layered visual narratives. Don’t forget to stop by our student galleries while you’re there!

There are so many exhibitions, concerts, and performances to experience across the college this season, but they wouldn’t be possible without you – our extended Titan community. In every class, every rehearsal and with every hour spent in the studio, our students are pushing creative boundaries, but they need your support to thrive.

The Dean’s Fund for Excellence provides arts students with necessary funds for scholarships, off-campus opportunities, and so much more. Help transform their potential into possibility by making a gift of any amount to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence today.

Thank you for joining us for this performance. Our students are ready to make the Fall 2025 season unforgettable, and we are so proud to share their artistry with you.

Sincerely,

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PROGRAM I. Louise by Gustave Charpentier

“Deuxieme Tableau, Scene 2”

Blanche: Lindsey Lacanilao Irma: Kaitlin Chheng Camille: Melissa Alvarado Errand Girl: Rachel Delmastro Louise: Nicole Rodriguez Elise: Kady Lin Gertrude: Jenna Scotese Madeleine: Kaitlyn Gooding Marguerite: Jordan Watkins Suzanne: Gracie Finley Julien: Hart Chen Student Stage Director: Rachel Williams II. Little Women by Mark Adamo

“Act 2, Scene 5: Aria and Quartet” Jo: Abigail Tyree Meg: Olivia Siri Beth: Amilleah Barragan Amy: Sidney Wu Student Stage Director: Katelyn Cruz

III. Iphigénie en Aulide by Christoph Willibald Gluck

“Act 2 Recitative, Trio, and Duet” Achille: Nick Quinn Iphigénie: Sophia Khurana Clytemnestre: Kate Bowles Patrocle: Jason Salcido Agamemnon: Adrien Redford

IV. The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten:

“Act 1, Scene 7”

Peter Quint: Topher Esguerra Miles: Sarah Raber Miss Jessel: Peyton Slaven Flora: Quintessa Wedell Governess: Katelyn Cruz Mrs. Grose: Yesenia Esparza

PROGRAM V. Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi

“Act 1, Part 2, Scene 1” Alice: Martina Goldring Meg: Sophia Khurana Nanetta: Katelyn Pacpaco Quickly: Rachel Williams

VI. Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein

“Prelude and Scene 1”

The Trio: Tabetha Mora, Jack Nisbet, Santiago Zumaya Sam: Justin Gabriel Dinah: Brianna Perez Student Stage Director: Topher Esguerra VII. Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti

Act 2 Recitative and Sextet Lucia: Sara Preston Arturo: Evan Banks Enrico: Miles Rojo Edgardo: Alex Galvan Bidebent: Tim Cervenka Alisa: Rachel Williams Company

***** INTERMISSION ***** VIII. Cendrillon by Jules Massenet

“Act 1 Finale”

Cendrillon: Olivia Siri La Fée: Benjee Benjelloun Spirits: Melissa Alvarado, Kaitlin Chheng, Rachel Delmastro, Gracie Finley, Kaitlyn Gooding, Lindsey Lacanilao, Kady Lin, Sarah Raber, Nicole Rodriguez, Quintessa Wedell

PROGRAM IX. The Merry Widow by Franz Léhar

“Women”

Danilo: Anthony Alcain Popoff: Alejandro Muñoz St. Brioche: Jae Corpuz Cascada: Josh Smith Nisch: Hector Jake Esteva Khadja: David Wickline Novikovich: Scott Freeman Student Stage Director: Anthony Alcain X. Les Contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach

“Act 4 Trio”

Antonia: Amber Napoli Dr. Miracle: Adrien Redford La Voix: Rachel Williams XI. Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters by Ned Rorem

“Act 1, Scene 1”

Jenny: Minerva Padilla Nguyen Helen: Hannah Weisman Ellen: Jenna Scotese Samuel: John Nguyen Sylvester: Jason Salcido XII. Susannah by Carlisle Floyd

“Act 1, Scene 5”

Susannah: Katelyn Cruz Little Bat: Yngwie Zamarippa Sam: Joshua Evans XIII. The Tender Land by Aaron Copland

“The Promise of Living”

Grandpa Moss: Tim Cervenka Martin: Evan Banks Laurie: Zoe Wolfsen Top: Jacob Gomez Ma Moss: Jordan Watkins Company

STAGE DIRECTOR’S NOTES Opera, at its core, is about connection—between music and emotion, between character and audience, and, perhaps most powerfully, between people. In this production, we explore the many faces of familial bonds: those formed by blood, by choice, and by circumstance.

Family, in its traditional sense, is where we first learn the language of love and loyalty, but also the sting of conflict and loss. These are the bonds written into our DNA, the ones we often take for granted—until they fray. Yet family extends beyond lineage. Brotherhood, friendship, and shared purpose can forge ties as deep as any ancestry. In moments of crisis or joy, these chosen families remind us that connection is not confined to biology.

The story you will see tonight moves between these worlds — between bonds that are inherited and those that are built, between the fragility of trust and the resilience of forgiveness. It asks us to consider which ties can be broken, and which, despite distance or pain, find ways to strengthen over time.

As the music swells and voices intertwine, we are reminded that to be human is to be bound—sometimes painfully, sometimes beautifully—to one another. And in that connection, we find both our greatest vulnerability and our greatest strength.

Kerry Jennings

PROGRAM NOTES

I

Louise has fallen in love with her neighbor, Julien. At the opening of the opera, they recall how they met. Louise’s mother interrupts them and vocally expresses her disapproval of Julien. In tonight’s scene, Louise is at work and is being teased by the other seamstresses for being in love. A band is heard outside, and Julien sings a serenade. The girls admire him for his looks and voice. Louise quietly slips away—to run off with Julien.

II

Little Women is the first opera written by American composer Mark Adamo to his own libretto after Louise May Alcott’s beloved novel. In the final scene of the opera, we find Jo in the attic, just as in the Prologue. She wonders, with so much change, what endures. Jo remembers her sisters together and says her goodbyes to those days.

III

The wedding ceremony between Achilles and Iphigénie is due to be celebrated, and festivities take place with dances and choruses. The couple are about to proceed to the temple, however, Arcas, the captain of Agamemnon’s guards, reveals that the king is awaiting his daughter before the altar in order to kill her. Achilles and Clytemnestra rush to save the girl from being sacrificed. Agamemnon finally seems to give up his plan to kill her.

IV

Based on the novella by Henry James, Benjamin Britten’s opera, The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a young, inexperienced Governess sent to a country house to care for two children, Miles and Flora, who she is gradually convinced have been corrupted by the ghosts of a previous manservant and governess, Peter Quint and Miss Jessel. Miles has slipped away in his nightclothes, and from the tower Quint sings beguilingly to him, calling his name and singing of mysteries, while Miss Jessel sings to Flora to come to her to see “all those we have wept for together”. The Governess and the housekeeper Mrs. Grose interrupt them and the ghosts depart. Miles tells the Governess, “You see, I am bad, aren’t I?”

V

Falstaff needs money and plans to obtain it by seducing the wives of two rich men, Misters Ford and Page, and has identical letters delivered to Alice Ford and Meg Page. Having received their letters, the wives compare them, see that they are identical and, together with Mistress Quickly and Alice’s daughter Nanetta, resolve to punish Falstaff.

PROGRAM NOTES

VI

A smiling jazz trio sings of perfect life in an affluent, unnamed suburban town, with its little white houses and happy, loving families. But real life in suburbia contrasts greatly with what the Trio has painted. Sam and Dinah are having breakfast, alternating between habitual bickering and lyrical moments of longing for kindness.

VII

Lucia di Lammermoor is a tragic opera about a young woman, Lucia, who is forced by her brother, Enrico, to marry a nobleman to save their family’s fortunes. She is in love with Edgardo, the mortal enemy of her family. In the famous sextet, Lucia’s brother forces her to sign the marriage contract to Arturo. As the wedding guests celebrate, Edgardo bursts in and confronts Lucia and her brother. Lucia, Enrico, Edgardo, Raimondo (Bidebent), Alisa (Lucia’s handmaiden), and Arturo sing their conflicting emotions, intentions, and secrets simultaneously, leading to dramatic confusion and climax.

VIII

In Massenet’s setting of the famous fairytale Cinderella, having completed her chores, Cendrillon (Cinderella) falls asleep. The Fairy Godmother and her attendants come in, transform Cendrillon into magnificent clothes for the ball, but warn the girl that their spell will only last until midnight, and that the glass slippers will protect her from being recognized by her family. Cendrillon promises to return at midnight and sets off for the ball.

IX

Updated with a bit of a modern flare, in tonight’s rendition of the famous septet from Léhar’s operetta The Merry Widow, we find the brotherhood of the fictitious fraternity Delta Lamba Omega commiserating about women.

X

In the ‘Antonia Act’ of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Dr. Miracle urges the ailing singer Antonia to sing, which she had promised her father, Crespel, to stop doing. He conjures a vision of her deceased mother, a famous singer, who also encourages her to sing. Overwhelmed, Antonia sings with the spectral voice of her mother until her frail health causes her to collapse and die.

PROGRAM NOTES

XI

Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters is a one-act opera by American composer Ned Rorem, based on a 1943 play by Gertude Stein. The opera is a surreal murder mystery that features three women and two men who play a game of murder to pass the time. The work is known for its quirky, repetitive dialogue, reflecting Stein’s style, and its exploration of themes like gender, obsession with crime, and instinct. Our ‘sisters’ and our ‘brothers’ in tonight’s performance are inspired by paintings by Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte (“The Son of Man” and “Man with Bowler Hat and Dove”) and pop surrealist artist Jasmine Becket-Griffith (“Three Witchy Sisters”).

XII

Susannah is an opera in two acts by the American composer Carlisle Floyd.

Floyd adapted the story from the apocryphal tale of Susannah and the Elders, though the latter story has a more positive ending. The story focuses on 18-year-old Susannah Polk, an innocent girl who is targeted as a sinner in the small mountain town of New Hope Valley, in the Southern Tennessee.

One morning, Susannah is innocently bathing naked in the creek near her home and is discovered by the elders, who are searching for a baptismal stream. They conceal their lust with outrage and tell the community of her wickedness. Susannah arrives at a church dinner that evening and is sent away, much to her confusion. Later, in tonight’s scene, as she is pondering why she has been shunned, her friend and admirer, Little Bat, tells her that the elders have denounced her for bathing in the nude, and admits that he was coerced into saying she seduced him.

XII

Aaron Copland’s opera The Tender Land tells the coming-of-age story of a young woman (Laurie) on a Depression-era Midwest farm. The opera explores Laurie’s feelings for a drifter (Martin) and her decision to leave home.

“The Promise of Living” is an optimistic hymn of gratitude sung by the farm family and their hired hands at the end of the first act. The entire company joins our quintet of soloists to give thanks for our family here at CSUF as we hope for brighter days ahead for everyone.

PRODUCTION STAFF AND CREW Stage Director.................................................................... Dr. Kerry Jennings Conductor.................................................................. Adrian Rangel-Sanchez Pianists/Music Directors................................David Bergstedt, Mark Salters Opera Assistants........................................... Katelyn Cruz, Topher Esguerra, Rachel Williams Stage Manager......................................................................... Julissa Tucker Assistant Stage Managers....................................Lily Andrada, Yanira Loera Faculty Mentor.............................................................................Shay Garber Video/Projections Designer..........................................................Cory Smith Faculty Mentor............................................................................Omar Ramos Lighting Designer.....................................................................Anabella Piner Faculty Mentor........................................................................... Scott Bolman Props Master................................................................................Robert Lara Faculty Mentor..............................................................................Fred Kinney Costume Coordinator...............................................................Carson Julian Lighting Board Operator..................................................... Delaney Jackson Video Operator (projections)....................................................Michael Tovar Scenic Crew:................................................ Miah Valenzuela, Jeremy Marks, Maviene Tran, Ethan Green, Ava Dos Reis, Katie Burkes

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To Our Voice Faculty for all their help in preparing and coaching each student for their roles.

Joni Prado (Vocal Area Coordinator), Kerry Jennings, Courtney Taylor, Joel Balzun, James Martin Schaefer, Krystle Menendez, Audrey Babcock, and Robert MacNeil

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COLLEGE OF THE ARTS • SELECT EVENTS | FALL 2025 *Molly Pease, mezzo-soprano, with David Bergstedt, piano September 19 • Meng Concert Hall Simon Shiao, violin October 2 • Meng Concert Hall Soo Kim: (Charlie sings in the quietest voice) and Carole Caroompas: Mystical Unions October 4, 2025 – May 17, 2026 College of the Arts Galleries University Symphony Orchestra October 4 • Meng Concert Hall University Wind Symphony & Alumni Band: Alchemy of Sound October 5 • Meng Concert Hall Caroline Chin, violin October 9 • Meng Concert Hall Men on Boats October 9–18 • Hallberg Theatre 9 to 5: The Musical October 23–November 1 • Little Theatre Shakespeare in Sound feat. the University Symphonic Winds October 12 • Meng Concert Hall University Singers and Concert Choir October 19 • Meng Concert Hall Fullerton Jazz Orchestra and Fullerton Jazz Chamber Ensemble October 24 • Meng Concert Hall Dr. Garik Pedersen, piano October 25 • Meng Concert Hall Advanced Vocal Workshop with Mark Robson, piano October 30 • Meng Concert Hall Ernest Salem, violin & Alison Edwards, piano November 1 • Meng Concert Hall

Irina Kulikova, guitar November 4 • Meng Concert Hall The House of the Spirits November 6–15 • Young Theatre Mackenzie Melemed, piano November 9 • Meng Concert Hall Opera Scenes November 14–16 • Recital Hall Fullerton Pops in Here’s Johnny: A Tribute to Johnny Carson feat. University Symphony Orchestra and Fullerton Jazz Orchestra November 16 • Meng Concert Hall Jazz Singers November 19 • Meng Concert Hall Cello Choir November 19 • Recital Hall University Symphonic Winds November 21 • Meng Concert Hall Fall Dance Theatre: “Tethered” December 4–13 • Hallberg Theatre Fullerton Jazz Orchestra December 5 • Meng Concert Hall University Wind Symphony December 7 • Meng Concert Hall Titan Voices and Singing Titans December 8 • Meng Concert Hall Fullerton Jazz Chamber Ensemble and Fullerton Latin Ensemble December 9 • Meng Concert Hall University Band December 10 • Meng Concert Hall Deck the Hall at Cal State Fullerton!

December 13, 14 • Meng Concert Hall

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