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National de Paris, Maggio Musicale, Welsh National Opera, and Grand Théâtre de Genève. His work in opera most recently includes La Brèche at Teatro de Sagunto, Il trovatore at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and Teatro Compoamor de Oviedo, Enseñanza libre and La gatita blanca at Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and La damnation de Faust at Opéra de Liège. Recent theater work includes Infamia at Teatre la Villarroel de Barcelona, Mont soroll per no res (an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing) at Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, and Relato de un náufrago (a play based on Gabriel García Márquez’s The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor) at the Bitó-Teatre Lliure de Barcelona. He has won two Butaca Awards, a Max Award, and two Barcelona Critics’ Awards. He studied lighting design at the Theater Institute of Barcelona and took an international theater lighting course organized by the British Council in London. XEVI DORCA (SPAIN) Choreographer/Associate Director Xevi Dorca’s previous work at HGO includes choreographing The Italian Girl in Algiers (2012), this production of The Barber of Seville (2011–12), and La Cenerentola (2007). These productions have also been seen at the Grand Théâtre de Genève; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia; Los Angeles Opera; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Seattle Opera; Opera Omaha; Washington, D.C.; Canadian Opera Company; and Opéra de Montréal. He has performed as a dancer in such operas as The Barber of Seville, directed by Carlos Santos, and Orfeo e Euridice, directed by Joan Font, both at the Peralada Festival; The Faerie Queene, directed by Lindsay Kemp; and Leonardo Balada’s Faust-Bal at Teatro Real. As a dancer he has worked with the Sol Picó, Color Danza, Anima’s Animal Art, Mar Gómez, and Rasatabula dance companies, touring multiple countries including Brazil, Great Britain, Austria, Czech Republic, Japan, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and Italy. He has also worked as an actor in films, plays, and commercials. RICHARD BADO (UNITED STATES)
Sarah and Ernest Butler Chorus Master Chair Chorus Master For information about Richard Bado, please see p. 40. DENISE TARRANT (UNITED STATES)
Sarah and Ernest Butler Concertmaster Chair Concertmaster For information about Denise Tarrant, please see p. 41.
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LUCAS MEACHEM (UNITED STATES)
Baritone—Figaro Lucas Meachem is making his HGO debut. His latest honor came at the 2016 Grammy Awards when he took home a Grammy for Best Opera Recording as Figaro in Los Angeles Opera’s production of The Ghosts of Versailles; also in 2016, he was named the winner of San Francisco Opera’s inaugural Emerging Star of the Year Award. He has sung Figaro in The Barber of Seville with the Vienna State Opera; Den Norske Opera; and the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. His 2017–18 season includes a return to the Metropolitan Opera as Marcello in Franco Zeffirelli’s production of La bohème, Athanaël in Thaïs with the Minnesota Opera, a return to the Dresden Semperoper to reprise the title role of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and a series of concerts in Salzburg, Monte Carlo, Montreal, Prague, and Napa Valley. Meachem’s recent engagements include a return to San Francisco as Dr. Malatesta in Laurent Pelly’s production of Don Pasquale, a return to Lyric Opera of Chicago for his role debut as Chorèbe in Les Troyens under Sir Andrew Davis, his house and role debut as Sharpless in Madame Butterfly at the Dallas Opera, a reprise of Don Giovanni with the Dresden Semperoper, Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro with Teatros del Canal in several locations throughout Spain, and Silvio in Pagliacci with the Metropolitan Opera directed by Sir David McVicar. Recent concert engagements include Ein Deutsches Requiem with conductor Emmanuel Villaume and the Prague Philharmonia. DAVID PORTILLO (UNITED STATES)
Tenor—Count Almaviva David Portillo made his HGO debut in 2015 as Tamino in The Magic Flute. His engagements this season include two role debuts at the Metropolitan Opera: Eduardo in the North American premiere of Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel and as Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow. In Europe, he will make two important house debuts, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Count Libenskof in Il viaggio a Reims, and the Bavarian State Opera as Pasquale in Orlando Paladino. He will sing Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni for his debut with the Dallas Opera. Orchestral highlights include Mozart’s Requiem with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Recent roles include Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Opera Australia in a new production by Sir David McVicar, conducted by Jonathan Darlington; Jacquino in Fidelio at the Metropolitan Opera; Tamino for his debut with Frankfurt Opera; Pedrillo in The Abduction