Master and Margarita, All My Sons and Shun-kin (Complicite). His opera credits include The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Royal Opera House); Benvenuto Cellini, Death of Klinghoffer, Death in Venice, Eugene Onegin, Simon Boccanegra, Damnation of Faust and Don Giovanni (English National Opera); Hansel und Gretel, Zauberflöte and A Dog’s Heart (Dutch National Opera); La clemenza di Tito and The Adventures of Mr. Brouček (Opera North); Les Pecheurs de Perles, Turn of the Screw (Theatre an der Wien); and Rinaldo (Glyndebourne). Ross’ design work for dance includes Le Petit Prince (National Ballet of Canada) and Frankenstein (Royal Ballet). FAYE ARMON-TRONCOSO (Props and Set Dressing) was the first props/set dresser to have ever won an Obie Award — ever! Her Broadway credits include Linda Vista (Hayes); Head Over Heels (Hudson); The Terms of My Surrender (Belasco); Oslo (Lincoln Center); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Booth); The Gin Game (Golden); Fun Home (Circle in the Square, Tony Award nomination for Best Set); The River (Circle in the Square); Of Mice and Men (Longacre); MacBeth (Lincoln Center); Testament of Mary (Walter Kerr); Golden Boy (Belasco); Clybourne Park (Walter Kerr, Tony Award nomination for Best Set); Warhorse (Lincoln Center, Tony Award for Best Set); The Merchant of Venice (Broadhurst/Delacorte, Tony Award nomination for Best Set); Enron (Broadhurst) and Albee’s Seascape (Booth). Faye’s Off-Broadway credits include In the Heights (37 Arts) and Bug (Barrow Street Theater, Obie Award) and a million more OffBroadway productions at Lincoln Center Theater. For television, Faye was art director on “The Big Fib” and prop master on “The Good Fight.” ARI PELTO (Conductor), music director at Opera Colorado, conducts The Barber of Seville, I Pagliacci and Tosca for the company’s 2019-20 season. He travels to San Diego Opera to conduct Hänsel und Gretel and joins Atlanta Ballet for performances of The Nutcracker. Widely known for performances that have been called “poetic, earthy, vigorous” and “highly individual,” he is in demand in opera houses and with symphony orchestras throughout the United States. Appointed to Opera Colorado in 2015, Pelto has conducted acclaimed performances of La Traviata, Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, Aida, La Boheme, Falstaff, La Fanciulla del West, Le Nozze di Figaro and Lucia di Lammermoor. In contemporary repertoire, the company recently premiered Lori Laitman’s long-awaited work, The Scarlet Letter, a recording of which was released on the Naxos label, and the world premiere of Gerald Cohen’s new opera, Steal a Pencil for Me, based on a true love story set in a concentration camp during WWII.
ADDITIONAL CREDITS Projection Design Assistants, Matthew Houstle & Chet Miller Projection Engineers, Michael Commendatore & Joey Moro Lighting Assistant, Ben Rawson Lighting Programmer, Annemarie Mountjoy Costume Construction by Parkinson Gill Ltd. Scenic Construction by Cardiff Theatrical Services, Ltd. Lighting & Projection Equipment provided by 4Wall Entertainment, Inc. Flying Director, Ryan McAlpine Additional Costume Construction by Birgit Pfeffer, Mark Zappone, All-Stitch Masks & Mice Artisan, Robert Allsopp Additional Costumes, Scenery & Props Construction by Alliance Theatre Deck Crew Chief, Hank Collins Assistant Head Carpenters, Dani Dickinson, Christopher Stewart, T. McTigue Thompson Head Electrician, Brandon Polk Assistant Head Electricians, Phil Hutcheson & Justin Schwartz Head Props, Arlene Collins Lead Projectionist, Jay Holloway Acrobat Coaches, Christy Campbell, Lucy Eichelberger, Cary Jones Make Up by Blythe Tierney Dever Wigs by George Deavours