THE ARTISTS CHRISTIAN ZAREMBA | zuniga
Praised by The New York Times as “a stage animal with a big bass voice,” this season sees bass Christian Zaremba debut at the Wolftrap Opera Festival as Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro) and Il Re (Aida) in concert with the National Symphony Orchestra. As a resident artist with Minnesota Opera he has appeared as Ashby (La fanciulla del West) and General Tracy (The Manchurian Candidate), and with the Annapolis Chorale as Jesus in Bach’s Johannes Passion and the bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah. Last season saw Christian debut at the Glimmerglass Festival as the bass soloist in David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion. With Minnesota Opera he sang both Sarastro and the Sprecher (Die Zauberflöte), Lamoral (Arabella), the Lawyer (The Dream of Valentino) and the Innkeeper (Manon Lescaut). Other roles include Pistola (Falstaff) with the Martina Arroyo Foundation, Colline (La bohème) and Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia) with Long Island Opera. Christian performed the speaking role of the Porter in Massenet’s Manon and covered the principal acting role of Agamemnon in Iphigénie en Tauride at the Metropolitan Opera.
MINNESOTA OPERA ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN I
Allison Ostrander Concertmaster
Natalia Moiseeva
Assistant Concertmaster
Julia Persitz David Mickens Angela Waterman Hanson Heidi Amundson Conor O’Brien Jill Olson Colin McGuire Masie Block
VIOLIN II
Laurie Petruconis Elizabeth Decker Stephan Orsak Melinda Marshall Elise Parker Allison Cregg David Block Huldah Niles
VIOLA
Emily Hagen Susan Janda Laurel Browne Jenny Lind Nilsson Jim Bartsch Valerie Little
CELLO
Jim Jacobson Sally Gibson Dorer Rebecca Arons Teresa Richardson Dale Newton Diane Tremaine
BASS
John Michael Smith Connie Martin Jason C. Hagelie Michael Watson
FLUTE
Michele Frisch
Double piccolo
Amy Morris
Double piccolo
OBOE
Michael Dayton Jeffrey Marshak
Double English horn
CLARINET
Karrin Meffert-Nelson Nina Olsen
BASSOON
Coreen Nordling Laurie Hatcher Merz
TRUMPET
John G. Koopmann Christopher Volpe
TROMBONE
Phillip Ostrander John Tranter David Stevens
TIMPANI
Kory Andry
PERCUSSION
Matthew Barber Jay Johnson
HARP
Min J. Kim
HORN
Matthew Wilson Charles Hodgson Timothy Bradley Lawrence Barnhart
MINNESOTA OPERA CHORUS
Marysa Abbas, Matthew Abbas, Michael Burton, Carolyn Cavadini, Christina Christiansen, Ben Crickenberger, Cecile Crozat-Zawisza, Daniel Dahle, Benjamin Dutcher, Jennifer Eckes, Stefan Egerstrom, Will Esch, Carole Finneran, Peter Frenz, Brian Goldenman, Michelle Hayes, Jason Hernandez, Benjamin Hills, Cresta Hubert, Timothy James, Ben Johnson, Elizabeth Kohl, Cassandra Koob, Gary Kubert, Evan Kusler, Rick Latterell, Michelle Liebl, Maggie Lofboom, Elizabeth Longhurst, Meghan Lowe, Joel Mathias, Michael Mayer, Eric Mellum, Monica Murray, Jessica Nesbit, Phong Nguyen, Grant Scherzer, Cathryn Schmidt, Jonathan Sill, Justin Spenner, Kelsey Stark D’Emilio, Lauren Stepka, Staci Stringer, Kristie Tigges, Kelly Turpin, Colyn Tvete, Eryn Tvete, Tricia Van Ee, John Verkuilen, Rachel Vickers, Lola Watson
SUPERNUMERARIES
Joe Allen, Andy Flamm, Kevin Klein, Derek Meyer, Rick Miller, Tom Ringberg, Maxwell Savage, David Schneider
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CHILDREN’S CHORUS Children’s chorus members are participants in Minnesota Opera’s Project Opera program
Alaina Adkinson, Maddie Anderson, Riley Eddins, Peter Finneran-Flyckt, Ellie Hahn, Maggie Hayes, Madeline Johnson, Alex Meyer, Sebastian Miezianko, Evan Moser, Alice O’Brien, Jack O’Brien, Zoey Paulson, Izzy Rousmaniere, Michael Scott, Shelby Scott, Charlie Schirvar, Jennah Slayton , Jonny Slayton, Kristian Stordalen, Emma Tausigg, Clare Tichawa, Fletcher Zavadil
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