PAGLIACCI
MARCH 8 (7:30PM), MARCH 10 (7:00PM), MARCH 12 (7:00PM), MARCH 14 (7:30PM), MARCH 16 (2:00PM)
Composed and Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo Premiere – May 21, 1892, Milan, Teatro del Verme
Previously at Utah Opera – 2018, 2002, 1988, 1981
Performed in Italian with English Supertitles (Captions)
CAST
(in order of vocal appearance)
Tonio Darren Drone
Canio Jonathan Burton
Beppe ............................................... Aaron McKone*
Nedda Lydia Grindatto
Silvio Eleomar Cuello
Villagers .......................................Utah Opera Chorus and Choristers of The Madeleine Choir School
ARTISTIC TEAM
Conductor Joseph Colaneri
Stage Director Tara Faircloth
Chorus Director & Assistant Conductor ................... Austin McWilliams
Children’s Chorus Director Melanie Malinka
Scenic Designer Laura Fine Hawkes
Costume Designer ....................................... Verona Green
Lighting Designer Ben Rawson
Wig & Makeup Designer Kate Casalino
Principal Coach ....................................... Carol Anderson
Guest Coach Dallas Aksoy
Rehearsal Pianist
Jie Fang Goh*
Assistant Director Matthew Schulz
Fight Choreographer Christopher DuVal
Stage Manager Kathleen Stakenas
Assistant Stage Manager Hannah Schumacher
2nd Assistant Stage Manager Mariana V. Villarreal
Set & Costumes Built by Utah Opera Supertitle Translation by Tara Faircloth
The performance run time is approximately 2 hours with one intermission
*Current Resident Artist
JANET QUINNEY LAWSON CAPITOL THEATRE
Jonathan Burton (Ohio) Canio
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Turandot
Recently:
Pagliacci, Pittsburgh Opera
Tosca, Pittsburgh Opera
La fanciulla del West, Central City Opera
Upcoming:
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Washington National Opera
Joseph Colaneri (New Jersey) Conductor
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Rigoletto
Recently:
Pagliacci, The Glimmerglass Festival
The Pirates of Penzance, The Glimmerglass Festival
Upcoming:
L’amico Fritz, Academy of Vocal Arts
Tosca, The Glimmerglass Festival
The Rake’s Progress, The Glimmerglass Festival
Kate Casalino (New York) Wig & Makeup Designer
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Hansel and Gretel
Recently:
Faust, Academy of Vocal Arts
Sweeney Todd, Utah Opera
Upcoming:
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Pioneer Theatre Company
Madame Butterfly, Utah Opera
Eleomar Cuello (Cuba) Silvio
Utah Opera Debut
Recently:
Ainadamar, The Metropolitan Opera
La bohème, Opera Maine
Upcoming:
Il barbiere di Siviglia, The Metropolitan Opera
Darren Drone (Arkansas)
Tonio
Utah Opera Debut
Recently:
La bohème, The Glimmerglass Festival
Jubilee, Seattle Opera
Fire Shut Up in My Bones, The Metropolitan Opera
Upcoming:
Falstaff, Portland Opera
Aida, Dayton Opera
La traviata, Berkshire Opera Festival
Laura Fine-Hawkes (New York)
Scenic Designer
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Pagliacci, Gianni Schicchi
Recently:
Così fan Tutte, Arizona Opera
POTUS, Stages Houston
Upcoming:
Le nozze di Figaro, Wolf Trap Opera
Tara Faircloth (Texas)
Stage Director
Most Recently at Utah Opera, The Marriage of Figaro
Recently:
Tosca, Pittsburgh Opera
Don Giovanni, Arizona Opera
Upcoming:
Romeo and Juliet, Palm Beach Opera
Loving Clara Schumann, Mercury Orchestra
Verona Green (Utah)
Costume Designer
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Pagliacci (2018)
Recently:
Don Giovanni, Opera Omaha
Pagliacci, Opera Santa Barbara
Lydia Grindatto (New Mexico) Nedda
Utah Opera Debut
Recently:
Roméo et Juliette, Palm Beach Opera
Don Giovanni, Arizona Opera
Upcoming:
The Rake’s Progress, The Glimmerglass Festival
Le trouvère, The Wexford Festival
Austin McWilliams (Missouri)
Chorus Director & Assistant Conductor
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Sweeney Todd
Recently:
Associate Conductor & Chorus Master, Opera Grand Rapids
Director of Choral Activities, Aquinas College
Upcoming:
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera 2024-2025 Season
Aaron McKone (South Carolina) Beppe
Most Recently at Utah Opera, Messiah
Recently:
Current Utah Opera Resident Artist
Hamlet, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Die Fledermaus, Bel Cantanti Opera
Upcoming: Madame Butterfly, Utah Opera
Ben Rawson (Georgia)
Lighting Designer
Most Recently at Utah Opera, The Marriage of Figaro
Recently:
The Moment is Imminent, BalletCollective
Caress Them, Prisma International Dance Festival
Upcoming: Coppélia, Atlanta Ballet
Sponsored by the Joanne Shiebler Guest Artist Fund
CHORUS LIST
(Alphabetical within Voice Type)
Sopranos
Lindsay Spring Browning
Genevieve Gannon
Audrey Meservy
Emma-Claire Polich
Michaela Shelton
Katie Sullivan
Carolyn Talboys-Klassen
Kathryn Thompson
Altos
Jennifer Hancock
Melissa James
Deborah Johnson
Rebecca Keel
Angela Keeton
Julie McBeth
Sammie Tollestrup
Dawn Veree
Supernumeraries
Grace Bardugon
Bradley Christensen
Nannette Ovard
Todd Sieber
The Madeleine Choir School A Place to Begin. A Place to Become. A Place to Belong.
The Madeleine Choir School is a Roman Catholic school that offers an exceptional education to its students through music, academics, and a focus on the whole student. Serving students in Pre-kindergarten through Grade Eight, the school is unique in Utah and one of only a few in the United States that offers students the opportunity to not only study music, but to put their knowledge into practice every day.
With daily Masses, Sunday services, regular concerts, biennial domestic and international tours, and frequent collaborations with Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, the Grand Teton Music Festival, and other arts organizations, students
Tenors
George Burdick
Ryan Francis
Orion Gray
Brynnen Green
Elijah Hancock
Rodrigo Hernandez
Carson Smith
Scott Tarbet
Basses
Buddy Eyre
Kobe Hagen
Charles Hamilton
Thomas Klassen
Michael Moyes
Giovanni Nuvan
Bryce Robinson
Mark Sorensen
at The Madeleine Choir School not only learn about music, they lead performances at the highest level. Combined with rigorous academic and physical education, The Madeleine Choir School offers an unique environment dedicated to caring for the whole student so they become engaged scholars, effective communicators, dedicated liturgical musicians, and responsible world citizens who seek to build a civilization of justice, mercy, and love.
We invite you to experience the unique atmosphere of The Madeleine Choir School firsthand. Please visit our website at utmcs.org to schedule an admissions tour, or contact our Director of Admissions at admissions@utmcs.org or 801323-9850 ext. 103. We look forward to welcoming you to The Madeleine Choir School.
Choristers of The Madeleine Choir School
Vivien Browning
Maria Chelu
Hamid Fadul
Pauline Htoi
Aila Hummasti Fouxman
Elliott Jeppsen
James Maxfield
Declan Millican
Declan Morrissey
Eleanor Morrissey
Lisha Tathireddy
Colsen Taylor
William Taylor
Veronica Todd
Camila (Mila)
Trousdale
Pavlos
Tsoutsounakis