UTAH OPERA
Leoncavallo’s
PAGLIACCI MARCH 8 (7:30PM), MARCH 10 (7:00PM), MARCH 12 (7:00PM), MARCH 14 (7:30PM), MARCH 16 (2:00PM) JANET QUINNEY LAWSON CAPITOL THEATRE
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)
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(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 USUO.ORG | (801) 533-NOTE
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