City of Perth Opera in the Park Program 2021

CITY OF PERTH

OPERA PARK

IN

THE

A GALA CONCERT SUPPORTED BY LOTTERYWEST In association wtih Perth Festival

SUPPORTED BY LOTTERYWEST

PROGRAM

ACT ONE

ACT TWO

Johann Strauss II (Die Fledermaus) - Overture

Bizet (Carmen) - Toreador

Verdi (La traviata) - Sempre libera performed by Emma Matthews

Verdi (Rigoletto) - Cortigianni vil razza

performed by Michael Lewis, Brianna Louwen, Chelsea Burns and Chelsea Kluga

Bizet (Carmen) - Quintet

performed by Michael Lewis

performed by Brianna Louwen, Chelsea Burns Chelsea Kluga, Lachlan Lawton and Matthew Dixon

Verdi (Rigoletto) - Quartet

Bizet (Carmen) - Habenera

Verdi (Nabucco) - Va pensiero

Bizet (The Pearlfishers) - Au fond du temple saint

Puccini (Gianni Schicchi) - O mio babbino caro

Delibes (Lakmé) - Flower Duet

Puccini (Turandot) - Non piangere, Liu

Bernstein (Candide) - Glitter and be Gay

performed by Emma Matthews, Caitlin Cassidy, Paul O’Neill and Michael Lewis

performed by the West Australian Opera Chorus

performed by Sara Macliver

performed by Paul O’Neill, Emma Matthews, Michael Lewis, Matthew Dixon, Cailtin Cassidy, Chelsea Kluga and the West Australian Opera Chorus

performed by Caitlin Cassidy and the West Australian Opera Chorus

performed by Paul O’Neill and Lachlann Lawton

performed by Caitlin Cassidy and Sara Macliver

performed by Emma Matthews

Bernstein (West Side Story) - Somewhere performed by Sara Macliver

INTERVAL (30 minutes)

Puccini (Turandot) - Nessun Dorma performed by Paul O’Neill

Strauss (Die Fledermaus) - Brüderlein und Schwesterlein, Du und Du

CAST & CREW CAST

Conductor Christopher van Tuinen

Master of Ceremonies Penny Shaw Artists Emma Matthews Sara Macliver Caitlin Cassidy Paul O’Neill Michael Lewis Chelsea Burns Brianna Louwen Chelsea Kluga Matthew Dixon Lachlann Lawton West Australian Opera Chorus Sopranos Alexandra Bak Chelsea Burns Rebecca Castellini Leilah Fox Brianna Louwen Pia Harris Lucy Mervik Emma Pettemerides Prudence Sanders Xiaojia Zhang

CREW

Mezzo sopranos Helen Brown Ruth Burke Morgan Halket Jillian Halleron Sophie Herbert Brigitte Heuser Chelsea Kluga Anne Millar Courtney Pitman Elizabeth Vale

Production Manager Mandy Farmer

Foldback Technician Katja Webb

Site Manager Matt Nankivell

Technician Kerry Wilshushen Tom Corker

Tenors Jonathan Brain Tom Buckmaster Ry Charleson David Jones Perry Joyce Jason Kroll Matthew Lester Rob Littlewood Joshua Mitting Tim Schoenmakers

Stage Manager Karen Farmer

Wardrobe Sue Kerr

Front of House Managers Rhonda Orso Chris Stidwell Rhiannon Petersen

Basses Mark Alderson Kristin Bowtell Callen Dellar Matthew Dixon David Dockery Lachlann Lawton David Penco Steve Sherwood

Hair Christopher Lyons

Head Cleaner David Thornbury

Lighting Designer Sean McKernan Sound Engineer James Hewgill

Deputy Stage Manager Josh Marsland Assistant Stage Manager Erryn Hanson

Makeup Sharon Kyrwood

Surtitles Allison Fyfe Livestream Jurgen van Pletsen Video Systems Engineers Alex Spartalis Darren Tempany

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WELCOME

The City of Perth is proud to be a long-standing major sponsor of Opera in the Park. This year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of this popular annual summer event presented free of charge in the one of the city’s beautiful parks.

Opera in the Park is an accessible platform for everyone to experience the magic of opera. This year’s 30th anniversary concert will feature an abundance of Western Australian talent and delight audiences with favourites from the world of opera and musical theatre. On behalf of the City of Perth I acknowledge and thank the company, its Principal Partner Wesfarmers Arts, its funders, its sponsors, and its artists for their long-standing commitment to delivering this important cultural event in the city.

Annual events like Opera in the Park bring the community together, and introduce audiences to new cultural experiences. At the city we are proud to support innovative and inclusive arts and cultural activities which nurture a vibrant and diverse city. It is a joy to welcome you all to gather – at a socially distanced pace, of course – in these challenging times.

Carolyn Chard AM Enjoy the performance as we welcome you into the city not just this evening but everyday. Executive Director West Australian Opera Basil Zempilas, Lord Mayor City of Perth For 30 years West Australian Opera has presented Opera in the Park, igniting emotions, and sharing live performance with thousands of Western Australians.

This is a significant milestone and I acknowledge that producing an event on this scale takes a monumental effort from our staff, artists, suppliers, and supporters. We have been fortunate that partnerships with the City of Perth and Lotterywest have enabled Opera in the Park to become a flagship event on the state’s summer calendar.

After COVID19 disrupted 2020 we are proud to be able to return to live performance and to reconnect with the people of Western Australia in a new COVID safe format for Opera in the Park 2021. We are pleased to be able to offer this event over two performance dates in person and continue our commitment to the digital landscape with a livestream of the concert that can be accessed via the WAO website and watched from anywhere in this state, country or across the globe.

Please feel welcome to continue to colour your world with opera in 2021. I am certain that you will find something that will inspire you in this year’s season at www.waopera.asn.au Carolyn Chard AM, Executive Director West Australian Opera

Pia Harris, Soprano

WAO COMPANY Executive Director Carolyn Chard AM Artistic Director Chris van Tuinen Production Manager Mandy Farmer Artistic Administrator Kate Larkins Accountant Debbie Byrnes Education Manager Terasa Letizia Development Manager Coralie Bishop Development Coordinator Catherine Power Marketing Manager Danielle Barlow Acting Marketing Manager Alison Rodrigues Marketing Coordinator Holly Langford-Smith Media Coordinator Daniele Foti-Cuzzola CRM Coordinator Rachel Sait Financial Accountant Trish Wyn-Jones Music Librarian Allison Fyfe

WASO ONSTAGE 1ST VIOLINS Laurence Jackson Concertmaster Semra Lee-Smith Graeme Norris Rebecca Glorie Fleur Challen Alexandra Isted Christina Katsimbardis Ken Peeler Jolanta Schenk Baodi Tang Cerys Tooby Andrea Mendham 2ND VIOLINS Zak Rowntree Sarah Blackman Sunmi Jung Ellie Lawrence Akiko Miyazawa Lucas O’Brien Melanie Pearn Louise Sandercock Jane Serrangeli David Yeh VIOLA Alex Brogan Kierstan Arkleysmith Nik Babic Benjamin Caddy Alison Hall Rachael Kirk Elliot O’Brien Helen Tuckey CELLO Eve Silver Shigeru Komatsu Oliver McAslan Nicholas Metcalfe Fotis Skordas Tim South DOUBLE BASS John Keene Louise Elaerts

Christine Reitzenstein

Andrew Tait

FLUTE Andrew Nicholson Michael Waye

OBOE Elizabeth Chee Annabelle Farid Leanne Glover CLARINET Allan Meyer Lorna Cook Alexander Millier BASSOON Jane Kircher-Lindner Chloe Turner HORN David Evans Robert Gladstones Julia Brooke Francesco Lo Surdo TRUMPET Brent Grapes Jenna Smith Peter Miller TROMBONE Joshua Davis Liam O’Malley Philip Holdsworth TUBA Cameron Brook TIMPANI Alex Timcke PERCUSSION Brian Maloney Francois Combemoral Robyn Gray HARP Yi-Yun Loei

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