I Capuleti

Doris Yarick Cross, Artistic Director presents

Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers

music by VinCenzo Bellini | Robert Blocker, Dean | music.yale.edu

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) A lyric tragedy in two acts Music by Vincenzo Bellini Libretto by Felice Romani Performed in Italian with projected English translations

conductor stage director set designer costume designer lighting designer wig and makeup designer musical preparation production stage manager chorus master assistant chorus master surtitles

Speranza Scappucci Marc Verzatt Riccardo Hernandez John Carver Sullivan William B. Warfel Jenny Valentine (for Elsen Associates, Inc.) Douglas Dickson and Timothy Shaindlin Lee Marc Molnar Timothy Shaindlin Jill Brunelle Marc Verzatt

A new Yale Opera production There will be one twenty-minute intermission following Act I The approximate running time of the performance is two and a half hours

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welcome from the Dean

Dear Friends, With much pleasure I welcome you to the Yale Opera production of I Capuleti e i Montecchi. This annual School of Music production in the Shubert Theatre is eagerly anticipated by New Haven and the professional opera community in New York and beyond.

The young singers in Yale Opera have appeared in performances throughout the world this past year. Yale Opera returns to Warsaw in March for performances of Verdi’s seldom-performed first version of Simon Boccanegra with Maestro Łukasz Borowicz at the Beethoven Easter Festival.

During the 2012–2013 season, alumni of the Yale Opera program are singing with such companies as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Vienna Staatsoper, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, among many others. The education of our singers is further enhanced by our internationally distinguished faculty, and guest directors and conductors, along with the opportunity to perform in the professional environment of this theater.

We are grateful for your support and encouragement, and I hope you enjoy this beautiful music sung by our talented young singers.

robert blocker The Lucy and Henry Moses Dean of Music

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Dear Friends, Welcome once again to Yale Opera’s mainstage production at New Haven’s historic and beautiful Shubert Theater. It is a particular pleasure to present this new production of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, our first bel canto opera, with our gifted young singers. Tackling an opera in the bel canto style was an ambitious project for us, but you will hear that our singers have risen beautifully to the challenge.

We are especially pleased that I Capuleti e i Montecchi is under the baton of Speranza Scappucci. After she wowed audiences last year with Così fan tutte, we simply had to bring her back again! She brings with her a wealth of knowledge and love of the bel canto repertoire and a passion for working with young singers. As always, we are very happy to have Marc Verzatt direct. After his hugely successful production of The Magic Flute, we know you will love his vision for I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Our singers have had a wonderful time working with both Speranza and Marc, and we know that their excitement will translate to a delightful experience for you, our audience. Additionally we are delighted to be collaborating with set designer Riccardo Hernandez for the first time.

Riccardo has designed for some of the most prestigious companies in the world, and we know you will love his stunning sets for I Capuleti.

It is through the support of our audiences and patrons that we are able to continue to bring professional-level productions to the Shubert Theater. We thank you for joining us and hope you enjoy the performance.

doris yarick cross Artistic Director, Yale Opera

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cast in order of vocal appearance

tebaldo Betrothed to Giulietta

Galeano Salas f, su Nikhil Navkal sa

capellio Chief of the Capulets, father of Giulietta

Nathan Milholin f, su David Leigh sa

lorenzo Doctor and retainer of the Capulets

Alexander Hahn f, su Stephen Daniel sa

romeo Head of the Montagues

Vivien Shotwell f, su Aleksandra Romano sa

giulietta In love with Romeo

Claudia Rosenthal f, su Alison King sa

f = Friday sa = Saturday su = Sunday

yale opera chorus Victor Altshul Terrence Chin-Loy Jordan Costa Ryan Foley Angel Herrera Brian Kirshenbaum Noah Kleinberg Erik Landry Reed Morgan Gabe Petegorsky Shi Xao

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the philharmonia orchestra of yale

manager Andrew W. Parker

conducting fellows Paolo Bortolameolli Jonathan Brandani

music librarian Roberta Senatore production assistant Kate Gonzales

assistants Philip Browne Jean Laurenz

violin i Hen-Shuo Chang Benjamin Hoffman Sun Kyung Ban Eun Kyung Park Barbara Kolarova Betty Zhou

bass Noah Cotler Jonathan Hammonds

violin ii Alissa Cheung Mattheus Garcia Souza Mann-Wen Lo Go Woon Choi Heewon Uhm Melanie Clapies

oboe Kristin Kall Hsuan-Fong Chen

viola Isabela Mensz Benjamin Bartelt Hyeree Yu Sara Rossi

bassoon Elizabeth Garrett Michael Zuber

cello Sohyang Yoo Alan Ohkubo Bo Zhang

flute Bo Hee Kim Isabel Gleicher

clarinet David Perry Tianyu Zhang

horn Zachary Quortrup Sarah Au Wing Lam trumpet Gerado Mata Robby Moser

trombone Timothy Hilgert timpani Doug Perry percussion Garrett Arney Victor Caccese Mari Yoshinaga harp Antoine Malette-Chénier

6 · synopsis

ß i capuleti e i montecchi: Synopsis

Act I scene 1 A hall in the Capulet palace The family and supporters of Capulet assemble at dawn, fearing an attack from their rivals, the Montagues. In the latest fight between these opposing factions, Romeo, the Montague leader, has killed Capulet’s son. The Capulets declare their determination to obtain their revenge for this outrage. Capulet rejects Lorenzo’s advice to end the feud with the Montagues, and announces that Tebaldo will marry his daughter Juliet later that day.

Romeo (who is pledged to Juliet) enters posing as his own ambassador. He offers terms for peace, which is to be sealed by the marriage of Juliet to Romeo. The offer of peace is rejected as the Capulets call for war. Romeo warns them that though the Montagues will fight, it will be the Capulets who must take the blame for the loss of life.

scene 2 A room in Juliet’s apartment Alone and miserable, Juliet reflects on the contrast between the preparations for her wedding to Tebaldo and her unfulfilled love for Romeo. Lorenzo enters: he has brought Romeo with him. Romeo urges Juliet to escape with him, but she argues that, in spite of loving him, she must be a dutiful daughter, and do her father’s bidding. scene 3 An internal courtyard in the Capulet palace The celebrations for Tebaldo and Juliet’s wedding are underway. Romeo, in disguise, reveals that his men will soon attack the palace and prevent the marriage. Lorenzo is torn between his loyalty to Capulet and his affection for the lovers. Suddenly the noise of battle is heard, and Romeo rushes off to join the fight.

During the commotion Romeo once again pleads with Juliet to elope with him, but they are discovered by Capulet and Tebaldo, who recognize Romeo as the enemy’s ambassador, but when Romeo reveals his true identity, the Montagues swarm in to rescue him.

Intermission

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Act II scene 1 An internal courtyard in the Capulet palace Juliet worries about the outcome of the latest skirmish between the Capulets and the Montagues when Lorenzo brings news: Romeo is safe, but Giulietta will soon be taken to Tebaldo’s castle. He proposes a plan: she must take a sleeping potion that will counterfeit death; she will then be interred in the Capulet family vault, but when she awakes Romeo will be with her. Despite her anxiety about never waking up, she swallows the sleeping draught as Capulet and his entourage enter. He orders Juliet to prepare for her wedding to Tebaldo. The sleeping draught begins to work. But although she tells her father that she is close to death, Capulet remains unmoved by her pleas. scene 2 In the grounds of the palace Romeo believes that Lorenzo has abandoned him. He comes face to face with Tebaldo and the two rivals are about to duel when they are interrupted by Juliet’s funeral cortège.

scene 3 The tombs of the Capulets Romeo comes to the vault to mourn Juliet. He is left alone to bid farewell to her in private.

Believing Juliet dead, Romeo takes poison in order to join her in death. Juliet awakes and Romeo learns, for the first time, of Lorenzo’s scheme. He dies in her arms and she kills herself with his dagger. Capulet arrives too late, and Lorenzo accuses him of their deaths.

8 · donors

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Benefactors Anonymous Robert J. Alpern & Patricia A. Preisig Laura & Victor Altshul Gordon & Lucy Ambach Dr. David & Mrs. Karen Astrachan Robert & Serena Blocker Carole & Arthur Broadus Walter & Mary Beth Buck Barbara & Bill Butler Anne & Guido Calabresi Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Crowley William Curran Anne Curtis Andrew Drabkin & Brian Hughes Susan Forster Maija Jansson & Paul Bushkovitch Richard & Jane Levin Stephanie & Joseph Lim Linda K. Lorimer & Charles Ellis George Miller Jim & Marcia Morley Dinny & Lester Morse Ronald & Susan Netter Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Niemi Cesar Pelli Kathy & George Priest Jim & Nancy Remis Dr. Michael Rigsby Carol & Stephen Ross Barbara A. Shailor & Harry W. Blair Dr. & Mrs. Robert Sherwin Lorraine Siggins & Braxton McKee

Patrons Burton Alter Paul and Joanne Bailey Kerry & Paul Boulian Linda & Robert Burt Linda Briggs Joe & Phyllis Crowley Bob & Priscilla Dannies Anne & Tony Fitzgerald Joy & Brin Ford Catherine & John Forrest Peter Gisolfi William M. Goldberg Cheryl MacLachlan & Fred Gorelick Rosamond Hamlin Drs. Richard Kibbey & Marie Helene Pouliot Drs. James & Hannah Leckman Sandy & Curly Lieber Tobé & Steve Malawista Katherine McKenzie & Craig Crews Fiona Scott Morton & Stephen Latham Drs. Gerald I. Shulman & Kitt Falk Petersen Alec & Drika Purves Maggie & Herb Scarf Katerina & Michael Simons David & Lisa Totman Lawrence Zukof Friends Angelo Alonzo R. Kemerer and Phoebe Edwards Richard Gard Toddie & Chris Getman Mary Greer Nazzareno Grestini Maurice Mahoney & Blanche Katz Charles-Henri & Marguerite Mangin

This list is current as of February 11, 2013. We regret if any donors have been excluded due to our publishing schedule.

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Conductor

Speranza Scappucci is taking her place as a dynamic new conductor on the opera scene after having built a successful international career as pianist, coach and Assistant Conductor in some of the most prestigious houses on both continents and next to some of the greatest conductors of our time, such as Riccardo Muti, Zubin Metha, and Seiji Ozawa, among others. She returns to Yale Opera for Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi after last year’s successful production of Così fan tutte, in which she led the Yale Philharmonia from the harpsichord.

Upcoming engagements for the Rome-born conductor include a staged version of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in the new double bill production Passion at Glimmerglass Opera in 2013, and Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Teatro Arriaga Bilbao. A graduate of the Juilliard School (CRT, M.M.) and the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, she has worked as coach and Assistant Conductor at the Vienna State Opera for six seasons as a specialist in Italian repertoire ranging from Mozart to bel canto, Verdi and verismo. She has been on the music staff of several American companies: New York City Opera (2001–2005), Chicago Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Santa Fe Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera. In 2007 she joined the staff of the Metropolitan Opera, working with James Levine on the new production of Lucia di Lammermoor. She was subsequently invited every year at the the Met as Assistant Conductor on several productions, including the 2010 Attila under Riccardo Muti and most recently the 2011–12 season opener, Anna Bolena.

Ms. Scappucci spent six summers (2001–2006) at the Glyndebourne Festival where she worked with conductors Vladimir Jurowski, William Christie, Charles Makkeras, Emmanuelle Haim, Philippe Jordan, and Louis Langree. In 2007 she started working at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival next to Riccardo Muti, and taking part in the Maestro’s discovery and revival of rare Neapolitan School operas, assisting the Maestro and playing continuo in the the world premieres in modern times of operas by Cimarosa, Paisiello, Jommelli, and Mercadante in Salzburg, Ravenna, Piacenza, Paris, Madrid, and Buenos Aires.

She has also been working with Maestro Muti at the Salzburg Summer Festival on productions of Verdi’s Otello, Rossini’s Moïse et Pharaon, Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Verdi’s Macbeth, the Rome Opera’s productions of Moïse et Pharaon, Nabucco, Macbeth, Attila, and Simon Boccanegra, as well as the CSO concert performance of Otello.

Ms. Scappucci, a brilliant pianist, has also been an active vocal recitalist. She has played at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. She has played Liederabends at the famous Musikverein in Vienna and performed as a

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pianist with members of the Vienna Philharmonic, as well as recitals with the concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic, Rainer Kuchl. With the Vienna Philharmonic she played continuo in performances of Così fan tutte under Riccardo Muti in Tokyo and Le nozze di Figaro at the Wiener Staatsoper.

Ms. Scappucci has a particular passion for working with young singers and is regularly invited by companies over the world to work with Young Artists Programs, including the Met Lindemann Program/Juilliard School, The Chicago Lyric Ryan Opera Center, the Los Angeles Opera young artists, the Florida Grand Opera, the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi in Parma.

Stage Director

A stage director and acting coach, Marc Verzatt maintains an active career directing opera, operetta, and musical theater throughout the United States, South America, and Europe. He made his professional directing debut with a production of Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann with Opera Columbus. He has since directed productions with the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Chicago Lyric Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and the opera companies of Fort Worth, Lake George, Madison, Arizona, Toledo, Atlanta, Kansas City, Baltimore, Idaho, and Mississippi. For the Austin Shakespeare Festival, he directed Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Recent stagings have been Toledo Opera’s Candide and Turandot and concert stagings of Verdi’s Macbeth and Mozart’s Don Giovanni for the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. This season he has directed both Il barbiere di Siviglia and Eugene Onegin for the Academy of Vocal Arts.

Mr. Verzatt has taught and directed at Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts, Indiana University, Ohio State University, and Notre Dame University. He has directed many Yale Opera productions, including Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Orchestra Verdi in Milan, as well as five one-act operas in Sprague Hall, and Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica, Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Shubert Theater. In 2005 he returned as guest artist to the Metropolitan Opera for an acting role in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos. In 2006 he was named Outstanding Stage Director of the Year by Classical Singer magazine. He is a member of the faculty of the American Institute for Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.

In 2002 he joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music, where he teaches acting and movement.

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Set Designer

Riccardo Hernandez (Scenic Design) Broadway: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Tony 2012 Best Musical Revival), The People in the Picture (Studio 54), Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change, Topdog/Underdog, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, Noise/Funk (also National Tour and Japan), Parade (Tony/Drama Desk Noms), Hal Prince director, The Tempest, Bells are Ringing. Recent: La Mouette, Jan Karski, Mon Nom Est Une Fiction (both for Avignon Festival: Cour d’Honneur, Opera Theatre, France), The Dead (Abbey Theater, Dublin), Il Postino (L.A. Opera, PBS Great Performances), Philip Glass’ Appomattox (San Francisco Opera), Lost Highway (London’s ENO/Young Vic). Over 200 productions U.S./Internationally: New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater, BAM, Lincoln Center Theater, NYTW, CSC, Second Stage, Atlantic Theater Company, ART, Guthrie, Goodman, Taper, Lyric Opera Chicago, New York City Opera, HGO, OTSL, Santa Fe Opera, Theatre du Chatelet, Festival Automne, Paris; Vienna’s Theater an der Wien, Opera de Nice, Oslo National Theater, MXAT Moscow, Teatr Polski, Warsaw; London’s National, Old Vic, Royal Court. Princeton Lecturer.

Costume Designer

John Carver Sullivan returns to Yale Opera, where he has designed the past two season’s opera scenes productions, as well as La Tragédie de Carmen and Le Rossignol. His long association with Colin Graham and Opera Theatre of St. Louis has included designs for world premiere productions of The Woodlanders, The Village Singer, and The Postman Always Rings Twice, among many others.

He has also designed the Broadway production of Moose Murders, off-Broadway productions at the York Theatre of The Musical of Musicals – The Musical, Little By Little, and The Jello is Always Red, and multiple productions for the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music. His theatrical work includes productions for Goodspeed Opera, the Alley Theatre, Berkeley Rep, and the Folger Library Theatre. Mr. Sullivan currently serves as the chair of the theatre department at Southern Connecticut State University.

Lighting Designer

William B. Warfel has done lighting design and production management for over 30 Yale Opera productions since 1978. He was the co-chair of design and professor of lighting at the Yale School of Drama from 1967 to 1993 and is currently in private practice as a lighting designer and theater consultant in Hamden. A graduate of both Yale College and the School of Drama, Mr. Warfel taught at Dartmouth College and Long Island University and worked in the lighting profession in New York City prior to returning to the New Haven area.

He has lectured and taught in Finland, China, Egypt, Iceland and Sweden and has worked on consulting projects in Scotland, Nigeria, and Ecuador. Mr. Warfel is a founding member of the International Association of Lighting Designers.

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Chorus Master & Musical Preparation

A native of New York City, Timothy Shaindlin joined the Yale School of Music faculty in 2008. After studies at The Juilliard School and Indiana University, he worked for the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, San Diego Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, and Pittsburgh Opera. He has also coached for Glimmerglass Opera, Sarasota Opera, and Hawaii Opera Theatre. In Europe, he worked for Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu and played master classes for Tito Gobbi. He has played classes and coachings for such artists as Joan Sutherland, Birgit Nilsson, Beverly Sills, Marilyn Horne, Natalie Dessay, Ben Heppner, Luciano Pavarotti, Eleanor Steber, Samuel Ramey, Regine Crespin, Carlo Bergonzi, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson, and Frederica von Stade.

Mr. Shaindlin’s work on the podium includes conducting engagements with the Wolf Trap Opera Festival, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Pittsburgh Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Light Opera Works, and Eugene Opera. He has assisted such renowned conductors as Christoph Eschenbach, Sir Andrew Davis, Daniel Barenboim, Valery Gergiev, Richard Bonynge, Bruno Bartoletti, Donato Renzetti, Louis Langrée, Edoardo Müller, Yves Abel, Daniele Gatti, Antonio Pappano, and Paul Gemignani. Mr. Shaindlin chorus-mastered 40 operas at Pittsburgh Opera and was director of the Children’s Chorus at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Musical Preparation

Douglas Dickson received his B.A. degree from Princeton University and his M.M.A. from the Yale School of Music. On various occasions the Washington Post has called him an “intelligent, sensitive” pianist with “super technique,” a “skillful pianist,” and has praised him for the “finely integrated oneness” he achieves as an accompanist. Mr. Dickson has performed in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and South America in venues ranging from Japan’s Expo Hall to the Cincinnati Coliseum.

While still in college, he was the accompanist for the American Boychoir. As part of Duodecaphonia, a prize-winning piano duo, he has performed at the Kennedy Center and elsewhere. Mr. Dickson has been music director for productions at Quinnipiac University, the Yale School of Drama, Opera Theater of Connecticut, and Connecticut Experimental Theater. He was music director and conductor for Yale Opera’s production of Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, and he conducted a concert featuring Yale Opera with the Orchestra Verdi in Milan. He has taught at Quinnipiac University since 1993, and joined the Yale faculty in 1998. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in an all-Ives concert at Weill Recital Hall. For Naxos, he has recorded more than eighty Charles Ives songs.

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Wigs & Makeup

Jenny Valentine designs for Elsen Associates Inc., wig and makeup designers for various companies, theatres, and institutions including Washington National Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Wolf Trap, Opera New Jersey, Opera Omaha, Des Moines Metro Opera, Syracuse Opera, Sarasota Opera, Yale University, Carnegie Mellon University, Manhattan School of Music, Shakespeare Theatre /Washington, DC, the Kennedy Center, and McCarter Theatre. International Festivals include Edinburgh, Jerusalem, and Spoleto (U.S.A., Italy, and Australia).

Production Stage Manager

Lee Marc Molnar has been the Director of Production for New Orleans Opera; Production Stage Manager for Virginia Opera for four seasons including the premieres of Tristan und Isolde, Elektra & Die Walküre. He also worked on the American Premiere of Sophie’s Choice at Washington National Opera. Other companies Mr. Molnar has worked for include Palm Beach Opera, Jacksonville Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Pensacola Opera, & the Indiana Opera Theatre at Bloomington.

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Hometown Education Yale Opera

Stephen Daniel • baritone • Lorenzo Freeport, CT B.M., Westmister Choir College of Rider University Lescaut in Manon*, Capellio in I Capuleti e i Montecchi*, Elmiro in Otello, Major General in The Pirates of Penzance*

Recently

The Speaker in Die Zauberflöte (Westminster Opera Theatre)

Upcoming

Ibn Hakia in Iolanta (Yale Opera).

Hometown Education Yale Opera

Alexander Hahn • bass-baritone • Lorenzo Franklin Lakes, New Jersey B.M., Mannes College of Music Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Candy in Of Mice and Men*, Pistola in Falstaff*, Enrico VIII in Anna Bolena*, Leporello in Don Giovanni, The Sorcerer in Dido and Aeneas, Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia*, Narbal in Les Troyens*, and Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare*, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, Colline in La bohème, The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance*

Recently

Banquo in Macbeth, Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Frère Laurent in Roméo et Juliette, Pistola in Falstaff (Chautauqua Opera Young Artist scenes), title role in Le nozze di Figaro, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Mustafà in L’Italiana in Algeri, Father Trulove in The Rake’s Progress (Mannes opera scenes)

Upcoming

Pietro in Simon Boccanegra (Beethoven Easter Festival of Warsaw), King René in Iolanta (Yale Opera), Monterone in Rigoletto (Opera Theater of Connecticut)

Hometown Education Yale Opera

Alison King • soprano • Giulietta Portland, Oregon B.M., University of Southern California Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Leïla in Les pêcheurs de perles*

Recently

Marilyn Horne Recital Series at Carnegie Hall, Music Academy of the West Resident artist 2011 & 2012, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia (cover), Ann Trulove in The Rake’s Progress, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Magda de Civry in La rondine, Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande

Upcoming

Soprano soloist in Dvorák’s Stabat Mater with Helmuth Rilling & Yale Philharmonia

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Hometown Education Yale Opera

David Leigh • bass • Capellio New York, NY B.A., Yale College; M.M., Mannes College of Music Basilio in Il barbiere de Siviglia, Zuniga in Carmen, Lorenzo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Sergeant in The Pirates of Penzance*

Recently

Chautauqua Opera Young Artist 2012, Commendatore in Don Giovanni (Mannes Opera and IVAI-TEL Aviv), Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor (Mannes Opera)

Upcoming

King René in Iolanta (Yale Opera)

Hometown Education Yale Opera

Nathan Milholin • baritone • Capellio Greensboro, NC B.M., University of North Carolina School of the Arts Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia*, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte*; Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Junius in The Rape of Lucretia; Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles*, Marcello in La Bohème*

Recently

Performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, Central City Opera Apprentice Artist summer 2012-Marcello in La Bohème (cover), Ike Skidmore in Oklahoma!, Tom/John in The Face on the Barroom Floor

Upcoming

Robert in Iolanta (Yale Opera)

Hometown Education Yale Opera

Nikhil Navkal •tenor • Tebaldo Andover, MA B.M., Indiana University; M.M., Mannes College of Music Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia*, Otello in Otello*, Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance*

Recently

Performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra; 2012 Central City Opera Studio Artist – Toby in The Medium, Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia* (Central City Opera); Ernesto, Don Pasquale* (Mannes Opera 2012); Normanno, Lucia di Lammermoor (Indiana University 2010)

Upcoming

Tenor soloist in Dvorák’s Stabat Mater with Helmuth Rilling and the Yale Philharmonia, Almeric in Iolanta (Yale Opera)

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Hometown Education Yale Opera

Aleksandra Romano • mezzo-soprano • Romeo New Haven, CT B.A., Bard College Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia*, Mercédès in Carmen*

Recently

Performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra; Wolf Trap Studio Artist 2011 and 2012 – Nicklausse (cover) in The Tales of Hoffmann; Despina in Così fan tutte, Antonia’s Mother in The Tales of Hoffmann (Connecticut Lyric Opera)

Upcoming

Laura in Iolanta (Yale Opera), Central City Opera Apprentice Artist summer 2013 – Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia.

Hometown Education Yale Opera

Claudia Rosenthal • soprano • Giulietta Scarsdale, NY B.A., Yale College; B.M., Hartt School; M.M., Mannes College of Music Desdemona in Otello*, Sophie in Werther*, Edith in The Pirates of Penzance*

Recently

Performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra; Norina in Don Pasquale and Nannetta in Falstaff (The Mannes Opera); Wolf Trap Opera Studio Artist 2011 – Stella in Les Contes d’Hoffmann* and Cobweb in A Midsummer Night’s Dream*

Upcoming

Yale in New York at Carnegie Hall

Hometown Education Yale Opera

Galeano Salas • tenor • Tebaldo Houston, TX B.M., Moores School of Music, University of Houston in Vocal Performance Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia*, Rodolfo in La bohème*, Iopas in Les Troyens*, Ferrando in Così fan tutte; Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore*, Remendado in Carmen*, Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Gondolier/Rodrigo in Otello*

Recently

Performances of Handel’s Messiah with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Central City Opera Apprentice Artist 2012 – Will Parker in Oklahoma!; Wolf Trap Opera Studio Artist 2011

Upcoming

Vaudemont in Iolanta (Yale Opera), Central City Opera Apprentice Artist Summer 2013 – Stage Manager in Our Town (cover)

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Hometown Education Yale Opera

Vivien Shotwell • mezzo-soprano • Romeo Halifax, Nova Scotia b.a. Williams College; m.a. University of Iowa; m.f.a. University of Iowa Dido in Les Troyens, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia*, Cesare in Giulio Cesare*, Lucretia and Bianca in the Rape of Lucretia, Charlotte in Werther*, Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Recently

Performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Concert Soloist with Orchestra New England

Upcoming

Marta in Iolanta (Yale Opera), Visiting Artist Recital and Masterclass at Williams College, Mozart Requiem and Solemn Vespers with the Cathedral of All Saints Choir of Men and Boys, Albany

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yale opera production staff

Erika Niemi Katrina Olson William B. Warfel Lee Marc Molnar Kate Cudworth Melissa Erdman John Chase Jenna Siladie Christa Douyard Dylan Cross Kelly Hill Galeano Salas Jenna Siladie

Manager Production Coordinator Technical Director & Lighting Designer Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Properties Master Lighting Assistant Surtitle Operator Publicity Graphics Production Photographer Student Assistants

yale school of music staff

Krista Johnson Carol Jackson Julie Blindauer Dana Astmann Monica Ong Reed Austin Kase Tara Deming Christopher Melillo Eugene Kimball

Manager of Concert Programs Concert Office Coordinator Concert Office Lead Communications Program Design Promotional Video Production Operations Manager Operations Coordinator Recording Studio

Scenery built by Tom Carroll Scenery, Jersey City, NJ

20 · special thanks

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southern connecticut state university theatre department yale school of drama american repertory theatre hartford stage

Janna Baty Carole Broadus and the Gala Committee David Chambers John Chase Liz Diamond Dr. Teresa Gemme Michael Gilbertson Doug Harry Robert Heltzel Kelly Hill Austin Kase John Roach Rick Sordelet Thali New Haven

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February 26 masterclass with alan held Tue, 7 pm, Morse Recital Hall Free admission The renowned bass-baritone from the Metropolitan Opera works with students in the Yale Opera program.

May 3 & 4 iolanta Fri & Sat, 8 pm, Morse Recital Hall Tickets $10–15 , Students $5 Yale Opera presents a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta with stage direction by Michael Gieleta and musical direction

by Timothy Shaindlin.

Student Recitals Free Admission catherine affleck mcphail, soprano | February 23, 5 pm, Sprague Hall alexander hahn, bass-baritone | March 1, 8 pm, Sprague Hall galeano salas, tenor | March 8, 5 pm, Sprague Hall vivien shotwell, mezzo-soprano | March 8, 8 pm, Sprague Hall claudia rosenthal, soprano | April 1, 4 pm, Sudler Hall nikhil navkal, tenor | April 1, 5:30 pm, Sudler Hall kelly hill, mezzo-soprano | April 6, 5 pm, Sprague Hall brian vu, baritone | April 8, 4 pm, Sudler Hall alison king, soprano | April 8, 5:30 pm, Sudler Hall esteban cordero, tenor | April 15, 4 pm, Sudler Hall david leigh, bass | April 15, 5:30 pm, Sudler Hall aleksandra romano, mezzo-soprano | April 22, 4 pm, Sudler Hall stephen daniel, baritone | April 22, 5:30 pm, Sudler Hall

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