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Robert Blocker, Dean

yale opera Gerald Martin Moore, Artistic Director

Yale Opera with

Yale Philharmonia Louis Lohraseb, guest conductor

Friday, February 11, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Woolsey Hall

Program Giuseppe Verdi 1813–1901 Gaetano Donizetti 1797–1848

Overture to La forza del destino (1862)

“Tornami a Dir” from Don Pasquale (1843) Norina | Nicole Leung, soprano Ernesto | Seiyoung Kim, tenor

Donizetti

“Ambo morrete, o perfidi” from Anna Bolena (1830)

Angelo Anelli/ Giovanni Ruffini/ Donizetti

Felice Romani

Percy | Jordan Costa, tenor Enrico | Sergio Martínez Salazar, bass Anna | Anneliese Klenetsky, soprano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791

“Soave sia il vento” from Così fan tutte, K. 588 Fiordiligi | Greer Lyle, soprano Dorabella | Elana Bell, mezzo-soprano Don Alfonso | Jonas Jud, bass Anna Smigelskaya, harpsichord

“Il core vi dono” from Così fan tutte, K. 588 Dorabella | Anna Kelly, mezzo-soprano Guglielmo | Korin Thomas-Smith, baritone Anna Smigelskaya, harpsichord

Lorenzo Da Ponte

Jules Massenet 1842–1912

“O messager de Dieu” from Thaïs (1894)

Louis Gallet

Thaïs | Greer Lyle, soprano Athanaël | Laureano Quant, baritone Albine | Allison Fahey, mezzo-soprano Ensemble | Amalia Crevani, Anneliese Klenetsky, Magdalena Kuźma, Elana Bell, Anna Kelly

Gioachino Rossini 1792–1868

Act I Finale from L’italiana in Algeri (1813)

Angelo Anelli

intermission Audience members are asked to refrain from mingling.

Program, cont. Mozart

“Sola, sola in buio loco” from Don Giovanni, K. 527

Da Ponte

Georges Bizet 1838–1875

“Au fond du temple saint” from Les pêcheurs de perles (1863)

Eugène Cormon/ Michel Carré

Nadir | Jordan Costa, tenor Zurga | Samuel Kidd, baritone

Massenet

“Celle qui vient est plus belle” from Thaïs (1894)

Gallet

Crobyle | Magdalena Kuźma, soprano Myrtale | Allison Fahey, mezzo-soprano La Charmeuse | Amalia Crevani, soprano

Charles Gounod 1818–1893

“Nuit d’hyménée... il faut partir, hélas!” from Roméo et Juliette (1867)

Jules Barbier/ Carré

Juliette | Magdalena Kuźma, soprano Roméo | Jonghyun Park, tenor

Verdi

“Il lacerato spirito” from Simon Boccanegra (1857) Piave/ Arrigo Boito Fiesco | Jonas Jud, bass

Donizetti

“Chi mi frena in tal momento?” from Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)

Salvadore Cammarano

Edgardo | Jonghyun Park, tenor Enrico | Laureano Quant, baritone Lucia | Nicole Leung, soprano Raimondo | Jonas Jud, bass Alisa | Anna Kelly, mezzo-soprano Arturo | Jordan Costa, tenor Ensemble | Amalia Crevani, Anneliese Klenetsky, Magdalena Kuźma, Greer Lyle, Elana Bell, Allison Fahey, Seiyoung Kim, Samuel Kidd, Korin Thomas-Smith, Sergio Martínez Salazar

Verdi

Finale “Tutto nel mondo è burla” from Falstaff (1893)

Boito

As a courtesy to others, please silence all devices. Photography and recording of any kind is strictly prohibited. Please do not leave the hall during musical selections. Thank you.

Artist Profile Louis Lohraseb, guest conductor Rising conductor Louis Lohraseb, whose recent performances of both opera and symphonic work have garnered praise from Opera News, The Wall Street Journal, and The Berkshire Review, made his professional conducting debut in 2019 at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, leading performances of Carmen. Of these performances, Classical Music Daily wrote: “Teatro dell’Opera’s good orchestra was conducted with ability by Louis Lohraseb, who has, no doubt, a merit in making this premiere vibrant and full of tension.” Engagements in the 2021–22 season include debuts with the Komische Oper Berlin conducting La traviata and with Semperoper Dresden leading performances of Carmen, as well as a return to Indiana University for IU Opera Theatre’s production of La rondine. He also returns to Los Angeles Opera this season as assistant conductor to music director James Conlon. Engagements in 2020 were to have included his LA Opera mainstage debut conducting Roberto Devereux, as well as a return to Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, but these were cancelled due to the pandemic. A student of the late Lorin Maazel and of James Conlon, the latter whom he assisted at the 2014 Ravinia Festival in productions of Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro, Maestro Lohraseb was selected as the 2016 Conducting Fellow at the Chautauqua Music Festival, where he conducted and assisted in both operatic and symphonic literature. In 2018, he was an assistant conductor at the Glimmerglass Festival

for Il barbiere di Siviglia and West Side Story, after which he joined the DomingoColburn-Stein Young Artist Program at LA Opera. Currently a doctoral candidate at the Jacobs School of Music, he has studied under distinguished faculty members Arthur Fagen, David Effron, and Kevin Murphy, and served as assistant conductor and opera coach for the IU Opera Theater. As the 2013 Conducting Fellow at the Yale School of Music, he studied with Shinik Hahm and served as assistant conductor of the Yale Philharmonia under guest conductors Peter Oundjian, John Adams, and Krzysztof Penderecki. During his time at Yale, he founded the Amadeus Orchestra, served as music director of the Cheshire Symphony Orchestra, and was a conducting fellow at the Castleton Festival in Virginia in 2014. Born to Iranian and Italian parents, he earned his Master of Music Degree in Orchestral Conducting from Yale in 2015, and graduated summa cum laude from SUNY Geneseo in 2013, where he was an Edgar Fellows honors student and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Student Profiles Elana Bell mezzo-soprano hometown: Baltimore, MD; B.M. & B.A. Oberlin Conservatory & College; M.M. University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music; Young Artist Programs: Des Moines Metro Opera, Music Academy of the West Jordan Costa tenor hometown: Ridgefield, CT; B.M. & M.M. Eastman School of Music; Young Artist Programs: Music Academy of the West, Si Parla, Si Canta, Brott Music Festival* Amalia Crevani soprano hometown: Milford, NJ; B.M. DePauw University; Young Artist Program: Aspen Music Festival* Allison Fahey mezzo-soprano hometown: Sebastian, FL; B.M. Stetson University; Young Artist Programs: Seagle Festival, Chautauqua Opera Conservatory* Jonas Jud bass hometown: St. Gallen, Switzerland; B.M. Conservatorio di Musica Agostino Steffani Castelfranco Veneto; Young Artist Program: Santa Fe Opera Anna Kelly mezzo-soprano Hometown: Decatur, GA; B.M. Catholic University of America; Young Artist Programs: Houston Grand Opera Young Artist Vocal Academy, Music Academy of the West* * Upcoming

Samuel Kidd baritone Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI; B.M. University of Michigan; M.M. University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music; young Artist Programs: Wolf Trap Opera, Music Academy of the West, Houston Grand Opera Young Artist Vocal Academy, Music Academy of the West* Seiyoung Kim tenor Hometown: Seoul, South Korea; B.M. The Juilliard School; M.M. New England Conservatory; Young Artist Programs: Wolf Trap Opera; Houston Grand Opera Young Artist Vocal Academy; Santa Fe Opera* Anneliese Klenetsky soprano Hometown: Edison, NJ; B.M. & M.M. The Juilliard School; Young Artist Programs: Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Music Academy of the West, Chautauqua Voice Program Magdalena Kuźma soprano Hometown: New York, NY; B.M. & B.A. Oberlin Conservatory & College; Young Artist Programs: Merola Opera, Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Houston Grand Opera Young Artist Vocal Academy, Music Academy of the West, Carnegie SongStudio, Chautauqua Voice Program, Santa Fe Opera* Nicole Leung soprano Hometown: Toronto, Canada; B.M. New England Conservatory; M.M. Yale School of Music; Young Artist Programs: Songfest, Long Reach Opera Workshop

Student Profiles, cont. Greer Lyle soprano Hometown: Carrollton, GA; education: Georgia State University; Young Artist Programs: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Opera North* Sergio Martínez Salazar bass Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia; B.M. Juan N. Corpas University (Bogotá, Colombia); M.M. University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign Young Artist Program: Glimmerglass Opera* Jonghyun Park tenor Hometown: Seoul, South Korea; B.M. Seoul National University; M.M. Yale School of Music Young Artist Program: Merola Opera* Laureano Quant baritone Hometown: Barranquilla, Colombia; B.M. Pontifical Xavierian University (Bogotá, Colombia); M.M. Manhattan School of Music; Young Artist Programs: Merola Opera, Carnegie SongStudio, Lyric Opera of Chicago Ryan Opera Center* Korin Thomas-Smith baritone Hometown: Toronto, Canada; B.M. & M.M. University of Toronto; Young Artist Programs: Music Academy of the West, Aspen Music Festival

* Upcoming

Yale Philharmonia Roster Peter Oundjian, principal conductor

Violin 1 Herdís Guðmundsdóttir Andrew Samarsekara Guan-Ru Lin Ayrton Pisco Katherine (Kit Ying) Cheng Satoka Abo Riana Heath Freya Liu Yuna Jo Minyung Lee Violin 2 Anna Lee Rebecca Weger Julia Hwang Yiqing Fu Emily Shehi Nayoung Kim Tristan Seigel Zili Sha Viola Kayla Cabrera Adam Newman Florrie Marshall Deng Zhang Madison Marshall Colin Laursen cello Jonah Ellsworth Hans Emil Sollesnes Jakob Taylor Jenny Bahk Thomas Hung Hye In Lee

Double Bass Ryan Sujdak Hector Ponce Matthew Peralta

Trumpet Anthony Barrington Lizbeth Yanez Shania Cordoba

Flute Cameron Cullen Hyeonjeong Choi Jordan Arbus

Trombone Addison Maye-Saxon Matthew Rose

piccolo Jordan Arbus Oboe Jillian Honn So Min Ha Michelle Oh Mickenna Keller Clarinet Alex Dergal Kean Xiong Bassoon Matthew Matheny Marty Tung Horn Torrin Hallett Franco Augusto Ortiz Xin He Kate Warren

bass trombone Declan Wilcox Tuba Bridget Conley Timpani Michael Yeung Percussion Sijia Huang Yukiko Nakamura Harp Mia Venezia

Yale Opera Staff

Yale Philharmonia Staff

director Gerald Martin Moore

Manager Jeffrey M. Mistri

manager Erika Niemi

Assistant Manager Samuel Bobinski

rehearsal conductor Ryan Tani

Office Assistant Matthew Matheny

Assistant Conductor Michael Lukin

Stage Crew Shania Cordoba Alex Dergal Ryan Goodwin Jihyun Hwang Seojin Kim Makana Medeiros Stephen Perkyns Chris Rogers-Beadle Matthew Rose Declan Wilcox Deng Zhang

Rehearsal pianist Anna Smigelskaya

Library Stephanie Fritz Nicholas Hernandez Jillian Honn Gregory Lewis Freya Liu Zachary Merkovsky Jaimee Reynolds

Upcoming Events at YSM feb 16 Lunchtime Chamber Music 12:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall mar 2 Lunchtime Chamber Music 12:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall mar 9

Yale Percussion Group 7:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall

mar 10 New Music New Haven Martin Bresnick, faculty composer 7:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall mar 30 Lunchtime Chamber Music 12:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall Apr 6 Lunchtime Chamber Music 12:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall apr 8 Yale Philharmonia Miguel Harth-Bedoya, guest conductor Yi-Chen Feng, piano 7:30 p.m. | Woolsey Hall

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