High Notes 2011

Yale Opera Doris Yarick Cross 路 Artistic Director

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2011-2012 season

Robert Blocker, Dean

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warsaw 2011: Yale Opera students in Warsaw for performance and a recording of Donizetti’s Maria Padillia.

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Yale Opera Class of 2011 Professional Engagements 2011-12

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edited by Doris Yarick Cross, Artistic Director, Yale Opera Erika Niemi, Manager, Yale Opera

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Matthew Polenzani ’94 This season Matthew Polenzani returns to the Metropolitan Opera in Willy Decker’s critically acclaimed production of La traviata opposite Natalie Dessay and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conducted by Fabio Luisi. He will also appear at the Metropolitan Opera in Don Giovanni, conducted

by Sir Andrew Davis; he performs this same work in Francesca Zamebello’s production at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Matthew Polenzani will also return to La Scala in Laurent Pelly’s new production of Manon opposite Natalie Dessay, and to the Lyric Opera of Chicago to debut the title role in Nicolas Joël’s new production of Les contes d’Hoffmann, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume. In concert, he will appear at the Teatro San Carlo in Verdi’s Requiem, conducted by Riccardo Muti.

Tamara Mumford This season Tamara Mumford returns to the Metropolitan Opera in its new productions of Anna Bolena singing Smeton, and the complete Ring Cycle singing Flosshilde, and appears in the world premiere of John Adam’s new oratorio, The Gospel According to the Other Mary, with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She also appears in concert with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Utah Symphony.

David Pittsinger ’86

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David Pittsinger sang the world premiere of A Blizzard at Marblehead Neck, an opera by Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner, at Glimmerglass Opera this past summer. In the 2011–2012 season, Mr. Pittsinger returns to the Metropolitan Opera as the Comte des Grieux opposite Anna Netrebko in Manon, conducted by Fabio Luisi, in a new production by Laurent Pelly that will also be seen live in high definition in cinemas around the world. He appears in a double bill, singing King René in Iolanta and Virgil’s Ghost in Francesca da Rimini at Theater an der Wien, under the baton of Kirill Petrenko. At San Francisco Opera, Mr. Pittsinger sings the Speaker in The Magic Flute, and at the Portland Opera he will sing the Count in Le nozze di Figaro.

Christian Van Horn ’03 This season, bass-baritone Christian Van Horn returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Crespel in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, the San Francisco Opera as Timur in Turandot, and to the Salzburg Easter Festival as Zuniga in Carmen. He also makes his debuts at the Canadian Opera Company as Angelotti in Tosca and the Grand Théâtre de Genève as Banquo in Macbeth, and appears in concert with the Berlin Philharmonic.

Kenneth Tarver ’92 The most noteworthy recent and upcoming operatic engagements for Kenneth Tarver include Matthäus-Passion in Milan, the title role in Handel´s Belshazzar at the Toulouse Capitole, where he will also sing Les Indes Galantes. He will sing Berlioz’s Te Deum in Oslo, as well as a concert and recording for Opera Rara of the title role in Rossini´s Aureliano in Palmira in London’s Royal Festival Hall with Maurizo Benini. He will then sing Coronation Mass in Rome, Entfuhrung aus dem Serail in Berlin, and La Cenerentola in Buenos Aires.

Patrick Carfizzi ’99 Patrick Carfizzi opens the 2011–12 season with a return to Houston Grand Opera as Dr. Bartolo in a new production of Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Other operatic engagements this season include Schaunard at the Metropolitan Opera in Franco Zefferelli’s classic production of La Bohème under the baton of Louis Langrée, Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at Dallas Opera and Henry Kissinger in the San Francisco Opera premiere of John Adams’s Nixon in China. This past spring, Patrick sang ten performances of Leperello in Don Giovanni with Opera Köln.

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Tadeusz Szlenkier ’09 Last season Tadeusz Szlenkier sang Ismaele in Nabucco, Enzo in La Gioconda, Alfredo in La Traviata, Barinkay in The Gypsy Baron, and Rodolfo in La Boheme with Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz, Poland. This season he will perform Leicester in Maria Stuarda in Teatr Wielki in Łódź, Poland, Jontek in Moniuszko’s Halka in Opera Krakowska in Cracow, the Prince in Rusalka at Opera Nova, and the title role in Faust at Teatr Wiekl.

Tyler Simpson ’10 Tyler Simpson returns to the Metropolitan Opera in the upcoming 2011–2012 season for productions of Anna Bolena, La traviata, Macbeth, Billy Budd, and the world premiere of The Enchanted Island. He will also be singing Zuniga in Carmen and Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in summer 2012 with Maestro Lorin Maazel at the Castleton Festival.

Mary Phillips ’93 Mary Phillips returns to the Metropolitan Opera in 2011–2012 season to sing Schwertleite in Die Walküre and Mrs. Alexander in Phillip Glass’s Satyagraha. Additional engagements include Amneris in Aida with Hawaii Opera Theater, and Azucena in Il Trovatore at Bob Jones University.

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Heather Buck ’96 In the 2011–12 season Heather Buck sings as Hero in Béatrice et Bénédict with Opera Boston, and as soloist in Carmina Burana with North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, under Grant Llewellyn. She also sings La Princesse in Glass’s Orphée with Virginia Opera. Her 2010–11 season included her return to the roster of the Metropolitan Opera for its production of Nixon in China, and her reprisal of the role of Angel in Dusapin’s Faustus: The Last Night at the Concertgebouw.

Matthew Plenk ’06 In the 2011–2012 Season, tenor Matthew Plenk makes his debuts at the Kansas City Opera as Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte and the Virginia Opera as Nanki-Poo in The Mikado, and he returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Jenik in The Makropolous Case.

James Creswell ’99 James Creswell’s engagements for the season include Gremin in Eugene Onegin for the Los Angeles Opera with James Conlon, Capulet in Roméo et Juliette in Bilbao, Oroveso in Norma for Opera North, and the title role in a new production of The Flying Dutchman with the English National Opera, conducted by Edward Gardner, in April and May.

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Christopher Magiera In the 2011–2012 season, Christopher Magiera’s performances at the Semperoper Dresden include role debuts as Marcello in La Bohème, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and Belcore in a new production of L’elisir d’amore conducted by Riccardo Frizza.

Further productions at the Semperoper include Le nozze di Figaro, Rigoletto, and Capriccio. In the summer of 2012, he returns to the Santa Fe Opera as Zurga in a new production of The Pearl Fishers, the first performances of the opera in the company’s 55-year history.

Sara Jakubiak ’06 In summer of 2011 Sara Jakubiak sang Elvira in The Italian Girl in Algiers with Boston Midsummer Opera. In January she sings Eurydice in Glass’s Orphée with Virginia Opera. In 2010–11 she made her New York City Opera debut as Dede in Bernstein’s A Quiet Place. Her debut with Minnesota Opera as Catherine Earnshaw in Herrmann’s Wuthering Heights will soon be released on DVD.

Edward Parks ’08 This summer Edward Parks appeared as Schaunard with the Metropolitan Opera on tour in Japan, and in the 2011–2012 season he returns to the Met for Il Barbiere di Siviglia. He also appears as Ford in a concert version of Falstaff with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Lucas Meachem In the summer of 2011, Lucas Meachem returned to the Glyndebourne Opera Festival in England singing the title role in Don Giovanni. He begins his 2011–2012 season at San Francisco Opera singing Don Giovanni.

He also will perform Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette with Palm Beach Opera, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with San Diego Opera, and Wolfram in Tännhauser in Toulouse, France.

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Adam Diegel In the 2011–2012 season Adam Diegel’s engagements at the Metropolitan Opera include singing Froh in Das Rheingold under the baton of James Levine in the new Ring Cycle, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and Ismaele in Nabucco. Other operatic performances include Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at Arizona Opera and Don Jose in Carmen with Opera Theater of St. Louis.

Jeffrey Dowd ’86 In the 2011–2012 season, tenor Jeffrey Dowd will return to the Aalto Theatre in Essen, Germany where he will be singing the title role in Tannhäuser, Tristan in Tristan und Isolde, Siegmund in Die Walküre, Siegfried in Götterdämmerung, and Erik in Der Fliegende Holländer. He will also be singing in The Bartered Bride at the Staatsoper in Berlin as well as the Prince in Rusalka and Don Jose in Carmen at the Komische Oper in Berlin.

Joanna Mongiardo ’98 In the 2011–2012 season, Joanna Mongiardo will join the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in its new production of Manon. She will also perform Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, as well as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette for Dayton Opera. She returned to Central City Opera for the 2011 season to play both Thèrése in Les Mamelles De Tirésias and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi.

Mireille Asselin ’10 Mireille Asselin is a member of the Canadian Opera Company’s Studio Ensemble. With coc she will be singing Contessa di Ceprano in Rigoletto, and singing Second Priestess and covering Diane in Iphigénie en Tauride.

She will also sing Semele in Handel’s Semele. In addition to her coc engagements, Mireille will be singing Daphne and Proserpine in Boston Early Music’s production of a Charpentier double-bill of La descente d’Orphée aux enfers and La couronne de fleurs, and will be the soprano soloist for Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Amanda Hall ’10 In the 2011–2012 season, Amanda Hall sings her first performances as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte in her debut with Lyric Opera of Kansas City and as soloist in Carmina Burana in her Hartford Symphony Orchestra debut. She will also sing with Opera Naples as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. In September, she also appeared as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Yale Philharmonia. She will sing the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor with Connecticut Opera Theatre in April.

Rebecca Ringle ’06 Upcoming engagements for Rebecca Ringle include Leda in Die Liebe der Danae with the Bard Summerescape, the mezzo-soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Jacksonville Symphony and Augustana College, and her return to the Metropolitan Opera in Die Walküre.

Jennifer Black ’04 Jennifer Black recently returned from her tour of Japan with the Metropolitan Opera for its production of La bohème. In the 2011–2012 season, she performs Violetta in La Traviata with Nashville Opera. Jennifer returns to the Metropolitan Opera to cover Kristine in The Makropulos Case and Musetta in La Bohème, and to perform Javotte in Manon.

Janna Baty ‘93 This season she premieres a new work by Andy Vores, especially written for her, with Collage New Music in Boston. She also will perform Bolcom’s one-woman opera, Medusa, with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and performs The Face at USC’s prestigious Visions and Voices Festival. This summer she returns to the Norfolk Festival.

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Abigail Nims ’07 In 2011–2012 Abigail Nims sings as Octavian in selections from Der Rosenkavalier with Quad City Symphony Orchestra. Her 2010–11 season included her debut with Wexford Festival Opera as Veruca Salt in Peter Ash’s The Golden Ticket, a role which she created at the opera’s workshop performances in New York City through American Lyric Theater in the 2008–09 season.

Jane Dutton ‘95 Jane Dutton, having recently transitioned from mezzo-soprano to soprano, sang her first Kundry in Parsifal with English National Opera – a role she will repeat in China in 2013. Other recent performances include La Nourrice in Paul Dukas’ Ariane et Barbe-bleue at the Gran Theatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain; her Houston Symphony Orchestra Debut in Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky; and an all-Wagner Concert with Opera Birmingham, where she sang excerpts of Sieglinde (Die Walküre), Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) and Brünnhilde (Götterdammerung).

Peter Tantsits ’04 Among his upcoming engagements for 2011–2012, Peter Tantsits premieres works by Georges Aperghis and David Lang with the International Contemporary Ensemble, and performs the role of John Worthing for the European premiere of Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest under Thomas Adès at the Barbican in London. He debuts in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Le Grand Macabre and returns to China for additional performances of Madame White Snake in the opera houses of Guangzhou and Hangzhou.

Peter will be performing the role of Jacquino in Utah Opera’s production of Fidelio in October 2011. He will also be singing the role of Caius in Falstaff with Boston Youth Symphony in January and Mark in The Midsummer Marriage with Opera Boston in February 2012.

Leah Wool ’03 During the 2011–2012 season, Leah Wool will be returning to the San Francisco Symphony as the second mezzo-soprano in Debussy’s The Martyrdom of St. Sebastien. She will also make her debut with both the Kansas City Symphony and the Cincinnati Symphony as the mezzosoprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah.

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Michael Chioldi ’94 Michael Chioldi’s 2011–2012 season begins with singing Ping in Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s production of Turandot. His other engagements include singing Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with Washington National Opera, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Palm Beach Opera, the Count in Le nozze di Figaro, and Scarpia in Tosca with Fort Worth Opera Festival.

Steven Condy ’90 During the 2011–12 season Steven Condy will portray Dr. Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Boston Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera of San Antonio, and Houston Grand Opera, and Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola with Madison Opera. During the 2010–11 season he was heard as Dr. Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera on the James, in the title role of Falstaff at Utah Opera, and as Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance with Arizona Opera.

Ryan MacPherson ’00 After a dynamic debut last summer in the United Kingdom as Wilhelm in Ambroise Thomas’ Mignon, Ryan MacPherson’s engagements for 2011–2012 include performances of his first Roméo in Roméo et Juliette with Dayton Opera, Alfred in Die Fledermaus with Opera Memphis, and Curley in Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men with Utah Opera.

Chad Shelton ’97 Chad Shelton joins Opéra National de Bordeaux as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the beginning of the 2011–2012 season. He follows that with performances as Edgardo in Austin Lyric Opera’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor and as the title role in Idomeneo with Théâtre de Caen and Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg. On the concert stage he joins the Puerto Rico Symphony for a gala performance.

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Emily Righter ’09 Emily Righter will be debuting several roles at the Salzburger Landestheater beginning September 2011: a Nun in The Sound of Music; Tisbe and Angelina in La Cenerentola; Clomiri in Imeneo; Flora in La Traviata; and Margaret in Wozzeck. In October 2011, Righter will make her debut at Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society as the mezzo soloist in Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini.

Jennifer Casey Cabot ’89 In the 2011–12 season Jennifer Casey Cabot sings as soloist in Messiah with the National Philharmonic, Stan Engebretson conducting, and as soloist in an evening of Russian music for the International Club of Washington, DC. She also appears with Opera Lafayette, as Rosina in Paisiello’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

Bradley Garvin During the 2011–12 season bass-baritone Bradley Garvin returns to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera as Prince Arjuna in Satyagraha and De Bretigny in Manon. During the previous season, he sang the Four Villians in Les contes d’Hoffman with Florida Grand Opera, Monterone in Rigoletto for his debut with Dallas Opera, and Scarpia in Boston Lyric Opera’s Tosca.

Eric Downs ’06 In summer of 2011 Eric Downs sang Mustapha in The Italian Girl in Algiers in a return to Boston Midsummer Opera, and in 2011–12 he sings as Colline in La bohème with Amarillo Opera and as soloist in Vaughan Williams’ Hodie with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. In the 2010–11 season he appeared as soloist to perform Handel’s Messiah with the Washignton National Cathedral, and Haydn’s Paukenmesse at Carnegie Hall through MidAmerican Productions.

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Sarah Jane McMahon ’04 Sarah Jane McMahon begins her 2011–2012 season singing Violetta in La Traviata with Toledo Opera. She then appears as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Grand Rapids and as Fanny in Opera Omaha’s production of The Marriage Contract. Concert appearances include Knoxville Summer of 1915 and Mahler 4 with the Portland Symphony, a Christmas Special with the San Francisco Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, and Carmina Burana with the National Choral at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center.

Liam Moran ’05 Liam Moran’s upcoming performances include his return to Pittsburgh Opera for Dr. Grenvil in Verdi’s La traviata, to Annapolis Opera for Frère Laurent in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, and to Opera Omaha for Norton in Rossini’s The Marriage Contract.

James Taylor ’97 James Taylor’s 2011–2012 performances include Manrico in Il Trovatore at Bob Jones University, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Baltimore Concert Opera, and a concert version of Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath with Anchorage Opera, as well as concerts in Naples, FL, Birmingham, and Richmond.

Robert Gardner ’98 Robert Gardner recently appeared with Central City Opera as the General Directeur in Poulenc’s Mamelles de Tiresias, and as the baritone in Weill’s Die Sieben Todsuenden. He will appear again with the NE Pennsylvania Philharmonic and conductor Larry Loh ’97 in Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem.

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Joshua Copeland ’08 Joshua Copeland recently sang the Mass in B Minor and the St. John Passion with the American Bach Soloists; Bach Cantata 82 Ich habe genug with Seraphic Fire; Bach Magnificat and Christmas cantatas with Helmuth Rilling; and a commercially-released recording of the Bach St. John Passion conducted by Simon Carrington.

Teresa Buchholz ’98 Teresa Buchholz’s engagements for the 2011–2012 season include singing the role of Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen with Opera Roanoke, and the mezzo-soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas. In May of 2011 she was the mezzo-soprano soloist in Duruflé’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall.

Brian Downen ’97 Brian Downen’s 2011–2012 engagements include Handel’s Messiah and Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes with the Bridgeport Symphony in December, Rossini’s Cambiale di Matrimonio with Opera Omaha in February, and Carmina Burana with the York Symphony (PA) in March.

Rolando Sanz ’03 In the 2011–2012 season Rolando Sanz performs Gastone in La Traviata with Lyric Opera Baltimore, a Schumann concert with Caramoor, and Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette with Annapolis Opera.

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Michael Scarcelle ’04 Upcoming performances for Michael Scarcelle include the role of Alessio in La Sonnambula with Salt Marsh Opera and Schaunard in La Bohème with Lyrique-en-mer.

Nicolai Janitzky ’02 In December 2011 Nicolai Janitzky will perform Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor for Music Viva Hong Kong.

Michael-Paul Krubitzer ’10 In the 2011–2012 season Michael-Paul Krubitzer sings the title role in Faust in a return to Connecticut Concert Opera. His 2010–11 season included singing as soloist in Haydn’s Paukenmesse at Carnegie Hall for MidAmerica Productions.

Andrea Edith Moore ’04 In the upcoming season, Andrea Moore will return to North Carolina Opera to sing Micaela in Carmen. On the oratorio stage she joins the NC Master Chorale for the Britten’s Spring Symphony and Haydn’s Spring from The Seasons and will sing Magnificat by Stephen Chatman with the Chapel Hill Community Chorus.

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Vince Vincent ’10 This fall Vince Vincent is perfoming Lelio in Le Donne Curiose with Opera Moderne in New York City. He recently performed as the baritone soloist and Ashmenton in Trillium J with composer Anthony Braxton under the auspice of the Tri-Centric Foundation.

Olivia Vote ’08 In the upcoming 2011–2012 season Olivia Vote looks forward to performing Giulietta in Les Contes d’Hoffmann and Cuniza in Verdi’s first opera, Oberto, both with the Academy of Vocal Arts where she is currently studying. She will also premiere a new chamber work by composer David Froom with the 21st Century Consort at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. this winter.

Rayanne Dupuis ’93 The highlight of this past season for Rayanne Dupuis was her concert performance of Rihm’s Das Gehege with Kent Nagano conducting the Deutsches Symphony Orchester at the Berlin Philharmonic, which was recorded for commercial release. She is currently understudying the title role in Strauss’ Salomé at the Opéra de Paris.

Jeremy Bowes ’10 This season Jeremy Bowes returns to of the Sächsische Staatsoper in Dresden, where his appearances include Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, George Benton in Dead Man Walking, and Colline in La Bohème, among others.

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yale opera class of 2011 Eric Barry In the 2011–2012 season, Eric Barry sang Rodolfo in Amarillo Opera’s production of La Bohème, which will be broadcast in the Fall Arts Festival later this year on PBS and PBS.com. This summer Mr. Barry sang Wolf-Ferrari’s Le Donne Curiose and Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd.

He returned to perform at Wolf Trap’s 40th Anniversary Gala featuring Lawrence Brownlee, Denyce Graves, Alan Held and Maestro Stephen Lord. In April, He will go to the Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw to perform and record the role of Avito in Montemezzi’s L’Amore dei Tre Re on the Naxos label. Eric will be performing as the tenor soloist in the Mozart Requiem at the National Cathedral in D.C. this March, and is currently touring with the Munich Symphony.

Jennifer Feinstein Jennifer Feinstein’s 2011–12 engagements include singing as mezzo soloist in Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky with the Glacier Symphony and Chorale, and a Metropolitan Opera Guild Masterclass with Ira Siff, where she will be singing Jane Seymour in the Anna Bolena and Jane Seymour duet from Donizetti’s Anna Bolena. This past summer Jennifer made her Spoleto Festival USA debut as Mrs. Nolan in Menotti’s The Medium, and appeared at Bard SummerScape Festival debut in Noel Coward’s Bittersweet.

Stephanie Gilbert Stephanie sang the role of Bertha in The Barber of Seville with Opera Theater of Connecticut this August and is engaged to sing the soprano solo in Vaughn Williams’ Hodie with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in December.

David Pershall David Pershall’s performances for the 20011–2012 season include singing Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the Opera Theater of Connecticut, the role of Grigory Smirnov in William Walton’s The Bear at Carnegie Hall, the Baritone Soloist in Vaughn Williams’ Sea Symphony with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, the Baritone Soloist in Carmina Burana with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, and a return to the Beethoven Easter Festival to record and perform Manfredo in L’amore dei tre re with the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He will be singing Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with Connecticut Opera Theatre this spring. He recently won first prize in the Gerda Lissner competition in New York.

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alumni artist engagements 2011–2012 season September 2011 9 /6 – 10/2 9 /17 – 10/9 9 /19

Zach Borichevsky sings Jack Absolute in The Rivals in Milwaukee James Creswell sings Gremin in Eugene Onegin with the Los Angeles Opera Amanda Hall sings Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Yale Philharmonia and members of Yale Opera October 2011

10/1 – 10/2

Eric Barry and Eric Downs sing Rodolfo and Colline, respectively, in La bohème at Amarillo Opera

10/1 – 10/29

Matthew Polenzani sings the title role in Les contes d’Hoffmann at Lyric Opera of Chicago; Christian Van Horn joins to sing the role of Crespel

10/8 – 10/10

Heather Buck sings Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos in Toledo

10/10 – 10/15

Christian Van Horn sings Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

10/1 – 10/9 10/13 – 10/15 10/14 – 2 /18

Michael Chioldi sings Ping in Turandot at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City Jennifer Black sings Violetta in La Traviata with Nashville Opera Edward Parks sings Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Metropolitan Opera

10/14 – 10/16

Sarah Jane MacMahon sings Violetta in La Traviata with Toledo Opera

10/15 – 10/23

Laim Moran sings Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata with Pittsburgh Opera

10/15 – 11/10

Lucas Meachem sings the title role in Don Giovanni at San Francisco Opera

10/18 – 11/5

Damien Pass sings Der Journalist in Lulu with the Paris Opera

10/20 – 10/22

Mireille Asselin sings Contessa Ceprano in Rigoletto with the Canadian Opera Company

10/21 – 10/25

Heather Buck sings Héro in Béatrice et Bénédict at Opera Boston

10/21 – 11/6 10/25

Patrick Carfizzi sings Dr. Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Houston Grand Opera Vince Vincent sings in Le Donne Curiose for a lecture for the Metropolitan Opera Guild

10/28 – 12 /26

Christopher Magiera sings Marcello in La bohème with the Dresden Semperoper

10/28 – 10/29

Michael-Paul Krubitzer sings the title role in Faust with the Connecticut Concert Opera

10/29

Rebecca Ringle performs Dvorák’s Requiem with the New York Metamorphoses Orchestra November 2011

11/2 – 11/18

Jeffrey Dowd sings Der Prinz in Rusalka at Komische Oper Berlin

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11/3 – 11/9 11/3 – 11/20 11/4 11/4 – 11/6

Nicholas Masters sings Don Basilio in select performances of Il barbiere di Siviglia at Houston Grand Opera Jeremy Bowes sings Polizist in Rusalka at the Dresden Semperoper Vince Vincent sings in Le Donne Curiose with Opera Moderne Rolando Sanz sings Gastone in La Traviata with Lyric Opera of Baltimore

11/4 – 11/12

David Pittsinger sings the Count in Figaro at Portland Opera

11/5 – 11/12

Adam Diegel sings Ismaele in Nabucco at the Metropolitan Opera

11/5 – 11/13

Alumni Amanda Hall and Matthew Plenk sing Fiordiligi and Ferrando, respectively, in Così fan tutte at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City

11/10 – 11/18

Michael Chioldi sings Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor at Washington National Opera

11/18 – 12 /8

Patrick Carfizzi sings Schaunard in La bohéme at the Metropolitan Opera

11/18 – 4 /30

Gala El Hadidi sings Maddalena in Rigoletto at the Dresden Semperoper

11/19 – 11/20

Jennifer Feinstein joins the Glacier Symphony and Chorale for performances of Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky

11/19 – 11/28

James Creswell sings Le Comte Capulet in Roméo et Juliette in Bilbao, Spain

11/20

Jeffrey Dowd sings Erik in Der fliegende Hollander at Aalto Theater Essen

11/23

Chad Shelton sings Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly in Bordeaux, France

11/26 – 11/28

Mireille Asselin sings Proserpine and Flore in La descente d’Ophée aux enfers and La couronne de fleurs, respectively, with Boston Early Music

11/27

Ryan MacPherson sings in Handel’s Messiah as part of the Distinguished Concerts International New York at Lincoln Center

11/27 – 11/28

Mireille Asselin sings Daphne and Proserpine in Boston Early Music’s production of a Charpentier double-bill of La descente d’Orphée aux enfers and La couronne de fleurs

11/28 – 11/30

Zach Borichevsky sings Alfredo in La Traviata at Knoxville Opera

11/30 – 12 /12

Gala El Hadidi sings Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel at the Dresden Semperoper December 2011

12 /1 – 12 /4

Alumni Stephanie Gilbert, Eric Downs, and Eric Berry sing Vaughan Williams’ Hodie with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra

12 /2 – 12 /4

Leah Wool sings Handel’s Messiah with the Kansas City Symphony

12 /3 12 /4 12 /7 – 4 /20 12 /10

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Rebecca Ringle sings Handel’s Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra David Pershall sings Grigory Smirnov in The Bear at Carnegie Hall with current Yale students Annie Rosen and Andrew C. Brown Emily Righter sings the role of Tisbe in La Cenerentola at the Salzburger Landestheater in Vienna Rayanne Dupuis sings Sieglinde in Die Walküre in Reims, France

12 /10 – 12 /11

Jennifer Casey Cabot sings Handel’s Messiah with the National Philharmonic

12 /11 – 12 /26

Joanna Mongiardo sings Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf

12 /15 – 12 /18

Brian Downen sings Handel’s Messiah with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony

12 /18 12 /16 – 12 /20

Leah Wool sings Handel’s Messiah with the Cincinnati Symphony Michael Chioldi sings Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at Palm Beach Opera

12 /19

Brian Downen sings Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony

12 /20

Rebecca Ringle sings Handel’s Messiah with the National Chorale at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center

12 /21 – 1/5 12 /23

Christopher Magiera sings Danilo in Die Lustige Witwe at the Dresden Semperoper Abigail Nims joins the Masterwork Chorus for a performance of Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall January 2012

1/2 – 1/14

Kenneth Tarver sings Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Berlin

1/4 – 1/30

Tyler Simpson sings with the Quartet in the Metropolitan Opera’s new Handel pastiche, The Enchanted Island

1/7 – 7/12

Gala El Hadidi and Jeremy Bowes sing 2nd Dame and 1st Sprecher, respectively, in Die Zauberflöte at the Dresden Semperoper

1/12 – 1/14 1/18

Leah Wool sings Le martyre de Saint Sébastien with the San Francisco Symphony Mireille Asselin debuts at Carnegie Hall performing a recital with Marilyn Horne’s The Song Continues series

1/20 – 1/22

Amanda Hall sings Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Opera Naples, Florida

1/21 – 1/24

Ryan MacPherson sings Alfred in Die Fledermaus with Opera Memphis

1/21 – 2 /3 1/21 – 2 /25 1/22 1/27 – 2 /5 1/27 – 5 /12

Matthew Polenzani sings Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at the Royal Opera, London Christian Van Horn sings Angelotti in Tosca with the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto Edward Parks sings Ford in a concert production of Falstaff with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra Adam Diegel sing the role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at Arizona Opera Tamara Mumford sings Flosshilde in the Metropolitan Opera’s complete production of the Ring Cycle

1/28 – 2 /5

Chad Shelton sings Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Austin Lyric Opera

1/28 – 2 /19

Alumni Sara Jakubiak, Heather Buck and Jeffrey Lentz sing Eurydice, La Princesse and Heurtebise, respectively, in Virginia Opera’s production of Glass’s Orphée

1/29 – 3 /31

Christopher Magiera sings Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with the Dresden Semperoper

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February 2012 2 /3 – 2 /4

Sarah Jane McMahon sings Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Grand Rapids

2 /5 – 3 /20

Emily Righter sings Clomiri in Imeneo at the Salzburger Landestheater in Vienna

2 /17 – 2 /19

Sarah Jane McMahon sings Fanny and Liam Moran sings Norton in The Marriage Contract with Opera Omaha

2 /21 – 3 /17

Matthew Polenzani sings Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera

2 /24 – 2 /26

Joanna Mongiardo and Ryan MacPherson sing the title characters in Roméo et Juliette with Dayton Opera

2 /24 – 2 /27

Lucas Meachem sings Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette with Palm Beach Opera

2 /24 – 2 /28

Peter Tantsits sings Mark in The Midsummer Marriage with Opera Boston

2 /26 – 2 /28

Tamara Mumfords performs as the Alto Soloist in Chansons Madecasses with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center March 2012

3 /1 – 3 /23

Jeremy Bowes sings George Benton in Dead Man Walking at the Dresden Semperoper

3 /3 – 3 /11

Abigail Nims sings Veruca Salt in The Golden Ticket with the Atlanta Opera

3 /9 – 3 /18

Steven Condy sings Dr. Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Boston Lyric Opera

3 /10 – 3 /30

Matthew Plenk sings Nanki-Poo in The Mikado with Virginia Opera

3 /12 – 3 /14

Chad Shelton sings the title role in Mozart’s Idomeneo in Luxembourg

3 /15 – 3 /18

Michael Chioldi sings the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro with El Paso Opera

3 /23

Sarah Jane McMahon joins the National Chorale at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center for a performance of Carmina Burana

3 /24

Alumni Brian Downen and Jonathan Hays join the York Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Carmina Burana

3 /26 – 4 /23

David Pittsinger sings Comte des Grieux and Jennifer Black sings Javotte in Manon at the Metropolitan Opera April 2012

4 /4 4 /6-5 /2 4 /6-5 /12

Adam Diegel sings Froh in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Das Rheingold Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo in La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera Mary Phillips sings Schwertleite in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Die Walküre

4 /14-4 /15

Jennifer Casey Cabot sings Rosina in Paisiello’s Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Lafayette at the Kennedy Center

4 /20-5 /6

Patrick Carfizzi sings Papageno in The Magic Flute with the Dallas Opera

4 /21-4 /29

Lucas Meachem sings Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia at San Diego Opera

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4 /26 4 /27-4 /29

Peter Tantsits sings the role of John Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest in London Teresa Buchholz sings Mercedes in Carmen at Opera Roanoke

4 /27-4 /29

Steven Condy sings Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola with Opera Madison

4 /27-5 /11

Matthew Plenk sing Janek in The Makropulos Case at the Metropolitan Opera

4 /28

Alumni Amanda Hall and David Pershall join the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Vaughn Williams’ Sea Symphony

4 /28-5 /25

Christopher Magiera sings Belcore in L’elisir d’amore at the Dresden Semperoper

4 /28-5 /23

James Creswell sing the title role in English National Opera’s new production of The Flying Dutchman May 2012

5 /4-5 /15

Kenneth Tarver sings Valère/Tacamas in Les Indes galantes in Toulouse

5 /5-5 /13

Ryan Macpherson sings Curley in Of Mice and Men at Utah Symphony and Opera

5 /12-6/2

Michael Chioldi sings Scarpia in Tosca with Fort Worth Opera

5 /18-5 /19

Steven Condy sings Bartolo and Nicholas Masters sings Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia for Houston Grand Opera’s “Opera in the Park”

5 /23-6/23

Adam Diegel sings Don José in Carmen with Opera Theater St. Louis

5 /31-6/3

Alumni Amanda Hall and David Pershall join the Hartford Symphony Orchestra for performances of Carmina Burana June 2012

6/1-6/5

Galen Bower sings Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro with St. Petersburg Opera, Florida

6/10-6/14

Gala El Hadidi sings Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Dresden Semperoper

6/13-6/26

Christian Van Horn sings Banco in Macbeth at Geneva Opera

6/13-7/8 6/16 6/17-6/29

David Pittsinger sings the Speaker in The Magic Flute at San Francisco Opera Erin Caves sings Hans Schwalb in Mathis der Maler at Zurich Oper Lucas Meachem sings Wolfram in Tannhäuser in Toulouse

6/19-7/7

Matthew Polenzani sings Chevalier in Manon at La Scala

6/30-825

Christopher Magiera sings Zurga in The Pearl Fishers with the Santa Fe Opera July 2012

7/11-7/14

Erin Caves sings Sellem in The Rake’s Progress in Berlin

7/28-8/23

Zach Borichevsky sings Matteo in Arabella at The Santa Fe Opera

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