2011-2012 Season :: La Traviata
Beautiful things and beautiful people, gay parties and clever conversation are like her, the ornaments of wealthy men's lives. Life's deeper meaning comes to her in Alfredo's love; and Violetta gives her heart to the younger man, only to have it broken when she is forced to give him up. Tenor Nathaniel Peake, one of Syracuse Opera's first Resident Artists who has won virtually every major voice competition since, portrays Alfredo for the first time in his career.
La Traviata will be sung in Italian with projected English titles.
Artists, operas, and dates are subject to change.
Conductor: Douglas Kinney Frost
Stage Director: Jerald Schweibert
Cast:
Violetta Valery: Danielle Pastin*
Alfredo Germont: Nathaniel Peake
Giorgio Germont: Luis Ledesma*
Flora Bervoix: Elizabeth Bouk*
Annina: Samantha Guevrekian*+
Gastone: Eric Bowden*+
Baron Douphol: Christopher Job*
Marquis D'Obigny: John David Boehr*+
Doctor Grenvil: Marc Webster*
*Syracuse Opera debut
+Syracuse Opera Resident Artists
2011-2012 Season :: Carmina Burana
Carl Orff's masterpiece of total theater presented fully staged as the composer intended, with stage action, choreography, lighting and dramatic visual design. Orff's dynamic score celebrates life through all four seasons. A favorite musical choice of filmmakers, the score includes a compelling blend of pagan rhythm and sublime melodies.
Sung in Latin and Middle High German with projected English titles.
Artists, operas, and dates are subject to change.
Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler
Stage Director: Patricia Weinmann
Video/Lighting Designer: Barry Steele
Cast:
Soprano: Caitlin Lynch*
Baritone: Craig Verm*
Tenor: Neal Ferreira*
*Syracuse Opera debut
2011-2012 Season :: Madama Butterfly
Despite her efforts to accommodate the strange ways of her new American husband, Madama Butterfly is abandoned. When Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton returns to Japan after a three-year absence, he brings a new wife - an agonizing twist for Cio-Cio-San.
Sung in Italian with projected English titles.
Artists, operas, and dates are subject to change.
Conductor: Douglas Kinney Frost
Stage Director: David Grabarkewitz
Cast:
Cio-Cio-San: Mihoko Kinoshita*
Pinkerton: Patrick Miller*
Sharpless: Corey McKern
Suzuki: Sarah Heltzel*
Goro: Jason Ferrante*
The Bonze: Marc Webster
Kate Pinkerton: Elizabeth Bouk
*Syracuse Opera debut
