Wednesday July 2, 2025

Fletcher Hall at 6:30pm

Join the Chautauqua Institution 2025 Opera Conservatory and guest artist Claudia Catania for an evening of musical theater classics

“A Weekend in the Country” from A Little Night of Music (1973) [7’] 

- Stephen Sondheim (1930 – 2021) 

Petra – Gabrielle Guida 

Anne – Michaela Larsen 

Frederik – Reever Jay Julian 

Charlotte – Sarah Zeiba 

Carl-Magnus – Nicholas Gryniewski 

Henrik – Justin Bell 

Liebeslieder – Everyone 

“A Fugue for Tinhorns” from Guys and Dolls (1950) [1:30’] 

- Frank Loesser (1910 – 1969) 

Nicely – Aldo Alan 

Benny – Reever Jay Julian 

Rusty – Nicholas Gryniewski 

“Perfect Strangers” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985) [2:30’] 

- Rubert Holmes (b. 1947) 

Rosa – Lynn Kang 

Drood – Huijie Sun 

“New Music” from Ragtime (1996)[4’] 

- Stephen Flaherty (b. 1960) 

Father – Tieyin Li 

Mother – Aubrey Cole 

Brother – Dominic Townsend 

Sarah – Ella Vaughn 

Coalhouse – Justin Bell  

Everyone 

“Soft Place to Land” from Waitress (2023) [3’] 

- Sara Bareilles (b. 1979)  

Jenna – Gabrielle Guida 

Dawn – Huijie Sun 

Becky – Valarie Miles 

Guitar – Tieyin Li 

“Kiss me” from Sweeney Todd (1979) [1:30’] 

- Stephen Sondheim (1930 – 2021) 

Johanna – Madeleine Christopher 

Anthony – Luis Vega-Torres 

“That Horrible Woman” from A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (2013) [2:30’] 

- Steven Lutvak (1959 – 2023) 

Sibella – Aida Skaraite 

Phoebe – Elizabeth Palumbo 

“Love Trio” from Aspects of Love, Song & Dance (1989) and Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) [7’] 

- Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948) 

Love Changes Everything – Helaine Liebman 

Unexpected Song – Angelina Yi 

I don’t know how to love him – Elizabeth Palumbo 

“I’m only thinking of him” from Man of La Mancha (1965) [3:30’] 

- Dale Wasserman (1914 – 2008) 

Antonia – Adaiah Ogletree 

Padre – Valentine Umeh 

Housekeeper – Sarah Zieba 

Guitar – Tieyin Li 

“And this is my beloved” from Kismet (1953) [5’] 

- Alexander Borodin (1833 – 1887), Robert Wright (1914 – 2005), George Forrest (1915 – 1999) 

Marsinah – Helaine Liebman 

Poet – Reever Jay Julian 

Caliph – Lex Bonner  

Wazir – Tieyin Li 

“You could drive a person crazy” from Company (1970) [2:30’] 

- Stephen Sondheim (1930 – 2021) 

April – Aida Skaraite 

Marta – Lynn Kang 

Kathy – Michaela Larsen 

“Agony” from Into the Woods (2014) [2:30’] 

- Stephen Sondheim (1930 – 2021) 

Cinderella’s Prince – Dominic Townsend 

Rapunzel’s Prince – Luis Vega-Torres 

“Alabama Song” from Rise and Fall of Mahagonny (1930) [5’] 

- Kurt Weill (1900 – 1950) 

Jenny – Angelina Yi 

All Women 

“Statues and Stories” from Light in the Piazza (2003) [2:30’] 

- Adam Guettel (b. 1964)  

Margaret – Aubrey Cole 

Clara – Madeleine Christopher 

“Sit down you’re rockin’ the boat” from Guys and Dolls (1950) [3’] 

- Frank Loesser (1910 – 1969) 

Nicely – Justin Bell 

Everyone 

“One day more” from Les Miserables (1980) [3’]  

- Claude Michel Schönberg (b. 1944) 

Valjean – Aldo Alan 

Marius – Valentine Umeh 

Cosette – Lynn Kang 

Eponine – Gabrielle Guida 

Enjolras – Lex Bonner 

Javert – Dominic Townsend 

Thenadier – Nicholas Gryniewski 

Mme Thenadier – Valarie Miles 

The Chautauqua Opera Conservatory is designed to guide and empower young artists through training and vast performance opportunities in a wide array of repertoire with excellent faculty.  Under the leadership of Denyce Graves-Montgomery, Artistic Advisor, and Jonathan Beyer, Director, a dynamic group of singers study, coach, and perform in an idyllic setting on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution.

Opera Conservatory 2025 

Denyce Graves, artistic advisor 

Jonathan Beyer, director 

Resident Faculty 

Rhoslyn Jones 

Kevin Short 

Dominic Armstrong  

Rachel Calloway 

Nicole Cabell 

Maxine Davis, Feldenkrais Practitioner 

Maya Goell, directing intern  

Guest Artists 

John Holiday 

Claudia Catania 

Kimille Howard 

Damien Geter

Laura Ward 

Kensho Watanabe 

Emma Griffin 

Nathan Troup 

Dietlinde Maazel 

Carol Vaness 

Vocal Coaches 

Donna Gill 

Joel Harder 

Jeremy Chan 

Manuel Arellano 

Donald Lee III 

Shaobai Yuan, student collaborative pianist 

School of Music Administration 

Sarah Malinoski, Director, Chautauqua Schools of Performing and Visual Arts 

Samantha Minardi-Lopez, Manager of Student Services & Arts Education Business Coordinator 

Alyssa Shimmel, Administrative Assistant 

Mariana Mathewson Bernstein, Connections Coordinator 

Robert Bussell, Piano Technician